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MUCH ADO ABOUT GOVERNOR SAMUEL ORTOM WHEEL BARROWS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT.

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The wheel barrows youth’s empowerment purported to be given by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State may seem odious or laughable to many Nigerians. Gov. Ortom coming out to distant himself from the wheel barrows buhaha simply because they were branded with his name boldly written on them is also a comic. This is because is not new that even salt, sugar, rice, bread etc. are branded on many of our leaders name. According to the governor (CPS) Tever Akase, the consent of the governor was not sought for, before the wheel barrows were given out. He said the wheel barrows belongs to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) who received them as donations from the National Commission for Refugees, Migrant and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) for Benue citizens displayed during the Fulani herdsmen and farmers conflicts. Benue State is unarguably the food basket of the nation and this reputation is not derived by their advancement in mechanized agriculture. The state as agricultur...

ABIA STATE GOV. OKEZIE IKPEAZU COMMENDS CKN NEWS, ACCEPTS INVITE TO 1ST ANNUAL LECTURE.

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Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has commended the Editorial Board of Nigeria’s foremost Online Media Platform CKN NEWS for its effort at bringing credibility to online publication practice in Nigeria He made this assertion in Umuahia at the weekend when he received in audience, members of the Editorial Board of CKN News who were at the State House on a courtesy visit.

CHIBUIKE AMAECHI TO DELIVER 1ST CKN NEWS ANNUAL LECTURE.

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The Minister of Transportation, Honorable Chibuike Amaechi has been selected to deliver the first Annual Lecture of Nigeria’s foremost Blog  CKN News . This was announced in a Press Statement pushed out by the online portal. According to the release personally signed by the Publisher/Editor In Chief of CKN News Chris Kehinde Nwandu (CKN), the event will in a class of it’s own. The organizers said, Amaechi was chosen to deliver the inaugural lecture based on his vast experience as a Legislator, former Chief Executive of one of Nigeria’s most viable States, as  a former Student/youth leader, an astute mobilizer, a successful manager of men and resources , a world acclaimed personality and politician, a rare attribute not found in many Nigerians. He will be speaking on the topic:  The Role of Social Media in the Socio-Economic and Political Development of Nigeria . The CKN News Annual Lecture will hold on Tuesday 13th June 2017 in Lagos.

AYO FAYOSE OF EKITI STATE IN ABUJA COURT ON SOLIDARITY WITH IPOB LEADER NNAMDI KANU,

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Ekiti State Governor ​ , Ayo   ​ Fayose ​ , is in   ​ c ​ ourt in solidarity with IPOB Leader, Nnamdi K ​ anu, ​   whose   ​ hearing   ​ is set to com ​ mence ​   before Justice Nyako. The governor is now seated at the Federal High Court 4, Abuja. The court had on April 6 fixed   ​ today to deliver ruling in the application for variation of the order of court on protection of witnesses in the case against Kanu. Kanu, through his defence counsels led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, asked the court to set aside the order made on December 13, 2016 for the protection of witnesses. Kanu’s lawyers argued that having been acquitted of the charges of terrorism and importation of weapons, the defendants cannot be tried with the identities of witnesses based on section 36(6) of the 1999 Constitution. However, counsel to the Federal Government, Suleiman Labaran in a counter affidavit urged the court to dismiss the application as a ploy t...

BIZARE AN UNDER GRADUATE KILLS GIRL FRIEND AND DUMPS BODY INSIDE A FREEZER

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A man identified as Abdulkarim Njoroge, has been arrested by the Kenya Police authorities for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Irene Kananu, and hiding her corpse in a freezer at his residence. According to Kenyan Star, Njoroge, a 25-year-old university student strangled Kananu in his house in Mtwapa region in Mombasa, following an argument over the deceased’s decision to dump him after he got another woman pregnant.

SOME NEWS IN NIGERIA PAPERS 20TH APRIL 2017

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·    Aero Contractors explains why its plane engulfed in smoke ·    SGF suspension will add credibility to Buhari’s anti-corruption war – Jonathan ·    Gunmen kill NSCDC officer in Ekiti ·    Rivers state government declares notorious cultist, Supremo, wanted ·    Presidency: How Igbos can produce Buhari’s successor – APC Chieftain, Egbo ·   SGF’s suspension: Arrest ex-EFCC chairman, Lamorde for alleged diversion of N1trillion – Group urges Buhari ·    Access Bank gets new Group Deputy Managing Director

MUSHIN LG ASPIRANT OF LAGOS STATE ROLLS OUT PLAN FOR HIS PEOPLE

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LG chair aspirant rolls out plan for Mushin people A chieftain of  the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a chairmanship aspirant for Mushin Local Government, Omoshola Omoshebi has vowed to rid Mushin and its environs of criminal activities that the area is known for through people oriented programmes if he is elected chairman of the LG in the forthcoming July 22 council election. According to Omoshebi who is a United States trained security expert, he is going into the elections to serve his people and to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people. “I want to serve the people. We have to change the name of Mushin for good by reducing crime to the barest minimum; my mission is to turn Mushin around to a replica of Lagos Island and Surulere,” he said. “I will work with United States Crime Prevention Agency who has promised to render all form of assistance to me in ridding the area of all sorts of criminal activities by bringing in the needed expertise and gadgets ...