The now Chief Evans Enwerem road which we commissioned today is part of the previous ones meant to reduce the infrastructural deficit in the State.
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma made the statement via his post on Facebook adding that the road revolution is to make Imo better, provide more access roads to the teeming population of Imo people and to allow for free movement of goods and services in the State as a whole.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State leads the Senator representing Edo Central, Senator Clifford Odia, and other government officials to pay our last respects to the late Rear Admiral Joe Aikhomu.
The late naval chief according to the Governor was a caring, hardworking, straightforward and honest man. He prayed God grants his family the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.
We were pleased to welcome my brothers, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State and Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State who paid us a courtesy visit this morning. Former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kassim Shettima and Senator Ali Ndume were also in the entourage.
His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State gave this message via his Facebook handle as he receives his counterpart Governor Zulum in Ibadan to receive an award from alumni of his alma mater, the University of Ibadan. Governor Seyi congratulated him for the well-deserved award, and thanked him for commiserating with the good people of Oyo State over the incidents at Sasa and the Auto Spare Parts Market, Agodi Gate.
Nigeria’s popular actor and film maker, Ufuoma Stacey McDermott celebrates her 11th year wedding anniversary today with a lovely post of her and her hubby with the message “11 years today. It’s officially our #weddingAnniversary! On Saturday like this, on the 10th of April 2010, it became legal. Sweet, thank you for the journey. I’ll do it with you all over again. Through the ups and downs, our common denominator has been love. May we remain under this coverage of grace and love.”
Quite lovely, isn't it? Congratulations!
The latest clash between two of Nigeria’s richest men, Aliko Dangote and Abdul Samad Rabiu, is over sugar. It is a dispute over who controls the sugar market in Africa’s biggest economy, Premium Times reports.
While Mr Dangote accuses his competitor of attempting to appropriate undue advantage according to the report, Mr Rabiu says Mr Dangote, Africa’s richest man, wants to monopolise the market and manipulate prices. Mr Dangote denied the price-fixing allegation in a statement Friday.
But documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES shed light on the accusations and counter-accusations by the two sides, and the government’s role in the feud.
Nigeria’s journalist, blogger, activist and social media personality, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo has rolled out an announcement tagged “A YORUBA public service announcement for #bokoharam and #killerherdsmen S/O to Kebbi state people NG”.
Yes! That’s the Late DMX in the video below capturing him jamming to Michael Jackson's song before his death.
Shared by his fiancée, Desiree Lindstrom, the video shows the rapper looking happy while enjoying Michael Jackson's song in the car with his fiancée.
The New York rapper, songwriter and actor died on Friday, April 9, of drug overdose that triggered a heart attack on April 2, his family confirmed in a statement.
Check out Selena Gomez's post earning over 4 million likes in one single day and 5,085,464 likes at press time. Can you beat that? However, it was meant to promote her new @rarebeauty Discovery Eyeshadow Palette which comes with seven everyday shades for easy combos and when used with the eye primer it really makes the shadows pop.
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Some of the country's highways were
built through existing Black and brown communities. President Biden's
infrastructure plan aims to address racial inequities. Richard Baker/Corbis via Getty Images |
In his $2 trillion plan to improve
America's infrastructure, President Biden is promising to address the racism
ingrained in historical transportation and urban planning.
Biden's plan includes $20 billion for a program that would "reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments," according to the White House. It also looks to target "40 percent of the benefits of climate and clean infrastructure investments to disadvantaged communities."
Planners of the interstate highway system, which began to take shape after the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, routed some highways directly, and sometimes purposefully, through Black and brown communities. In some instances, the government took homes by eminent domain.
My beloved people of Imo State, I bring you warm felicitations on this glorious occasion of Easter The Easter season marks the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is the root of Christianity.
That glorious resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday is the everlasting emblem of the triumph of love over hate, of light over darkness. Most importantly the events of Easter comfort us with the assurance of a secured pathway to our salvation.
As we celebrate Easter, our faith is strengthened because it reminds us that Christ died on the cross for our sake, because he loves us. As Christ himself said; what other love is greater than this... that a man should die for his friends.
Therefore we should rejoice and be glad, for Christ, our Lord has risen in glory, after paying the supreme sacrifice of shedding his blood, for our sake.
