From Ameachi Prosper( The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) Governor Ifeanyi Of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has decried what he called the non-implementation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by some oil companies operating in Delta state, stressing that his administration may be compelled to device measures to pressurize them to do so. Okowa who expressed…
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) Brazil's soccer legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele has paid emotional tribute to Diego Armando Maradona. Maradona, who led Argentina to World Cup success in 1986 passed away on Wednesday. Pele and Maradona are eulogized as two of the most talented…
From Ameachi Prosper(The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) As protest over murder of twelve Farmers in Isoko community over a parcel of land enters day two, irate youths have reportedly set ablaze a fourteen seater's bus belonging to Agofure Transport Line as the driver allegedly killed two persons along Owhelogbo road in Ozoro, Isoko North…
By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat's Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk) with agency report. Football Legend Diego Armando Maradona has passed away at the age of 60. But his legacy lives on forever. At Argentina and Napoli, he marked himself out as one of the best footballers of all time. We bring to you some…
An anti-graft agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) has reportedly effected the arrest of the acting Director-General (DG) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor Alex Akpa, for allegedly defrauding the federal government to the tune of N400 million. A statement signed by the ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, the commission…
Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai has reiterated that zoning of political offices in Nigeria will lead to inefficiency, warning that "no country progresses with such an arrangement." Governor el-Rufai who spoke at the Nigerian Economic Summit (#NES26) in Abuja posited that there is no country in the world within the last 50 years that…
By Gbenga Abulude (Politics and General Desk) Reactions have trailed the demand by the family of the newspaper vendor who was shot dead by a security aide of speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, for a ₦500m compensation from the speaker as well as prosecution of the alleged murderer. Recall that Ifenyichukwu…
Sends Buhari’s request for confirmation of Prof Mahmood Yakubu as INEC Chair, Others to Committees As the legislative year runs to an end, the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of Mrs Yinka Osoba Akpata as Executive Commissioner representing the South West geo-political on the Board of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.…
One of the five majors listed in late Major Wale Ademoyega's book, Why We Struck, Captain Emmanuel Nworah Nwobosi, as one of the five officers who joined hands with late Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu in ousting the first civilian administration in Nigeria, is dead. Col Nwobosi who died at the age of 82 Tuesday, was…