A coalition of civil societies under the aegis of Network of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, has dragged Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a petition dated 2nd May, 2024 and addressed to the chairman of the anti-graft agency with the title: Naira Even Abuse And Mutilation: Petition Against Senator Monday Okpebholo, the civil societies averred that the “Naira is the official currency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria… The Central Bank of Nigeria which is the institution of…
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A group, Delta Riverine Communities Infrastructural Development Initiatives (DRCIDI), has stressed the need for the federal government to hasten the process of participation in the West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Resilience Investment Project, in order to access the world bank funding for the development of the riverine communities across the country. DRCIDI, operating under the umbrella body of Motivated Youth And Children Empowerment Foundation (MY-ACE Foundation) and had been at the forefront of the ongoing agitation for an holistic development plans for the riverine settlements, especially the oil producing communities in Delta state. The body in statement signed…
Tragedy as a female police officer, a widow and mother of four, lost her life while on duty post in Rivers State. The deceased officer was at the front of the police station when she was beaten to death by some angry youths who were travelling to another State for a wedding party. Here are the details of the incident -The incident occurred on April 25, 2024, at approximately 4 p.m. in front of Taabaa Police Station in Khana local government area of Rivers State. – A female police officer, Christiana Erekere, was beaten to death by a group of…
Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, Superintendent of Police, SP Bright Edafe, will take his turn as Special Guest of Orientation Panorama, the People’s program on Voice of Delta Radio 97.9 FM, live from 3 pm to 4 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. He will be speaking on the goals, achievements, and challenges of the new Commissioner Of Police, Delta State Command, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, as well as security situation in the state. The PPRO who is well known for his in-depth knowledge of security issues in the state, shall inform Deltans on the efforts made so…
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq #dsobpress He won 21 local government areas out of 25, to become governor of Delta State. He encountered several electioneering legal battles from within and outside of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and apparently survived the entire 38 Court Cases, never lost any. To God be the Glory. His choice was apt, received with loud ovation except a handful of his political detractors and rivals. His candidacy under the PDP rocked the three senatorial districts of Delta State, and shock her Political foundation. The SHERRIFICATION OF DELTA 23, came in yellow colour, and the people…
By Abel JOHNGOLD ORHEUATA In a lecture, a Nigerian academic and researcher, Professor Olufemi Ayinde Peters, and serving Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), stated that Nigerian universities face many challenges and that the negative perception of these institutions reflects the need for reforms, better governance, accountability measures and increased investment in higher education. Prof. Peters stated this while exploring the profound and unintended consequences of federal government policies on Nigeria’s higher education landscape at the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) Worldwide 2024 Alumni Lecture he delivered last Friday, at the Dame Edith Okowa Auditorium, University…
“Simi And Adekunle Gold Makes Me Rêgret Being Single, Their Love Is Still Burning Fresh Like They Started Just Yesterday”. – Tiwa Savage writes in pain and rêgrets leaving her marriage. In her words: “While on set with Simi I had to ask her when she met Adekunle Gold again. Coz AG kept calling & checking on her every now and then, like 10 times in 10 minutes hahaha. Their love is still bürning fresh like they started just yesterday. Omo, na that day single life pa!n me…” Indeed people don’t know the value of what they have until they…
By Funke Egbemode (egbemode3@gmail.com) Letty was a good girl who became a good wife but the seasons changed and this once-upon-a-time choir leader, like Lot’s wife, looked back and right before the eyes of her Pastor and in the presence of her bewildered husband, is turning into a pillar of salt. The kind of salt no one wants to touch or taste. It was all the fault of this Japa syndrome. Letty and her husband, Brandon, had decided that Nigeria, the way it was going, was going to ruin their plans for the future. As it was, their future was…
By Dada Olusegun The Lagos-Calabar coastal road project is undoubtedly Nigeria’s most ambitious transport infrastructure project since independence. In terms of scope, distance covered, and connectivity, not even the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, the 2nd Niger Bridge in Onitsha/Asaba, or the Abuja-Kano expressway comes close. It is simply a world-class iconic project. Before I go further, I want us to take a brief trip back to history. The idea for a major coastal federal road in Nigeria was first conceptualized in 1955 by the then Federal Commissioner of Finance, Late Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, who hails from present-day Delta State.…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared illegal Regulations 126 and 127 of the Nigerian Police which allows for the dismissal of an unmarried policewomen who become pregnant during their service. The three-man panel of the court also asked the respondents, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Police Service Commission and the Nigerian Police Force, to carry out a comprehensive review of the entire Police Regulations to ensure that they accord with the demands of a modern society operating under the rule of law. Justice Olubunmi Oyewole read the lead judgment which was unanimously adopted by the…