Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North in the National Assembly on Saturday revealed that he has submitted a total of six bills for recommendation on the floor of the Senate. In a post he made on X after arriving in Kano for a three-day retreat of the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, Senator Nwoko said the review of the constitution was long overdue and he was excited over the development. He revealed that he was honoured to be part of the few Senators selected among the 109 Senators from across the country. According to him: “It’s…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The wind of progress is blowing through Anioma, driven by the relentless commitment of our most Distinguished Senator Prince Ned Munir Nwoko. His vision for the people has translated into tangible projects that promise to uplift and transform the senatorial district. Anyone with a sense of fairness can see that he takes his mandate to heart. Even from afar, it’s clear to see his dedication. Having the privilege of working closely with him, I can attest to it even more. He seizes every opportunity to raise the needs and aspirations of his constituents, whether on the Senate floor, in committee…
As Nigeria marks its 64th Independence anniversary, Director General of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has called on Nigerians to stop celebrating fraudsters and unscrupulous elements. Dr Oghenesivbe, gave the charge while speaking as special guest of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, and a popular radio talkshow in Asaba on Saturday. He emphasized that this culture of celebrating ill-gotten wealth has contributed to the country’s socioeconomic woes and moral decay. He lamented that 64 years after Independence, Nigeria’s reputation was fast dwindling at the global stage due to acute corruption and primitive accumulation of wealth…
Eye on the Future Initiative (EFI) in Collaboration with Precious Family Aid Charity Foundation, on Friday held a sensitization campaign against cultism for students in secondary Schools in oil rich Delta State, aimed at kicking out the menace. The organizers implored the students to shun social vices capable of ruining their lives. The sensitization campaign tagged “Back to School” was held at Okpanam high School in Oshimili North Local Government Area. Addressing the students on the need to shun Cultism, the Executive Director of Precious Family Charity Aid Foundation, Mrs Patricia Gbemudu Advised the students not to disappoint their…
The Niger Delta Stakeholders Assembly (NDSA), on Saturday called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun to interrogate Anabs Sara-Igbe over threat to cause crisis in the oil rich Niger Delta Region, just as they said that he was being used by the Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPCL, Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr Umar Ajiya to wage media war against the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engineer Mele Kyari. The group in a Press Release signed by Akpoebi Awoalaye-Ofori (President) and Anetorufa Gabriel (Secretary) linked the…
Over 30,000 ex-agitators in the Niger Delta, on Friday opposed the planned protests across the country on October 1st. The youths vowed not to allow any protest to take place in the region on October 1st. The repentant agitators, who spoke through their leaders at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Presidential Amnesty Programme led by Dr. Dennis Otuaro, in Warri, Delta State, called on the people of the Niger Delta region to avoid protests ahead of the October 1, assuring that the region’s challenges would be addressed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The youths disclosed this Friday…
By Jane Uyi Orobosa Chaiii, what a shameful show of subservience. It is a sad, sad new day for Edo State. And please, don’t get it twist for a second, a New Edo is not rising anytime soon. No, not with a Monday Okpebholo, the fraudulently declared governor-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Since the stomach turning video of Okpebholo, with his deputy, Denis Idahosa, accompanied by a prattling old man renowned for his uncontrollable diarrhea of the mouth hit the internet, men and women of conscience have been shocked beyond reaction. History, they say, is…
Lucky Tubotu,an indigene of Bilabiri 1&2 communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has clarified the statements he made regarding armed youths recruited into the communities following heightened insecurity in the communities occasioned by the activities of Ebimene Abaka,Tekena Abaka and others. Tubotu in a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital titled “Setting the Record Straight,Clarifying Misunderstood Statement” said he only re-echoed what Ebimene Akaba and the Chairman of Bilabiri 1 community Tekena Abaka told the people that the armed youths in the communities were employed by an erstwhile Governor Elect of Bayelsa State to carry out a…
As heavy rainfall is expected to worsen in Delta State, coupled with the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon, the State Orientation and Communications Bureau, has appealed to residents to brace up for challenges associated with flooding. Director General of the Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe while speaking as guest of Voice of Delta FM and Trend FM public affairs programs in Asaba on Wednesday, disclosed that the National Flood Warning Systems Centre, NFWSC, under the Federal Ministry of Environment, had predicted heavy rainfall in 15 States, including Delta, from 24th to 28th September, that may result…
People of Anioma nation have commended Senator Ned Nwoko for his visit to the minister of works, David Umahi, and director general of Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi, where he was given assurance of speedy work on failed portions of Benin-Asaba expressway. Specifically, the Delta North Senator mentioned the stretch between Alifikede in Ika land and Asaba Bridge end, which he said has become hazardous and has resulted in numerous fatalities. Reports went viral showing photos of the Delta North Senator with the Managing Director of FERMA, after a fruitful discussion on plans to rehabilitate the deplorable…