Man to Sue Omo-Agege 50million damage on Boat hired for campaign

Man to Sue Omo-Agege 50million damage on Boat hired for campaign 

......... Vows to mobilize outboard boat owners association of miller waterside NPA to vote against Omo-Agege and other APC candidates come 11th march, 2023 

Francis Tayor

Warri______ A man identified as Mr. Godfrey Convention, a native of Salvation City Benneth lsland in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, has cried out and threatened to institute fifty million naira (50, 000 000 00) legal action against the 2023 Delta State APC Governorship candidate, His Excellency, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege over non payment of his 200 horse power outboard engine boat he hired for election campaign on the 20th December, 2022 which had accident in Warri River that claimed over six lives.

Mr. Godfrey who disclosed this to newsmen in Warri on Tuesday 7th March, 2023 described Omo-Agege and Chief Bosin Ebikeme, a chieftain of APC from Gbaramantu kingdom who hired the boat on behalf of his principal as heartless and ungrateful human beings on earth, saying he will mobilize Outboard Boat Owners Association of Miller waterside NPA, Warri and the youths of Warri South-West LGA to vote against Omo-Agege and other APC candidates in the forthcoming 11th March, 2023 Governorship/State House of Assembly elections.

The marine transporter lamented that he went through hell, psychological trauma and was lucky to survive the accident on that fateful day but they refused to pay him for his service neither repair his badly damaged boat or gave him money to treat himself the injury he sustained as result of the fatal boat mishap.

He reiterated that Senator Omo-Agege having settled the bereaved families of those lost their lives, he was left behind to be compensated neither attended to for the services he rendered up till date.

He noted that Bosin Ebikeme on behalf of his principal contacted him through one Saturday David, an APC youth leader from Oporoza to hire his 200horse power speed boat without any payment made, convincing him that their respected leader will settle him immediately as they returned from the campaign trip.

Regrettably, they had accident on their way coming back to Warri and his boat where badly damaged.

But unfortunately, all efforts to reach out to Ebikeme and Sen. Omo-Agege remain abortive because Bosin refused to take his calls neither respond to his text messages.

According to him, said whenever he put a call across to his boy Saturday David who Ebikeme sent to hire the boat, he keep telling him to go and meet Chief Bosin Ebikeme and Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege to collect his money, adding that he was just a messenger.

However, Mr. Godfrey has given Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, Chief. Bosin Ebikeme and the APC Delta State chapter twenty four hours (24hrs) to put his 200horse power engine boat that costs him over five million naira (#5, 000 000 00) in order, as well as compensate him of all the expenses and loses he incurred as result of the boat accident, otherwise he have no other choice than to seek justice in the court of law by instituting fifty million naira (#50, 000 000) lawsuit for damages he incuured against the Delta APC governorship candidate amongst others.

He further vows to mobilize the Outboard Boat Owners Association of Miller Waterside NPA, Warri Delta State, and the youths of Warri South-West Local Government Area to vote against Omo-Agege and other APC candidates in the forthcoming March 11, 2023 Governorship/State House of Assembly elections, the statement added.

March 11: Collins Appeal to Deltans, Burutu North to Vote Labour Party

March 11: Collins Appeal to Deltans, Burutu North to Vote Labour Party

........ Says he has the capacity to protect the interest of Burutu North Constituents when elected 

Francis Tayor

Warri ________ Candidate of the Labour Party for Delta State House of Assembly Burutu North Constituency, Engr. Collins Edumogiren has appealed to Deltans and the good people of Burutu Constituency 1 to come out enmass and vote massively for him to represent them at the State House of Assembly and Dcn. Kennedy Pela, the governorship candidate of Labour Party for Governor of Delta State come March 11, 2023.

He made the appeal on Monday at Okpokunou Ward 4 Burutu, during a meeting with critical stakeholders, opinion leaders, market women and youths of the community.

He lamented that Burutu North Constituency had been experiencing bad representation in the past four years of the incubent member representing them.

The Ayakoromo born graduate of Civil Engineer with vast knowledge and experience of leadership made the people to understand that leadership is not about donating, sharing and spraying money at any given occasion, rather it involves identifying the problems, needs of the people and having the political will to provide solution to them.

Engr. Collins noted that when given the mandate to serve, he will influence people oriented Programmes, such as human capital empowerment (Skill Acquisition) training for the women and the youths in fashion design, catering services, computer literacy, fish farming, hair stylist/dressing amongst others.

