Agboje Chuks
The Chairman of Delta State Traffic Management Authority, DESTMA, Chief Peter Idion, has stressed the need for discipline on the roads of Delta State, following a recent tragic fire incident that claimed lives and razed down properties recently at Mobil Filling Station, Agbor, Delta State of Nigeria
About five persons have been reportedly dead following fuel tanker explosion on Sunday afternoon in Agbor, Delta State of Nigeria
The incident occurred along the old Lagos-Asaba Road, in front of First Bank after Access Bank, when the fuel tanker carrying petrol, lost control.
As the plane accelerated down the runway, concerns arose that the tyres had burst, prompting the pilots to halt the takeoff, The Standard reports.
An Etihad flight destined for Abu Dhabi was forced to abandon its takeoff at Melbourne Airport on Sunday due to a suspected tyre blowout.
Founder and Senior Pastor, Champions Royal Assembly, Abuja, Prophet Joshua Iginla, has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Minister of FCT, Nyesom Ezenwo, will face strong gang up in 2025, but assured that the gang up will fail, and the planners would be exposed.
The Prophet specifically stated that the two top government officials would also face strong challenge in their health, thus asking them to pay closer attention to their health to avoid unexpected medical emergencies.
Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo north, has thanked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for allowing Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), to serve in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet.
Oshiomhole spoke on Friday at a New Year luncheon hosted by Wike in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that he was made Governor of Rivers State by some political leaders in the state.
Wike, however, maintained that while he received political support from certain leaders, he ultimately fought his way to power.
He contrasted his rise politically to that of the current Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, whom he claimed made governor of Rivers State.
Wike made the remarks during a civic reception he held in honor of some Rivers State politicians loyal to him on Friday in Port Harcourt.
The statement follows the resurfacing of old videos circulating on social media, where former First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, appeared to present Wike to former governor Peter Odili and some political leaders in Rivers State as the preferred successor to then-Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
The videos resurfaced amid a verbal exchange between Wike and Odili, arising from the political crisis in the state that has placed the FCT Minister at loggerheads with his successor, Fubara.
Odili had publicly shown support for Governor Fubara, which infuriated Wike, who believes the former governor should have refrained from taking sides and instead played the role of a father figure by addressing the political crisis in the state.
Wike said, “You didn’t give me. To be governor of Rivers State 2014, I fought for the party structure. I took it from Magnus Abe, yes, I did.
“So you can’t say you made me Governor. Nobody, I don’t want to make comments about certain people, I won’t do that.
“You Magnus, all of you, Victor Giadom, I fought you people, took the party structure.
“So, nobody can say I brought Wike, I dashed you. Nobody can say that. But it would be unfair to me, to Almighty God, for me to say nobody supported me.
“No you can’t say that. You need people’s support, but not to say you gave me.”
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Patience Jonathan, and Peter Odili were said to have played major roles in Wike’s emergence as Governor of Rivers State in 2015.
At the time, former Governor Amaechi had fallen out with Jonathan and his wife, prompting them to throw their support behind Wike, who had served as Amaechi’s Chief of Staff and later as Minister of State for Education under Jonathan
Asmall plane crashed into the roof of a Southern California furniture factory, killing two people and injuring 18 others.
The factory is located in Fullerton, Orange County, United States of America and had at least 200 workers working at a shift
Report confirmed that the accident occurred in less than two minutes after the single-engine Van’s RV-10 aircraft took off from Fullerton Municipal Airport.
Synchronizing the report, a spokesperson for Fullerton police said it was yet unknown if the persons that died were in the plane or in the factory, “It is not yet known if the people who were killed were in the plane or on the ground.”
Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage captured the plane tilted on its side as it hit the building, resulting in an explosion and a thick black plume of smoke.
Among the injured, 10 were hospitalized, while eight received treatment at the scene and were released.
Last November, another four-seat plane crashed near the same airport during an emergency landing, leaving both occupants with minor injuries.
Recall that this platform reported in December how 179 people were confirmed dead in a devastating plane crash that occurred at Muan International Airport in South Korea.
Out of the 181 people on board the aircraft, only two crew members survived.
JOHNSON EBIGIDE
Barr. Eugene Uzum has felicitates the chairman NDDC governing board on his birthday.
Uzum, a lawyer, Policy Analyst, and Consultant, spoke to the news medium from his base in Edmonton, Canada.
He said the birth anniversary of Chiedu Ebie is a great moment not only for Niger Deltans but for humanity, adding that Chiedu has demonstrated leadership, capacity, loyalty, and sincerity of purpose.
Uzum recalled that Ebie has left his mark on the sand of times, especially in the mind of Deltans as one of the most effective “SSG” with a strong sense of professionalism.
His presence as Chairman, NDDC governing board has also showered a progressive trend in youth capacity building, infrastructure development, and service delivery.
He commended the selfless and untiring service of Barr. Chiedu Ebie, adding that his stabilizing and unification aural in ensuring infrastructural development of the Niger Delta would remain a cherished legacy.
“On behalf of my family, associates and the people of Otolokpo town, my homestead, I wish to join several well wishers of Chiedu Ebie, a lawyer par excellence, seasoned administrator and a symbol of progressive leadership in rejoicing with him as he marks his birth anniversary,” Uzum added.
“I pray God to continue to grant him excellent health, wisdom, enablement and longevity of life to enhance his desire in uplifting humanity.
There are growing speculations and street talk that the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, may soon be making a move to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has prophesied that 2025 will be “a landmark year.”
