Electricity: Landlords, Ikeja Electric biker over wire  re-routing

Electricity: Landlords, Ikeja Electric biker over wire re-routing

WHILE many Nigerians are complaining of the irregular electricity supply that has characterized the power sector, some landlords at Abule-Egba, a suburb of Lagos, are faced with additional trouble – the re-routing of high tension wires over their properties by Ikeja Electric, IE.
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12-yr schoolgirl pays fees vending tabloids in C-River

12-yr schoolgirl pays fees vending tabloids in C-River

CALABAR— WITH a reserved smile on her face, the 12-year-old teenager blushed when asked why she was on the streets selling newspapers at such a tender age. Before the reporter could get her response, a car screeched on the other side of the road and off she dashed across, like a spirit, to meet the gentleman sounding the horn unmindful of the chaotic traffic.
Welcome to the world of Miss Victoria Uduak Jeremiah, an indigene of Nsit Atai, Akwa Ibom State, a Senior Secondary School, SSS III student of West African People’s Institute, WAPI, Calabar, Cross River State, who sells newspapers at the busy Murtala Mohammed Highway by Ikot Enim Junction in Calabar to support her parents and pay her school fees.

Okowa confirms Niger Delta Voice’s exclusive on S-South govs

Okowa confirms Niger Delta Voice’s exclusive on S-South govs

GOVERNOR of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has authenticated the NDV Exclusive that Governors of the South-South states would in a little while give a kiss of life to the South-South Governors Forum, SSGF, and the BRACED Commission, the development institution established by their predecessors in 2011 to drive the process of regional cooperation and integration.

Pathway to Nigeria’s progress

Pathway to Nigeria’s progress

MAN is under the classification of animal and therefore, has the characteristics of selfishness – me, my family, siblings, clans, tribe, state, region, country, etc comes first. Even amongst siblings, when it comes to sharing of spoils, there is disagreement. In the family tradition, as soon as one becomes a man or gets married, one’s interests and decisions as it concerns the family are respected. How you run your family, how you fend for yourself and how you relate with friends and outsiders, is your own business, except, where issues concerning the whole family crops up, then you will be invited to offer your own contribution or views. That way there is peace in the society.

Homosexuality and Western media

Homosexuality and Western media

THE last few years has been seen as a revolution in human sexual behaviour. Some good, others not so good. We have now reached the level where English words have changed their meaning. Marriage used to mean a union between a man and a woman. Today, it means union between two people of the same sex. The West has passed laws making this queer relationship legal. It is too early to know how this would affect children in future.

Why I joined anti-Buhari protesters — Prof Odinkalu

Why I joined anti-Buhari protesters — Prof Odinkalu

former Chairman of Governing Council of National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, yesterday justified the anti-Buhari protest staged across the country last week, saying he joined to register his disappointment on the failure of some government personnel who ought to have shown empathy to millions of suffering Nigerians while they lavish in affluence.

Electricity: Eko Electric boss calls for strategies to reduce shortfalls

Electricity: Eko Electric boss calls for strategies to reduce shortfalls

FOLLOWING the financial crunch being experienced across the electricity value chain as well as other pressing challenges, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Eko Electricity Distribution Plc, EKEDC, Mr. Oladele Amoda has called on the Federal Government to devise strategies to reduce the revenue gaps.

AMCON hires KPMG to undertake forensic audit of Arik Air

AMCON hires KPMG to undertake forensic audit of Arik Air

The ASSET Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, the new management of Arik Air, has hired KPMG, financial experts, to undertake a forensic and diagnostic audit of the finances of the airline to ascertain the true position of its finances.