Black Voices @iblackvoices-blog - Tumblr Blog

Rivers Works Ministry Denies Sticker Sales …Opens Tam David-West Road, Soon

The Rivers State Ministry of Works says it has not collaborated with anyone to print and sell stickers on its behalf. A statement signed by the Press Secretary to the Ministry, Edna Alette said the ministry’s core mandate is on road rehabilitation and construction, and not revenue collection. The statement which was obtained by The Tide recently, said the clarification became necessary after its…

View On WordPress

ECOWAS to take all necessary actions in Gambia – Chambas

UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) says ECOWAS has decided to take all necessary actions to enforce the results of the Dec. 1, 2016 presidential election in The Gambia.

Mohamed Chambas, Head of UNOWAS, disclosed this while briefing the UN Security Council on the political and security situation in the region.

Mr. Chambas is also the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General.

View On WordPress

Fuel subsidy returns as landing cost hits N145

The Federal Government has resorted to subsidy regime following an increase in the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol.

This is coming about eight months after the Muhammadu Buhari-led regime stopped the fuel subsidy, which was costing the government millions of naira being paid monthly to oil marketers importing the product then.

Investigation by SUNDAY PUNCHon Friday…

View On WordPress

MMM help providers shrink

■ Those seeking funds frustrated

THE euphoria which greeted the news of the unfreezing of Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, a ponzi scheme popularly known as MMM, may have subsided as a result of the dearth of people willing to provide financial help. Subscribers to the scheme had gone into wild jubilations as news of the unfreezing of the scheme filtered through, 24 hours earlier than the Saturday 14,…

View On WordPress

Make Alkali’s Murder Probe Public -PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Rivers State has challenged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to make public details of police investigations of the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of late Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mohammed Alkali and his orderly in Uju community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area during the December 10 re-run elections in the…

View On WordPress

FG Won’t Divulge Chibok Girls’ Rescue Strategy -Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said in Abuja, yesterday, that the Federal Government was unrelenting in its efforts to ensure the safe return of the Chibok girls who are still in captivity. Buhari said this while responding to a letter written to him by the Co-Founder of the Malala Fund, Ms. Malala Yousafzai. He, however, said he would not divulge the details of ongoing negotiations to secure the…

View On WordPress

Pogba says Mourinho has “let him free’’

Abuja – Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba says his recent upturn in form has been helped by manager Jose Mourinho letting him “free” on the pitch.

The 23-year-old France international started slowly after rejoining United for a £89m world-record fee last summer, but he has been instrumental in United’s recent nine-match winning run.

“He told me not to listen to anybody, and that I should…

View On WordPress

We appreciate contributions of Armed Forces to nation building – says Saraki

Abuja – Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki, on Friday commended officers and men of the Nigeria Armed Forces for their tremendous contributions to the survival and development of the country.

A statement issued by Saraki’s Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu said that Saraki gave the commendation at the National Mosque, Abuja during Jumma’at prayer held to commemorate the…

View On WordPress

3 solders, 10 terrorists died in Boko Haram reprisal attack

Maiduguri – The Military says it has successfully repelled attack by the Boko Haram terrorists at Kangarwa in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno.

Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the operation was carried out on Friday.

According to him, the operation was carried out with the assistance of the Nigerian Air Force Intelligence,…

View On WordPress

‘RSG Addressing Complaints Over Pension Law’

Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, says the state government is looking into the complaints associated with the pension law with a view to come out with a position that will ameliorate the present fears and hardship being faced by civil servants in the state. Wike stated this while speaking at the 2017 New Year Thanksgiving /Dedication Service of the Rivers State Civil Service at the…

View On WordPress

Do-No-Harm can mitigate sectarian violence in Nigeria

A Premium Times report by Joshua Olufemi and Richard Akinwumi, published on November 16, 2015 showed that despite spending an unprecedented N1.488 trillion on armaments between 2011 and 2014, the coefficient of correlation between military spending and death toll caused by violence is +0.54. According to the Nigeria Security Tracker, deaths caused by crime and violence in Nigeria, rose from 29 in…

View On WordPress

Need for Fulani elites to call Fulani herdsmen to order

According to an African proverb, “If the keg of palm-wine is not quickly snatched from the hands of an exuberant drunk, he may drink himself to stupor.” A similar proverb has it that “If an overzealous child is not assisted by his elders when roasting yams in the farm, he may innocently set the farm and the hut ablaze”.

There is no denying the fact that the foregoing African proverbs succinctly…

View On WordPress

‘Collapsed Church Built On Unapproved Site – Counsel

The Commission of Inquiry into the collapsed Reigners Bible Church last Monday heard that the church was built on unapproved site. The state counsel, Mr Friday Itim, made the revelation in Uyo, while cross examining the owner of the church, Apostle Akan Weeks. It would be recalled that the Reigners Bible Church collapsed on December 10, 2016. Itim said the site in which the collapsed Reigners…

View On WordPress

Oghuma emerges APC candidate for Etsako Fed. Const. by-election

Auchi (Edo) – Mr Johnson Oghuma, on Saturday emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Jan. 28 bye-election for the Etsako Federal Constituency.

Oghuma emerged the winner with 334 votes defeating his opponent, Mr Blessing Agbomhere, who polled 75 votes

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seat was declared vacant by the Speaker of the House of Representative, Mr…

View On WordPress

Consensus candidate emerges in PDP primaries for Etsako bye-election in Edo

Jattu (Edo) – Mr Jude Imagwe on Saturday emerged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Jan. 28, bye-election for the Etsako Federal Constituency in Edo.

Imagwe, who emerged the party candidate through consensus, was the former Senior Special Assistant on Youths and Students Matters to Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seat for the Etsako…

View On WordPress

Chibok Girls: FG invites Ezekwesili for search in Sambisa

Abuja – The Federal Government has invited members of the Bring Our Girls Back (BBOG) to a short trip in a military operational flight into Sambisa forest in search of the missing Chibok girls.

The invitation extended to members of the BBOG, an advocacy group for the release of the missing school girls from Chibok, Borno, was contained in a letter dated Jan. 11.

The letter signed by the Minister…

View On WordPress

Kano Pillars win NPFL opening game as FC IfeanyiUbah abandon match

Kano – The 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) began on an unimpressive note on Saturday with the match between hosts Kano Pillars and FC IfeanyiUbah being abandoned.

The match at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano was played before the usual large crowd of spectators, but this did not deter the visiting side from disrupting the game.

The visiting side left the field in the 50th…

View On WordPress

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

Black Voices