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As the state of insecurity continues to spread pitching some ethnic groups against one another, groups of concerned Nigerians from all ends of the country and international bodies are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive action to save the country from threat of disintegration.The United Nations, UN has alerted through reports, that panicked Nigerians are already seeking refuge by fleeing into neighbouring countries like Niger and Republic of Benin.Fears were heightened by the food blockade tactics adopted by some northern food and cow sellers early in the week to press home demand for a back-down from South West…

Second Niger Bridge To Gulp N116.7bn• Cost variation not envisaged, says project fund manager• NSE queries exclusion, quality standards; Bridge has no local content, says Ositala• Ohanaeze extolls FG, seeks early completionIt was also gathered that the project was awarded as a “lump sum contract” without provision for cost variation. The Head of Corporate Communications, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the project fund manager, Titilope Olubiyi, told The Guardian, yesterday, that the Federal Government would fund part of the cost while the balance would be sourced from the debt market. He added that a management company would be established…

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the allocation of crude oil under the Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP) scheme.This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance by Rep.Abubakar Yallema (APC-Sokoto) at Wednesday’s plenary.Speaking on the motion, Yallema said it was imperative for the house to unearth the anomaly in the oil sector.He said he was disturbed by the contents of a report on Feb.14 which brought to national attention details of how Nigeria’s crude oil was being stolen and diverted daily.“The report said approximately 5.2 million barrels of crude oil supposedly allocated to comatose NNPC…

The Delta State governor has expressed satisfaction with the ongoing storm drain projects in the state.In his twitter handle @okowa, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa who was on project inspection in parts of the state expressed happiness at the pace and quality of work being done in parts of Warriand Effurun and the fact that they would be ready in 2022.The projects are part of the state government’s effort to transform the state as well as check the menace of flooding and erosion which has been a problem.Meanwhile,his Bayelsa State counterpart,Senator Douye Diri called on Deltans to sustain the prevailing peace in…

The President of Pragmatics Association of Nigeria (PrAN), Prof. Akin Odebunmi has urged members of the association to be focused to achieve needed impact on the study of pragmatics for societalimprovement.Prof Akin Odebunmi, a professor of Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis, University of lbadan, Nigeria, made the statement at the fourth PrAN 2021 International Conference/Workshop organized in Benin city in conjunction with the Department of English and literature, University of Benin with the theme: ‘Pragmatics and Global Conflicts’, said the event is an expression of their sensitivity to global, regional, group and personal crises.“Today’s event is a tale to tell into…

To complement the efforts of the federal, state and local governments in controlling Covid-19 pandemic, an NGO, Edo Dynasty United Worldwide (EDUW) has campaigned through some major streets and the Ring Road in Benin city, to sensitize people in the state on the econd wave of COVID-19 virus.Stating why the group embarked on the mission, one of the facilitators, Comrade Bevy Efe said they were doing it to create awareness about Covid-19 pandemic. She said apart from the awareness, there are other issues that the organization wants the state government to pay attention to.Comrade Efe lamented over the deplorable, dilapidated…

Invest In the Pineapple Sector, NEPC Appeals To FG.. Laments Farmers Loss of Lives, Crops To Herdsmen-Iduozee Efe PaulThe Benin Export Assistance Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), MacPherson Fred-Ileogben, has raised alarm over the high rate of the killing of farmers by the Fulani herdsmen which is affecting farmers and leading to low productivity of farm produce in the state and Nigeria at large.Fred-Ileogben, the Head /Trade Promotion advisor, Benin Office, made the statement in Benin City after addressing some clusters in export marketing, educating them on how to take their products to International markets for trade…

President BuhariBUHARI COMMISSIONS NEW NDDC HEAD OFFICE COMPLEX…As Governors Call For More Value For Niger DeltansPresident Muhammadu Buhari, in the spirit of the new normal conditioned by the Coronavirus pandemic, commissioned the new Head office complex of the Niger Delta Development Commission,NDDC virtually in Abuja from the State House while the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godwill Akpabio commissioned the newly built structure physically on his behalf in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.The commissioning exercise which took place at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, Thursday, 11 March, 2021, was attended by personalities from all walks of life.Speaking during the…

National Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, retired Brigadier Gen Buba Marwa has urged security operatives at the Port Harcourt airports to be proactive and vigilante in their duties to preempt drug transit through the airports. The NDLEA new boss made the call while addressing security agencies in a meeting immediately he arrived Rivers State at the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa, on in his first official visit to Rivers State as the new NDLEA national chairman.He said the battle against drug abuse demands collective responsibility. “The fight against drug trafficking, cultivation, manufacturing, importation, exportation is for…

Governor Nyesom WikeWhile the Wike administration of Rivers State may have succeeded in improving the aesthetics of the state capital, a recent disclosure of plans for two additional flyover bridges in Port Harcourt appears not to be going down well with the people of the oil rich state.The argument is that the governor has subsumed development under road construction, whereas there are many developmental challenges confronting the state.“The governor seems to be playing with the needs of the people. There is serious unemployment, environmental challenges like kpofire and soot, crime is on the increase and women and girls are no…