Finally, Ogoni Clean-up gets new shape... As Amina unveil plans

The Minister for Environment Amina Mohammed has said the Ogoni clean-up is ongoing. Reacting to the clean-up exercise that was flagged by President Mohammadu Buhari, she noted that all resources have been made available and the money has been released. Mrs Mohammed, added that they needed the structure to be in place so that the money will go into the ground where people will feel the impact. She further stressed that its important to put together structure and make sure that they have a solid foundation.
According to her, “talking about Ogoni spill, all resources have been made available and the money has been released. But if you do not have structure in place the money will go into the ground and people will not feel the impact. It is important for us to put together structure and make sure that we have a solid foundation. Who is in the office, who is the budget manager and how are they recruiting? All of these were not taken care of in the past. But this time, we believe that by the time we leave, people will see result. It will be a continuing process and in the next few months people will be seeing some of the issues that they had not seen.” . The minister made this speech yesterday at the 10th anniversary of NOSDRA in Abuja.

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INEC Releases Timelines for the Collation and Declaration of Rivers Governorship Election

INEC Releases Timelines for the Collation and Declaration of Rivers Governorship Election INEC will hold security meeting in Rivers state on 29 March. CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS meeting on 30th of March. Resumption of collation and announcement of results to hold 2 April 2019. It will hold between April 2 and 5. There will be revalidation of polling agents and observers. Resumption of collation to start on 2 to 5th April 2019. The venue of the Collation will be agreed by critical stakeholders. Should there be need for Supplementary Elections, it will hold on the 13th April, 2019.

Plateau killings: More facts revealed as presidency exposes PDPs crocodile tears

The sad and unfortunate killings in Plateau State over the weekend have been turned to opportunity to once again play irresponsible politics, particularly by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which says it is declaring seven days of mourning. These are dolorous times that call for deep introspection on how cheap human lives have become, and the proffering of actionable ideas on how to get out of the bind. But the PDP would rather dance on the graves of the dead, playing cheap, infantile politics. The comatose and prostrate party is declaring seven days of mourning, during which flags in its offices would be flown at half mast nationwide. But unknown to the party, those flags had been forcefully lowered since its 2015 loss at the polls, and may remain so for a long time to come, because Nigerians are politically discerning, and cannot be hoodwinked by cheap antics. A quick checklist of some savage and brutal killings in Nigeria during PDP rule, between 1999 and 2015, for wh...

NDDC Records Milestone Partnerships with UK Varsities

NDDC Records Milestone Partnerships with UK Varsities The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is consolidating its existing partnerships with universities in the United Kingdom to ensure that the Commission gets more value for its human capital development programmes. Speaking after a five-day working visit to some universities in the United Kingdom where NDDC scholars are undergoing post-graduate studies, Acting Managing Director, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, said it was important "to find out the challenges scholars are facing in their various institutions in order to resolve them." Prof. Brambaifa said the visit afforded the team, including the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Dr Chris Oyirinda Amadi and directors of the Commission, "the opportunity to explore the prospects of deepening the relationships with foreign institutions, to ensure we take advantage of other mutually beneficial programmes.” Prof. Brambaifa said that ...

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