By Victoria Ojeme The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has urged the public and private sector economic drivers to focus on employing highly skilled workers to encourage innovation and to boost economic growth in Nigeria. The Director-General of ITF, Sir Joseph Ari, made the call, Monday, in a paper presentation titled Technical Education and National Development in Nigeria: Leveraging Human Capital Development for Technological Resilience,” in Abuja. He said that to avoid the loss of highly qualified workers to developed nations, Nigeria needs to build her own innovation and research facilities to support local innovations. The ITF boss also called for harmonization of certificates to remove the dichotomy that exists between general education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). While saying harmonisation of certificates would go a long way to address Nigeria’s unemployment problem, Ari also advocated monitoring and regulating informal sectors that produce artisan

By EgbemaVoice, Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, yesterday, assured President Muhammadu Buhari that he would tackle issues with Lake Chad if elected president. Speaking during the presidential flag-off of the Kolmani Integrated Development Project in the North East, Tinubu also assured Buhari of tackling hunger and terrorism. “Your (Buhari) various regrets each time we discuss is the challenge of hunger and terrorism, you talk about Lake Chad. Let me assure you, if I am elected the president I will recharge Lake Chad. You often talk about Mambila and electricity, what a problem we have,” the former Lagos governor told the president. He commended Buhari being positive about the nation’s issues, saying: “You are not a backward person who looks back at history of disappointment and failures, you are always forward looking.” He added that he will continue in Buhari’s stead. “That is why while we were debating, I insisted our title for the manifest

By EgbemaVoice, President Muhammadu Buhari has formally unveiled three redesigned bank notes. These are N200, N500 and N1,000. The event took place at the State House in Abuja. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, had announced on October 26, 2022 that the apex Bank will issue the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, effective December 15, 2022, while the new and existing currencies will remain legal tender and circulate together until January 31, 2023. But, in a new twist on Tuesday, the CBN Governor told journalists that the new notes will now be unveiled for public usage this Wednesday. He made the disclosure in Abuja on the sidelines of the CBN Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Emefiele said the apex won’t shift its deadline for all old notes to be returned to commercial banks in exchange for the newly designed ones

By EgbemaVoice, The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil newly designed N1,000, N500 and N200 notes on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. This is against an initial plan to launch on December 15th. Emefiele made this known during the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee monthly meeting in Abuja. According to him, the CBN won’t shift its deadline for all old notes to be returned to commercial banks in exchange for newly designed ones. The CBN MPC also hiked monetary policy to 16.5% from 15.5% while all other parameters remained unchanged. Emefiele had on October 26, 2022 said the apex bank will issue redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, effective December 15, 2022, while the new and existing currencies will remain legal tender and circulate together until January 31, 2023. The bank chief said, “100 days is enough for any person from any part of Nigeria to deposit his money in the bank and get his m

Court Orders INEC To Resume Voter Registration By EgbemaVoice, On Tuesday, the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume continuous voter registration (CVR) until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. The Federal High Court in Abuja issued an order on Tuesday ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume continuous voter registration (CVR) until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. “The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the judge declared. NAN reports that Anajat Salmat and three others had sued INEC as sole defendant in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1343/2022. In the originating summons filed before the court, the plaintiffs argued that INEC cannot stop the CVR contrary to the stipulated provisions of the constitution. They asked the court to order the electoral umpire to resume the voting process in accordance with the country’s laws.

By EgbemaVoice, Delta Government on Monday debunked media reports credited to a governor of a South South state that it had collected refunds from the Federal Government without disclosing it to citizens, saying it had remained committed to transparency and accountability in all its financial dealings on behalf of the people.    The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, made this known at a news conference in Asaba, while addressing the issues of 13 per cent derivation arrears payment to oil-producing states raised by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers at the weekend.    Tilije, who was in company with Commissioner for Special Projects, Chief Henry Sakpra and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, said contrary to the ``revelation’’ by Wike, Delta had only received N14.7 billion in three quarterly installments of N4.9 billion each.    According to him, the total amount due to the State from the 13 per cent derivation arrears is N240bn out of which the Feder

By egbemavoice Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Spokesman, Mr Charles Aniagwu says the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu should not be campaigning rather be apologising to Nigerians for the hardship meted on the people by his party since 2015.  Aniagwu who stated this while addressing journalists on Monday in Asaba said that rather than apologise profusely for the failure of his party in the last seven and half years.  He said the APC had plunged over 133 million Nigerians into abject poverty despite their promise to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.  According to him they APC made several promises to Nigerians in 2015 which they failed to fulfil including reducing the pump price of PMS to N65 but today it is selling for N250.  "A bag of rice was selling for N7500 when they came in 2015 today it is hovering around N50,000 per bag.  "Instead of him to go round and apologise for his failed promises he is comin

AMILOADED MEDIA HUB NEWS UPDATE A storm was brewing on twitter following the news that Martha, the pregnant wife of a Zambian man found on bed with a prophet had committed suicide. The news of the alleged suicide was broken on twitter by a tweep and media man, with the twitter identity Gen Situka The news of the suicide of Martha has divided many with some, especially ladies faulting the husband for supposedly leaking the video of his pregnant wife in bed with the prophet. AMILOADED reports that the incident which happened in Zambia with all the characters Zambians was initially reported in some section of the media with the depiction that the prophet came from Nigeria. Here is how tweeps responded to the news of the alleged suicide by Martha, the pregnant wife remarkably with little mention of the prophet that was at the centre of the whole drama. Valeria♡ @valerie256_ “Hope her husband is now happy. People make mistakes but he had to put his family issues online. Men are rubbish” Ber

