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The Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Obi Ifechukwude Okonjo the second, has emphasised the need for sons and daughters of the kingdom to come together and ensure there is peace, unity and progress in the community.The Obi made the remarks while speaking with journalists shortly after the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council was inaugurated by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba. According to the monarch, “Ogwashi-Uku is highly endowed with human and capital resources and our efforts is to leverage the resources that we have for the greater good of the community. We know what are problems are. We have identified them. It is…

Your Excellency, you have all the constitutional, fundamental and God given right to aspire to be the president of Nigeria as a woman, remember you are also entitled to the nomination form to contest election for free, as every other woman in Nigeria. As such, we need you to answer the following questions: A brief introduction of yourself: Thank you for this opportunity, as an academic, the curriculum vitae is usually very intensive. Actually, I am a linguist, educationist, poet, communication expert, activist and politician. I have served as a university lecturer and administrator for the past 36…

A group under the auspices of Great Benin Descendants (GBD) has called on the Edo State Government to immortalize Queen Iden by naming one of the public institutions in the state after her. President of the group, Mr Izoduwa Marvis, made the call at an occasion organized to mark Queen Iden’s Day in Benin City. He said Queen Iden symbolizes love, faithfulness and sacrifice and that her sacrifice for the Benin nation should not be forgotten. According to him, “Idia is great, Emotan is great, but Iden is the greatest and that is why we are calling on…

Founder and general overseer of one of the biggest Churches in Nigeria, Pastor David Ibiyieomie has blasted the Nigerian National Assembly, NASS for failing to honour women in the just amended 1999 Constitution.At the fifth service of the church beamed globally, the overseer expressed disappointment with the national lawmakers for not recognizing the requests of women even though they represent a high percentage of voters in the process.According to him, by failing to recognize women, the NA$S has shown itself to be archaic.He blamed religion for the unprogressive stand of the Assembly and warned that a country that fails to…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that it is time to focus on citizens’ welfare and politics.Wike explained that his administration, having invested in physical infrastructure, which, according to him, is expected to bring economic growth and engender socio-economic development, it was necessary to pay attention to the people, adding that his works have been attracting investors to the state.The governor said: “Now that we have done virtually everything we have promised Rivers people, this is the time now we have to play politics of stomach infrastructure.The governor who has held the state in a choking power grip in…

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki says his administration has appointed more women into government and governance than previous regimes. Governor Obaseki, represented by the Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie, who, made the statement at the official launch of the HeForShe Initiative  in Benin City, said the concept of the launch is commendable and worth emulating. He disclosed that as a government the state has enacted a law that would put an end to gender inequality in the state. “Let me thank the organizers of today’s launch of Edo State HeForShe solidarity movement campaign which,…

..Demand Representation, Passing Of Gender BillsAs some Nigerians celebrate the passage of bills permitting amendments to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is tears of frustration, disappointment and deflation for Nigerian females, activists and non-activists as well as surprise and pity from development partners.Hopes had been high that with an opportunity for constitutional review and amendment by the 9th National Assembly, issues of poor representation of women in political and public decision making positions, indegenship for their foreign husbands, the long demanded 35 per cent affirmative action and other gender concerns would be…

– Re: Let’s Make This Man Nigerian Next President -By Abdulkadir Salaudeen Abdulkadir Salaudeen wrote on February 17, 2022 as published by Opinion Nigeria, which I had read with keen interest and I quote, “The upcoming general elections in Nigeria deserve our participation—all of us. I know we must be tired of the present leadership through which is many calamities were (and are being) let loose on us. “Haven’t we observed that Nigeria is always leading from the behind in every index of development? We ought to have also observed that we are always leading from the extreme top when it…

An explanation has been offered to pinpoint exactly why international oil companies are leaving Nigeria and shifting their business to other oil countries in Africa and elsewhere. Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Mr. Mele Kyari has stated that the companies are moving to places where they may add value to the efforts towards carbon net-zero commitment an agenda of the current global Climate action programme to stem the impact of the earth warming reality.Mr Kyari spoke in the course of an address in a speech during the 2022 Nigerian International Energy Summit (NIES2022) in Abuja on Monday…

Rivers State civil servants have in the wake of Governor Nyesom Wike’s bill abolishing gratuity for retiring civil servants last year, coupled with the accumulated backlog of pensioners entitlements, are embarking on massive voluntary retirement.The move is, to help them escape the bill recently passed by the Wike administration which will put an end to gratuities for retiring civil servants scheduled to take effect from June this year.Workers with less than two years to their retirement dates and those whose date are dew in a few months’ time, are mostly affected and they cut across parastatals and ministries in the…