Author: Spade Nigeria

By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, has stated that the establishment of Host Communities (HostComm) Development Trust Is Key in ensuring the harmonious relationship between the Host Communities and the oil companies in the State. Otuaro made this submission today in Asaba while receiving the delegation of the National Boundary Commission (NBC) led by the Director-General, Surveyor Adamu Adaji, who paid an advocacy visit on the determination of “Host Communities Along the Gulf of Guinea”. He noted that for “Host Communities” to be recognized by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and for them…

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The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated the Governor of Adamawa State, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on his widely celebrated victory at the just concluded Adamawa State Governorship election. The Caucus in a statement on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, also congratulated and saluted the people of Adamawa State for their resilience in standing with Governor Fintiri and resisting desperate anti-democratic forces that sought to manipulate the electoral process, suppress the Will of the people and impose an illegitimate government in the State. “The re-election…

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A Point of Sale (POS) operator, identified as Alfa Rafiu, has been arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State capital for allegedly spending the sum of N280 million mistakenly sent to his bank account. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the suspect, a resident of the Akuji compound, Abayawo area in the Ilorin West local government area of the state, received the money in batches of several millions of Naira some weeks ago and went on a spending spree. It was gathered that residents of the area, especially those close to the suspect, had expressed surprise at how Rafiu had suddenly become a…

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In an unprecedented move, the octogenarian Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Dr. Emmanuel Ekemejewa Sideso, Abe 1, JP. OON led his Chiefs, political leaders and other stakeholders on a walk for peace and health from his palace to the Shell Ram, the boundary between Uvwie local government council(LGC) and Warri South LGC, a distance of about 10 kilometre. The Uvwie Monarch was accompanied by the local government chairman, Hon Ramson Onoyake, the Unuevworo of Uvwie, Chief Hope Akasa, Unuevworo of Ekpan, Chief Peter Iffie and several others amidst applause and jubilation by onlookers, most of them could not believe the…

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By Fred Edoreh It was not surprising that while the population of the Itsekiri people was comparably lower than a number of their neighbouring kingdoms in the Mid West, the Olu of Warri was gazetted as a permanent member of the House of Chiefs of the Government of Western Nigeria. It was simply in recognition of the great political, financial and diplomatic influence of the monarchy. First, as they commonly say in Itsekiri, “Mi ni mi ni I gbo, I gbo mi ni.” Apologies for my poor speak of Itsekiri, but it means “the people own the kingship and the…

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A veteran journalist and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State, Apostle Comrade Victor Sorokwu, has stated that it becomes a deliberate act of mischief to hang a garb of anti-party on the Delta APC Governorship Candidate, DSP Ovie Omo-Agege as being done by some aggrieved elements of the Party in the State. He stated this in his response to Dr. Cairo Ojougboh’s interview on Arise TV, where he alleged that Omo-Agege played Anti-Party game in the last General Elections in Delta State. Apostle Victor Sorokwu, who is the Publicity Secretary of the APC in Delta…

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The road leading to the market was decayed, in ruin and wrecked. The market, the Onicha Olona market was originally built by the Aniocha North Local Government of Delta State in 2003. But the people for whom it was supposed to bring succour for business – an open place where they are to gather in public for buying and selling of merchandise, especially farm produce could not access the location. As a result, what was supposed to bring help and relief to them was in an unpleasant condition. Frustration set in and the site was accordingly abandoned. Before now, Dr.…

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President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed grief over the death of his staunch supporter and leader of market women in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief (Mrs) Toyin Badmus. Mrs Badmus who was the Iyaloya of Abuja and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) served in various roles in the Tinubu/Shettima campaign. She died on Sunday aged 62. In a condolence message released by his office, the President-elect praised the commitment of the late businesswoman to the ideals of progressive politics and development of Nigeria. “I was deeply saddened by the news of the death of Chief…

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By Onoriode Etatsemi. Delta State Chief Judge, Hon Justice Theresa Diai has granted one Mr David Olori an alleged Murder inmate with charge no. Mcz/300c/2022 bail at the Kwale Correction Centre to enable him go back home for an urgent medical attention on his failing health. The Inmate who was among the 292 persons whose warrants were reviewed by the Chief Judge of Delta State was carried into the court room at the Kwale Correction Centre by two men having been earlier diagnosed by a medical personnel of a kidney and liver failure. A staff Nurse at the correction Centre…

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As Delta State incoming governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, is strategically warming up to assume office on May 29, Deltans are eager to know what he would do differently from day one, as the state transit from one style of leadership to another. Speaking on Saturday at a public affairs radio programme monitored across the State, Spokesperson of Delta State Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorogun Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq, said Oborevwori will hit the ground running from day one, and assured that key priority areas of the administration within the first 100 days may be…

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