Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State presented a budget proposal of N327.68 billion to the State House of Assembly on Wednesday for the 2015 financial year. The governor, addressing the state lawmakers at their hollowed chamber in Asaba, the state capital, explained that the budget is made up of N161.6 billion as recurrent expenditure and…
Travel agents across the world have voted South Africa as the world’s leading Safari destination for the year 2014. The country got this recognition at the 21st World Travel Awards, which held in Anguilla in the Caribbean on December 7, 2014. This further cemented South Africa’s reputation as a sought-after destination in the world. South…
The crisis brewing in the Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may take a dangerous turn if urgent steps are not taken by the party leadership to wade into the matter. It is no news that a new comer into the party, Jimi Agbaje was announced winner of the governorship primary of the…
Amongst the numerous politicians jostling to become the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State few weeks back was a trained accountant, Akinwunmi Ambode. The rest is now history as Ambode was elected by the delegates of the party as he got over 65% of the vote at the primary election,…
**Picks Labour Party’s Guber Ticket Following the decision of the leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to give their support to former Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike for the party’s slot for the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill has decided to seek his ambition with the Labour Party. Princewill, in a…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) as the presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2015 general elections has been described as an unmistakable quit notice to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Congratulating Buhari, who picked the APC ticket on Thursday at the APC…
The 2014 edition of the annual carnival in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, popularly called Carniriv has started on a high note and the government has promised to make visitors to the beautiful city enjoy their stay during the period. Carniriv is a tourism and cultural export project of the Rivers State Government, which has always…
President Jonathan has come again for Igbo votes ahead of the emergence of successful All Progressive Congress (APC) primaries which picked General Muhammadu Buhari as flagbearer. With the emergence of Buhari as APC candidate, it is obvious that it is no more tea a party for the PDP, and one of the places they are…
For some days now, the blogosphere has been bubbling with reports of Nigeria’s representative at the recently concluded Big Brother Africa, BBA, Hotshots competition held in South Africa, Tayo Faniran, being splashed with $350,000 by Delta State-born billionaire, Ayiri Amami. Tayo lost the $300,000 star prize to Idris Sultan of Tanzania, who emerged winner of…
In recent times, there have been rumour that Nigerian actress, Uche Jombo Rodriguez lost her pregnancy through miscarriage. The actress was earlier reported to be pregnant. Also, few pictures of her, which surfaced on the internet, showed she had a protruding stomach. But recent photographs of her at event have showed a flat belly, which…