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Determined to create a suitable forum for members in Nigeria and the diaspora to interact with one another, Auchi oldies 80-89, products of Auchi Polytechnic, in Edo state is organizing its third re-union. Tagged ‘Abuja 2023’, the vision, is envisaged to build a reputation for Intellectual Thought Leadership. The first reunion held at the ancient city of Benin in 2019, while the second one was held at Dallas in the USA in 2022. According to Mr Peter Nwadei, President, their mission is to partner with the institution’s main Alumni, public and private organisations and academia in order to realize the…
President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to work evenly for the country without marginalising any part in areas of development. Asiwaju Tinubu, who is due to be inaugurated as president on May 29, said this Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The president-elect is on a two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Nyesom Wike administration. “I will not marginalise any region, but will leave legacy projects across the length and breadth of Nigeria,” he said at the opening of Rumuokwuta/Rumuola Flyover Bridge. Tinubu praised Governor Wike for the development strides in Rivers…
The House of Representatives will look into the remote and immediate circumstances that led to the hard diplomatic stance of the Egyptian authorities over the plight of Nigerians who were affected by the ongoing crisis in Sudan, the Speaker, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said. Gbajabiamila also disclosed that the House would examine, to eliminate the apparent confusion over the roles and jurisdiction of relevant ministries and agencies of government in the management of the crisis involving Nigerians abroad. Speaking on Tuesday during a situation report and update meeting on the evacuation of Nigerians from the conflict in Sudan, the…
THE Chairman, Maris Trust Council, MTC, Chief Kenneth Olise, Ph.D, FCA, on Monday morning, offered prayers to God to celebrate the 45th birthday anniversary of Rev. Fr. John Konyeke. Maris Trust Council is the organiser of the annual Maris Public Service Lecture which was conceptualized to identify societal problems and proffer solutions to them. A statement issued by the Secretary of the trust council, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo in Asaba, Delta State, observed that the Chairman of the Council was very happy that God has sustained Fr. Konyeke and prayed that the Catholic Priest who is the Spiritual Adviser of Maris…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, said the Federal Government may not be able to pay workers’ salaries beyond June 2023 without resorting to massively printing money or removing fuel subsidy. Obaseki disclosed this while delivering his address during the 2023 May Day celebration with the theme, “Workers’ rights and socio-economic justice,” held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, in Benin City. Dignitaries at the event include the Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu; Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq.; Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq.; Chief of Staff to the…
A group of the Obidients Movement in Delta State has revealed that they abandoned the Labour Party candidate to vote for Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori of the PDP in the Delta State Governorship election because they were convinced he would prioritise good governance and foster economic prosperity of the people of the state. The disclosure was contained in a public statement released over the weekend by coordinators of the Obidients groups in Isoko Nation. The statement which was signed by Fred Elohor Anthonia and Okawa Leslie Okezi for the Isoko North and Isoko South, respectively, also revealed that their support…
Communities in Aba, Kano, and Kaduna have been thrown into darkness, following the disconnection of substations of Electricity Distribution Company (DISCO) servicing the areas. In Aba and its environs, the disconnection entered its seventh day yesterday, with bereaved families reportedly visiting mortuaries to claim corpses for burial against earlier planned dates. This is just as mortuary operators have been rejecting fresh corpses. Also, the Aba Landlords Protection and Development Association (ALPADA) has put business losses at over N300b in the last seven days of the blackout adding there had been deaths on a daily basis, an up-surge of night crimes,…
Ahead of Asiwaju’s swearing in, our various zonal party chapters have embarked on some self cleansing Rotimi Amaechi’s Stooges,Victor Giadom and Ita Udosen, have been relieved of their positions in the South-South. The Zonal Executive Committee of the All Progressive Congress South-South has removed Chief Victor Giadom and Ita Udosen as chairman and secretary of the zone’s executive committee respectively. The decision was part of a special resolution of an extraordinary meeting of the zonal executive committee of the party in Port Harcourt on Saturday. In the resolution, the committee passed a vote of no confidence of Giadom and Udosen.…
The 4th ranked best State owned University under the leadership of Prof. Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga, Vice-Chancellor, Delta State University, Abraka produces 58 first class graduands as Obuseh Emmanuel Ewere of Electrical/Electronic Engineering emerged as the Overall Best Graduating Student with a C.G.P.A of 4.91 on her grand finale of the 15th Convocation Ceremony. The DELSU 15TH Convocation Ceremony also witnessed bountiful harvest of projects Commissioned by the Pro-chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of Delta State University, Prof. Sam Ejite Oyovbaire. Some of the commissioned Projects executed by the University Administration in the last one year include the Faculty…