I welcome the verdict of the Justice John I. Okoro-led Panel of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, challenging the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The court has done justice to all issues put up for consideration in the petitions on the merits of the law, without fear or favour. There is no doubt, with the profound judgment of today, that our electoral jurisprudence and constitutional democracy are further consolidated and embedded more indelibly in our national identity because of the diligence and…
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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has revealed why President Bola Tinubu renamed the Ministry of Information and Culture to the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Idris said the change of name was to facilitate the reorientation of Nigerians to recover their sense as a nation. This, he said was a mandate given to him by the president. He added that Tinubu also mandated him to promote patriotism, honesty, and transparency as the core values of the administration. He disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. He said, “President Bola…
By Fred Latimore Orode Uduaghan, Delta State Commissioner for Humanitrian and Girl Child Affairs, will join top class African Women to speak at Women Lead Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, today October 26. She is expected to make Delta and Nigeria proud at the global stage, by articulating the M.O.R.E agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori administration as it relates to Girl Child, Community Support Services and other issues affecting women in this part of Africa. The Delta Commissioner is reputed for her keen interest in the wellbeing of young women and children in undeserved areas in Delta and Nigeria. Orode…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called for the intervention of the Federal Government in tackling the perennial flooding that affect Isheri community in Ifo Local Government Area of the State. Governor Abiodun, who made the call when he received the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Tsev, who paid him a courtesy call in his office at Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, on Tuesday, said the magnitude of the flooding was beyond the capacity of the state government, hence the call for prompt attention by the federal government. The governor noted that the scale and magnitude of the flooding…
Federal Government has extended the stay of envoys and ambassadors by three months. On September 2, President Tinubu recalled all Nigeria’s ambassadors, both career and non-career. *They were asked to return to the country on or before October 31. Nigeria has no fewer than 300 foreign missions.* *the envoys were stranded as the Federal Government was foot-dragging on implementation and had not released AIEs (Authority to Incur Expenditures) for their passages to them.* *The AIE explains the details of the entitlement of each envoy in terms of their passages and other travel arrangements to return to Nigeria.* *the AIEs had…
By Festus Ahon Since his emergence as Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has never hidden his intention to develop the twin cities of Warri and Effurun alongside other parts of the state. During the maiden State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting under his watch, the Governor announced his intention to engage construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, to construct three flyovers, a cloverleaf and road expansion in Warri and Effurun. After months of vigorous planning, meetings, reviews and tough negotiations, Delta State Government, Tuesday, signed the contract worth N78 billion. The projects which are expected to be completed…
Delta State Government, Friday, said there were no disagreements between the incumbent Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, and his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, in a statement in Asaba, said the purported disagreement as published by Daily Times was a figment of the imagination of the writer as no cold war exists between the two leaders. The Governor’s spokesman said that Oborevwori and Okowa “enjoy the warmest of relationships”, describing the publication as total falsehood and a futile, unnecessary effort at undue sensationalism. He maintained that the Governor would appoint both remaining…
“The Minister of the FCT is a Satanic person; I said it before when he was appointed and some people were grumbling. He has gone and brought the Israeli Ambassador, that’s what someone sent and I am yet to watch it. But what is confirmed is he said they will collaborate with the Israelis on Abuja’s security issues. Abuja will now become an extension of Tel Aviv and when they see anyone with a beard like us, they will say it is Bin Laden and we will be killed. “Where are those that worked for the Muslim-Muslim ticket? Hypocrites and…
The Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Mr Maxwell Awuse, has commiserated with the Senior Special Assistant, Media to the Governor of Delta State, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, on the death of his mother, Deaconess Mary Egugbo. Awuse who visited Egugbo in his office located within the Deputy Governor’s Complex, Government House, Asaba, urged him and his siblings to take solace in the fact that their mother lived to the Biblical age of 70. “As Catholics, we are aware that in the book of Psalm, chapter 90 verse 10, God said that, ‘As for the days of…
The Senior Special Assistant, Media, to the Governor of Delta State, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, has announced the burial programme for his late mother, Deaconess Mary Egugbo (nee Anieh). Deaconess Egugbo died on Wednesday, 13th September, 2023 few weeks after her 70th birthday anniversary. Comrade Egugbo, in a statement that he personally signed and issued in Asaba on Monday, said that the family resolved that his mother’s burial rites should commence on Friday, December 29, 2023 with Service of Songs at her residence, No 1, Sir Fidelis Egugbo’s Street, Ulapia, Ugiliamai/Ossissa Road, Ugiliamai, Onicha-Ukwuani, Ndokwa West local government area of Delta…