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I PRAY PROFESSOR ITSE SAGAY IS NOT GOING SENILE, SAYS JONATHAN Former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Monday reacted to the statement credited to the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, that if he (Jonathan) had another three years in the office, Nigerians would have been crossing Sahara to Libya In a statement by his former aide, Reno Omokri, he wondered if Sagay is going senile, saying the “assertion flies against the facts on the ground.” Supporting his argument, Omokri pointed out that the “World Bank says our economy was better under Jonathan than it is now.” According to him, Transparency International had reported that “corruption is worse today than under Jonathan. The Global Hunger Index says Nigerians are more hungry today than under Jonathan.” He added: “Nigeria moved from fourth most terrorized nation in the world in 2015 to 3rd most terrorized nation in the Global Terrorism Index fo

COMMUNIQUE OF THE MEETING OF THE SOUTH-SOUTH/ SOUTH- EAST GOVERNORS FORUM HELD IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, UYO, AKWA-IBOM STATE ON SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER. 2017. The Governors of the south-south /South-East states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria met in Uyo, Akwa-ibom State on 26th November 2017,to discuss and take positions on issues common to the interest of the States in the two regions on the affairs of the nation. The meeting which was chaired by Mr. Emmanuel Udom, Governor of Cross Rivers State, had in attendance seven Governors and two deputy governors. Others present in the meeting where Governor Rocha's Okorocha of Imo State, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Professor Ivara Ezu and Dr. Nkem  Okeke, both deputy Governors represented the governor's of Cross Rivers and Anambra State

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRST-EVER NIGERIAN POLICE BROADCASTING SERVICE (NPBS); NIGERIA POLICE PARTNERS NIGERIA CONTENT DEVELOPMENT BOARD 24/11/2017 BY Pat PA Okon THURSDAY, the Chairman/CEO of the proposed Nigeria Police Broadcasting Service (NPBS), Mr Edirin Jerry Wesley and his team made a business visit to the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engineer Simbi Kesiye Wabote, at Bank of Industry (BOI) House, Abuja. The visit was to formally introduce the NPBS concept to the Local Content Board, as well as solicit for areas of possible partnership agreements for the Police Broadcasting Service. In his speech, the NPBS chairman said that in its bid to step up security level in the country and also create more job opportunities, the Federal Government through the NPF is about commissioning the Nigerian Police Broadcasting Service (NPBS)‎ and the Nigeria Police Emergency Response CENTRE  (NCECC) in the 36 states and the Federa

DICKSON AND CLARK IN CRUCIAL TALKS TO PREVENT A FRESH CRISIS IN THE NIGER DELTA By our correspondent in Yenagoa. 12/11/2017 Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and Prime Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark this Friday held a crucial meeting to discuss recent threats to peace and security in the Niger Delta region. The meeting focused on the state of insecurity and the recent breakdown of law and order in some areas, especially the escalating tension in some areas of the region caused by the recent threat by the Niger Delta Avengers to resume attacks on oil installations in the oil rich region. A state issued by Fidelis Soriwei, the Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Media Relations, said that the deliberations focused on how steps could be taken to establish contact with the federal Government on the one hand and the aggrieved youths on the other as part of measures to prevent a major crisis in the region. According to him, the meeting also conde

PRESIDENT BUHARI COMMENDS BENIN KINGDOM FOR STABILISING NIGERIA President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday expressed delight with the stabilising roles that the Eweka Dynasty of Benin Kingdom had been playing in the affairs of the country. Speaking while receiving the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II at the State House, the President said that Nigerians have reasons to be proud of the stabilising roles Benin chiefs had played right from the c olonial era to the current period, not only in the Delta region but the entire country. President Buhari singled out the role of the immediate past Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa I, whom he described as his “back bone of support” when he was Federal Commissioner of Petroleum Resources and the late Oba was a Federal Permanent Secretary. “I cannot hold back my emotions, talking about my relationship with your predecessor. After General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated, I was moved from the North-E

GOVERNOR SERIAKE DICKSON HOST FORMER PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN Governor Seriake Dickson play's host to former President Goodluck Jonathan in his official residence in Government House, Yenagoa, dispelling speculations that they are not in good terms.