The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has strongly condemned the action of one Mrs.Favour Igiebor, who allegedly tore her husband’s International Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, saying her action constitute an affront against the law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Director General of the Agency, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu said that in furtherance of NOA national identity project campaign, especially as it relates to the National symbols, the Agency will support moves by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to investigate and prosecute such breach in line with section 10 (B) of the Immigration Act, 2015…
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Popular TV anchor, Rufai Oseni, of Arise TV has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo State Chapter, for making the payment of $1 million a condition for its gubernatorial candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, to appear before him for an interview. Rufai, in a post on his verified X handle account @ruffydfire, had last week thrown an open challenge to Okpebholo to make himself available on Monday, August 12, to be interviewed since it had become public knowledge that Okpebholo was avoiding both the media and the people. But instead of the…
By Abel Johngold Orheruata Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has recorded an emphatic lead in a recent poll of registered voters in the state conducted by EBDA and audited by BusinessDay newspaper. The results of the poll published on Monday morning by BusinessDay shows that a total of 1,179 registered voters resident in the state were surveyed. Ighodalo garnered a commanding 68 percent of respondents who indicated that he is their choice if the election were held today. This puts him well ahead of all his…
By Pat Gbemudu 300 women drawn from the various kingdoms in Urhobo nation have been adopted and enrolled into the Indigent Enrollee Adoption Initiative of the Delta State Contributory Health Commission. The gesture, courtesy of the Chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Chief John Nani, is in fulfillment of Chief Nani’s promise, while paying for health insurance for 240 persons earlier in April this year, that he would sponsor more Urhobo women. Describing the gesture as a demonstration of commitment to social responsibility and the welfare of the vulnerable, the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer…
The Edo State Government has slammed the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Olumide Akpata for peddling lies at a recent Town Hall meeting about the state of things in Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, saying he “got it completely wrong.” In a press statement on Sunday by Chris Osa Nehikhare, Honourable Commissioner for Communication & Orientation, the state government said Olumide “made assertions that were soundbites to hoodwink Edo people so he could appear informed and knowledgeable.” Nehikhare then listed what he called “corrections” for the erroneous claims for the public, “including the gubernatorial aspirant doing the propaganda…
Worried by the recent hardship protests witnessed in Nigeria, the O’Odua Integrity Network ( OIN) has called on the Yoruba Ethnic Nationality to be proactive, saying it was time for Yoruba Nation to re-think and rise to the defence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at all times against the North. EndBadGovernance movement, according to OIN, organised by some faceless individuals, mostly misguided people, was supposedly against longstanding grievances about governance, corruption, and socio-economic challenges in the country. In a Press Statement signed by Chief Adewale Adeosun (President) and Mr Ige Kilanko (Secretary), the group, lamented that despite assurances by President…
By Abel Johngold Orheruata The dust raised over the Candidacy of Edo PDP Candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo has been laid to rest following the emergence of Certified True Copies (CTC) of the July 22nd Court of Appeal judgement which shows that the Appellate court indeed upheld the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming September 21st Guber Election in Edo State It maybe recalled that in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice , A. M Lamido JCA in the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/642/2024, the Court of Appeal Abuja had on the 22nd…
Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, will continue to pay priority attention to infrastructure development, quality healthcare, agriculture, education and other key sectors of the state economy through the ongoing implementation of his MORE Agenda. Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, gave the assurance in a statement on Saturday, while responding to a trending media propaganda by the spokesperson of the major opposition party in the state. He said governor Oborevwori is a visionary leader, a meticulous planner and prudent administrator whose main objective is to build a virile economy,…
Our attention had been drawn to a viral online report with the caption: *”Why Delta is flourishing more under Governor Oborevwori”*.The said report which was well circulated in different online media was credited to Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor, on Media, Ossai Ovie Success, a young Deltan from Ndokwa Land who has resorted to dishing out falsehood and deceptive reports about government activities to the already oppressed and impoverished members of the public, all in the attempts to satisfy his pay master at the detriment of fellow Deltans. *Below were the lies of Ossai Ovie Success in…
As the Ika North East Local Government Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ward 5 Chapter, Owanta continues to experience and suffer the lopsided leadership style of a leader in the Ward and Secretary to the Delta State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu, many aggrieved members of the Ward, have described as shambolic the party’s Congress that was held in the Ward,on Saturday, July 27, 2024. They revealed to journalists how the Congress was manipulated to suit the script of the embattled Kingsley Emu who during the last local government election was molested in his ward and before now had unsettled party issues…