Govs’ forum crisis cost PDP presidency – Uduaghan

 

                                         Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan

In this interview with TUNDE ODESOLA, Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, comments on party politics and the recent general elections, among other issues

A major objective of your administration was to make Delta State less dependent on oil. Looking back, can you say you’ve been able to achieve this objective?

The issue of ‘Delta beyond oil’ is our vision for economic recovery by simply using the funds we are getting from oil now to develop the structures that will encourage investments in other areas of the economy, especially in the agriculture, culture and tourism sectors. So far, we have reasonably laid the foundation for that kind of economy. The foundation we tried to lay is in three major areas. First is peace and security, without which no investors would come. Second is infrastructure development in transport, power, ICT and to encourage investors to come and thirdly, in the area of human capital development; to produce a strong workforce that can be absorbed when this structure comes into being. We have focused on those three areas and we have laid the foundation. I believe that the next administration would build on it and also expand the scope for the investment that comes to the state.

Police rescue stolen baby in A’Ibom

 

                                                                     The baby

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recovered a baby boy, David Johnny, who was stolen by a doctor with the connivance of his mother, Esther Johnny, and sold to a woman in Abuja.

It was learnt that the mother initially denied knowledge of the crime as the police intensified efforts to unravel the whereabouts of the baby.

Otti is a bad loser, says Ikpeazu

 

                                                              Okezie Ikpeazu

Abia State Governor-elect, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has denied an allegation by the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Dr. Alex Otti, that he (Ikpeazu) rigged the April 11 governorship election in the state.

FG hands over NITEL to NATCOM Consortium

 

After 14 years and five failed attempts to sell the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, the Federal Government on Tuesday finally handed over the beleaguered first national telecommunications company to a new core investor, the NATCOM Consortium.

Youth demography and test of leadership

 

                                                                         Taiwo Odukoya

On April 18, 2015 a Mozambican, Emmanuel Sithole, put a human face to the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Sithole was innocently walking along the road when he was attacked, beaten and stabbed to half an inch of his life. He died hours later in a hospital. Hours after his death, pictures of the incident and his story hit the internet, followed by the arrest of the suspects; all of them aged 18-22. Underpinning the mindless attacks on black immigrants in South Africa is a desperate youth crisis.

Queues return as petrol supply drops

 

Motorists at Conoil filling station in National bus stop on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway... on Tuesday.

Queues of motorists in desperate need of petrol resurfaced in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara states on Tuesday, while the scarcity of the product worsened in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory following the drastic cut in supply.

Tribunal judges should do the right thing!

 

                                                                Jide Ojo

“You must listen attentively and enquire appropriately, taking care not to descend into the arena. In addition, it is crucial that you consider all the evidence before you carefully, deliberate conscientiously, and adjudicate swiftly and justly as not only you but the entire judiciary will also be on trial”