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Posted By Innocent Imoh The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari is expected to lay before the State House of Assembly, the 2019 Appropriation Bill next week; for the 2019 fiscal year to enable the State Assembly take its legislative responsibilities. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that the State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Home Affairs, Alhaji Hamza Muhammad Borodo disclosed this at the end of the Eight Regular State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Masari, which was held at Council chamber, Muhammad Buhari House, the seat of Katsina State Government. Borodo in company of the State Commissioners of Land and that of Resource Development explained that the Council extensively deliberated on the performance of 2018 budget in the state. @katgovmedia reports that the Information Commissioner revealed that the Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget had presented the 2019 budget for scrutiny to members of the State Executive ...

Posted by Admin The Chairman Of All Progressives Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has threatened to dump the ruling party, the APC if his preferred Governorship candidate and son-in-law, Uche Nwosu is denied ticket. Governor Okorocha made this disclosure during the swearing in of new Commissioners in the state at Nicks Banquet Hall, Government House, Owerri. The two-time Governor also vowed to dump President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election should any attempt was made to drop his son-in-law in the 2019 governorship election. According to him, President Buhari cannot win any election in the South East geo-political zone in particular and Nigeria at large in 2019 without his contribution, warning that any attempt to subvert his choice candidate would be counter productive to the party in the country. He boasted that if not by his personal recognition and connection, President Buhari would not have been allowed into the South East to canvass for vo...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that he has taken a decision to sign an executive order to give automatic employment to all first class graduates in the state every year. The Governor said that the executive order was aimed at ensuring that the automatic employment policy is sustained annually even after the end of his administration. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted the governor as having stated this during an induction ceremony for 31 First Class Graduates who were offered automatic employment at the Government House, Yenagoa on Monday, He explained that the order would mandate the Civil Service Commission to present a list of duly verified applicants to the office of the governor every year for automatic employment. Governor Dickson also directed the Civil Service Commission to immediately issue letters of employment to verified first class ...

Okuk which means money in IBIBIO, follows his first official single, EDU which is currently enjoying appreciable spins accross Nigeria. An act on a steady rise , Emy P has been nominated as best new Discovery, PMFAwards 2018. And its barely three months after his first official single. His soulful vocals match the production skills of "Rex Made It" , making OKUK a potential hit. Okuk was mixed and mastered by legendary Dan Jiggy. When asked for his comments, the producer said "Do download, enjoy and share! After all everyone loves money".

... Contractor for Agge Deep Seaport to be Awarded Next week Governor Henry Seriake Dickson says, his administration will award the contract for the Agge deep seaport, which is one of the most ambitious and capital intensive projects, under his watch next month. The Governor, who disclosed this in his remarks at the October, 2018 edition of the State’s monthly Praise Night at the King of Glory Chapel, Government House, Yenagoa, stated that, the project is part of his administration’s decision to double its strategic developmental efforts in a bid to move the state to greater heights. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr Fidelis Soriwei quoted the Governor as stressing that, despite having just 14 months left of his term in office, he will remain committed to developing of the state by awarding the Agge Deep Seaport contract this year. Honourable Dickson, who disclosed that, the state is developing housing estates, with over 1,500 plo...

By Sir Don Ubani The question of what a Nigerian worker takes home, has been a matter of public concern for some years. The Nigerian worker is like any other Nigerian who is subject to the vagaries of economic realities. With constant fall in value of the Naira and consequent inflation, the purchasing power of the Naira in the possession of the Nigerian worker correspondently diminishes. Hence the need to review the salaries of the worker from time to time. The Nigerian Government, both military and civilian, has been sensitive to yearnings of her working-class. In 1972, the military administration of Gen Yakubu Gowon set up the Chief Jerome Oputa Udoji committee to review the country's public service, including remuneration for public servants. The attendant increase in salary in 1974 became jubilantly known as Udoji Award. In 1999, the PDP democratic government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo came up with what became known as 'Jumbo Salary' for public servants in ...

Posted By Admin .....Osun People's Sept.22 Stolen Mandate On The Verge Of Getting Recovered... The governorship candidate of the PDP in Osun guber polls,Senator Ademola Adeleke has served Gboyega Oyetola and his party ,the APC,through substituted service on the court's notice board. The substituted service is ruffling feathers in Osun Government House as the PDP legal team appears to have nipped in the bud any further delay tactic on the part of APC. The development followed the refusal of Oyetola and the APC to accept court service after the PDP and her candidate had filed their case seeking to nullify the declaration of Oyetola as the Governor-Elect of Osun state. The PDP then approached the court Monday to seek approval for substituted service which was granted  by the newly constituted electoral tribunal panel. According to the Counsel to Ademola Adeleke and the PDP,"we tendered some applications which were granted. The applications granted are permissi...