.......Egbema youths frown at threat of impeachment By Victor Lewis Contrary to a malicious report published in The Niger Delta Today online platform of November 20, which claimed that the Warri North Local Government Council chairman, Hon. Smart Asekutu was beaten up by some councillors over alleged financial recklessness, the Local Government Council Chairman has refuted the report that nothing of sort took place. Speaking with our correspondent on phone on the matter, the Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Smart Yomi Asekutu, described the report as spurious and malicious, saying that he was never attacked not beaten up by any person or group of persons in his private residence in Sapele. He also debunked the allegations contained in that report that he embezzled the Council funds meant for projects. The report, as published in Niger Delta Today of 20th November which quoted some unnamed sources, alleged that 15 members of the Legislative Arm of the Council.(Councillors) storme

Warri North Legislative arms, By EgbemaVoice, The news flying viral in social media allegedly assaulted Delta council chairman, Hon. Capt Smart Yomi Asekutu executive chairman of Warri North local Government Area council, of Delta state, is untrue and mischievous act, a planted arrangements to tarnish the image of the council chairman,   EgbemaVoice News in chat with Hon. Laju Denning Arenyeka, councillor representing Tsekelewu ward 8, and other councillor in Warri North local Government Areas, said the teams of councillor numbering fifteen (15), out of twenty (20), had paid visited to the council chairman at his private residence sapele town, Sapele local Government Area of Delta state, Sunday 20th Nov, 2022, at about 6:45hrs to discuss some private issues concerned the way forward of the council, along the line some misunderstanding arose but didn't lead to assault manhandle the council chairman, nobody beat up council chairman, He Added that, there must be misunderstanding in a

By EgbemaVoice, Egbema social cultural and non governmental organization, Egbema Focus Group (EFG), has condemned the unwarranted and unacceptable invasion of the executive chairman of Warri North local Government Area council, Hon. Capt Smart Yomi Asekutu, at his private residence home, sapele town, Sapele LGA, of the Delta state, on Sunday, 20th Nov 2022,  Barely 24 hours after the council chairman was alleged beaten up by Some factional councillors from Warri North local Government Area, invaded the council chairman Smart Yomi Asekutu house, and harassed the gateman early hours at about 6:45hrs, Egbema Focus Group strongly condemned the uncultured and unlawful act of the said councillors, sending strong warning to those behind such mischievous act, said, we should not allow history to repeat itself in Warri North local Government Area, the existing peace we have been enjoying for all this while is a welcome development to the Warri North council, peace is the backbone of development

.....He Was Not Involved In Embezzlement, stop misleads the public,  By egbemavoice@gmail.com, Contrary to a report published in The Niger Delta Today online platform of November 20, which claimed that the Warri North Local Government Council chairman, Hon. Smart Asekutu was beaten up by some councillors, the Local Government Council has refuted the claim. In a statement issued by Mr. E. Saya media assistant to the chairman, Hon. Smart it stated that some members of the legislative arm of the Council (Councillors) paid a visit to the Council chairman in his home in Sapele town, sapele local Government Area of Delta state, on Sunday morning to clarify some issues. It stated that the chairman had a similar meeting with the leadership of the legislative arm the previous day, adding that rather than listening to the report of their leaders, another set of the Councillors came to the chairman on Sunday morning for the same purpose. The statement clarified that the State government approved

By Sunday Apah  The traditional installation of Ambassador Meshack Eseyortiegha Ubabiri, Agadagba-elect of Egbema Kingdom, has  started at Ajakurama,  the ancestral home of the Egbema people.  The traditional rites started on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 and expected to end on Monday, November 22, 2022,  after which he would be officially addressed as the Agadagba, Bini Pere Iv. One of  the revered priest of the Egbesu Deity, High Chief David Reje and Secretary, Egbema Traditional Council, High Chief Cyrus Olopele, who spoke to journalists, said that the process of the real traditional installation began with the person presented to be Agadagba-elect being escorted in procession from the palace to the Egbesu Deity shrine. According to them, "when it begins, the person don't come out again, until seven days. On the 7th day, the traditional deity would be prepared for the king to eat, that is when he becomes the Agadagba, Bini Pere Iv. Thereafter, a day would be set aside for his

By Esther Eugene, Warri A popular United kingdom trained investigative journalist and publisher Mr. Cletus Opukeme has sent an urgent SMS, Save my soul 'SOS' to  the Divisional Police Officer ( DPO) Agbarho Police Station, Ughelli North LGA, Delta State over frequent verbal/physical threat to his life. According to Opukeme, his estranged wife is highly violent,terribly  hot-tempered and physically strong. That she had attacked him in several occasions over minor misunderstanding from  which he escaped death  due to his knowledge in the act of self-defense. " This cannot continue with a woman turning his house to ring. If she does not kill me, I will kill while defending myself. Any woman that first attacks her husband is demonic and possessed" He said. He said his estranged wife Happiness Opukeme, an Igwere by tribe from Rivers State have three children for him in their ten years of  relationship. He said the police had questioned Happiness sometime in February, 2022

  By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq #pdpcmcmedia  As the battle for the soul of Delta Central Senatorial seat in the national assembly hots up, the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rt Hon Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor, has said that Okpe people of Urhobo nation cannot produce a senator in 2023. Candidate Oborevwori made the assertion at the Ward campaign in Mosogar, Ethiope West Local Government Area on Tuesday, saying that the good people of ancient Okpe Kingdom in Okpe, Sapele and Uvwie Federal Constituency in Delta Central Senatorial District are very pleased and contented with the governorship slot given to them by Deltans and PDP. He pointed out that to vote an Okpe son for Senate in 2023, is not only politically incorrect, morally insensitive, ridiculous and undoable in all ramifications, but also repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience. Oborevwori, who holds the prestigious chieftainc