The Asset Management and Corporation of Nigeria has said Arik and Aero Contractors airlines may be merged and converted to a national carrier. The AMCON Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Gbenga Alade, stated this on Monday at an interactive session with media executives in Lagos. According to Alade, both Arik and Aero Contractor are owing so much money that they may not be able to pay. He stated that the corporation presented the idea of converting Arik and Aero Contractor to the former aviation minister but it was rejected The former management of AMCON presented the idea of converting Arik and…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The Delta State Government notes with serious concern some reports in some online media platforms alleging that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori borrowed the sum of N40billion soon after assuming office. The reports are not only misleading, but also capable of creating misunderstanding and confusion in the State. For the avoidance of doubt, I wish to state categorically that the Delta State Government DID NOT Borrow N40 billion. And the Sheriff Oborevwori administration has not borrowed any dime till now. The records are there for anybody who cares for the truth to verify. What the Oborevwori administration did was to graciously guarantee…
PRESS STATEMENT UPDATE ON SOME IOC DIVESTMENT ACTIVITIES In line with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)’s avowed commitment to transparency and belief in the right of the public to know about our regulatory activities, we wish to keep the public abreast of the status of certain divestments that have received ministerial consent and the divestment by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU), which has been subject to a lot of public attention. As the public may be aware, ministerial approval was recently granted to the divestment by NAOC to OandoPetroleum and Natural Gas Company Limited (OandoPNGCL) and OANDO Oil…
Thirty persons including a popular pastor were arrested recently at night for pouring refuse into drains in Asaba, the Delta State capital. Olorugun Godspower Asiuhwu, chairman of Delta State Task Force on Environment disclosed this today in Asaba while speaking to reporters in the NUJ programme ‘from parley to party’. He spoke on how hotels and eateries in Asaba, Warri, Effurun and other urban towns and cities across the state were polluting the environment by channeling their septic waste to the drains, even up to 500 meters away from their locations, and leaving people in the neighborhood with offensive…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) in Edo State. In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Musali JCA in the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/764/2024, the Appeal court held that the Delegates who sought to nullify the PDP Primaries lack locus and therefore the trial court has no Jurisdiction to nullify the PDP primaries. The Appellate court further stated that Under s. 84 (14) of the Electoral Act, it is only aspirants that can challenge a primary election. Ad hoc delegates are not aspirants and…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election has said that himself and his running mate, Barr Osarodion Ogie Esq, would run a transparent and fully accessible government if voted into power. Ighodalo made the declaration on Sunday when he held a Town Hall Meeting with indigenes of Edo State who are resident in Lagos. Speaking to a fully packed hall in Maryland, Ikeja, Ighodalo expressed gratitude to the people for the huge turnout of the state’s indigenes in Lagos who received him with cultural dances in a carnival like manner. He confessed that…
By George Etakibuebu My dear people of Edo State, Greetings. I hope this short letter meets you in perfect peace. Kindly permit me to state first that we are at the threshold of history. It is, therefore, with a profound sense of duty to our great state, present and future generations that I write to you today. I want to respectfully remind you, peradventure, you have forgotten that our people say: “we use only the wood that is fit and proper to produce mortars and pestles.” In other words, mortars and pestles are made from the hardest species of wood.…
By George Etakibuebu It’s now an established fact that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has made the peddling of lies and propaganda its official campaign policy. Therefore, everything that comes out of it by way of communication is nothing but an orchestra of deception. The APC has done this religiously in the last four months since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifted the ban on political campaign on April 23. Ever since then, it has been one day one lie and one propaganda. They are so adept at it and well organized that their media urchins…
One of the prominent Ambassadors of the African Union Agenda 2063, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information and Strategy Management, CIISM, Dr Leonard Oghenetega Obie, has described the newly appointed Director General of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr (Barr) Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, as a top class professional and communication scholar of high repute. Dr Obie in a goodwill message on Saturday said the new DG will bring to bear his wealth of experience to deliver on his assigned responsibilities at the Bureau, judging from his track records in public service in the past nearly one…
The 44th National Congress of the Men’s Missionary Union of the Nigerian Baptist Convention has ended on a glorious note in Asaba, the Delta State Capital. The event, hosted by the Delta Baptist Conferences, comprising Anioma Baptist Conference, Ethiope Baptist Conference, and Providence Baptist Conference, had over three thousand delegates from the 36 States and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, in attendance. It was highlighted by business sessions where various reports were presented as well as the celebration and worship segment where Rev. Dr. Chika Ossai-Ugbah led other Men of God to administer Holy Communion and prophetic blessings upon the…