Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Sunday, said his administration was taking steps to boost manpower needs in the Baptist Government Hospital, Eku in Ethiope East Local Government Area and other hospitals in the State. Governor Oborevwori spoke at the thanksgiving service in honour of Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Arthur Akpowowo, at First Baptist Church, Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the State. The Governor, who was responding to a request to revamp the Eku Baptist Government Hospital, said the State Government would engage consultants in accordance with its needs. He described…
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By Sam Omatseye Who would have thought that Philip Shaibu could anytime on earth be in stormy waters with his boss, the governor of Edo State? But here we have it. But the deputy peacock of the state and a courtier of Edo State Government House has gone to court. He is barred from meetings and mentoring. He can’t see memos and minutes. Godwin Obaseki’s ears are immune to the tones and tunes of his call. Shaibu’s phone hollers eight times but not a hello in return. He who was shepherd has become leper. The man was silver of government…
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA), have arrested a fak£ couple, Mr Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Mrs Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum who were disguised as going for medical treatment in India, for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilograms with 100grams of the dr¥g also concealed in the woman’s private part. The two suspects were intercepted at Screening Point 1, Terminal 1 of the international wing of the Lagos airport on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, while attempting to board an Ethiopian airline flight to India. Though their travel documents show consistency in their names and depict them…
The State Organizing Secretary of Coalition for Media Politics and Governance (CMPG), Deacon Fidelis Chimokwu has resigned his position as well as his membership of the group. Chimokwu disclosed this in a Press Statement he made available to newsmen in Asaba on Sunday, 6th August, 2023. He stated that he has equally written a resignation letter to the State Chairman, informing him of his resignation from the executive membership of the group. According to Chimokwu’s resignation letter with effect from today, Sunday August 06, 2023, “My decision to leave is strictly personal and without any prejudice. Thank you most…
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a request by President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria intervene militarily in the Niger Republic. Lagos reporters reports that the Nigerien military overthrew the democratically elected government in the country last week, and Tinubu had written to the Senate requesting that they pass a resolution to allow Nigeria to intervene to restore democracy. The letter which was read during plenary on Friday by President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, said Nigeria, in compliance with ECOWAS resolution will undertake “military buildup and deployment of personnel for military intervention to enforce compliance of the military junta in Niger…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has spoken out about the divorce rate in the acting industry. Edochie made his comments in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, which was shared on Friday morning. He said that he was shocked when he learned his junior colleagues Chioma Chukwuka, Ireti Doyle, and Tonto Dikeh had left their marriages. The actor went on to say that many women are missing the core of marriage because it was always about commitment, regardless of the circumstances. Speaking in the video, he said, “If you come to our Industry today, most of our ladies who…
Chief Francis Atanomeyovwi, honourable federal Commissioner representing the south-south in the National Assembly Service Commission, has felicitated with former Deputy Senate President, His Excellency, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, CFR on his 60th birthday celebration on Thursday, describing the 2023 APC Gubernatorial candidate in Delta State as a leader amongst leaders who have affected humanity for good. In a statement he signed and released to newsmen on Thursday, Chief Atanomeyovwi expressed joy with the former DSP on his diamond anniversary of birth, nothing that what Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has achieved in just four years in the senate has dwarfed the achievements of…
Wife of Delta Governor and Founder, You Matter Charity Foundation, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has lent her voice to the global call for greater breastfeeding for working parents at workplaces. Deaconess Oborevwori who drummed support for the UNICEF and WHO advocacy with an awareness walk to celebrate this year’s World Breastfeeding Week, pledged to propose a break time for nursing mothers working in the state government house to properly breastfeed their babies. The governor’s wife who led hundreds of mothers and various civil societies on the awareness walk on Friday, August 5, from the Dome Event Center, Asaba to the popular…
A Nigerian businesswoman, Ese Cynthia Daniel, has been declared wanted by the International Police over an alleged N750 million fraud. In an INTERPOL bulletin numbered CR: 3000X/ICPO/ADM/LD/VCP/Vol. 4/93, the declaration followed a warrant of arrest issued by a Magistrates Court in Lagos State to the Nigeria Police Force. The bulletin noted that Ese, who hails from Delta State, conspired with accomplices to fraudulently convert the sum in Lagos, between January 24, and 26, 2023. The suspect allegedly obtained the said amount under the pretence of paying the United States of America dollars but declined and absconded to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, declared that despite the nation’s current rate of energy supply, his administration is poised to address all the obstacles militating against stable electricity supply in the country. He said his administration will bring solutions to the multifarious challenges across the electric power sector value chain which will significantly relieve longstanding problems of suppressed demand and improve the steadiness of peak supply for Nigerians, affirming that improved energy generation and distribution is an imperative for accelerated national growth. President Tinubu spoke at the ground breaking ceremony of the new 350MW Gwagwalada Independent Thermal Power Plant…