By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

The Concerned Rivers People (CRP), a grassroot political pressure group, has hailed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike over the massive infrastructural projects he has undertaken in the nation’s capital in the last eighteen months.

The commendation came at the end of an extraordinary executive meeting of the group held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. During the marathon meeting, members of the Executive Committee of the CRP, observed with delight the giant strides of Wike and the impact he has made in addressing the infrastructure gaps in Abuja within a very short period of time.

In a communiqué issued at the end of their deliberations, the group resolved to pass a vote of confidence on Wike in order to spur him into more action.

According to the communiqué, members of the CRP said they were not surprised at the performance of Wike having been witnesses to his equally superlative performance during his tenure as the Governor of Rivers State.

” Our own dear leader and political icon has changed the narrative in the art of governance because he deploys all his energy and intellect into any governance role that he gets.

” What he is doing in Abuja is a clear testimony that he is Mr Project. He has changed the architectural landscape of Abuja, constructing multi billion naira roads and bridges to ease free flow of traffic in and around the city of Abuja.”

Public Relations Officer of the group, Alex Nwogu disclosed that at the last count, Wike has executed over 200 infrastructure projects since he assumed office in 2023.The CRP, he said, regards the FCT Minister as a worthy ambassador of the people of Rivers State.

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Telecoms giant, MTN has bowed to massive pressure from organized labour by reversing to the old order.

Recall that MTN had on Tuesday implemented a 200 percent tarriff hike.

This development was announced via the official social media handle of MTN on Thursday.

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

It is really sad that no fewer than 63 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Home for the Needy Foundation (IDP) camp, Uhorgua, Edo, may be stopped from writing their semester exams at the Niger Delta University, Oghara.

This is as the management of the camp’s inability to pay the N116. 3 million owed the institution for sponsorship of the IDPs.

This was disclosed in a letter from the institution authorities signed by the Acting Registrar, Mr Elvis Ofotokun, which was cited by NAN, on Thursday in Abuja.

The letter which has as its headline: Re: ‘’Overdue Payment of School Fees for IDP Sponsored Students’’ said that the amount was the total outstanding amount for the 2024/2025 academic session.

“We write to follow up on our previous correspondence regarding the outstanding debt incurred by your organisation for sponsored students in Western Delta University, Oghara.

”As you recall your team visited our institution twice to discuss payment modalities as we were assured of regular payment to settle indebtedness.

”Unfortunately, our records indicate that only N7.5 million has been paid since March 2024. The total outstanding amount for the 2024/2025 academic session now stands at N116, 323,000.

”This significant debt poses a substantial challenge to the university operations. In light of the above, management has decided to take drastic action to recover the debt,’’ it said.

Consequently, all your sponsored students will not be permitted to sit for the upcoming first semester examinations until this debt is settled,’’ the institution said.

Mr Solomon Folorunsho, Coordinator of the camp told NAN that the camp was appealing to kind hearted Nigerians to assist in offsetting the bill.

He said presently about 60 of the IDPs were in 400 and 500 level in the institution, adding that the years they have already spent should not be allowed to be a waste.

”I am appealing to kind hearted Nigerians whether in the country or outside the country as well as corporate orgnisations with educational foundations like the Tony Elumelu Foundation, TY Danjuma foundation among others to come to our aid.

”MTN, Glo, and other telecom giants, multi-national oil companies as well as indigenous oil companies, please see these students as your brothers and sisters and contribute to their achieving a life-long feat.

”We cannot allow them to drop by the way now that they are almost at the goalpost, please help the camp to help.

”We cannot do it alone, please help us. This education funding challenge is one among many other challenges we are facing in the camp,” the coordinator appealed