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President Mohammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitments to support the  Economic and Financial Crimes commission in rebuilding the battered image of  the nation Nigeria. President Buhari made this known recently while commissioning the Headquarters of EFCC yesterday in Abuja. Here is the full speech presented by him. "1. This is another milestone in our determined and collective fight against corruption. 2.     Throughout my journey in national service and since 2015, I have made a very conscious decision to pursue a vigorous fight against corruption in public life. 3.     Since 2015, we have made significant progress in the fight against corruption. Everyone now knows that corrupt officials will be held to account, no matter how long it takes. 4.     We have recovered and are still recovering trillions of naira that were stolen in the past few years by people without conscience. 5.     We are pursuing recoveries everywhere and are making sure that anyone who has b

The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi  Amaechi, has said the planned All Progressives Congress, APC, Congresses in Rivers State will hold has scheduled in spite the rumours making the rounds in some section of the Media  that materials were hijacked and  compromised. The former governor made the assertion in Port Harcourt recently, while reacting to insinuations that materials meant for the congresses had been hijacked with the view of compromising the outcome in favour of a particular group of party loyalists. For your news and adverts, contact Newspointers.blogspot. com imaowaji135@gmail.com Call: 08159993540 Amaechi expressed surprise that someone could cook up such falsehood in order to cast doubts in the hearts of citizens and also heat up the political scene. Reiterating his stance for free and credible Congresses across the state, he opined that he is not in possession of any material relating to the planned Congresses because he is not a party official, ne

All is not well as the Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike proposes another huge sum of amount in driving his political careers. According to a top antagonist of governor Wike's government, Douglas Dodiyi-Manuel, who highlighted some points said the move should be discontinued. Excerpts from Mr. Dodiyi-Manuel's massage; "We are yet to determine the implementation quotient of the 2alarmnd 2017 budgets that summatively amounted to N840b expenditure in two years. What are loans? I don't believe in artisanal programs that insult the potentials of our YOUTH. In this day and age, industrialisation is the word, not mere survival. If the Rivers State Government is sincere, then they must follow certain sequence: 1. Institutionalization: by this, I mean to create and strengthen institutions that will drive GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES. We can't in the 21st Century allow Wike run government like a kiosk. These institutions will look into government's proposed

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress,  Hon. Prince Awalanta Ejire  has decried bitterly over the poor treatment given to workers in Rivers State. Awalanta in a statement made available by his media team said , funds are been released to various state government to pay workers but unfortunately in Rivers-State the story is different, workers are been subjected to untold hardship, as it has clearly shown that the welfare of workers is not on priority list of the state government. While felicitating with workers all over the world, he commended them for their ability to work tirelessly in repositioning the state among the league of states in the federation, despite the backlog of salaries and pension been owed them by the Rivers-State Government. He further advised that a "quality and affordable welfare of workers funding should be considered". He praised the former governor of the state, Chibuike Amaechi  noting that "Rivers workers had a better opportunity and a