Allege Bias And Financial Misconduct The leadership of the Save Nigeria Group have called on INEC and the Federal Government to investigate the activities of the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini. The group in a statement released on Wednesday 29th June, said that the State REC has derailed from his primary assignment. In his statement, Comrade Benson Iheanacho, the South-South coordinator of the group, stressed that Mike Igini has exposed himself as a corrupt and biased umpire. Part of the statement reads. “Mike Igini has constantly shown his hatred for the APC in Akwa Ibom State. His…
Author: Peter Albert
As Nigerians await the outcome of the 2-day investigative hearing carried out by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee last week Thursday and Friday on alleged financial recklessness by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a group has debunked the claim of N40 billion scam levelled against the Commission. The group which projects itself as Citizens Quest for Truth Initiative (CQTI) said as a non- governmental organization, concerned with the development of the Niger Delta region through close monitoring of activities of intervention bodies such as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the current Interim Management…
If the news of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday 3rd June 2020, denying ever writing any letter for an extension of the tenure of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Ataba Omolori and other Staff is anything to go by, then one wonders why till date the Clerk still retains his office when he is supposed to have been retired since February, 2020, according to the National Assembly Service Commission rules. The seeming conspiratorial silence of the leadership and members of the 9th Assembly should worry any right-thinking Nigerian, especially when…
An undergraduate at the University of PortHarcourt, Rivers State, Tombari Akata, has won the December 2019 edition of the Help the Hardworker Project of Princewill Trust Foundation. Speaking while presenting the cash price of N100,000 to the beneficiary at the school premises, the founder and sponsor of the foundation, Prince Tonye Princewill said the gesture would be his little monthly contribution of giving back to the society while encouraging the hard workers in it. The Prince, who was represented by Barr. Ken Saronwiyo a retired customary court judge and a Deputy Governorship aspirant in the 2015 elections, said that the…
The Concerned Nigerians Initiative (CNI) has condemned what it describes as the Punch Newspaper’s culture of hate-mongering against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Government he heads. In a press release titled, “Punch and the Culture of Hate Mongering”, circulated to journalists, media houses both national and international online newspapers and blogs, the CNI said, their “attention has been drawn to an Editorial of the Punch Newspaper of Wednesday 12th December 2019 in which the paper successfully managed to expose its morbid hatred for President Muhammadu Buhari and the Government he heads. This is coming on the heels of the spirited…
Twitter is making a big change to its platform that will lead to purge of thousands of dormant accounts. The social networking company on Wednesday announced that it is going to remove accounts that have not logged in for more than six months. The move could lead to freeing up of thousands usernames as well. Twitter said it will start sending emails to these dormant account holders with a prompt asking to sign in before December 11 to keep the account active. These accounts, however, will not be deleted overnight but will take many months. The company hasn’t disclosed when it…
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Saturday that there have been about 150,000 orders thus far for the electric carmaker’s Cybertruck, which was unveiled late on Thursday. “146k Cybertruck orders so far, with 42% choosing dual, 41% tri & 17% single motor”, Musk said in a tweet, adding separately that the orders were achieved without any advertising or paid endorsements. The launch of the Cybertruck pickup suffered a setback when its “armored glass” windows shattered in a much-anticipated unveiling. The overall look of the electric vehicle had worried Wall Street on Friday. At the launch, Musk had…
Nigeria’s economic growth rose to an annual rate of 2.28% in the three months to the end of September after the production of its main export commodity, crude oil, rose to a more than three year high, the statistics office said on Friday. The economy, Africa’s largest, expanded by 0.17% in the previous quarter and 0.47% in the same period a year earlier. The country has struggled to shake off the effects of a 2016 recession that ended the following year. Growth rates in Nigeria have been bouncing back this year, though from a low base, after the oil sector,…
Arsenal manager Unai Emery said he did not know whether midfielder Granit Xhaka would play again for the club after the Swiss international swore at home fans and was stripped of the captain’s armband. Xhaka has not played since the Oct. 27 bust-up at the Emirates and Emery told reporters on Friday he had asked not to be picked for Saturday’s Premier League match at Leicester City. The manager said Arsenal would wait until Xhaka was in the right frame of mind to play for the club again but later indicated he could not be certain that would happen. “We…
Virgil van Dijk and Lionel Messi lead the 30-man shortlist for the prestigious Ballon d’Or. Van Dijk is the favourite to become the first defender since Fabio Cannavaro in 2016 to be awarded the historic Golden Ball with Messi hoping to win a record-breaking sixth title. They were both amongst the list of 30 names confirmed as nominees on Monday night, with a heavy dose of Liverpool in the star-studded list. Van Dijk is joined by Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Georginio Wijnaldum as seven members of Jurgen Klopp’s side were recognised after their Champions…
