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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Mr Charles Aniagwu has said no stone would be left unturned to ensure even development of the state. Mr Aniagwu dropped the hint yesterday  in Asaba, while addressing members of the Association of Community Newspapers Publishers of Nigeria, (ACNPN). The Governor’s spokesman noted that despite the economic crises ravaging the country, Governor Okowa is working and recording successes in providing neccessary infrastructure in the state. According to Aniagwu, “Delta State is working, paying salaries, constructing roads and other infrastructures for the good of the people, because the state Governor remains a master in resouce management. ” “Recall that our state was heavily affected by the resurgence of agitations in the Niger Delta, as it became theatre of war for the Niger Delta Avengers which culminated in our allocation dropping to N3.2billion compared to the N20 billion we used to get pr...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Pieces of a Myanmar military plane which went missing with more than 100 soldiers and family members aboard were found in the Andaman Sea late Wednesday, a local official said. Navy ships and aircraft had been searching since the afternoon when the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers. More than a dozen children were believed to be among the passengers on the plane travelling from the southern city of Myeik to Yangon. “Now they have found pieces of the damaged plane in the sea 136 miles (218 km) away from Dawei city,” said Naing Lin Zaw, a tourism official in Myeik, adding the navy was still searching the sea. An air force source confirmed to AFP that a navy search and rescue ship had found pieces of the plane in the sea an hour’s flight south of Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial capital. The commander in chief’s office said the plane lost contact at about 1:35 pm (07:05 GMT) off Myanmar’s southern coast. There was conflicting information about the num...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The executive director of the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) and a former Nigerian health minister, Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead. Osotimehin, who also led Nigeria’s aid control agency between March 2007 and December 2008, died on Sunday, aged 68, Babajide Osotimehin said in a statement on Monday. He was first appointed to lead UNFPA on November 19, 2010, for a four-year term. His appointment was renewed for another term on August 21, 2014. More details later. Vía Nigeria News, Headlines and Opinions – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper http://ift.tt/2sIzazp

http://ift.tt/2qVnbRV  Michelle Obama / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD “House of Cards” star Robin Wright — who plays a quietly Machiavellian First Lady in the hit Netflix series — said Thursday that Michelle Obama should be the next US president. The actress told reporters at the Cannes film festival that Donald Trump “has stolen all our ideas” for the next series of the drama about a villainous head of state who stops at nothing to stay in the White House. Wright, a prominent activist, said a leader like Michelle Obama could galvanise liberals to get through the Trump years. “We gotta see the hope somewhere, even if it is out there in the future,” she said at a “Women in Motion” talk in Cannes. “Everyone is talking around the (water) cooler saying, ‘We have four more years of this! What are we going to do?'” She added: “In 2022 I want Michelle Obama there. She would be a great female president. It does take time to break the mould and change the psychology. Maybe it’s...