President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration. The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (28 April 2023). In arriving at the decision to postpone the Census, the meeting reiterated the critical need for the conduct of a Population and Housing Census, 17 years after the last Census, to collect up-to-date…
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By Augustine Akanigha The Member Representing Ika North East State Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Honorable Anthony Elekeokwuri, has said that the mandates of every Lawmaker is to make laws that will impact meaningfully on the people. Hon. Elekeokwuri stated this during a Media chat with DTHA house Correspondents while giving his stewardship on his terms as Lawmaker representing the good and wonderful people of Ika North East for the past 8 years. The eloquent Lawmaker, said he was grateful to Almighty God and to the people of Ika North East for giving him the opportunity to serve,…
The Federal Government has insisted that the payment for fuel subsidy will come to an end in June, 2023. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning gave a clarification on recent report the Federal Government had shifted the exit date for fuel subsidy payment. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning stated that there has been “no change in the overall policy direction regarding the petrol subsidy envisaged by June 2023”. The Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, told…
By Aruoriwo Ivovi Delta State Head of Service (HoS), Mr. Reginald Bayoko has stressed the need for members of the Nigerian Dental Association of Nigeria to synergise with other key healthcare providers, especially in the areas of population-based dentistry, disease prevention, the promotion of dental health and the surveillance of oral health of Deltans. Mr. Bayoko stated this while declaring open the 2023 elective Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), Delta State Branch, held in Asaba, the Delta State Capital on Friday. The Delta head of service who was the Special Guest of Honour…
By Abel JOHNGOLD 38 Years Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Nigeria trained Lawyer, Michael Numa, (first DELSU Alumni Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and the youngest SAN in Nigeria), Hon. Charles Emetulu (Member of Delta State House of Assembly), Prof. Ochuko Anomohanran (Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic of DELSU), Prof. Mary Agbogidi (first DELSU Alumni Professor), and Sir Edwin Ogidi Gbegbaje, (quintessential Permanent Secretary), were invested with Special Awards for their services of distinction to Delta State, Nigeria and Humanity by the school authority at the DELSU 15TH CONVOCATION ALUMNI AWARDS yesterday in Abraka. They were honored at the Alumni Association organized Lecture and Awards ceremony for…
President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, met with the All Progressives Congress governors who paid him a courtesy visit and urged them to work with the party leadership and lawmakers on the election of principal officers of the National Assembly. “We thank God Almighty for our electoral victory. It was tough and turbulent. “The challenge before us is working in unison with the party leadership and the National Assembly over the election of their principal officers. And I charge you to unite in spirit and faith and work in line with the party,” he said. The President-elect told…
The just concluded 2023 general election has attracted multifaceted baseless petitions from bad losers who believe that whether or not they are unpopular, unprepared and morally deficient to govern, the judiciary will hear their frivolous petitions to serve as soft landing after shameful outing. However, there are genuine cases that cannot be ignored by the Tribunal, treat such cases based on merit and evidence adduced by the petitioners. In Delta, some major opposition candidates which includes; the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, and All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Engr Goodnews Goodman Agbi and Chief Great Ogboru, have both testified that…
By Abel JOHNGOLD The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Prof. Andy Egwunyenga, has stated that Alumni is an index for measuring the maturity of a University. He stated this today in Abraka, Nigeria, at 15th Convocation Ceremony program for DELSU Alumni Day, a day set aside for Alumni activities and admittance of fresh graduands in the DELSU Alumni Association. Prof. Egwunyenga, who disclosed that the Alumni is the first support base of a University, noted that the more matured a University is the stronger that university and it use in rating it. While saying that the…
By Johnson Ebigide The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Ministry of Information Chapel, has commended the Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, over his unprecedented transformational strides in the ministry. The chapel gave the commendation in a communique issued after a major congress in the ministry in Asaba, during which it called for the reappointment of Aniagwu as the Commissioner for Information by the incoming administration in the state. In the communique the chapel specifically highlighted the advancement of the ministry to include the recent creation of two additional departments of Field Publicity and New…
By Sunny Green Itodo The leader of the apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has said Nigeria currently has no President-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declaring Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress winner of the February 25 presidential election. In a recent interview with Arise TV, Pa Adebanjo insisted that what the country currently have is “a sham that will be pulled in due course.” He said INEC jettisoned constitutional methodology and must explain to Nigerians why. He said, “It is just the result of a bad government. A disaster that God will help…