October 17, 2019

Senate Probes ₦2.5bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project

Senate Probes ₦2.5bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project

October 17, 2019 6:25 pm

The Senate says it is probing the award of Water Hyacinth Emergency and Desilting Contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2017 to 2019.

Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide made this known when the Director, Special Duties of the NDDC, Nosakhare Agbongiasede appeared before the committee in Abuja on Thursday.

Urhoghide said that the investigation became imperative because the initial cost of the contract at ₦2.5 billion was allegedly jerked to ₦65 billion on the project.

“Of course, that is a very serious offence. What we are hearing or what we know is …

VP Osinbajo Inspects 3,000 Hectares Farm In Nasarawa

VP Osinbajo Inspects 3,000 Hectares Farm In Nasarawa

October 17, 2019 6:11 pm

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday visited the Nigerian Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) farm centre located in Gaa’te village, Kokona Local Government Area, Nasarawa State.

Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said in a statement in Abuja, that the vice president was accompanied by Gov. Abdullahi Sule on the visit.

Osinbajo commended the communities in Hadari Emirate district in Kokona LGA for coming together to form a farm settlement for the production of livestock and crop products under the auspices of the NFGCS.

He described the NFGCS farm as a true Nigerian story of honesty, hard work and cooperation regardless …

Kwara: 200 Civil Servants Queried For Neglect Of Duties

Kwara: 200 Civil Servants Queried For Neglect Of Duties

October 17, 2019 5:53 pm

The Kwara State government, on Thursday, said that more than 200 civil servants had been issued queries for dereliction of duties.

Mr Murtala Atoyebi, the Chief Press Secretary to the state Head of Service, said in a statement issued in Ilorin that the affected civil servants were from various ministries and parastatals.

Atoyebi said that their alleged offenses ranged from absenteeism, lateness to leaving their duty posts before the official closing hour.

“The Head of Service, Mrs Modupe Oluwole, had in August, commenced a routine monitoring exercise of check-in time for public workers in the state capital to ensure …

Onitsha Fire: Okowa Condoles Obiano And Victims

Onitsha Fire: Okowa Condoles Obiano And Victims

October 17, 2019 5:42 pm

Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday commiserated with his Anambra State counterpart, Mr. Willie Obiano, Anambra people, particularly Onitsha residents over the tragic fire incident that gutted parts of the commercial city.

A tanker laden with petroleum product on Wednesday reportedly fell into the gutter and spilled its content on the road at Upper Iweka, leading to the inferno that resulted in the death of some people and the destruction of many buildings, including business premises in the town.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okowa, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, quoted his boss as saying that the images he …

70 FRSC Officers To Face Prosecution Over Alleged Fraud

70 FRSC Officers To Face Prosecution Over Alleged Fraud

October 17, 2019 5:32 pm

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said.

Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic session with unit commanders at the FRSC Academy, Udi in Enugu State.

The corps marshal said that extortion was becoming a cankerworm which seemed to be eating into the corps systematically and must be stopped by all means.

He said that it was sad that in spite of the good welfare packages the government had made available to the …

Onitsha Fire: Death Toll Rises To 6; Six Plazas, 100 Shops

Onitsha Fire: Death Toll Rises To 6; Six Plazas, 100 Shops

October 17, 2019 5:22 pm

The death toll from the Onitsha fuel tanker fire has increased to six, as three more corpses were recovered from one of the shops razed in Wednesday’s conflagration in Anambra’s commercial capital.

This brings the total number of dead persons in the inferno to six, including a pregnant woman and her child, and a man who died yesterday.

Also destroyed by the fire were six plazas, 100 shops and residential houses worth over ₦1 billion.

The President of Ochanja Central Market, Chief Nelson Ojukwu, and a patron of the market, Mr. Ifeanyi Iloka, said the fire lasted all night till …

Rivers APC: Protesters Demand Magnus Abe’s Exit From Party

Rivers APC: Protesters Demand Magnus Abe’s Exit From Party

October 17, 2019 5:12 pm

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter, on Thursday, grounded activities at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, demanding the immediate expulsion of Senator Magnus Abe from the party.

The protesters equally requested the national leadership of the party to prevail on Senator Abe to withdraw his case against the state chapter of the party from court or be expelled.

The group under the aegis of National Youth Leadership Congress (NYLC) warned that if the National Working Committee (NWC) refused to act on the issue, it would be concluded that it was backing the senator to destabilise …

Four Burnt To Death, 14 Injured In Ondo Road Crash

Four Burnt To Death, 14 Injured In Ondo Road Crash

October 17, 2019 5:02 pm
No fewer than four persons yesterday lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along Benin/Owo express road in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Also, 14 people sustained serious injuries in the accident which involved two Toyota hiace buses coming from different directions.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state police com man, Mr Femi Joseph who confirmed the accident said the incident happened between 3.00 and 4.00pm.
He said the accident was caused by high speed on the part of the drivers of the two buses.
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Insufficient Fund Deters Foreign Ministry’s Work - Onyeama

Insufficient Fund Deters Foreign Ministry’s Work – Onyeama

October 17, 2019 4:46 pm

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Godfrey Onyeama says lack of adequate funding is hampering the ministry efforts to deliver on its mandate.

Onyeama made this known at a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Thursday. The minister said that funding had been a perennial problem for the ministry and appealed to the National Assembly to help address the problem.

“Our missions abroad get their fund too late and when it comes, they are already in too much debt and cannot function well,” he said.

Onyeama said that the officials of the …

SEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Anambra Flood Victims

SEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Anambra Flood Victims

October 17, 2019 4:30 pm

Victims of recent flood disaster in Ogbaru Local Government of Anambra State were yesterday provided with relief materials by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

The relief materials mainly food items and loaded in two trucks included bags of rice, beans, garri, gallons of groundnut/red oil, salt, beverages, soaps and toiletries etc were meant for victims in Atani, Odekpe and Osamalla.

Handing over the materials to Ogbaru Council officials at Atan, the Executive Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on SEMA (media), Mr Emeka Obinwa, who represented the SEMA Executive Secretary, Chief Paul Odenigbo said the items were to mitigate the …

Delta Monarchs Abandon Palaces As Flood Sacks Communities

Delta Monarchs Abandon Palaces As Flood Sacks Communities

October 17, 2019 4:19 pm

The ravaging flood resulting from the overflow of the River Niger has rendered residents in over ten communities along the shores of the river homeless.

The communities which spread across four kingdoms are in Oshimili South and Ndokwa East local government areas of Delta State.

As at the time of filing this report on Thursday, the four traditional rulers had abandoned their palaces for fear of being submerged by the flood.

Farmlands, houses and other properties in the affected kingdoms including Oko, Abala-Oshimili, Aika and Okpai had gone underwater.

The worth of the properties destroyed are said to in …

Abducted Kaduna School Principal Regains His Freedom

Abducted Kaduna School Principal Regains His Freedom

October 17, 2019 4:08 pm

The principal of Government Technical Secondary School located at Maraban Kajuru, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna, Mr. Francis Maji, abducted seven days ago, has been set free by his abductors.

Maji was abducted by gunmen on October 10, when gunmen invaded his residence in the school.

Family sources said he was released on Wednesday night after the payment of an undisclosed sum of money as ransom.

“We thank God that he is back home safely. He was released yesterday (Wednesday night) after the payment of ransom. This is the second time this is happening to the family. About two …

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