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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom calls on the National Assembly to reject the National Water Resources Bill in the interest of the country. The Governor says the bill which seeks to bring all water sources (surface and underground) as well as river banks under the control of the Federal Government through its agencies is anti-federalism and negates the right of Nigerians to their God-given resources. Section 13 of the Bill, states thus: “In implementing the principles under subsection (2) of this section, the institutions established under this Act shall promote integrated water resources management and the coordinated management of land…

The Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu, has cried out over the deplorable state of Nmuri Bridge in Ebem Ohafia. The lawmaker, in a matter of urgent public importance, titled: ‘SAVE OUR SOUL: THE DEADLY AND UNSAFE CONDITION OF NMURI BRIDGE AND THE URGENT NEED FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION', the Deputy Speaker noted that due to climate change and its adverse effects, Nmuri River is now in a state of collapse if nothing is urgently done to save it. He regretted the pains and hardship the state of the bridge has caused his constituents. He…

Civil rights advocacy group, One Love Foundation has condemned in strong terms the verbal assault inflicted on a Journalist by a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani Kayode. Mr. Eyo Charles, who reports for the Daily Trust Newspaper, was seen in a video asking the former Minister at a press conference in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria, if he was funded to embark on a tour of projects in the state to which he responded with verbal attacks that has now been widely condemned by all and sundry. One Love Foundation views this development as embarrassing and unacceptable especially…

It was a joyous outing today as the Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly/Member Representing Ohafia South Constituency, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu commissioned the new constructed Eziafor Daily (Evening) Market. Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu had in the month past flagged of the construction of the market to enable the people of the community do their daily business transactions in a conducive environment and has today handed over the completed project to the community. Speaking at the event, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu stated that the construction of the Daily (Evening) Market was in response to the plea made by…

With the worsening security situations ravaging Nigeria and the inability of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to address the security challenges confronting Nigeria, a renowned activist and President of One Love Foundation, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor, also known as Democracy Observer-General, Federal Republic of Nigeria has condemned the inability of Nigerian elites to speak up against the wanton killings going on across the nation. Chief Eholor, in a statement through his media office said, It is no longer exaggeration to say that since independence that Nigeria is currently facing the worst form of insecurity. “The activities of Killer bandits…