Briga News Nigeria Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates has said she will resign as a co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “This is not a decision I came to lightly,” Ms Gates wrote in a statement posted to social media on Monday. Her last day of work will be 7 June. Ms Gates…
Briga News Nigeria The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR, performed the groundbreaking Ceremony of Dualization of Minna-Bida Road. The road is being constructed by the administration of Governor Umar Mohammed Bago of Niger State. Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was together with members of the APC national working…
Briga News Nigeria Delta State House of Assembly, Wednesday screened and confirmed the nominees for appointment into the Delta State Investment Development Agency, Civil Service Commission and Auditor General Local Government. The house also considered eight proposed Executive bills and which scaled first reading at plenary presided over by the Speaker Right Honourable Emomotimi Guwor….
Briga News Nigeria Siminialayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says the existence of members of the state house of assembly is based on his recognition. Fubara spoke on Monday when some political and traditional leaders from Bayelsa state visited him at the government house in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers. The Rivers governor said members…
Briga News Nigeria …Approves Land For FG Project Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said affordable housing for people of the state will be accorded top priority in his second term. Senator Diri disclosed this on Friday when the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, and…
Briga News Nigeria His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, Sworn-in Commissioners Designate into the State Executive Council, at the Exco Chambers, Government House, Yenagoa. Names of Commissioners and their Portfolios; 1) Biriyai Dambo, SAN – Ministry of Justice/ Attorney General of Bayelsa State 2) Maxwell Ebibai – Ministry of Finance 3) ESV…
Briga News Nigeria Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, discharged and acquitted the former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, from alleged N8,537,586, 798.58 billion fraud case. Justice Faji cleared Akpobolokemi and an employee of NIMASA, Josphine Otuaga, of the 22-count charge of…
Briga News Nigeria …Attends Arc. Adukeh’s daughter’s marriage Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has encouraged elders and leaders of the state who are doing business outside, to come back home and invest. Governor Diri stated this at the marriage ceremony between former Miss Initeme Adukeh and Osagie Eremosele. Initeme Adukeh is daughter of…
Briga News Nigeria •••Commends Military On Professionalism Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the people of Igbomotoru 1 and 2 communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area to return home, saying the Nigerian Army has assured the state government of their safety. Senator Diri stated this on Tuesday when he visited the…
By Keneware Emmanuel National Secretary of the revered Ogulagha Kingdom Youth Council, OKYC, Comr. Efe Alaye has lamented over the series of abandoned projects by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, in Obotobo 2 Community. Alaye, who lament over the series of abandoned projects in the community, states that it is heartbreaking,…