The Senior Special Assistant on Media to His Excellency, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, the Governor of Delta State, Hon Fred Edoreh, was on Friday honoured with the Exemplary Service Award On Sports Marketing by the National Association For Physical, Health Education, Recreation-Sports And Dance (NAPHER-SD). The award was conferred on him as part of activities marking the 51st National Conference of NAPHER-SD hosted by the Delta State chapter of the association at the Business Study Theatre of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba. The award presented to him by Prof Bode Durotoye, former Director of Grassroots Development at the…
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By Oghenero Orovwuje The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon Sheriff F.O Oborevwori will on Monday 25th, September, 2023 swear-in the Chairman and Members of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) at the Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba by 10am. According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government Dr. Kingsley Emu, the Governor will also inaugurate the Chairmen and Members of the Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency(DSCTDA), Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Areas Development Agency (WUEDA), Local Government Service Commission(LGSC) and the Delta State Contributory Health Commission (DSCHC) on Tuesday, 26th September, 2023 at…
Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) has commended the move by the Delta State government led by Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to commence remedial work on some selected failed federal roads, particularly the Asaba-Benin Expressway and the Agbor-Eku Road to make them more motorable for road users in the state. DOPF in a statement while applauding the governor for planned intervention work, however, tasked the government to engage competent contractors that will deliver quality jobs that can stand the test of time and give the state value for its money. The online publishers stated this in a press release signed…
By Wilbet Ijeoma A convener and founder of Pad a Girl, Udoka Anita Ikebuwa, at a program themed ‘Towards Eradicating Period (Menstrual) Poverty: Need for Policy Making’ highlighted the background of Project Pad a Girl which is against the backdrop of the inability of most girl-child in rural communities to access sanitary pads to take care of their menstrual period. Ikebuwa, through her Foundation, made a strong case for the girl-child menstrual health as she convened a programme tagged; “Disrupting Period Poverty in Rural Communities across Delta State.” The programme which was held today, 21 September, 2023, at Unity Hall,…
By Fred Edoreh The 7th National Youth Games is increasingly promising to be a breathtaking sports and entertainment festival as host Delta State has lined up top music acts, Boy Spyce, May D, Khaid and Cooler Lane to entertain the athletes and spectators during the event. Boy Spyce and May D are billed to feature at the opening ceremony on Saturday, September 23, while Khaid and Cooler Lane are scheduled for the closing ceremony on September 30. The initiative is in keeping with the promise of the state to present the National Youth Games like never before, to leave a…
The attention of the Executive Committee of the University o To put the records straight, Dr. Kemi Emina was unanimously adopted as Chairman of the Committee set up to organize UIAA @ 65 at the Executive Council Meeting (ECM) of the Association. Dr. Salau Folaranmi was invited to attend that meeting but failed to show up. The choice of Dr. Emina to Chair the Committee for the Celebration of UIAA @ 65 was based on his track record of hardwork, credibility and integrity exhibited during his tenure as UIAA President 2014-2018 wherein he had successfully handled other ground shaking…
Baring last minute changes, President Bola Tinubu will announce a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers next week. President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, disclosed this while speaking on the outcome of the union’s Tuesday meeting with the federal government on the fuel subsidy removal. “Minister of labour told us that he had an audience with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the minister of finance and had reviewed the issue of wage award. But the president asked them to fine-tune the issues before he makes the announcement,” “Minister told us all these issues would be streamlined…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has said the standing committees of the House were increased from 109 to over 134 to allow better legislative oversight on the ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government by the legislature. Speaker Abbas faulted the claim in some quarters that the increase in the number of committees was to create more chairmanship and deputy chairmanship slots for members of the House, stating that the new committees were broken out of the existing ones to ease the heavy burden on some of the old ones. The Speaker…
The new chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Dr Zacch Adedeji, said yesterday the nation is in a revenue crisis and requires urgent steps to change the narrative. Adedeji, who stated this while taking over the mantle of leadership of the agency from his predecessor, Muhammad Nami, noted that about 96 per cent of Federal Government revenue was spent on debt servicing last year, stressing that the situation is not sustainable. Former chairman of the revenue agency, Nami, said the FIRS generated N8.5 trillion in revenue into the federation account as of mid-September. Adedeji said: “We are in…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to actualize the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy. The team comprising 6 Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants will work in the office of the Vice President, supporting the “Renewed Hope” agenda of the Tinubu administration. The appointments in the Vice President’s office includes; Rukaiya El-Rufai, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on NEC & Climate Change; Tope Kolade Fasua as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Economic Matters; Aliyu Modibbo Umar, Special Adviser (SAD), General…