Author: Emmanuel

Rear Adm. Ayo Olugbode, President, Nigerian Hydrographic Society (NHS) and Hydrographer of the Navy, has called for collaboration among stakeholders to optimise the nation’s blue economy potential. Olugbode made the call in Lagos while addressing members of the society in a seminal aimed at advancing the hydrography profession in the country. He assured members of his commitment to moving NHS to greater heights. The navy hydrographer affirmed the support of the Chief of the Naval Staff towards improving Nigeria’s hydrographic capacity for improved maritime safety and security. A statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said that…

ABUJA– The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, reserved its judgment on the petition the Accord Party, AP, and its candidate, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, filed to challenge the outcome of the gubernatorial contest that held in the state on March 18. The Justice Cletus Emifonye-led three-member panel adjourned to deliver its verdict on the petition that is seeking to nullify the declaration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the election after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument. Aside from Governor Fubara and his party,…

The Zamfara Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday dismissed the petition filed against the state governor, Dauda Lawal by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle. The Tribunal Chairperson, Justice Cordelia Ogadi, who led two other members, dismissed the petition for lack of merit and inability of the petitioners to prove their case as required by law. The tribunal held that the petitioners also failed to prove allegation of irregularities during the polls and awarded N500,000 cost to be paid by the petitioners to each of the three respondents. The respondents to the petition are; Lawal,…

Credible Elections Project, a non-governmental group has called on all political parties and their candidates in the Bayelsa governorship election to be decorous in their acts and adhere to the provisions of the electoral laws. The group, with strong interest in a free and fair elections in Nigeria, made the called in statement by its National Coordinator, Dr Fred Adams and the Public Relations Officer, Amina Musa, made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday. The group called for a violence-free election in Bayelsa, saying that the state in the Niger Delta can not afford to be engrossed…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the increase in the standing committees of the House from 109 to 134 was to allow for better legislative oversight of the ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government by the legislature. Abbas, who made this known durng an interactive session with journalists in the National Assembly Complex, on Tuesday, decried the aim was to share leadership positions among members. He noted that some of the committees of the house were too large for effective oversight functions. “For example, the Committee on Tertiary Education had over…

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has charged newly promoted Directors of the Commission to emphasise efficiency in the discharge of their duties. Ogbuku, who made the call during the Opening Session of a Two-Week Capacity Building Workshop for NDDC Directors in Abuja, stated that providing quality service to the people of the Niger Delta was a collective responsibility of all the staff of the Commission. The NDDC Boss, represented by his Chief of Staff, Rev. Julius Oworibo, said that the Strategic Management and Leadership Programme would equip the Directors to make critical…

Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Frank Archibong, says the Ethical and Attitudinal Reorientation Commission, EARCOM, should be the major marketer of Governor Umo Eno’s ARISE Agenda. The Commissioner said this during a courtesy visit by the Board of EARCOM, to his office in Uyo yesterday (18th September, 2023), adding that, being an advocacy body, the Commission should spare no effort in collaborating with relevant Ministries and Agencies of Government in pursuit of her charter. Hon. Archibong, who commended EARCOM, for what he described as concerted efforts at public sensitisation and social mobilisation and…