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Asari Dokubo: Obi Can’t Compete Against Presidential Opponents

6Jul

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Asari Dokubo: Obi Can’t Compete Against Presidential Opponents

Former militant leader Asari Dokubo says presidential candidate, Peter Obi is a fraud for feeding his supporters with lies. The founder of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force stated that Peter Obi cannot match up to his political opponents, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress party (APC), and Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP). He made his view known through his Facebook page Dokubo Asari Justice Foundation. see also: Peter Obi: The Labour Party Candidate Electrifying Young Nigerians – BBC News He dreadfully belittled the OBI-dient political movement, indicating they will amount to nothing as the presidential battle will be between the candidates of political powerhouses APC and PDP. Asari Dokubo stressed his points by questionin...

SERAP Issues Buhari 14-Day Ultimatum To Publish Names of Suspected Looters Of N6Trillion Niger Delta Funds

26Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria

SERAP Issues Buhari 14-Day Ultimatum To Publish Names of Suspected Looters Of N6Trillion Niger Delta Funds

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN to widely publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2000 and 2019, as documented in the recent Forensic Audit Report on NDDC”. This was contained in an open letter signed by SERAP's deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare. The organisation urged Buhari to direct Malami and other appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly bring to justice, anyone suspected to be responsible for the missing N6 trillion and to fully recover any misappropriated public funds. According to SERAP,...

Kidnapped Rivers NTA Reporter Regains Freedom

15Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Kidnapped Rivers NTA Reporter Regains Freedom

The Rivers State Police Command has announced the release of Mrs. Chidiebere Onyia, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Woji, Rivers State last Tuesday, by her kidnappers. Onyia, a nursing mother and an employee of the Nigeria Television Authority, Port Harcourt Zonal office, spent five days in captivity. The kidnappers had blocked her vehicle and taken her away, leaving her colleagues who were with her behind. Confirming the development, the spokesman for the state police command, Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement on Sunday, described Ovia’s release as a Valentine’s Day gift. According to Omoni, the kidnappers abandoned Ovia and fled on sighting the police. He attributed the development to the police, saying the intense pressure mounted by the police paid off eventually. T...

Northern Elders Forum’s Position on the Proposed Constitutional Review

30Aug

By admin1 Comment

Biafra, Legislature, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Press Statement

Northern Elders Forum’s Position on the Proposed Constitutional Review

Northern Elders Forum Position on the Proposed Constitutional Review by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Statement of Northern Elders Forum(NEF) on the Senate’s Call for Memoranda on Review of the Constitution. Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has taken note of the published invitation by the Senate ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)to the public to submit Memorandum to assist the “further alteration of the provisions of the Constitution(as amended)”. The announcement gives all Nigerians only two weeks to submit their memoranda on all aspects requiring amendment of the current Constitution. 2. The Forum is convinced that this repetitive initiative of the Senate is of no value and a predictable waste of time, resources and e...

Nigeria – Are You A Unionist Or A Secessionist?

25Aug

By Ndidi UwechueNo Comments

Biafra, Human Rights, Legislature, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, United Nations

Nigeria – Are You A Unionist Or A Secessionist?

25th August 2020 Given the bloody events in Nigeria, I strongly urge us to dialogue not only at national, but also at international levels regarding what I have termed the “territorial credence*” of Nigeria. That is, how real is this country called Nigeria? Such a dialogue is needed, and quite urgently too as it regards the legal existence and then the viability of “Nigeria”. Nigeria’s Union is founded on its Constitution. Before Independence in 1960 the ethnic nationalities that comprise Nigeria established, then agreed upon certain conditions that must be met and kept, if there was to be any Union. It is the 1999 Constitution that Nigeria operates today, and the important dialogue should be about the validity of this Constitution. Here is some basic information ...

