The appointment of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Minister of #NigerDelta Affairs on August 20, 2019 was greeted by great enthusiasm by people across the Niger Delta region. President Muhammadu Buhari was widely hailed for the appointment as putting a square peg in a square hole. The excitement of the people was not misplaced. As Governor of Akwa Ibom State for eight years (2007 – 2015) Chief Godswill Akpabio unleashed a development model never experienced in Nigeria which the people aptly termed “Uncommon Transformation.” The state within the period witnessed unprecedented infrastructural renaissance that a once largely civil service State,…
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The Veteran Nigerian highlife music singer, Victor Olaiya has passed on at the age of 89. Victor Olaiya passed on at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Victor Olaiya’s death was confirmed to Press Men by Michael Odion of Premiere Music, the record label that holds Victor Olaiya’s music repertoire. According to Odion, the Baby Jowo crooner died around noon on Wednesday being 12th February, 2020. Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, the family of Victor Olaiya is yet to make official statement concerning his demise. However, despite not hearing from Victor Olaiya’s family, ourworldgist can authoritatively…
Watching nta live, the honorable minister of finance was a guest on the program, when asked why npower stipend hasn’t been paid, she said, ‘ I can speak from the point of view of the finance ministry, we have released the fund and I think the ministry in charge should be in the process of payment’ From independent investigation by ourworldgist, today is the 12th of the new month and beneficiaries of the npower program are yet to get their January stipends. However, in an interview with HAJIA ZAINAB HAMED, the honorable Minister of Finance, on NTA Tuesday Live, made…
Bandits suspected to be kidnappers havens″ invaded Ahoko community in Kotonkarfe Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing a wedding guest, identified as Zakari Kuru. A resident of the community, Aliyu Saidu, who confirmed the incident to our said the incident happened in the wee hours of Saturday. He said the bandits, who were over 30 with some of them wearing army uniform, invaded the community and shot sporadically into the house of an elderly man, Ibrahim Adama, whose son was getting married. He said the deceased was sleeping in the living room of the elderly man when the gunmen…
For the ninth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria has been declared as the wealthiest person in Africa, with an estimated net worth of $10.1billion. In the latest ranking of the world’s billionaires by Forbes, the American global media company, focusing on business, investment, technology, entrepreneurship and leadership, Dangote’s present worth is down from his estimate of $10.3 billion, a year ago; attributed to possibly a slightly lower stock price for his Dangote Cement flagship company. Ourworldgist gathered from Vanguard Newspaper that the report is sampled across 54 African Nations. The report shows that, Africa has 54 nations,…
Bearly a week after President Donald Trump survived impeachment, he has talked down the Democrats as he says, “the fake news media is looking hard for big democrats’ story”. President Donald Trump noted that despite the Democrats’ propaganda before impeachment saga, he got more votes from New Hampshire than any incumbent President in the history of America. President Donald Trump in a series of tweets on his official twitter handle noted that the Democrats have traded for loss as the he added that they have wasted time and energy on his needless impeachment saga as he did nothing to be…
Suspected armed robbers have shot dead a traveller at Ilu-Abo, along the Benin-Owo highway, in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 1am last Friday. Ourworldgist gathered from Daily Trust that unsuspecting vehicle drivers ran into the robbers, who shot at passengers, killing one and wounding many others. Members of the Miyetti Allah vigilante group in the state, who arrived at the scene immediately after the attack, said the armed robbers blocked the highway with stones and other dangerous objects. The Chairman, Miyeti Allah in Ondo State, Alhaji Bello…
It was a talk of the town on Saturday morning in the city of Kano as a Tenant identified as Umar allegedly stabbed his landlord to death for sleeping with his wife (Zuwerah). According to an eye witness report, this incident happened around popular area known as Sabon Gari of the Kano town. From explanation, Mallam Umar (Tenant) narrated that the Landlord ( Kadir ) has been having canal knowledge of her wife in which Residents around the area have been using it to mock him. Mallam Umar explained that the last one that happened before he took such deadly…
Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Monday revealed that the proposed bill that would give legal backing to the Western Nigerian Security Network codenamed Operation “Amotekun” will be signed into law on Friday, February 14 by the six south-west state governors. Fayemi who made this disclosure in his office in Ado-Ekiti yesterday at the official presentation of the draft bill by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Wale Fapohunda noted that the South West houses of Assembly had promised to give the bill accelerated passage. The governor said that the draft bill will be subjected to…
The Executive Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB), Dr Stephen Odey has presented a fifty thousand naira (N50,000) cash reward to Odidi Anita Nkpa, a primary 5 Pupil of St. Thomas’s RCM Primary School, Edor-Ikom LGA, in recognition of her outstanding performance at the recent commissioning of a 9 classroom block with Library, Lavatories and Offices. The Board Chairman who was visibly impressed with her presentation, stated that the reward will serve as an encouragement to Anita and other pupils of the school to choose hard work and dedication over laziness. He added that all hands must…