Pastor Godwin Osabuohien the Delta North Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church and his Delta South counterpart, Pastor Pious Idume, on Sunday said that the power of God is fully present at the ground of the Global Crusade with Kumuyi to save souls and perform needed miracles in the lives of the people of Delta state. The Deeper Life pastors made the remark while addressing church members who matched through Nnebisi the major road in Asaba for a one million man match in preparation for the Global Crusade holding at the Cenotaph in Asaba between January 26 and 31,…
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Global business mogul, Dr Nuel Ojei has lost his immediate younger sibling, Thomas Uzo Ojei to the cold hands of death. In a statement by the family of late Chief Sylvester Ojei of Idumu-Osodi, Ogboli quarters, Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta state, late Thomas Uzo Ojei, passed on after a brief illness. Late Thomas Ojei, was the pioneer Technical Sales Manager of Nuel Auto Distributors Ltd, an affiliate of the Nuel Ojei Holdings Ltd conglomerate. Also, he was a consummate multi-tentacled business operator, who later founded and successfully managed Tizor Enterprises Nig Ltd to fruition. According to…
City Power, an electricity distribution company in South Africa, has cut off power supply to the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg over “unpaid bills”. On Wednesday, the DisCo said the consulate was owing at least R600,000 (about $35,000). “We are on our 2nd day of revenue collection drive around Alexandra Service Delivery Centre(SDC). Here we started with the Nigerian Consulate General in Illovo who owe @CityofJoburgZA minimum of R600 000, and they were cut off,” City Power tweeted. Isaac Mangena, City Power’s spokesperson, said the Nigerian consulate shut its gates and refused City Power entry into the building. He added that…
Rear Admiral John Kpokpogri (Rtd) and former gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State has endorsed the candidacy of Hon Joel-Onowakpo Thomas for Delta South senatorial seat. Kpokpogri said Joel-Onowakpo’s time has come to take over the mantle from incumbent Senator James Manager at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly and as such deserves all the support he can get to clinch the senatorial seat. In a consultative visit to the abode of retired naval officer in Warri to seek his fatherly support, the host stated that APC senatorial candidate for Delta South represents the…
Closed friends said he committed suicide because he was accused of fraud. It was learnt that his father was called and informed about the alleged fraud.A student said: “The Treasurer of the department wasn’t around to receive payment for dues for the new session. Joseph decided to receive the payments from students. “The President requested that Joseph should send one hundred thousand naira (₦100,000) to him for a departmental project. Joseph sent, it using his digital bank — Carbon. He was debited but the President didn’t receive the payment.Several mails were sent to the bank but the issue wasn’t resolved.…
President Muhammadu Buhari shares the pain of loss with Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), family members and friends of Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi, 99, who made history in 1965 as Nigeria’s first Professor of Medicine. President Buhari sends condolences to the academia, and professional colleagues of the medical doctor and scholar, who started on the path of a medical doctor at Yaba College of Medicine in 1947, and advanced his career at the University of London, 1953, where he qualified as a registered Medical Officer in England. President Buhari affirms that Prof. Ogunlesi brought pride and honour to…
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Jigawa State, Abdullahi Tsoho, Friday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Tsoho’s defection comes barely hours before the visit of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, who is expected to campaign in the state on Saturday. Mr Tsoho was received by the Jigawa governor, Muhammad Badaru, and the APC governorship candidate in the state, Umar Namadi, at the Government House. Mr Tsoho said he joined the APC alongside all the senatorial candidates, the candidates of the House of Representatives of the Labour Party and other party…
By Fred Edoreh It needs no telling that Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, is the father of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State. Everyone knows that. At the PDP Ethiope West LGA rally in Oghara, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa reaffirmed that “Ibori is our leader, that is not in contest, and Oghara is home to PDP.” It therefore amounts to an insult on the Odidigborigbo himself for some persons to be peddling speculations that he might be scheming to defect to the APC in anger over the non-emergence of his speculatively preferred candidate as the…
By Nimot Sulaimon Nigerian film and record producer, Abdulrasheed Bello, better known as JJC Skillz, has reverted to Islam. He revealed this in an interview recently, noting that he was born a Muslim but never practised the religion. According to him, returning to Islam has given him peace, and he expresses joy and happiness over it. “It’s God’s design that I will return to Islam. I thank Allah for sparing my life. I am so happy I found Islam again because it has given me peace. It has given me direction and focus. I was truly lost but now, I…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has commenced the distribution of cheques to cover Insurance benefits of officers who lost their lives while in service, as well as those who suffered various forms of life-threatening injuries while on active duty. The total sum of cheques presented to about Seven Thousand families of deceased officers and those injured or rendered disabled in the line of duty between 2012 and 2020 amounts to over Thirteen Billion Naira. These backlog payments were made possible through the IGP’s passionate drive to ensure that Police Officers are adequately…