He reiterated that it is possible for honourable member to light up rural communities under his primary constituency through the ministry of power and energy, provide drinkable borehole water through the ministry of water resources, provide scholarship to students through the federal, state government interventionist agencies as well as the multi-national oil companies operating in our environment, such as the NDDC, NNPC, DESPPADEC, Chevron Oil company, Shell, Agip and many others too numerous to mention.

He stressed that the present crops of lawmakers in ljaw nation representing them are bereaved of ideas and lack the political Will to act accordingly, hence our communities are in perpetual darkness and not developed unlike that of our Urhobo counterparts in the upland.

However, Engr. Edumogiren passionately appealed to all Deltans, especially his primary constituents delta ljaw people to support and massively vote for Dcn. Ken Pela of the Labour Party for Governor Delta State and the good people of Burutu North to vote him the next lawmaker for Delta State House Assembly come March 11, adding that the new incoming administration will usher in more greater opportunities to different set of people who had been marginalized over the years.

The Untold Story of How Fela Kuti Married 27 Brides on Same Day in 1978

The Untold Story of How Fela Kuti Married 27 Brides on Same Day in 1978 

In 1978, the pioneer of Afrobeats, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, married 27 women in one day. This should not be strange to those who know the life and style of the Nigerian music legend nicknamed Abami Eda (strange creature).

Many of Fela’s band members became homeless after the devastating soldier attack on Fela’s commune (Kalakuta Republic) in 1977. In order to keep them together, Fela decided to do the unusual.

He gave a piece of paper to his female band members requesting the names of those that would like to marry him; the entire twenty-seven female band members put down their names.

After getting their consent, Fela Kuti married the 27 women on the 20th of February, 1978, at the Parisona Hotel in Anthony, Lagos, with the blessings of twelve Ifa priests. It was alleged that some parents of the ladies objected the marriage.

Fela married the women to protect and keep them together. The marriage ceremony was attended by Fela’s families, friends and other band members.

During the marriage ceremony, Fela rendered a short speech, pressed naira notes on his new wives’ foreheads and gave them marriage certificates. Fela embraced a rotation system of 12 wives at a time. After the marriage, Fela took his 27 wives to Ghana for honeymoon.

However, in 1986, shortly after his release from prison, Fela Kuti divorced his 27 wives on the claim that marriage brings jealousy. It should be noted that they were not forced to leave his house after the divorce; some lived with him till his death in 1997.

Source: NIGERIA STORIES

Unknown Gunmen Shot Dead Governor, Five Others in Philippines

Unknown Gunmen Shot Dead Governor, Five Others in Philippines 

A provincial governor in the central Philippines and five other people were shot dead by unknown gunmen on Saturday, his widow said, in the latest attack against local officials.

Local police said six suspects carrying rifles and dressed in uniforms similar to those worn by the armed services entered the governor’s home in Pamplona town and opened fire.

Roel Degamo, governor of Negros Oriental province, and five others were killed in the shooting, his widow said.

“Governor Degamo did not deserve that kind of death. He was serving his constituents on a Saturday,” Janice Degamo, who is also the mayor of Pamplona, said in a video posted on Facebook.

President Ferdinand Marcos condemned what he described as the “assassination” of his political ally and warned the perpetrators to “surrender now it will be your best option”.

“My government will not rest until we have brought the perpetrators of this dastardly and heinous crime to justice,” Marcos added.

The condition of four other people who were shot in the incident was not disclosed.

The politician was distributing aid to constituents when he was shot, provincial police spokesman Kym Lopez told AFP.

Police said they were searching for 10 suspects, including the six gunmen, who fled the scene in two SUVs and a pickup truck before abandoning the vehicles in a nearby city.

Degamo, 56, is the latest target in the Philippines’ long history of attacks on politicians, and at least the third to be shot since last year’s local elections.

The Supreme Court last month declared him the rightful winner of the contest for the Negros Oriental governorship following a recount that unseated his local rival, who had previously been proclaimed the victor.

Degamo had also campaigned for Marcos in his own candidacy for president last year.

Mamintal Adiong, governor of the southern province of Lanao del Sur, was shot and wounded in February in an attack that killed his driver and three police escorts.

That same month, the vice-mayor of the northern town of Aparri, Rommel Alameda, and five other people who were travelling with him were shot dead in a highway ambush.

In the bloodiest politically motivated ambush on record, the leaders of a powerful southern clan and about two dozen followers were sentenced to life in prison for a 2009 attack on supporters of a gubernatorial election rival in Maguindanao province.

The attack left 58 people dead, including the politician’s wife and relatives, along with 32 journalists and media workers who were covering the race.

Deposit Banks in Nigeria resume receipt of old N500 and N1000 notes

Deposit Banks in Nigeria resume receipt of old N500 and N1000 notes

Investigation has revealed that Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria have resumed the receipt of old N500 and N1000 notes.