However, as we celebrate, we should ponder awhile and soberly reflect on the power of this love that made Christ to die for us. With such love, we can build a kinder and more inclusive society where love defines how we relate with each other.
Let us, therefore, resolve during this Easter celebration to truly love our country and our state by thinking more of what we can do to make our country and our state better, than thinking more of what we can get out from country and state.
Sacrifice is the pillar of love. Therefore as true Christians, we must be prepared, to make sacrifices for the good of our neighbour and the larger society.
On behalf Myself, Ayabas, Princes and Princesses, Oyomesi, Oyo people home and abroad, I His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, (J.P, C.F.R, LL.D, S.A.P, D.LITT), Iku Baba Yeye, Alaafin of Oyo, The Permanent Chairman, Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs and the Grand Custodian of Yoruba Culture and Tradition most heartily felicitate with all Christian faithfuls on this Easter day celebration where we join the world to celebrate the only man and son of God who according to the Gospel was crucified and he rose and ascended to heaven and is seated on the right hand of God the reason for Easter.
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has given reasons for initiating #HarassBuhariOutOfLondon protest, reports The Punch.
The PUNCH had reported that some Nigerians staged a protest on Friday at the Nigeria House in London against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), medical trip.
The President is currently in London where he is expected to spend two weekks to enable him to undergo a medical check-up.
According to the report, the former presidential aid wondered why Buhari failed to build a standard hospital in Nigeria. He said other Nigerians in London joined the protest because they were also uncomfortable with the situation of things in their country.
A new radio station, 99.1FM was on Wednesday commissioned in Abuja by the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu with the aim to bring the Force closer to the people.
The radio station will provide community-based radio broadcast services, the IGP noted in his keynote speech. It will serve as a veritable avenue for the Nigeria Police to engage, enlighten and inform the public on policing activities and other security-related matters.
Further breaking it down in his address, the IGP added that the radio station will air programs targeted at involving the citizens in the security of their localities especially on ways to spot and report crimes and other necessary steps to take in the event of a crime or security emergency.
The senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Tunde Bakare, on Sunday said the state of Nigeria’s does not reflect President Muhammadu Buhari that he knows, reports Channels Television
In his State of the Nation address to commemorate the 2021 Easter celebrations, the report submits that Bakare said he is forced to speak out owing to what he described as Buhari’s legacy being confined to the unsavoury side of history.
“I am compelled to speak out because the state of the nation does not represent the Buhari I knew when we took that solemn journey towards rebuilding Nigeria,” he tweeted.
Nollywood's highly rated actor Ugezu J. Ugezu has a message for his fans and the public. Posting the message on his IG and identifying it as 'Reflections from the Metaphysical Garden', Ugezu stated that "IN NIGERIA, ALL PROTOCOLS ARE ALWAYS SUSPENDED".
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah on Sunday berated the current administration for its handling of Nigeria’s security challenges, saying Boko Haram terrorists are consuming the nation under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch, Channels Television reports.
Kukah in his 2021 Easter message titled, ‘Before our glory departs’, recalled that President Buhari had in 2015 described Boko Haram insurgents as a typical case of small fires causing large fires.
“On May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari, at his swearing-in as President of Nigeria, said: Boko Haram is a typical case of small fires causing large fires,” Kukah said.
“Now, before his watch, the fires are consuming the nation, and in many instances, they indeed start small.
“In all, Nigeria’s troubles are growing by the day, but our hands must remain stretched out in supplication.”
Bishop Kukah, the report further states, also blamed those in power for the increasing cases of banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and armed robbery in the country, noting that insecurity keeps deteriorating because the ruling class pays more attention to rehabilitating bandits and kidnappers than the victims.
According to Channels television Kukah expressed concern over the killing of security operatives and the “helplessness” of the citizens, saying: “Taunted by Boko Haram, ravaged by bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers, and other merchants of death across the nation, there is collective fear as to whether Nigeria’s glory is about to depart! Retired military and intelligence officers lament over what has become of their glorious profession as they watch the humiliation of our military personnel.
“Traumatised citizens are tortured daily by bandits. The nation has since become a massive killing field, as both government and the governed look on helplessly.
“A thick and suffocating cloud of desperation, despondency, desolation, gloom, and misery hangs in the hot air. We have no message and have no idea how long this will last. Our people seek solace and protection, but frustration and darkness threaten to drown them. Is their government on AWOL?”
