Tension As The Race For Ooni Splits Ruling Houses

Race for the next Ooni of Ife after the demise of the former occupier, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, is generating heat as two ruling houses are set to clash over who will produce the new king.

Following the demise of Oba Sijuwade, who is from the Ogboru rulling, his successor was restricted to the Giesi family.

This is so, according to the succession order established by government declaration on the Ooni chieftaincy title of 1977. But the Ogboru royal family is also contesting for the position.

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Wike probe panel says ex-governor used N3bn CBN loan to fund elections

A judicial commission of inquiry set up by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the Rotimi Amaechi administration diverted about N3 billion in public monies to fund elections.
The money was said to have been a loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allocated for agricultural projects in the state.

The revelation was made at the commission’s first sitting on Monday, August 24, 2015, according to ThisDay.

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Jobs Recruitment... Health Communication Capactiy Collaborative (HC3) Nigeria Vacancies

Employer: Health Communication Capactiy Collaborative (HC3) Nigeria

The Company
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication (CCP) and Health Communication Capactiy Collaborative (HC3) Nigeria Malaria Project seeks five Monitoring and Evaluation Officers.

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Bayelsa State Govt. To Probe Ex-Commissioner

For vowing to work against the reelection of her former boss, Governor Seriake Dickson, the state government has vowed to probe the former Commissioner for Transport in the state, Mrs. Marie Ebikake.

 

According to Punch newspaper, the state’s deputy governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd.), stated this at a rally in Peace Park, Yenagoa, organized by a non-governmental organization, Dickson Support Movement, to welcome the non-indigenes forum to DSM.

“This government tried to build a good transport system. We bought buses, taxis and gave to our people.

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Vacancy - 2016 Global Geoscience Campus Needed At ExxonMobil

Employer: ExxonMobil

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Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) are subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil Corporation with a long history of operations in Nigeria.

The companies' oil and natural gas production activities contribute to one of the largest sources of revenue For the Nigerian government and economy.

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Spotlight on Wike’s endless search for prayers

There is no doubt that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has portrayed himself in recent times as a governor that believes so much in prayers as there is hardly any Sunday that the Ikwerre-born politician is not seen among congregations of different Christian denominations.

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