Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Arthur Akpowowo on their emergence as presiding officers of the 8th Delta Assembly. Oborevwori while congratulating the leaders, reiterated his readiness to partner with the legislature to ensure full implementation of his administration’s M.O.R.E Agenda. He stated this when he received the new Speaker, his deputy and their spouses on a courtesy visit to him at Government House, Asaba. The governor who underscored the importance of executive- legislative relations in a constitutional democracy, said…
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The Oyo State Government and Miners whose Cadastral Line encroaches Opara Forest Reserve have agreed on an actual ground rent of Two Thousand Five Hundred Naira per hectare per year with effective date from year 2020. This was disclosed in a release issued by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources after a meeting the Ministry held with some members of komu Miners Association on 25th May,2023 . The release noted that the meeting which was held in the Conference room of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs M.E Adeleye had in…
A human rights organisation, under the aegis of George Uboh Whistleblowers Network, on Monday advised President Bola Tinubu to direct law enforcement agencies to collaborate with whistleblowers in solving crimes and recovering stolen funds. The organisation highlighted the significance of whistleblowers in exposing corruption and wrongdoing and emphasized the need to shield them from retaliation. The Chairman of GUWN, Dr George Uboh, who canvassed the views during a press conference held at the Abuja council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, also revealed how he was arrested and detained for 101 days in 2019 after he exposed the Forex…
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has felicitated with media guru and Publisher of Vanguard Media Limited, Mr Sam Amuka-Pemu on his 88th birth anniversary. He said that Amuka-Pemu, an illustrious son and elder Statesman from Delta is a renowned media practitioner with lofty accomplishments. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Festus Ahon, on Tuesday in Asaba, Oborevwori commended the renowned Journalist and newspaper owner for his contributions to nation-building. He said that Amuka-Pemu’s contributions to the Nigerian press was indelible and amply demonstrated, not only in the growth of his newspaper, but also on his ethical…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today, signed the “Student Loan (Access to Higher Education) Bill” into law. The Student Loan Bill which is now Law officially known as AN ACT TO PROVIDE EASY ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR NIGERIANS THROUGH INTEREST FREE LOANS FROM NIGERIAN EDUCATION BANK ESTABLISHED was Sponsored by Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. Students applying for loan under this Act must apply to the Chairman of the Bank through their respective institutions upon satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) Student must have secured admission into any public Nigerian University, Polytechnic, COE or TVET school. Applicant income…
The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on Monday visited victims of the Bayelsa State Football Supporters Club who were involved in a fatal accident on Sunday. The Bayelsa supporters’ team were on transit to Asaba for the Nigerian Women Football League final between Delta Queens and Bayelsa Queens when a bus in the entourage was involved in a fatal crash after Kwale, leading to the death of 4 members of the supporters club with 7 others sustaining injuries. Oborevwori, on arrival at the Asaba Specialist Hospital, was received by the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr…
As the nation marks this year’s June 12 Democracy Day, it is imperative that Nigerians, the leaders and the led alike, to imbibe the culture and democratic tenets of equity, justice, fairness to all, mutual respect, tolerance, adherence to Rule of Law and respect for the Will of the people. It is instructive to state that these are the essentials for a united, stable, peaceful, secure, and economically prosperous nation that we all desire. June 12 embodies a national resistance to injustice, oppression and divisive tendencies; to impunity, violation of set rules, abuse of the rights of citizens and high-handedness…
Today, June 12 is being celebrated, exactly 30 years after an election adjudged to be the freest and represented the will of the people, was annulled by the powers that be at the time. The day is remarkable for many reasons, the struggle for democratic values, the abuse of power and the place of history. In all of these, we are witnesses to the monumental role each character played and their records in history, as heroes or villains. In Udu, June has become a significant month in our political history. Notably, on 3rd June 2023, the people of Udu Kingdom,…
BY FIDELIS EGUGBO Today Monday, June 12, 2023, Nigerians are enjoying another holiday declared by the Federal Government to celebrate democracy. Termed “Democracy Day,” Muhamadu Buhari’s administration set it aside to commemorate June 12, 1993, Presidential Election, acclaimed as the fairest election held in Nigeria and won by Moshood Abiola. The same administration also truncated that election supervised by General Ibrahim Babangida’s military junta. MKO Abiola, for short, did not accept the cancelation of the election, and he fought for his recognition as the elected President. His fight led to his death and that of his wife, Kudirat, and several…
Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. 3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the June 12, 1993, presidential election, up to that time, the fairest and freest election in the country’s political evolution, turned out, ironically, to be the seed that germinated into the prolonged struggle that gave…