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Special Duties and Aviation Development, Mr. Akan Okon, has expressed satisfaction with the pace of construction work at the 21-storey smart building located along Udo Udoma Avenue.            He gave the indication during a routine inspection visit to the facility. The building which is at its fourth floor stage upon completion will provide a hub for oil companies and other multinationals who in times past cited absence of a befitting accommodation as the reason for not domiciling their headquarters in the State. The Commissioner  lauded His Excellency, Governor Udom Emmanuel, for showing absolute commitment to the project in the midst of  lean resources and assiduously working towards fulfilling his promise to Akwa Ibom people. He reiterated that the project would give the State a unique identity upon completion, bring development to the area and generate huge internally revenue for the State....

Posted by Tony Okechukwu            The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has set up a team to commence investigation of abandoned government projects across the country.                                             The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe on Monday.                He said this would help the anti-graft agency to know the level of completion of the projects, as well as the funds being spent on them. “The move is to ensure that the contractors complete the projects for the benefit of the people and the development of the country,’’ he said. Magu said the agency was ready to fight corruption, but with the support of all stakeholders in the country. Plateau LG po...

Posted by Admin                                                             The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to seek forgiveness from Nigerians for purveying fake news in our country. In a press statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, the party said the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, should lead the government and his APC to do the needful, instead of the lame attempts at whitewashing the government and his party, even when Nigerians know that they are behind the escalation of fake news in Nigeria. Nigerians are aware that the phenomenon of fake news exploded to the current frightening proportion in Nigeria due to the desperation of the APC, whose spokespersons del...

A Nigerian, Edirin O. Okoloko, has been sworn in, as a judge of the Snohomish County Superior Court in Washington State, US. Okoloko will replace Judge George Bowden who is retiring. Okoloko bagged his Bachelor of Law from the University of Benin in Nigeria. He also received a law degree from the Seattle University School of Law, and has worked for the past 13 years in the Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, where he is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney working on homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse cases. Before working as a prosecutor, Okoloko served as a judicial law clerk for former Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Michael Downes.

Posted By Admin President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, are among the dignitaries expected to attend a ceremony in Abuja next month, where former President Goodluck Jonathan will be formally unveiling his new book. The book titled ‘My Transition Hours’ is scheduled to be launched on November 20, which, coincidentally, is Mr Jonathan’s birthday. Mr Buhari will be the special guest of honour, Mr Obasanjo, the chairman of the event while Mr Abubakar has been invited as special guest. Other dignataries that will be performing key roles at the event are the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Salihu Belgore, who has been pencilled down as the book reviewer; Theophilus Danjuma, who will play the role of chief book presenter and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, the chief host. Many African heads of state, former leaders and numerous international personalities are als...

By Innocent Imoh                                                       Rivers State Government has advised the Minister of Transport  Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to stay away from Port Harcourt if he feels the State is unsafe. Reacting to a statement by the Minister during a thanksgiving Church service in honour of the APC guber candidate Tonye Cole today in Port Harcourt  that Rivers State is unsafe, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Barr Emma Okah, said Amaechi should show his anger by hosting his party activities, Church programmes, birthday parties etc in Abuja outside the State since he says Rivers State is unsafe. "Normal people cannot take Amaechi serious any more because he lives in bitterness. Evidence abound to show that the Rivers State Government and the security agencies are doing their best...

Posted by Admin The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has described the former Chief Justice of the Federation Justice Idris Legbo Kutgi as a courageous and principled jurist who would be remembered for his numerous landmark judgements. Prince Secondus said the death of the great jurist came to him as a shock but thanks God for the huge legacies he left behind. The PDP boss said that at this time the nation is going through difficult times, the experience of men of integrity like late Justice would have been greatly needed but God knows the best. In a statement from his media office signed by adviser Ike Abonyi, Prince Secondus recalled the roles of the great jurist in using Judiciary to correct a number of political anomalies in the land as well as his exceptional leadership as the Chairman of the defunct National Constitutional Conference. Prince Secondus commiserated with the family, one of whom is his Special assist...

