A yet-to-be identified HIV positive woman has said that she mixes her blood in the zobo drink she sells in order to get other people infected. The said woman made the confession in a radio programme on Wazobia FM, MarketRunz on Wednesday night. The show anchor had asked listeners to call in and confess what they do in the market place that people are unaware off and what they aren’t proud off. The zobo seller said, “I went to the hospital six months ago and I was told I had HIV. “I don’t have money for treatment so I decided…
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By Basil Okoh The tower of babel is the archetypal symbol of vain ambition. The builders of the tower of babel believed that heaven is a physical place that can be reached by high ambitions and building higher physical structures to reach it. They were wrong. Heaven is not a physical place. It cannot be reached through any physical structures. That is the gossamer nature of vanity; intangible but powerful and ultimately destructive. The builders started on assumptions, not facts. Wrong, uninformed assumptions to serve vain and narcissistic purposes. It is so prevalent in Nigerian politics and in our national…
ANIOCHA SOUTH: Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Aniocha South Local Area, have been called upon to go all out and canvass amongst their family members, friends, neighbours, and groups to vote for the party in the 2023 general elections. The party faithful were charged on Thursday, November 10, 2023 when the Party Campaign Team visited the wards in the area. Speaking, the Chairman of the party in Delta North, Elder Moses Iduh, said the best gift they can give to the Governor, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for his emergence as the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the party is to…
By Onoriode Etatsemi Delta State Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Erebe Omamuzo has commended batch 21c Stream II corp members who served in the Ministry for their commitment to duty. Mr. Erebe made the commendaton in Asaba during a send forth party for 11 corp members batch 21c stream II . He advised them to be good ambassadors of the Ministry, adding that he was satisfied with their contributions to the Ministry. In their separate goodwill messages, some directors including Mr. Owenz G . of the Department of Advisory Services and the Director of Peoples…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has expressed confidence that Nigerians will vote out the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Federal level in the February 2023 Presidential Election, saying that the APC Government has brought untold hardship and retrogression to Nigerians. Elumelu spoke on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 while canvassing for votes for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Delta North PDP Ward-to-Ward Campaign in Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State. Elumelu, who was in the Delta North PDP Campaign train led by the Senatorial Chairman, Elder Moses Idul, visited…
By Juliet Emeni The National Orientation Agency ( NOA ) is to commence evidence based voter campaign in Uvwie. This was made known by the Deputy Director of the agency in the State, Mrs Blessing Oyem, in a media chat at the Uvwie Local Government Secretariat, Effurun. The campaign which is expected to commence soon will centre on collecting voter’s cards, discouraging vote buying and also “saying no to election violence.” She also stated that there would be town hall meetings, market visitation, street to street campaign for the needed information to be passed across the section of the society.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, received with shock, report of the ruling by Justice Chizoba Oji of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja committing the Executive Chairman for contempt over the failure to comply with a November 21st, 2018 order of the court directing the Commission to return seized assets comprising a Range Rover (Super charge) and the sum of N40, 000,000.00 (Forty Million Naira) to the applicant. This ruling is surprising as it creates a wrong impression of the person of the Executive Chairman of the EFCC as encouraging impunity.…
By Onoriode Etatsemi Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Isaiah Bozimo Esq has lauded the Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA) for its numerous contributions towards ensuring the success of the State Ministry of Justice. Mr. Bozimo made the commendaton in his office in Asaba when yhe Udu and Effurun branches of the association paid him a courtesy visit. He specifically lauded them for their support and participation during the public hearings on Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, Delta State Civil Justice Bill and Delta State Good Governance and Accountability Bill held at the State House of Assembly.…
By Onoriode Etatsemi Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Isaiah Bozimo Esq has admonishes Law Students of Delta State origin to sustain their academic excellence and continue to be good ambassadors of the state. Mr. Bozimo gave the advice while delivering a lecture during the Delta State Law School Students 2022 Annual General Conference held in Asaba. The Justice Commissioner said that the state was proud of them , adding that the Law School was already instilling in them. In the course of questions and answers session, the Attorney-General and the stakeholders responded to questions asked by the students…
Delta State Government on Monday released the sum of N5 billion for the payment of pension arrears to retirees in the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu said the sum of N2.5 billion was released for the payment of pension arrears for state pensioners while N2.5 billion was also released as grant to Local Government Pensions Bureau for the payment of Local Government and primary school retirees. Aniagwu said the gesture was part of government’s efforts at ameliorating the plight of the affected senior citizens in the state. The Information Commissioner commended Governor Ifeanyi…