Briga News Nigeria Oporoza…………. The Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Hon. Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has secured commitments from the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro-Gbaraun 11, Aketekpe, Agadagba, and Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo AKA Tompolo to do everything within their power to ensure peace in the region. This pledge was made during the minister’s official…
Briga News Nigeria The Eku Baptist/General Hospital, Delta State, the MD, the team of doctors, and the state government among others have been dragged to Delta State High Court for professional negligence that allegedly led to the death of a 33-year-old woman, Mrs. Anesther Egede In the writ of summons obtained by Metro PUNCH on…
Briga News Nigeria Former Kogi governors Captain Idris Wada and Alhaji Ibrahim Idris have endorsed Senator Dino Melaye as the state’s next governor. The duo expressed their unwavering vote of confidence in Senator Melaye’s leadership. Senator Melaye is contesting to be the state’s governor under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Captain Wada and…
Briga News Nigeria Immediate past Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has congratulated Louis Efe Otuisi, who recently bagged a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, in Production Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Delta State University, Abraka. Otuisi was a Special Assistant (Political) to former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Otuaro congratulated Otuisi, both as President…
Briga News Nigeria A group of activists in the Niger Delta have accused former president Muhammadu Buhari of hiring unqualified contractors for the Ogoni cleanup project. The activists also accused government officials of using “kickbacks and kick-fronts” to frustrate the project. The groups are Ogoni-American Organisations, National Union of Ogoni Students (NOUS), Centre for Democracy…
Briga News Nigeria Indigenes of Opuama (Atilabo), Tsekelewu, and Okirigbo Communities of Egbema Kingdom in Warri North Local Government area of Delta state have disowned the map by the Ondo State Government Performance and Implementation Monitoring Unit (ODSGPPIMU), annexing them into neighboring Ondo State council areas. Specifically, the people have rejected in its entirety the…
Briga News Nigeria Abuja——————-The Federal government has approved the implementation of 25% pay rise for lecturers in all federal institutions, the BusinessDay reports. The government had earlier objected to the payment of 25% to lecturers in the tertiary institutions when it raised those of Professors to 35%. But in a Circular No: OAuGF/ SW/C/QP/1395/VOL.1/11, dated…
Briga News Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Jamiu Abiola, Son of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola (MKO), the winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, as Special Assistant on Special Duties. The appointment which is to take place with immediate effect was announced by the Presidential Spokesman, Aguri.
Briga News Nigeria The two-week ultimatum issued by the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for those owing ground rents to pay up or have their property revoked, has led to the recovering of N1 billion in one month. Since the directive, the headquarters of the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) has…
Briga News Nigeria In his desire and commitment to creating a positive and productive working relationship and environment, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor accompanied by the majority Leader of the House, Hon. Engr. Emeka Nwaobi, Hon. Austin Uroye, Hon. Emmanuel Sinebe, Hon. Merilyn Okowa-Daramola and Hon. Festus…