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Shell executes N355m projects in Bayelsa community BY SAMUEL OYADONGHA
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ENAGOA—SHELL e troleum Development Company, has said it had spent N355 million on the execution of 10 projects under a Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU, in Nembe Kingdom, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Shell disclosed this at the commissioning of some of the projects in Yenagoa by the Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson. Dickson, who lauded the oil company while commissioning 35 Hyundai cars under a revolving loan scheme and printing press, however, expressed concern over the delay in the completion of the link road to Nembe. Represented by his deputy, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha Jonah (rtd) an indigene of Nembe, the governor said a meeting would be scheduled soon to discuss issues concerning the road project being handled by Shell and Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as proper studies were not carried out before commencing the project. P
NDLM lauds Tambuwal
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IGER Delta Liberty Movement, NDLM, has commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, for his assistance to Mr. Nicholas Mutu, House of Representatives member, representing Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency, in the latter's constituency programmes. Explaining its support, NDLM President, Mr Ebiyekefe Stow, said: “Our mission is to encourage continuity in office or higher responsibilities for political office holders, who have delivered democratic dividends. In our assessment, the numerous development and human empowerment projects embarked upon by Mutu inspire faith and justifies support for higher mandate.”
Anenih joined PDP in my sitting room —Uyigue BY SIMON EBEGBULEM
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ENIN—A FOUNDING member of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Elder Sunny Uyigue, has narrated how the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, allegedly begged prominent Bini chiefs and politicians to be allowed to join PDP in 1998. He said: “I laughed when I read newspaper reports in Abuja quoting PDP as saying that Adams Oshiomhole begged to join PDP in 2007 and 2012 but that he was denied membership. Some of us, who were the original leaders of PDP, decided to leave the party due to some of these lies and we knew the party was going to die in the state. Anenih practically begged me in my sitting room to be allowed to join PDP in 1998. “When Anenih was chased out of Jerry Gana’s house in 1998, before G34 metamorphosed to PDP, he had an issue with the late Chief Bola Ige who chased him away. The man came to my house in Benin and I paved way for him to join PDP, when prominent chiefs and politicians held a meeting and warned every Bini politician not to
associate with him politically. “He came to my house in Benin with a long list of the people holding such meetings and in his presence, I phoned some of the people mentioned in the list. I pleaded with them to allow him join us and that paved
the way for him to join PDP in my house. But he later started playing god and that led to the destruction of PDP in Edo State. “Mr. Oliseh Metuh, the PDP Publicity Secretary, was wrong to have said that Oshiomhole begged to join PDP even in 2012. How can a
man, who has uprooted PDP with his good work now want to beg to join PDP in order to come back for a second term? He does not need any body to be re-elected and the same thing happened when he came for his first term. He got the ticker because of his pedigree and nothing else.”
INTERNATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK: From Left, President Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, Bode Adeaga; representative of Mr. President and Minister of Works, Arch. Mike Onolememen, and the President, International Federation of Surveyors, Chee Hai Teo, at the opening ceremony of the 27th FIG Working Week of International Surveying Congress, in Abuja, yesterday. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan
Ughelli vigilante team denies killing 28-yr-old man
Bizman sues firm over N40m debt
station operator at 10pm that there was a clash between two rival cult groups at Afiesere Junction. He said: “We immediately mobilised and by the time we got to the scene, we met the said Avwerosuo and one other in the pool of their own blood. We took them to the police station along with another young boy with a sack of india helm and by the time we got to the station, the Divisional Police Officer ordered that Avwerosuo and the other, who also sustained injury, be taken to the hospital for medical atten-
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GHELLI—MEMBERS of an Ughelli vigilante team, Delta State, yesterday, denied their involvement in the killing of one Avwerosuo Idoro, describing the statement linking them with the killing as false. It will be recalled that some youths had, last Sunday, protested the killing of Avwerosuo Idoro, 28-year-old man. Briefing newsmen, yesterday, chairman of the Ughelli vigilante team, Mr. Matthew Ofiakpovworo, said they got a distress call from a petrol
tion. “So we dropped them at the hospital and left, only for us to hear the following morning that the said Avwerosuo had died. I wonder why they are linking us with the killing, when we were only on a rescue mission. “We were surprised that the boys who protested the death of Avwerosuo last Sunday morning later in the night mobilised and stormed the private residence of some of our members and destroyed their property. I wonder why our rescue mission is being misrepresented.”
Bayelsa monarch begs IG to order release of dynasty's case file case file in the court was al-
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ENAGOA—THE Pere of Biseni Kingdom in Bayelsa State, HRM Akile Nwaku, Omide X, has called on the Inspector General of Police, to order the Commissioner of Police incharge X-Section, Force Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Abuja, Mr. Amodu Ali, to release the case file of his dynasty, which he alleged was withdrawn from a Bayelsa State
High Court sitting in Yenagoa, in connivance with the OC Legal and AC State CID. He said that after his palace was burnt down three years ago in a conspiracy, which was reported, investigated by the police and the culprits arrested, detained and were charged to court for arson, malicious damage and assault, a dramatic turn of events took place as the
legedly withdrawn by the former OC legal, DSP Agbeiwei, former AC State CID, who forwarded same to CP Ali, who was then CP ‘X’ Squad Section, ‘D’ Department, Force CID in 2010. He alleged that the case file had been in possession of CP Ali for three years adding that he was made to travel to Abuja several times to retrieve the case file to Yenagoa without success.
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BUSINESSMAN and his company, Flamin Nigeria Limited, Mr. Femi Ogunniya, have approached the Lagos High Court to recover a N40 million debt from Asset Resource Management Company Limited. The plaintiffs are also demanding the sum of N10 million as damages for alleged breach of contract between his company, Flamin Nigeria Limited and the defendant company. The plaintiffs, are claiming the sum of N44.836 million being fees for pumping 35,869.5 m3 of sand for the defendant. The plaintiffs are contending that Messrs Asset Resource Management Company owed him and his company in respect of a contract to create a golf course, inter alia: dredge and pump sand to create a lake and to reclaim or stockpile on their parcel of land situate at Summerville Golf Estate, on the Lekki Expressway, Lagos. Plaintiffs also claimed that they earlier had the contract with SGF Nigeria Limited under an agreement dated March 27, 2009 which the defendants took over, after the agreement with SGF was rescinded or terminated.