Paul Okah

Expensive of Wazobia FM donates items to Abuja orphanage home Renowned  radio presenter and Head of Station, Wazobia FM, Mr Expensive James, has donated relief materials worth thousands to Marvelous Anricia orphanage home in Tunga Ajima village in Dei-Dei, Abuja. The items donated included: cartons of noodles, bottles of groundnut oil, bags of garri, bags of cheese balls, bags of tissue paper, cartons of biscuit, clothes, diapers, tubers of yam, cartons of spaghetti, bags of rice,  toiletries, among other things Donating the relief materials Sunday, Expensive, who is also the founder of Help One Foundation, a non governmental organization (NGO), said that it was his own little way of giving back to the society that produced him. He said that the orphaned children are future senators, governors, presidents and other important dignitaries in society and that they biological parents had brought curses upon themselves by discarding children given to them by God. He ...

Workers of the National Assembly are to commence a four-day warning strike on Monday in continuation of their protest to demand better welfare. The workers on the platform of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), National Assembly chapter, took the decision to embark on the strike on Friday. The Chairman of the association, Mr Bature Mohammed, said in a statement in Abuja the decision was reached in an emergency congress held on Dec. 14. President Muhammadu Buhari is due to present the 2019 Appropriation bill to the joint National Assembly on Wednesday, December 19. Mohammed said that the warning strike which would run till Dec. 20, was to press home the demands of the association. The chairman advised that all members of the association should stay away from their duty posts during the period. Members of PASAN had on Dec. 4 shut down operations at the National Assembly when they prevented lawmakers from sitting. The grievances of PASAN...

 Ebonyi state governor, Engr. Dave Umahi, has sacked the Board Chairman of the Ebonyi Broadcasting Corporation (EBBC), Mrs Patience Ogodo. Umahi’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Uzor, who issued a statement Saturday, said that the sack was sequel to Ogodo’s suspension as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees. Uzor alleged that the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) had suspended Ogodo for acts inconsistent with her mandate which included: absenteeism and other anti-party activities. ”Consequently, Ogodo is directed to hand over all government properties in her possession within 24 hours to the closet person on the board. ”The governor wishes to stress that Ogodo’s suspension was in affirmation of the PDP’s NEC which tried and found her guilty of anti- party activities and other sundry actions. ”This was unbecoming of a board of trustees member from a highly disciplined party like the PDP as it act...

The Young Progressive Party (YPP) candidate for AMAC/Bwari Constituency for next year's House of Representatives election, Prince David Adetunji Adeyeye, has called for members of the National Assembly to veto President Muhammadu Buhari's refusal to sign the 2018 Electoral Amendment Bill. Adeyeye, who is also a legal practitioner and energy expert, said that history will be kind to the members of the eight assembly if they put aside party politics aside to fight a common cause. In an exclusive chat with  Paul Okah Blog , Adeyeye said that Buhari has disappointed many Nigerians with his decision not to sign the Bill and was "placing his election first above the common interest of Nigerians". He said that the president's assent on the Amendment Bill would have given confidence and predicability to the laws that will govern Nigeria's elections, but that his refusal was "ill-advised and very detrimental to the political journey that Nigeri...

The Acting Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has advised Nigerians not to listen to some sections of the public which habour the feeling that the anti-corruption fight is a witch-hunt carried out by the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari to fight those described as perceived enemies of the government. Magu, who disclosed this  at the 2nd Induction Ceremony of the Compliance Institute Nigeria with the theme: ‘Implementation of Beneficial Ownership Disclosure in Nigeria’, noted that there is no hiding place for looters, and that Nigerians should take the anti-crime fight seriously. According to him, “We should not listen to those who say the anti-corruption fight is a witchhunt. You cannot be invited to the EFCC if you don’t have an offence committed somewhere. Anybody you see in the EFCC has committed an offence. We have not even come out with details, when we come out with details, you will be shocked. All Nigerians sho...

The Ebonyi Government on Saturday gave reasons for the non participation of its athletes at the on-going National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abuja. Mr Charles Akpuenika, the state’s Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the government was concentrating on locally-organised sporting events to unearth hidden talents. Akpuenika noted that the government organised several sporting events in 2018 as the talents discovered would be groomed to equitably represent the state in zonal and national competitions. “We have organised the inaugural David Umahi Tertiary Institutions Games (DUMTIGA) where several talents were discovered from the participating tertiary institutions in the state. “The state also organised the David Umahi Para-military games where security agencies to promote unity among the agencies and ensure the fitness of their officers. “The school sports competition which was last organised in 2008 is presentl...