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The Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI,  has  called on the Federal Government to probe the recent employment of junior staff by the Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State. The group in a statement by its President, Mr Ozobo Austin, and spokesman, Ezekiel Daniel, alleged that Ijaw were shortchanged in the employment, adding that most of the slots went to other tribes. The group said since Ijaw  ethnic nationality was  within the catchment area of the institution, it should have been given adequate consideration in the employment. It  said: “As Ijaw people,  we call on President Muhammadu Buhari; Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker House of  Representatives; Minister of Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, and Federal Character Commission, FCC, to probe  Petroleum Training Institute over recent employment. “We want the list of the recent employment published to show the formula or equation adopted in the employm...

A group of Niger  Delta campaigners, 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, yesterday, cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to let  the Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, not gun count in next month’s election in the oil region, otherwise the consequences will be very terrible for the nation to stomach. President Muhammadu Buhari The group also asked the President to be wary of his alleged impending plot to take into custody and replace the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen. Leader of the group, self-styled “General” Izon Ebi, in a statement, warned that militants would not only “stop the flow of oil but cut all the pipes beyond repair if the conditions were breached. PDP will not disrupt opposition rallies in Akwa Ibom – Chairman “We, therefore, want to summarise that the people of the Niger Delta want a peaceful election where their voter’s cards will speak for them, not guns. “We conclude...

Festus Keyamo, Director, Strategic Communications, APC Presidential Campaign Council, has described the visit to the U.S. by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as nothing but a downright catastrophe. Keyamo, in a statement on Sunday said the visit is really a non-event considering the issues involved in the forthcoming election saying whoever advised Atiku to undertake that trip to America just destroyed his entire campaign and exposed him one with a questionable character. He added that the visit had all the trappings of a fugitive sneaking into America under a “special diplomatic waiver” revealing that Atiku did not meet large sections of political leaders of similar ideologies and persuasions towards which he claims to be inclined See full statement below: In our press release issued on Sunday, December 30, 2018, titled “WHEN THE THIEF IS SHOUTING THIEF”: THE CASE OF ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR”, we correctly predicted as follows: “By ...

Opposition political parties on the platform of the Coalition of United Political Parties on Sunday raised the alarm on alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission to compromise the forthcoming general elections. They accused the electoral body of recruiting beneficiaries of the present administration’s N-Power programme as ad hoc staff for the general election. The coalition’s first national spokesperson, Imo Ugochinyere, made the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. Ugochinyere said, “The President wants to use the beneficiaries of their failed N-Power programme to technically rig the election. “The INEC Chairman should ensure the credibility which he promised Nigerians by making sure that no N-Power beneficiary is recruited as ad hoc staff in the election because it is clear that these so-called beneficiaries are going to be used by President Buhari and his APC cohorts to rig the elections.” The coalit...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of plotting to rig the general elections. Mr Buhari is seeking re-election on the platform of his party, APC. The presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 16. In an open letter titled “Point for Concern and Action” which he distributed to journalists at a press conference held at his house at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Mr Obasanjo also alleged that the president was acting like a former military dictator, Sani Abacha. “Buhari has succeeded in deceiving us the first time and we will be fools to allow ourselves to be deceived the second time,” Mr Obasanjo wrote. “Buba Galadima, who knows Buhari very well as a confidant and National Secretary of Congress for Progressive Change,CPC,, the Buhari’s party before it joined in forming All Progressives Congress, APC has warned us this time around that no matter what he promises, he cannot ch...

Armed robbers extort money from innocent victims by putting guns to their heads. Pastors rob widows of their houses by filling their heads with enticing words. The methods may be different but the objectives are the same. Both the armed robber and the conniving pastor are working for the same master, and it is not Jesus Christ. Jide inherited a generator from his late “guardian.” He used it for business purposes by renting it out to people who needed it on special occasions. It so happened that the generator in his church was stolen. The pastor insisted that church members should not be told about the theft; otherwise they might conclude that God was not in the church. He asked Jide if the church could use his generator in the meantime. Den of Robbers Jide was agreeable to this: Some of his best customers were churches. But one week, two weeks, three weeks, one month, after the church took his generator, Jide was not paid a dime. Two months, three months, four months afterward...

Mansions, expensive cars, high-powered Wall Street or tech-startup-type jobs. If you buy into that image, being rich may feel like an impossible dream. But the truth is that most “rich” people live very normal lives. You probably wouldn’t even know they were rich if you saw them because they don’t fit the stereotype. Most rich people are a lot like you and me. They just know a secret that, while incredibly effective, isn’t very sexy. The secret to getting rich The secret to getting rich is as powerful as it is unexciting: live below your means. That’s it. The bigger the difference between what you earn and what you spend, the sooner you’ll find yourself with enough money to do what you want with your life. Now, I realize that “live below your means” may sound obvious or trite. That doesn’t make it easy. It’s actually much harder than it sounds. Many of the people you see with big houses and fancy cars are up to their eyeballs in debt, which means they’re violating this bas...