The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday, September 6th, 2024 has again dismissed an Appeal filed by Arthur Osene and Anslem Ojezua against PDP Governorship candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo & Four others. Delivering Judgement in the Appeal case suit no CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024, Barka JCA held that the lower court was right in holding that the action is statute barred and Where a case is statute barred the court has no jurisdiction to entertain it. “Once the constitution provides a time for doing a thing that thing must be done within the time provided. The issue is a pre election…
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese company, Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co. Limited, to elevate the rice value chain in the state. According to a post by the state governor, via his X handle on Thursday, September 5, the collaboration is aimed at enhancing the Lagos Rice Mill in Imota, Ikorodu. The post reads: “We signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co. Limited, based in China. This collaboration is a significant step for us as we work to enhance the Lagos Rice Mill in Imota, Ikorodu. The goal is…
Director General of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore has said that the state governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, is determined to deliver quality infrastructure. He gave the assurance on Thursday in Asaba, while speaking at a public affairs radio program, pointing out that regular inspection of ongoing road infrastructure projects is an integral part of the governor’s core oversight functions, to ensure that contractors and engineers are on the same page with the state government. Oghenesivbe assured that site engineers who dare to compromise with contractors to deliver substandard jobs will have issues to grind with…
Ekpoma in Esan West and Irrua in Esan Central Local Government Councils were agog on Thursday as the campaign train of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rolled back into Esanland. At the Ekpoma rally which was held at Egware Primary School open field, Governor Godwin Obaseki charged the people to make the Esan governorship agenda meaningful by electing the best of the candidates in the race, saying Edo State cannot afford a counterfeit governor. He charged those present to go back home and each person should tell at least five people that on September 21, they should come out and…
Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO) has criticized Monday Okpebholo’s plan for fixing dilapidated federal roads in Edo State if elected governor, calling it “pure, brazen corruption.” In a statement signed by Erhabor Emokpae and released in Benin City on Thursday, TAMO expressed shock that a sitting senator and gubernatorial candidate of the ruling party at the federal level would openly discuss on global television his intention to deceive the federal government by inflating road rehabilitation costs. TAMO suggested that an act of divine intervention may have prompted Okpebholo in a fortuitous Freudian slip to confess his intentions, warning that if…
Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continued its campaign blitz across Edo North on Wednesday sweeping through Fugar in Etsako Central and Agbede in Etsako West with hundreds dumping the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and joining the PDP at both venues. Governor Obaseki, who expressed satisfaction at the massive turnout said, ” I have never seen this type of crowd in all the places we have visited. “I want to thank you all for this massive turnout even when they say Etsako Central is one of the smallest local governments…
By Akpata Alao The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Sunday, September 1, admitted that the debts owed international oil traders are a major factor in the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country. In a statement released by its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, the NNPCL confirmed that the fuel supply disruption was caused by outstanding debt obligations to international oil traders. Though NNPCL did not reveal the exact amount owed to these oil traders, it is pertinent to state that the national oil company has demonstrated a high level of moral obligation by subscribing to the principle of full disclosure…
The Nigeria Police Force has been called upon to end all forms of harassment, intimidation and outright victimisation of the members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State and allow for a level playing field for all political parties ahead of the September 21 governorship election. The call was contained in a statement on Wednesday by Team Asue Media Organization (TAMO) in Benin City in which it expressed disappointment at the uneven-handedness of the Nigeria Police in the state which is skewed against the PDP. In the last two months, leaders and chieftains of the party have expressed…
Unprecedented surge in fraud, and fraudulent practices have progressed to the point where it now constitutes a threat not only to individuals but also the economy. Konga.com, Nigeria’s largest online mall recently demonstrated the act of incompetence and fraud by supplying an inferior product to a customer who returned the product afterward and is yet to recover refund of the money. The konga customer, William Ulem, speaking to The Boldest TV show, says that he ordered and paid for a Solar Power Generator in July 29, 2024 at the rate of 445, 500 000( Four hundred and forty five thousand…
By Kenneth Obieh As part of efforts to reduce restiveness in society, the Labour Intensive Public Workfare (LIPW) Unit under the Delta CARES Program has engaged 1077 youth in Bomadi. The beneficiaries, comprising of unemployed and unskilled youth and women between the age of 18 and 45 with senior secondary certificates and were selected from the State Social Register (SSR) received from the State Operation Coordinating Unit (SOCU) in the Ministry of Economic Planning. Engr. Chukwuka Ojei, Technical Head of the LIPW Unit, revealed that community leaders and stakeholders were sensitized on the importance of engaging their people. He noted…