Adele and Skepta are dating, according to The Sun. The musicians – who are both from Tottenham in North London – have been in regular contact since Adele split from her husband Simon Konecki in April, the newspaper claims. A source told The Sun: “Adele and Skepta have been there for each other a lot after both their relationships split up. “They have a close bond and there’s definitely a special connection. They’re spending more and more time together. “Some of their friends are hoping and predicting they could end up being a great couple one day. They are both…
Serena Williams survived a second-round scare at the U.S. Open on Wednesday with a 5-7 6-3 6-1 win over American wildcard Catherine McNally to keep alive her hopes of securing a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title. World number eight Williams, who captured the first of her six U.S. Open titles two years before her 17-year-old opponent was born, spent the first half of the match trying to find her rhythm but when she did she was off to the races. “She really came out and played really well, she showed no fear,” said Williams. “She had absolutely nothing to lose…
On-off relationships are associated with higher rates of abuse, poorer communication and lower levels of commitment, suggest researchers. The pattern of breaking up and getting back together can impact an individual’s mental health and not for the better, new research shows. The study published in the journal — Family Relations — suggests that people in these kinds of relationships should make informed decisions about stabilising or safely terminating their relationships. Prior research estimated that more than 60 per cent of adults have been involved in on-off relationships, and more than one-third of cohabitating couples reported breaking up and later reconciling…
After 22 years of marriage to Will Smith, Pinkette Smith, 47, has confessed that sex toys are the main factor in their longevity and spicy sex life. She told The Sun’s Bizarre column: “People are shocked about my love for using sex tous, I know damn well I’m not the only one that uses them. Nobody has to feel any shame about it but I’m still surprised how people relate to sex, specifically female sexuality- It’s still such a taboo”. The actress also revealed that opening up about their marriage problems have brought her and Will, 50, closer and she…
Ghana will offer tax breaks of up to 10 years to automakers that set up local manufacturing plants, as the government seeks to attract international companies such as Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Co. Volkswagen and Nissan both agreed last year to set up auto-assembly plants if Ghana signed off on an official incentive plan, while Renault SA said in January it would consider a similar move. In March, Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. announced a joint venture to produce vehicles in the nation. Ghana’s move to lure carmakers follows South Africa, which has attracted seven manufacturers including…
Six police officers were shot and wounded in the US city of Philadelphia on Wednesday during an hours-long incident that began when police tried to execute a narcotics warrant, the Philadelphia Police Department said. All of the officers were later released from hospital, but police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr said that in 30 years he had never seen so many officers shot over such a long period of time. The incident comes after two mass shootings in the US earlier this month; one in Dayton, Ohio and the other in El Paso, Texas; left a total of 31 people dead.…
At least 37 people have been killed amid fresh inter-communal clashes in northeast Chad between farmers and camel herders, President Idriss Deby Itno said on Friday. Speaking to reporters in the capital N’Djamena, Idriss Deby said inter-communal conflict had become a “national concern”. “Three days ago, 37 Chadians were killed in Ouaddai [region] as a result of inter-communal conflicts,” he said, according to the local Alwihda Info news website. In May, dozens of people were killed and wounded amid clashes in the country’s eastern Sila province between Arab herders and Ouaddai farmers, according to Chadian news reports. Ouaddai is a…
No fewer than 15 people have been confirmed dead, while many others are missing in a boat accident in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The victims, it was gathered were returning from Warrah market, a border community in the Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State to Sabo Yumu in Borgu, when the accident occurred on Sunday evening. According to a source, the accident might be as a result of poor visibility due to bad weather, which caused the boat to run into a tree stump on River Malale midway into the journey. “As we speak, 15…
A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday, killing all five crew members and 12 civilians, an army statement said. Another 12 civilians were injured in the crash, which set off a fire. Rawalpindi is close to the capital, Islamabad, and is where the headquarters of the Pakistan army is based. The website of newspaper The News carried footage showing a building engulfed in flames. There was no immediate word on the cause of the crash or the type of aircraft involved. Military and civilian rescue…
Tulsi Gabbard, one of the presidential candidates of the US Democratic Party, has sued Google for at least $50 million accusing the company of meddling with her campaign. Gabbard’s alleges that the search engine suspended her campaign’s advertising account for six hours following the first Democratic debate, EnGadget reported on Thursday. “In the hours following the 1st debate, while millions of Americans searched for info about Tulsi, Google suspended her search ad account without explanation. It is vital to our democracy that big tech companies can’t affect the outcome of elections,” a tweet from Gabbard’s official account read. Gabbard’s campaign…
