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Group, Benin-Owena River Basin Trade Words Over Corruption, Alleged Misappropriation Of Funds
A group known as Southern Youth Assembly of Nigeria (SYAN) and the management of the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORDA) have disagreed on alleged financial misappropriation at the Authority.
A protest letter signed by the chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of SYAN, Armstrong Ovie-Afabor, accused the management of the Authority of mismanagement of funds, arbitrary award of contracts, payment for unauthorized foreign trips, extra budgetary expenditure among several other allegations.
In the letter to the Minister of Water Resources, Chief of Staff to the President, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Ovie-Afabor said there have also been appointments into BORDA wrongly and payments for several contracts allegedly not executed.
The petition said several amounts of money running into millions of naira were vired from irrigation projects to other areas without recourse to due processes and there called on the supervising ministry to initiate an investigation into the activities of the BORDA.
The group therefore appealed to the federal government to investigate activities in the place.
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But the Managing Director, BORDA , Engr. Saliu Ahmed denied the allegations, saying that the Authority has been run within existing regulations.
He added that the allegations were frivolous and deliberately being orchestrated to bring down the Authority under him.
Ahmed said “They first recruited a different group for this and now this new group. The issues were addressed before when they petitioned the Minister and there is nothing like staff preferential treatment.”
On abuse of due process in contract award, he said: “That is not also true, it is all misrepresentation of facts. There are processes of awarding contracts, I have my threshold as the Chief executive, beyond my threshold, there is a Parastatal’s tender’s board where contracts are awarded and in some rare cases when it was beyond the threshold of the tenders board, we had to go to the ministerial tender’s board, there is absolutely no award of contract that have not gone through these processes and on two or three instances we had even gone to the Federal Executive Council (FEC).”
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How My Fiancée kept Me From Temptations – Singer Spyro
Nigerian singer, Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly known as Spyro, has revealed that his fiancée, Janet Atom, keeps him him grounded and away from temptations.
The ‘Who’s Your Guy’ crooner shared that before meeting his fiancée he was “tempted” by ladies, especially in Lekki.
Hailing his fiancée as his “Jesus baddie,” he appreciated her for changing his life.
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The singer captioned a picture of his fiancée via Instagram; “Eiii God! My very own Jesus baddie @_callme_njure.
“Thank you again for saving me from Lekki girls o, na me know wettin my eyes see.”
Recall that Spyro recently engaged Janet Atom. He disclosed that he met her at a nightclub while announcing their engagement in September.
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Drama In Abuja Hotel As BBNaija Star, Phyna Creates Scene Over alleged N200,000 Dispute [VIDEO]
Former Big Brother Naija winner, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, was reportedly involved in a heated altercation at a hotel in Abuja following an alleged N200,000 disagreement.
According to eyewitness accounts, the confrontation began in the early hours of Tuesday inside Phyna’s hotel room in Abuja, before spilling into the lobby, attracting the attention of guests and staff.
Sources claimed the dispute stemmed from an unsettled financial issue involving N200,000, which quickly escalated into a shouting match.
The argument reportedly intensified when neither party was willing to back down, leading to pushing and chaos within the hotel premises.
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Eyewitnesses further alleged that the situation worsened after others connected to the individuals involved joined the confrontation, turning the verbal exchange into a physical clash.
Security personnel and police officers were eventually called in to restore order, using teargas to disperse the crowd.
The incident comes shortly after Phyna returned to the public eye following a brief break to mourn the death of her sister, who died in an accident involving a Dangote truck.
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BREAKING: Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri Dumps PDP For APC
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
According to Arise TV, the governor joined the ruling APC alongside 23 members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah also joined the ruling party.
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Although details of the move remain sketchy, it was gathered that the governor and the lawmakers may be preparing to officially announce their defection to the APC in the coming days.
Several federal and state lawmakers recently dumped opposition parties for the APC ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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