Opinion: The Deceit Of Amending the Null and Void 1999 Nigeria Constitution

11Aug

By Ndidi UwechueNo Comments

Biafra, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, Legislature, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, United Nations

Opinion: The Deceit Of Amending the Null and Void 1999 Nigeria Constitution

11th August 2020 For the sake of authenticity and thus validity, Nigeria’s Constitution must truly be made by the people, and not be imposed upon the people (unawares) as was the 1999 Constitution. In the past twenty-one years much has been written about the forgery that the 1999 Constitution is. Briefly, “We the people” did not prepare or agree any part of this Constitution as falsely claimed in its preamble. Furthermore, the current Nigeria is not a Federation as stated in the Constitution, instead it operates under a Unitary system. These are just two ways that make the 1999 Constitution a clear forgery. Since the 1999 Constitution is a forgery, it is not binding because it is NULL AND VOID. It therefore cannot be amended but as a forged instrument must be disc...

Under Probe Diezani, Says Yahoo Boys Are Now Role Models

10Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Under Probe Diezani, Says Yahoo Boys Are Now Role Models

Erstwhile Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has lamented the bastardization of moral values to the level that internet fraudsters, christened Yahoo boys have become role models for Nigerian youths. She made the remark on Friday during a virtual keynote address during an event which had her former principal. President Goodluck Jonathan in attendance. She advocated for proper mentoring of Ijaw youths, who according to her are faced with the temptation of joining the bandwagon. The event was organised by the Ijaw National Development Group. In the video posted on Twitter by Jackson Ude, Diezani said, “The ones that have swag, the Yahoo Yahoo boys, as my son would say; these, in short, are the role models they are looking at. These are the ones that reinforce neg...

NDDC Issues Senator Two weeks Ultimatum to Refund N2.5bn for Failed Contracts

8Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Crime, Economy, Education, Finance, Judiciary, Legislature, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Press Statement

NDDC Issues Senator Two weeks Ultimatum to Refund N2.5bn for Failed Contracts

Case pending before two courts, letter has not reached me – Nwaoboshi The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has hit back at the Nigerian Senate, asking Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger-Delta, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, to refund N2.5n for contracts his companies failed to deliver. The commission failed to mention the names of the concerned firms in the letter written to the lawmaker. The commission gave Nwaoboshi a two weeks ultimatum to refund the funds to its account. NDDC in a letter signed by the Director, Legal Services, Peter Okoro, dated July 5 asked Nwaoboshi to return to its coffers fund earmarked for the supply of plastic chairs and desks for primary and secondary schools in the Niger Delta region in 2017. The letter read, “Instead of supplying the cha...

Akpabio’s Contract Beneficiaries List Genuine- NDDC

5Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Crime, Justice, Legislature, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Akpabio’s Contract Beneficiaries List Genuine- NDDC

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has given credence to the list of contract beneficiaries made public by the Minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio. The minister had released a list containing names of prominent federal legislators and former governors as beneficiaries of contracts awarded by the NDDDC. Among the lawmakers listed as beneficiaries were: Chairman of senate committee on NDDC, Peter Nwaoboshi; Matthew Urhoghide, chairman of the senate committee on public accounts; and Orji Uzor Kalu, senate whip. Akpabio also listed James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, former governors of Delta state as beneficiaries. All the individuals named have rebuffed the claim, accusing the minister of attempting to divert attention from the NDDC probe and tarnishing t...

Buhari Reacts to NDDC, EFCC Probes, says it’s an Abuse of trust

1Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

African Development, Corruption, Crime, Economy, Finance, Human Rights, Interview, Judiciary, Justice, Legislature, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Press Statement, Religion

Buhari Reacts to NDDC, EFCC Probes, says it’s an Abuse of trust

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reacted to corruption allegations rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He said that some of his appointees have betrayed the trust reposed in them. The president disclosed this in a chat with reporters after observing Eid Mubarak prayers at the forecourt of the presidential villa. He said, “There has been abuse of trust by people trusted by previous administration and this administration.” Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has being quizzed by a presidential panel over allegations of corruption and abuse of power. The interim management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Kemebradikumo D...