A 9-member Credentials Committee has been inaugurated for the forthcoming National Triennial Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), coming up in November 2023. The Committee has Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, representing the NUJ, as Chairman, with Ruth Tene of the FCT Council, representing NAWOJ, as Secretary. Other members of the Committee are Hannatu Mohammed, representing Zone A; Tola Gbadamosi, representing B Zone; Patience Ogujiofor, representing Zone C; Hadeezah Lamido, representing Zone D; Pauline Kuje Vana, representing Zone E; Grace Orunmieyefa, representing Zone F; and Abba Murtala, Secretary, Kano…
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By Chimezie Enyiocha The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the state capital has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the 2023 election, Isah Ashiru against the victory of Governor Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a dissenting judgment of two against one, delivered on Thursday, a three-member panel headed by Justice Victor Oviawie dismissed the petition on the ground that the pre-hearing notice was filed out of time and therefore deemed to be abandoned. The tribunal chairman and another member held that the appeal brought by…
Renowned communication strategist, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has said that Delta State Governor, Elder Sheriff Oborevwori, is showing positive signs of a pragmatic leader who is determined to deliver on his electioneering campaigns promises He made the assertion while speaking to newsmen on Wednesday immediately after the inaugural meeting of the Association of Media and Communication Strategists, AMCS, in Abuja, noting that the new administration in Delta State, has emphasized on delivery of quality and durable infrastructure projects. Oghenesivbe, who was the Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections in Delta State, said the recent…
By Pat Gbemudu The Director-General (DG) of the Delta State Contributory Health Commission (DSCHC), Olorogun (Dr.) Isaac Apkoveta has reemphasised the commitment of the commission to increase the number of the enrollees with the state contributory health insurance scheme . Dr. Akpoveta stated this on resumption of office as the DG of the commission in Asaba. He stated that “so far, the count is 1.4 to 1.5 million enrollees, which is 25 percent of the population of Delta State,” adding that the figure would be doubled within one year. In line with the objective, the DG called on all private…
By Barth Ozah The wish of every grown-up man or woman seeking life partner is to have one that is reliable, resourceful and loyal. Same thing is applicable to a governor who wants to succeed in office. Succeeding in office requires the ability of the principal to select the team that will enable him cross the “T and dot the I”. This is because, being elected into office is one thing, but to succeed in service delivery and remaining afloat in the body polity is another thing all together. Few months after taking the gauntlet of leadership following their victorious…
By Fred Latimore Esq Kefee was her stage name, born to the family of Obareki on February 5, 1980 in Sapele. She hails from Okpara Inland in Ethiope East LGA, of Delta State. Kefee graduated from the University of Benin with a degree in Business Administration. Got a divine calling to be a Gospel Artiste. She started well, had God’s backing and multiple blessings. Her husband, Alec Godwin and Kefee were my personal friends. They both were guests on two occasions, on my talk show “Holy Ghost Panorama” aired live on Eagle Cable Television in Lagos, between 2008 and 2011.…
Former minister of works and PDP chieftain Chief Mike Oziegbe Onolememen has left the party. Onolememen sent a resignation letter to the chairman of the Edo state chapter of the PDP, Tony Aziegbemi, stating that he is no longer interested in being a party member. Onolememen, who has been a founding member of the PDP since 1998, said his decision was because the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has taken as his private property. Part of the letter read: “I write to formally inform you and the entire members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that I am resigning my membership…
Chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Chief Tonobok Okowa, has stated that he has no wish for his tenure to be extended nor be returned. Okowa made the clarification following a publication in which some athletes and officials of Team Delta were quoted to have called for him to be retained for about two more years after the expiration of his tenure at about January 2024. Reacting to the publication, Okowa pointed out that the call was unnecessary as he has no interest in continuing after his tenure, moreover, the state has an established process for the management and…
Perez Medcare Hospital, where singer Ilerioluwa Aloba aka MohBad was allegedly taken to, has released a statement concerning the singer’s death. In the statement shared on its Instagram page on Monday night, the hospital stated that the singer was brought in dead at the hospital. The hospital also debunked rumours that the singer was admitted into the hospital. The statement partly read, “The attention of the management of Perez Medcare Hospital has been drawn to the misleading and false information being circulated in some social media platforms that Mr. Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (AKA Mobbed) died in our medical facility. “We…
By Wale Adedayo. The Chagoury brothers, the brain behind the construction of the EKO ATLANTIC CITY will be handling arguably Africa’s biggest infrastructural project ever in the LAGOS-CALABAR HIGHWAY through their construction company HITECH. The project, with an initial design length of approximately 650 to 700 kilometres, will also feature RAIL LINES running in the middle of the main carriageways. It will be executed as a Public Private Partnership and will be tolled upon completion, with the contractor already securing the necessary funding. The proposed route will link the Lagos-Badagry Expressway superhighway, the Fourth Mainland Bridge, Lekki Deep Sea Port…