Our attention has been drawn to an advertisement by Arise News in connection with a Town Hall meeting scheduled for 4 December. WE are surprised that the TV station listed our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a participant, when there was no prior consultation with him and his aides and no consent of the candidate obtained for the advertisement. We deem this as professionally wrong and reckless. No media organisation should arrogate to itself the right to railroad any candidate to fit into its own agenda. As we said in an earlier statement, the busy and hectic campaign schedules…
Author: Spade Nigeria
A foremost political strategist and former member of the House of Representatives, RT Hon (Dr) Olise Enebeli Imegwu has described as uninformed and unfortunate, Chief Okemuo Tilije’s comment, during a television programme in which he faulted Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as the prospective chairman of the governing board of the NDDC, based on the erroneous premise of her not being an indigene of oil mineral producing community. The former federal legislator, who is also a lawyer and speaker emeritus of the Delta State House of Assembly, observed that Tilije’s views can neither trivialise nor vitiate the extant procedure of nominating a…
By Njide Ezeonyejiaku As part of the activities to call global attention to the need to end harmful cultural practices against women and girls, the Women Aid Collective, WACOL 50-50 Action Women, Delta State in collaboration with a coalition of women NGOs in Delta State has organised a 100 women march in Asaba, to create awareness on the increasing spate of violence against women and girls in our contemporary society. The event which kick-starts the sixteen days of activism against gender based violence is part of the global commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women,…
By Etimbuk Akpan “The truth is that, and let me say it for the first time, and many people have been asking me, ‘where do you get money for all these projects/’. Let me say, and I want the Attorney-General to thank Mr. President. For monies that were not paid to Niger Delta States, rom 1999 – the 13% derivation money that was not paid, Mr. President approved and paid all of us in the Niger Delta States. And for me, it would be unfair not to tell the people. It is not money from FAAC. It is money paid…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State would on Tuesday, 29 November, 2022 kick-off its tagged “BUILD A NEW DELTA TOUR” in Aniocha North Local Government Area (ANLGA) of the State with three stops at Onicha-Ugbo, Issele-Uku and Onicha-Olona. This was unveiled in a Release signed by the former Minister of Niger Delta Ministry, and Director General (D-G) of the Delta APC Campaign Organization, Elder Godsday Orubebe, that was made available to journalists on Friday, 25 November, 2022. The Release stated that the tour which would take the campaign train to over 80 stops across the 25 local government…
A former Super Eagles Captain John Obi Mikel, has drawn media attention to himself after he weighed into the disagreement between Ronaldo and his former club Manchester United. The ex Chelsea star, confirmed that Ronaldo has so much ego, and was never his favourite. “I’ve never been a Ronaldo fan really,” Mikel Obi said in an interview with Dubai Eye. “For me, when a player has so much ego, I don’t really get it. He’s never been one of my favourite players and that’s why I always go for Messi really.” Mikel Obi blames Ronaldo for going all out in…
His Excellency, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa the Governor of Delta State recently took the global stage at the United Nations Conference Of the Parties 27th Edition (UN COP27) which held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to showcase his government Climate Action at mitigating Climate Change Crisis in Delta State. Delivering His Keynote Address on the Paper titled “Role of Government in Building Resilient Communities and Climate Resilient Health System in the Niger Delta in the Wake of the Recent Flooding in Nigeria”, Okowa stated that Climate change was a global phenomenon caused by the release of greenhouse gases (GHGS)…
Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has reassured on its commitment to the development of talents among youths in its mandate area. Managing Director and Chief Executive of the commission, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, gave the assurance at the Grand Finale of the “DBS Song of the Year” event in Warri on Thursday. Represented by Barrister Mrs Ewomazino Duku, Head of Legal Services, Askia said the commitment of the commission is in line with the youth development policy of the Delta State Government by which the state has empowered and lifted tens of thousands of youth in various business,…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN), has maintained that the RSSH component of the Global Fund (GF) implementation would contribute to making foundational changes by strengthening the health system in Nigeria through targeted interventions that supported the Federal Government to set policies, strategies and standards as well as plan, monitor, and review progress against those standards. The Delta State Chairman of ACOMIN, Pastor Greg Sifo, noted this at the group’s Media Brief for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM) State Media Meeting to showcase their success stories, held at the Orchid Hotels Asaba,…
President Mohammadu Buhari has nominated Lauretta Onochie, his current Special Adviser on Social Media to Chair the much awaited Niger Delta Development Board (NDDC). The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Wednesday, at the plenary read the nomination letters sent to the senate by President Mohammadu Buhari has nominated Lauretta Onochie to be the Chairperson of the NDDC. NDDC Board Nominees: Below are some of the new nominees for the NDDC board: 1. Chairman – Laureta Ifeanyi Onochie (Delta, South-South) 2. Dimgba Erugba State representative (Abia, South-East) 3. Dr Emem Wills (Akwa Ibom, State Representative, South-South) 4. Dr Pius Odudu (Edo,…