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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chinonso Alozie Owerri—The Imo State Public Complaints Commission, PCC, said that it got 132 complaints from the members of the public against the state government. The PCC commissioner, Mr Ambrose Ugboaja, stated this in the 2016 annual report of the commission, a copy of which was made available to Vanguard, yesterday in Owerri. According to the report, “in 2016, the commission took steps  to educate and enlighten the public on all that was considered relevant. “Also, relevant stakeholders and the public were engaged on various platforms in meaningful interactions with the purpose of sharing ideas and fostering a robust relationship, clarifying misconceptions, gleaning first-hand information, resolving contentions, social and administrative issues and bolstering the image of the commission.” On how the commission was able to manage the complaints forwarded to their office, Ugboaja said: “A total of 229 complaints were received in 2016, of which 141 we...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emma Amaize WARRI—THE Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, Delta State, stirred a fresh controversy between the Ijaw and Bini ethnic groups, yesterday, when it declared that Ijaw people had settled in the present-day Edo State before the Bini. It claimed that the Ijaw currently proclaiming ownership of the Gelegelegbene community in the state, came from Egypt after a short stay at Sudan and Ile-Ife. National president of the group, Austin Ozobo, in a statement, challenged the Edo Forum of Patriots and Bini Solidarity Movement, both of which it said alleged that Bini owned Gelegele, an Ijaw community, with misleading information, to prove their case with historical facts. The group asserted: “Our attention has been drawn to statements credited to Edo Forum of Patriots and Bini Solidarity Movement, where they alleged that Gelegele, an Ijaw community, belonged to the Bini, citing some distorted and contorted black market court judgments. It is impera...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ahead of the 2017 FIFA Confederation cup, former Super Eagles captain, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, and 2005 World Footballer of the Year, Ronaldinho Gaucho, were both in Kazan, Russia at the weekend, to inspire football fans and open the FIFA Confederation Cup Fans’ Park. The ancient city of Kazan was picked as one of the host centres for the FIFA Confederation Cup, which is billed to kick-off on the 17th of Juneand end on 2nd of July. European champions Portugal, Mexico, hosts, Russia, as well as world champions Germany and South American champions, Chile will all play their group matches at the Kazan Arena Stadium. The 45, 800 capacity stadium, which is the home ground of one of Russia’s popular football club, Rubin Kazan will also host one semi final game. World football governing body, FIFA, selected the two football legends that at a time played together at Paris Saint Germain (PSG) to sensitise fans and also open a fan-park in Russia’s eighth most populous ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Samuel Oyadongha  & Emem Idio Y ENAGOA —SHOPS, markets and other commercial activities were yesterday shut in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, as the Ijaw nation converged on Yenagoa and Kaiama to celebrate this year’s Isaac Boro Day. Though banks and other financial institutions were opened for business, they recorded low patronage. The Ijaw Heroes Park, a stone’s thrown from the iconic   Ijaw House, where the remains of late Major Isaac Adaka Boro, the symbol of Niger Delta struggle for self determination in the 1960s was buried, was given a facelift with the overgrown weeds mowed. Governor Seriake Dickson led the celebration with the laying of wreath at the park in honour of the late Boro at the Ijaw Heroes Memorial Park Cenotaph, in Yenagoa. Speaking at the event, Governor Dickson said the sacrifices and contributions of Isaac Boro who, though dead and gone, remained alive and ever present in the  lives and minds of Ijaw people, and declared t...