DELTA State Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije has emerged as the Guest Lecturer for this year’s edition of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture. Secretary, Maris Trust Council, MTC, organizers of the annual lecture series, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Asaba. According to him, Chief Tilije emerged after a rigorous exercise which involved going through the profiles of those nominated to deliver this year’s lecture. Egugbo who thanked members of the public for their interest in proffering solutions to the challenges of the society using the annual lecture as a platform, disclosed that at the close…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at an emergency meeting today, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 acknowledge the Order of the Benue State High Court, dated March 27, 2023 with regards to the Chairmanship position of our great Party. After a careful consideration of the Court Order and in line with Section 45 (2) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017), the NWC resolved that the Deputy National Chairman (North) His Excellency, Amb. Umar Ililya Damagum assumes the National Chairmanship of our Party in acting capacity with effect from today, Tuesday, March 28,…
Igbo leaders in Lagos State have condemned the outburst of some South-East leaders on other ethnic groups in the country, saying that such disposition would set the region up for trouble. Leader of the group, Joe Igbokwe, who spoke at a media briefing yesterday, specifically condemned Rev. Fr. Ebube Muonso and Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu’s statements, noting that no ethnic group in the country deserves such demeaning statements. Igbokwe, while reacting to a video where Muonso was addressing the people and said one Igbo man is equivalent to 500 Hausa men and Iwuanyanwu’s statement that Yoruba are political rascals, said: “These…
The Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), yesterday inaugurated a four – man Executive Committee for the Federal Information Chapel of the Council. Those inaugurated includes Comrade Abel Johngold (Chairman), Comrade Tamara Febau (Vice Chairman), Comrade Wilbet Ijeoma (Secretary) and Comrade Kelly Gilor as Treasurer. The Chairman of the Credentials Committee of the chapel, Comrade Felix Ijoma, stated, among other things, that all the inaugurated executive members of the chapel were returned unopposed. In his acceptance speech on behalf of others, the newly inaugurated Chairman, Comrade Abel Johngold, who thanked members for their support,…
A federal high court in Abuja has remanded Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, at the medium-security custodial center in Kuje. On Monday, Jalingo was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on false publication against Elizabeth, wife of Frank Ayade. Frank is the brother of Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River state. The offences were said to contravene section 24(1)b of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act 2015.
To mark his 71st birthday, President-elect Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that special prayers and thanksgiving service be held on Wednesday March 29, 2023, instead of the yearly birthday colloquium. The special prayers will be held in Lagos and in other parts of the country. A statement from his office on Monday indicated that for the main event in Lagos special prayers will be offered at the Central Mosque in each of the five divisions in the state including the Central Mosque, Alausa, Ikeja. During the prayer sessions, special prayers will be offered for the peace, unity and progress…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State has described the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state a petrified party following attempts to verify the voting results with the Bimodal Verification Accreditation System (BVAS) machines in the just concluded governorship election. Commissioner for Information in the state and spokesman of the PDP presidential campaign council, Charles Aniagwu, had raised alarm that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had issued stringent guidelines to state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on the issuance of Certified True Copies (CTCs) of electoral documents for litigation by parties and candidates. According to…
By Sam Omatseye What Asiwaju Bola Tinubu – the president-elect – just pulled off is a miracle but the merchants of miracles in our midst are not shouting hallelujah. They are still querulous. Rather than see a divine halo in the man’s march to his hallowed dream, they were trying to choreograph the divine poise. They did not see his seesaw of obstacles and how he scaled one after the other. And, also, how gifts fell on his lap. First, it was in his party, the APC. Once the 2019 polls were over, some elements in Aso Rock…
The Secretary of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council(APCPCC) and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Hon James Abiodun Faleke has declared that his decision not to participate in the Governorship race of Kogi State is borne out of his desire to subject his personal interest to national interest. A group of Kogites from the three Senatorial Districts had put money together to purchase Governorship nomination form for Hon Faleke last month, urging him to throw his hat in the ring as the most acceptable candidate at the moment. But in a chat with our correspondent yesterday,…
Brazil football legend, Ronaldinho has claimed that former Nigeria midfielder Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha “wasted his talent” by joining Bolton Wanderers. Okocha moved to the English club in 2002 from Paris Saint-Germain. Ronaldinho played at PSG from 2001 to 2003 and regarded Okocha as his idol. According to quotes from Frank KhalidUK, Ronaldinho believes the Nigerian legend would have received more recognition if he went to Italy, or Spain instead of England. “His problem is that he was too keen to move to England,” Ronaldinho said. “I didn’t like the decision, at least in Italy or Spain, there, they allow…