Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday, October 9, inaugurated an 11-man committee to review the salary of workers among other demands of the labour unions following the directive of the national leaders of the labour unions after the removal of fuel subsidy. The move comes in response to the directive from national labour union leaders following the removal of fuel subsidy.The committee to be headed by the Secretary to the State Government, (SSG), Prof Olanike Adeyemo has the Head of Service, Olubunmi Oni; Commissioners Akinola Ojo (Finance), Adeniyi Adebisi (Establishments and Training), Abiodun Aikomo (Attorney-General/Justice) and the Special…
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Veteran Nigerian singer, Onyeka Onwenu has revealed that Music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti approached her for marriage in the eighties. Onyeka revealed this in her new autobiography, titled My Father’s Daughter. She, however, said she rejected Fela’s proposal during her visit to his club because of his other wives. According to her, she is a possessive lover and did not understand Fela’s love for women. Narrating how Fela proposed marriage, Onyeka wrote: “The second time I saw Fela was in 1984, a few years after I had returned from the United States. He had just been released from jail. “He was…
By Alphonsus Agbor A six-man team of building experts has commenced investigation into the remote and immediate cause of a collapsed section of a seven-storey building under construction in Asaba, Delta State. The team from the Nigeria Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) led by Engr. Prof. Akaolisa Celestine Ezeagu, had met with officials from the state Ministry of Urban Renewal, as well as the state Ministry of Housing. Other members of the team as approved by the Director General of NBRRI, Prof. Samson Dunia, include; Kingsley Oghoro, Ikenna Onuorah, Chidiebere Afamefuna, Okolo Leonard (South-East zonal coordinator of NBRRI)…
The Pan-African American Leadership Awards, PAALA has announced that it will be honouring Mrs. Perpetua Uwechue, a distinguished Economist, Philanthropist, and Community Leader with a Global Leadership Award in recognition of her selfless service to humanity and exceptional leadership particularly in the development of African American Communities in the United State of America and in the African continent. The award which seeks to preserve the Pan Africanism ideals, and also for the sustainability of shared value for africapitalism, sustained democracy and the global competitiveness of the African continent is slated to hold on Saturday 21st October, 2023, at the prestigious…
By Kassim Afegbua When the noise rented the air like a thunderbolt, one was tempted to conclude that there was substance in their agitations. Quite a few Atiku Abubakar’s media lapdogs appeared with leaked saliva all over their mouths, seemingly aroused by a false hope of catching President Tinubu pants down. Indeed they have been running from one media house to another, trying to sustain a public discourse that would suggest that they have a case. This their latest drama is one of the most insanely and idiotic things I ever saw; their incoherent attempts at jackpot, moved further away…
Communication Strategist and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has commended governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, for the timely reconciliation with his deputy, Comrade Philip Shuaibu, saying that the conflict was becoming an embarrassment to PDP family. Oghenesivbe gave the commendation on Friday, during a live radio programme monitored in Asaba, wherein he noted that Edo being a twin sister state of Delta from the defunct Bendel State, was and still an integral part of Delta political calculations, which was why former governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, and other major stakeholders relocated to Edo State…
The Traditional Ruler of Abavo Kingdom, Uche Irenuma 11 has appealed to the State Government to as a matter of urgency determine and terminate the Abavo Electrification Step down project awarded by the immediate past administration in the State. The Monarch made the appeal while addressing journalists in his palace at the grand finale of the ,New yam festival celebrated by the community. Uche Irenuma 11 decried the shoddy job done by the contactor saying that the firm lacked the competence , technical knowhow and expertise to execute the project. He therefore urged the Governor Oborevwori administration to…
Delta State Government says it is appreciative of the support and cooperation it has been enjoying from online publishers in the state. Executive Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Comrade Felix Ofou, expressed the appreciation when he played host to a delegation of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, (DOPF) led by the Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Enebeli. Comrade Ofou noted that members of the Forum had consistently been publishing the activities of government over the years at their own cost, even in the current hard times, assuring that their partnership would not be taken for granted. He said the importance…
A group, the Niger Delta Comrades Assembly, (NDCA), has called on the Nigerian Judicial Commission (NJC) to relocates pending election appeal cases as well as the appeal judges to Abuja in order to douse what it called the observed political tension in Delta State. The group stated this at a press conference held today, Wednesday 4, 2023, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council Press Center, at Maryam Babaginda Way, Asaba, the State capital. The NDCA stressed that the call had become necessary in order to avert possible break down of law and order prompted by agitations…
A ministerial nominee from Kaduna State, Abbas Balarabe, on Wednesday afternoon, collapsed during his screening by the Senate in the Committee of the Whole. Balarabe had shortly finished reading a brief background information about himself and the Senate also suspended its rules to allow its sitting beyond 2pm, when the incident happened. There was no clear picture of what actually transpired or what led to the incident as the Senate immediately went into a closed-door session.