Posted By Innocent Imoh Governor Udom Emmanuel has expressed dismay at the attitude of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, for attempting to make a political capital from a simple act of governance. Speaking with Government House Correspondents at the Ibom International Airport, shortly on arrival from an official assignment in Abuja, Mr. Emmanuel said he was disappointed that the interaction he had with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday could be misrepresented all over the media by some politically motivated writers. "I read somewhere that the normal interaction, which is very normal, I do that very often with the President, was used to attack the office of the President for such petty things they are writing in the media." Governor Emmanuel said, "if APC members in Akwa Ibom have so much respect for their President who is the leader of their party, they can't be using the President's name on a petty thing." He admonished ped...

By Innocent Imoh The Buhari New Media Center (BNMC) over the weekend inaugurated its Katsina State Leadership at the conference room of the Director General, Media and Publicity to the Katsina State Governor, Saidu Barda House, the old Katsina Government House. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that the activities of the centre in the state will be coordinated by Mallam Yawale Musa Kallah Daura, who shall be the State cordinator, whereas  Abdullahi Sarkin Yaki is to serve as the Head of the Secretariat of the Centre in the state as Secretary, Malam Ibrahim Mu'azzam Abdullahi will be the Head of Social Media Mobilisation for the center, Zainab Ghana will lead on women affairs and matters relating to gender and women mobilization as the state centre women Leader. Others are Abdulhadi Ahmad Bawa who shall deputize the coordinator, Abubakar Dantakai as the centre's treasurer, among many others. @katgovmedia reports that the Centre is expected to be a world class info...

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker took the decision following the controversies which trailed the party’s primaries for the 2019 elections. More to follow…

Posted By Tony Okechukwu Since His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Enitatan Adeyeye Ogunwusi parted ways with his former wife, Oueen Zainab, there have been speculations about who the handsome and youthful king would take as his new wife, but all of the speculations, either with iota of truth or not, have all ended up speculations. However, according to fresh and reliable information, the flamboyant king has just unveiled his new wife. Although, details are still very sketchy but the beautiful lady in question is, Shilekunola Monronke Naomi. Ooni, through his official instagram account announced the arrival of his new wife, Shilekunola Moronke Naomi. Kabiyesi Ogunwusi, who has been rumoured to have had a string of relationships after the exit of his socialite former wife, who accused his family members of dislike prayed for his new wife, and, advised her on how to make a great queen in the palace.

....DICKSON HAILS VERDICT, DESCRIBES IT AS A VICTORY FOR NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA Three oil producing states of the Niger Delta on Wednesday got a landmark judgment at the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the multinational oil firms operating in the country. The three states namely Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa-Ibom states, had approached the Supreme Court for interpretation of Section 16(1) of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act in suit number SC964/2016 filed on their behalf by their lead Counsel, Mr. Lucius Nwosu, (SAN). The particular Section requires the Federal Government to adjust the shares of the revenue accruable to the Federation whenever the price of crude oil exceeds 20 Dollars per barrel. The judgment delivered by Justice John Inyang Okoro mandated the Federal Government to embark on an upward adjustment of the shares of revenues accruing to the government whenever the price of Crude Oil exceeds 20 Dollars per barrel. The Governor of Ba...

Posted By Innocent Imoh The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon Aminu Bello Masari was earlier today in Daura to launch the process that kickstarts the statewide distribution of Free Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) across the 34 Local Government Areas of Katsina State. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that the Governor who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor, Q.S. Mannir Yakubu; who is also the State Net Ambassador. Masari reveals that his government’s commitment in the health sector is visible and so far the State Government has employed more than one thousand healthcare personnel across all cadre. “Our healthcare delivery institutions are receiving upgrades to meet the demands and needs of our people, the Governor said. @katgovnedia reports that Masari further reiterated, “In our determination to combat malaria, we are today at the Emir of Daura’s Palace for the Flag-Off of the distribution of Free Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets across the State....

Posted by Innocent Imoh The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon Aminu Bello Masari had earlier today met with all the contestants of the just concluded Primary Elections under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in an attempt to unite the party ahead of the 2019 General Elections. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that the meeting took place at the Banquet Hall of the the Muhammadu Buhari House, the seat of Katsina State Government. Masari was accompanied by his Deputy Governor, Q.S. Mannir Yakubu and the State Chairman of the APC, Malam Shittu S. Shittu. The Party Chairman said the aim of the meeting is to restrengthen the party to face the 2019 General Elections. @katgovmedia reports that in his remark, the Governor said the intention of the meeting is to have a heart to heart talk with all aspirants particularly those that did not emerge as winners. Speaking further, Masari said it is normal of politics, particularly the internal democracy for Primary E...

