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The Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government is set to kick off across the country, according to Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Chief Festus Keyamo. This is coming on the heels of several postponements. The minister said the programme whose goal is to help engage about 774,000 unemployed Nigerians is scheduled…
January 4, 2021
*Presidency Blasts PDP: You are ‘University of Lies’, Nigerians will reject you in 2023 *PDP Asserts: Buhari's New Year Address empty, No Road map to economic Recovery... The presidency and the opposition party, peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently locked in ferocious verbal war over President Muhammadu Buhari's new year address to the nation. The…
January 3, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper(The New Diplomat's Delta & Edo States Correspondent) The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRHA), on Thursday in Calabar, the Cross River state capital passed a budget of N281,940,880,230 as 2021 appropriation bill into law. In a 2021 Budget, 25,129,910,608 was provided as Statutory Expenditure, while 204,144,154,406 was designated as Capital whereas…
January 1, 2021
The Punch looks back at the Niger Delta perceived marginalisation and examines the report of a survey by The New Diplomat, on why the 13 per cent derivation should be paid directly to the host communities and not states In the last decade, there has been growing agitation by various groups in the Niger Delta…
December 30, 2020
On top of the deleterious effects of the feeble healthcare system that had existed in Africa's most populous country pre-pandemic, the Covid situation continues to hamper logistics for Malaria supplies, treatment and prevention. This leaves Nigerian pregnant women worse off in the ongoing global health crisis. AKANIMO KUFRE, THE NEW DIPLOMAT'S A/IBOM|C/RIVER CORRESPONDENT digs in…
December 30, 2020
*68-Year-Old Grandmother Alleges: How Mrs Mrakpor, Brother, Aides Beat Me Up Into Coma as My Grand Son opposed her Political Ambition... *Mrs Joan Mrakpor Replies Grandmother: It's a Politically Motivated Blackmail Against Me Because My Brother Just Won PDP Primary... From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta & Edo States Correspondent) The Director-General, Delta State…
December 30, 2020
Amidst growing concerns and divided views over the state of the nation message delivered on Christmas Day by Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, the National Directorate of Social Communications of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja, has risen in defence of the religious leader. In the statement entitled, "A…
December 29, 2020
Fani-Kayode: Bakare's Statement Opportunistic, Dishonorable, Sycophantic... Tunde Bakare: For the Sake of Femi's Mother..., I Will Hold My Peace for Now Fiery Lagos-based cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly and outspoken former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode have engaged themselves in a fiery war of words over former Lagos state governor and one…
December 29, 2020
Some Niger Delta militants have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Government to vacate some properties purportedly owned by ex-militant warlord, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo within thirty days. The militants who vowed to launch a regime of renewed hostilities in the Niger Delta region should their demand is…
December 28, 2020
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The Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government is set to kick off across the country, according to Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Chief Festus Keyamo. This is coming on the heels of several postponements. The minister said the programme whose goal is to help engage about 774,000 unemployed Nigerians is scheduled…
January 4, 2021
*Presidency Blasts PDP: You are ‘University of Lies’, Nigerians will reject you in 2023 *PDP Asserts: Buhari's New Year Address empty, No Road map to economic Recovery... The presidency and the opposition party, peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently locked in ferocious verbal war over President Muhammadu Buhari's new year address to the nation. The…
January 3, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper(The New Diplomat's Delta & Edo States Correspondent) The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRHA), on Thursday in Calabar, the Cross River state capital passed a budget of N281,940,880,230 as 2021 appropriation bill into law. In a 2021 Budget, 25,129,910,608 was provided as Statutory Expenditure, while 204,144,154,406 was designated as Capital whereas…
January 1, 2021
The Punch looks back at the Niger Delta perceived marginalisation and examines the report of a survey by The New Diplomat, on why the 13 per cent derivation should be paid directly to the host communities and not states In the last decade, there has been growing agitation by various groups in the Niger Delta…
December 30, 2020
On top of the deleterious effects of the feeble healthcare system that had existed in Africa's most populous country pre-pandemic, the Covid situation continues to hamper logistics for Malaria supplies, treatment and prevention. This leaves Nigerian pregnant women worse off in the ongoing global health crisis. AKANIMO KUFRE, THE NEW DIPLOMAT'S A/IBOM|C/RIVER CORRESPONDENT digs in…
December 30, 2020
*68-Year-Old Grandmother Alleges: How Mrs Mrakpor, Brother, Aides Beat Me Up Into Coma as My Grand Son opposed her Political Ambition... *Mrs Joan Mrakpor Replies Grandmother: It's a Politically Motivated Blackmail Against Me Because My Brother Just Won PDP Primary... From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta & Edo States Correspondent) The Director-General, Delta State…
December 30, 2020
Amidst growing concerns and divided views over the state of the nation message delivered on Christmas Day by Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, the National Directorate of Social Communications of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja, has risen in defence of the religious leader. In the statement entitled, "A…
December 29, 2020
Fani-Kayode: Bakare's Statement Opportunistic, Dishonorable, Sycophantic... Tunde Bakare: For the Sake of Femi's Mother..., I Will Hold My Peace for Now Fiery Lagos-based cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly and outspoken former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode have engaged themselves in a fiery war of words over former Lagos state governor and one…
December 29, 2020
Some Niger Delta militants have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Government to vacate some properties purportedly owned by ex-militant warlord, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo within thirty days. The militants who vowed to launch a regime of renewed hostilities in the Niger Delta region should their demand is…
December 28, 2020
