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I smile because there's God. A God who enthrones kings and also dethrones kings. He also fights for the weak, he is the voice of the voiceless. I smile thinking about the Niger Delta and how the youths can benefit from the region, as well as the innumerable resources it is blessed with. I smile knowing that the era of "Monkey dey work Baboon dey chop" will soon come to an end. My smiles are ever endless when I see how much the Niger Delta region is blessed with both human and natural resources.  Unfortunately, despite these indisputable endowments, it is so saddening that the region is still plagued with  unemployment, inadequate medical care, little or no industrialization, gas flaring epileptic power supply, inadequate human development, amongst many others.  Nevertheless, I rejoice with all confidence that all would be well again, because sooner than we envisaged, draws closer to us an era where the Niger Delta Youth can say with all confidence that "I am from the...

 The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared nationwide strike with effect from Wednesday May 11th, 2022. Reports shows that the development comes less than 24 hours after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended their ongoing strike by three months. According to ASUP, the action is based on the federal government’s failure to implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) reached with the union in May, 2021. Precious Nwakodo, ASUP Zonal Coordinator, Zone D which comprises of South South and South East, announced the planned action at a press conference held at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo state on Monday. Nwakodo said the planned strike action was hinged on the yet to be met demands among which are the non-release of the N15 billion Revatilization Fund approved over a year for the sector to address infrastructural deficit as contained in the 2014 Needs Assessment Report. According to him, “Following the discouraging response of the government to t...