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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has described as false, the allegation that he was awarded 53 contracts by the Niger Delta Development Commission in 2018. The Senator’s denial was contained in a statement he signed on Monday, titled, “Re: Allegations of NDDC Contract Award to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Chairman: Senate Committee On Niger Delta) …

Delta lawmaker, Peter Nwaoboshi, has dared the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on the list of lawmakers who allegedly got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mr Akpabio had, on Sunday, released the names of some federal lawmakers involved. Some of the projects include emergency repairs of Asue Street, Owa Phase 2; ldumuogbe Road via Ojemaye; Otolokpo College …

A cross-section of senior Benin chiefs on Sunday, rejected efforts by the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to drag them into partisan politics, urging the APC candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu to try out his luck at the poll, come September 19, 2020. According to the chiefs, their traditional duties to Edo people, irrespective of the …

Akpabio publish the names of the directors and shareholders of the companies that executed the said 53 NDDC contracts after he was challenged to do so. “He (Akpabio) is confused. I challenge him to publish the directors and shareholders of these companies. I don’t award contract and I don’t pay for contracts. My brother, go to CAC and find out …

The body of the late US civil rights icon John Lewis has been carried over Selma’s historic Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time. John Lewis crosses Selma bridge … cbc.ca On 7 March 1965, known as “Bloody Sunday”, Lewis and other peaceful protesters were attacked by Alabama police officers as they marched over the bridge. John Lewis: Mourners pay …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has assured that stamp duty will not be collected in arrears from tenants. It also said it should not be collected from tenants by landlords. The Executive Chairman of the service, Muhammad Nami, disclosed this as part of the planned stamp duty palliatives for tenants. Mr Nami during the disclosure on a morning show “Your view” …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving citizens who contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large”, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said. This was contained in a statement by the Ministry of Transportation on Monday titled, ‘Buhari …

The Federal Government on Monday asked schools in the country to reopen for graduating pupils effective August 4. It also announced that this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination would commence on August 17. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong. In the statement titled, ‘Exit …

Much has changed about school in Massachusetts in 2020, but one thing that has stayed consistent is its top standing in the country. Massachusetts schools were far and away No. 1 in a new study conducted by personal finance site WalletHub. The Bay State led both the quality and safety lists in rankings released Monday morning. Buoyed by top scores …

PEABODY, MA — Nine Peabody businesses have been the target of 20 complaints filed with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office for failing to protect workers and customers from the coronavirus. The office began accepting complaints from an online portal on May 20. Statewide, more than 1,300 complaints have been filed in the nine weeks since the online complaint form was …