By Tony Okechukwu Counting of votes has been concluded. And the former VP, Atiku Abubakar is in the lead with 1532 votes. The other confirmed votes are Aminu Tambuwal - 693 Bukola Saraki - 317 Rabiu Kwankwanso - 158 Ibrahim Dankwambo - 111 Sule Lamido - 96 Ahmed Makarfi - 74 Tanimu Turaki - 65 Atahiru Bafarawa - 48 David Mark - 35 Jonah Jang - 19 Datti Baba-Ahmed - 5 Void Votes - 68. Details loading.

Posted by Admin The Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that they will not allow the Police under the present leadership to turn Nigeria into a Banana Republic and that the hostile, brutal, needlesss, tactless and uncivil response of the Police under Mr. Ibrahim Kpotum Idris to the peaceful, lawful and justified procession was in contrast to how the same police responded to a similar protest by the opposition in 2014. Saraki responding to the Police claim on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s protest in Abuja Friday said the Nigerian Police under Idris Ibrahim was setting the stage for another onslaught on members of the Nigerian Senate and that is why they singled out the Senate President and two other Senators as the people being invited and accused of false charges. He also said that ‘It is clear that the Idris-led Police intent was on turning Nigeria into a police state and destroying members of the opposition at all cost and that is why they specialize in framing u...

Posted by Innocent Imoh Mr. Chris Isiguzo of Thisday newspapers has defeated the incumbent Waheed Odusile and emerged president of the Nigeria union of journalists NUJ. At the keenly-contested election held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Chris Isiquzo of This day newspapers polled 346 Votes to beat his closest rival, the incumbent president Waheed Odusile who polled 329 votes. According to the result as announced by the returning officer, Benson Upah, Dele Atunbi of NTApolled 101 votes, Abiodun Olalere 56 votes, Seiyefa Uzaka a Director with the Bayelsa state ministry of information , 30 votes, Jacob Edi polled 16 votes, Otunba Mike Aladenika 8 votes. Meanwhile waheed odusile and Dele Atubi have already congratulated the winner, Mr Isiguzo Christopher Cfr In the other news, suspected armed robbers have attacked some members of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Ebonyi State Council returning from their triennial delegate conference held in Abeokuta Ogun State, leaving...

The Bayelsa State Government has declared receipt of N12.8 billion as allocation from the Federation Account for the month of September, 2018. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, made the comment in a statement on Tuesday. According to him, the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has directed immediate payment of salaries to civil servants. Ebibai said that the government’s decision to declare the allocation from Federation Account for September was in line with the transparency policy of the Restoration Government. He stressed that the Finance Committee had commenced steps to effect payment of the September salaries to workers in line with the governor’s directive. Ebibai said that while the government was aware of an earlier directive by the Governor to pay two months salary arrears and four months of pension arrears, efforts were ongoing to ensure that the directive was carried out. He attributed the delay in the payment of the salary arr...

Posted by Admin A former Vice -President , who is also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that the elite are against him because they feel he has an independent mind. Atiku said there were fears in some quarters that it would be difficult for him to be manipulated if he became the President. Atiku stated this at a media chat in Abuja organised by the United Nigeria Group on Sunday night. When asked about what was wrong with Nigeria that stopped someone like him from getting elected, he said, “It is what I call the conspiracy theory of the political elite. If you are not going to be used, if you are not going to satisfy their personal aspiration, then, they will think you are not good enough. “Part of the problem they have with me is that they say I am independent, principled and so on. “Honestly, it is the conspiracy of the political elite and unfortunately the Nigeria public is not politically sophisticated ...

(“Baba Sope” Political Ideology and the Myth of Yoruba Omoluabi Ethos) By Oluwakayode Olumide Ogundamisi It is faulty to equate the deep loyalty Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu attracts in Lagos as exemplary of ‘Omoluabi loyalty’ or being reflective of the entire Yoruba or South-West populace. Ondo State electorate will argue for example that they "liberated" themselves without compromising the 'Omoluabi' ethos. In the 2012 Ondo State Governorship election the current Governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu as a candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) was perceived as a “Tinubu imposed” candidate, he ran against the then incumbent Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labor Party, the people of Ondo rejected Akeredolu. I recall stomping across Ondo during that election, excited crowds in Ondo State could not but approve with songs and folk songs as Mimiko invoked the tradition of the people of Ondo State not to take imposition from “outsiders’. Th...