According to reports, the banks started receiving these notes at the beginning of this week.

A bank official disclosed to Vanguard in Abuja on Wednesday that customers could now deposit any amount below N500,000. To do so, they must download the appropriate form from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) portal, from where a code would be allocated for the deposit.

It has been learned that individuals holding the affected old notes could deposit them in their bank accounts until April 10. The decision was made by the CBN in a bid to prevent holders of the old notes from losing their money.

Just two weeks ago, there was confusion surrounding the fate of those who held the affected notes in their possession. The CBN had initially extended the deadline for the circulation of the old notes from January 31 to February 10, stating that it would continue to receive them between February 10 and 17 after they had ceased to be legal tender.

However, some holders of the notes were turned away when they tried to deposit them at the apex bank. The CBN later clarified that individuals with less than N500,000 should take such monies to their banks, but some banks refused to accept them.

On February 21, the CBN issued a statement denying reports that it had directed DMBs to receive old N500 and N1000 notes from their customers. Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, who retired as Director, Corporate Communications of CBN last week, clarified that only old N200 notes had been directed by President Muhammadu Buhari to be reissued, and the CBN would stick to that directive.

Nnamdi Kanu Needs Urgent Heart Surgery- IPOB Raises Alarm

Nnamdi Kanu Needs Urgent Heart Surgery- IPOB Raises Alarm

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) provided an update on the health of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday.

According to IPOB, there is an urgent need to transport their leader to a specialist facility for treatment of his worsening health.

Emma Powerful, the group’s media and publicity secretary, raised the warning in a statement issued on Friday.

Kanu’s weakening heart, according to Sources, requires immediate medical attention.

He stated that the IPOB leader, who was brought to what he described as an ill-equipped DSS clinic in Abuja on Monday February 27, 2023, need the treatment of his own doctors.

He said rushing him to the DSS clinic is cosmetic and may cause more harm to his health.

The statement reads, “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been drawn to the continued deteriorating health of our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu who was rushed to an ill-equipped DSS clinic on a medical emergency in Abuja on Monday, February 27, 2023. We are aware that the Nigeria Government and her DSS, including the British High Commissioner in Abuja, planned to kill Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu in DSS solitary confinement but they should also be ready for the consequences.

“Our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is critically ill in the DSS solitary confinement and must be released unconditionally to attend to his deteriorating health urgently. The Nigeria government must do the needful now that there is time to avoid negative consequences that may follow, the statement added.

March 11: No Ayakoromo bridge, No Vote for PDP, Delta ljaws tell Okowa

March 11: No Ayakoromo bridge, No Vote for PDP, Delta ljaws tell Okowa

Francis Tayor

Warri _______ Ahead of the forthcoming Gubernatorial/State House of Assembly elections slated on the 11th of March, 2023 across the country, the ljaw speaking ethnic nationality in Delta State has sent a signal to the governor of the state, His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP that it will not be as usual for the ljaws to massively vote for the umbrella party due to the ill treatment the current administration metted against them in the past seven years.

In a Press Statement released on Friday at Ayakoromo community in Burutu and signed by Comrade Ekpegha Preye, who is the Spokesman of Concerned Citizens for lzon-lbe Development (CCFID) noted that Governor Okowa's deliberate neglect of the Delta ljaw people in development wise, especially the abandoned Ayakoromo bridge, Torugbene Ojobo road, Odorobu, Odofori, Bulu-Angiama road, Apelebiri link road to Patani main Town amongst others in the past seven years of his PDP led administration where the reasons for their decision.

The group vows to vote against Delta State PDP governorship candidate, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori comes 11th March, 2023, saying they have lost trust and confidence in him as well due to his boss Okowa mal-administration against the ljaw people who in the past twenty one years gave bloc votes to PDP.

The group added that Delta ljaw people are tired of the umbrella party and that they want to change the narrative and try another party in the forthcoming elections.

The group bitterly expressed their anger at Gov. Okowa for consistently lying and failed to match his words with action by deceiving Ijaw people, especially Ayakoromo community over failed promise to re-award Ayakoromo bridge project to SETRACO.

It was unfortunate that Okowa promised to mobilize SETRACO to site in early January 2023 but all promises he made where lies and political gimmick to mock ljaw people in the state.

They however, urged governor OKowa and the PDP led government to do the needful by completing the Ayakoromo bridge and other abandoned road projects in the riverine communities before his administration elapsed by May 29 or else, be ready to face EFCC/ICPC over his incessant borrowing and loan taken to the detriment of Deltans towards the end of his administration, the statement added.