By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Respondents say the choice of the pioneer Director General (DG) of Delta State Transport Management Authority (DESTMA), Olorogun Stephen Dieseruvwe as the Deputy Director of Planning and Research of the Senator Ovie Omo-Agege /Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi Delta 2023 Campaign Council would lead the party to victory in 2023. Deputy President of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege inaugurated his campaign Council today Monday, 24 October, 2022, in Asaba, ahead of the March 11 2023 governorship election. The inauguration took place at the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Headquarters at the popular Summit Road now Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan…
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The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has charged Deltans to vote out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming General Elections. Speaking at the inauguration of APC Campaign Organisation in Asaba on Monday, Senator Omo-Agege lamented that the outgoing Okowa-led administration has held the state to ransome in the last seven years. The governorship candidate assured that the APC administration in the State will establish a strong, resilient, inclusive and prosperous economy that generates opportunity, jobs and wealth, while lifting the masses out of poverty, through the implementation of people-oriented programmes and policies.…
A Frontline pressure group, the Niger Delta Puritans (NDP), says that Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Umana’s appointment of Engineer Emmanuel Audu- Owhavborua as the acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), connotes a blatant violation of the NDDC Act 2020, and obvious affront to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. In a release signed by the group’s coordinator Timipre Ebiuwe, “President Buhari, an avowed stickler for due process had consented to the disengagement of the Interim Administrator of the NDDC, and subsequently approved the appointment of the most senior director to oversee the affairs of the commission pending…
By Destiny Young One of TINUBU’s most inviting policy in his Manifesto is the provision for Nigerian students who cannot afford tuition fee to borrow from TETFUND to pay his or her school fees and payback when employed. While this will be novel in Nigeria, I am aware of Student Loan Board in the USA, some financial institutions in the US key into the idea and provide students with education loan. TINUBU, who studied in the US is simply adapting what he benefited from in the United States. When I was doing my MBA with Nexford University, Washington DC, it…
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The value a society places on the philosophy of service to the nation no doubt influences an individual’s decision to work for his or her fatherland. The first prime instinct of man and necessity for human survival is that man works to earn a living and be able to feed himself and his family. The type of job, prestige and benefits attached to it are of secondary consideration. But, when it extends to the consciousness of the fact that one is serving one’s country, service then becomes a thing of noble and national pride. Of course, the…
By Nathaniel Gana The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured that the Commission will train election duty officials early and for a longer period of time in order to serve Nigerians better in the 2023 general election. He gave the assurance at the opening of a two-day training of master trainers on election technology for the 2023 General Election, organised with support from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and held in Abuja, on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, The INEC Chairman noted that over the last two years, the Commission has introduced…
By Nathaniel Gana The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned political parties and their supporters not to attack one another during campaigns. The Commission noted that reports of clashes among parties and their supporters in some states of the country during the ongoing electioneering campaign have become worrisome. The Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the call on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at the opening of a two-day training of master trainers on election technology for the 2023 General Election, organised with support from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in Abuja. The INEC Chairman said…
By Kenneth Obieh As part of effort in complementing the good gesture of government facilities, Chief Paul Oliko promised to provide 30 chairs, three tables and a canopy for umuagu Primary Health Care centres in Oshimili South local government Areas. Chief Oliko promised this items when the State Advocacy Team (SAT) implementing the Covid-19 Response Mechanism and Resilient and Sustainable System for Health Strengthening System and Community Strengthening System (C19/RSSH-CSS) visited Umuagu community at thier regular meeting where notables chiefs and respected personalities in the community attends. The State Program Officer, Miss Juliet Obiajulu informed the distinguished community members of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Delta State, has announced the indefinite postponement of the on-going INEC PVC Collection/Political Campaigns Sensitization Meetings, in Delta South Senatorial District earlier scheduled to hold on Tuesday October 25, at the Senatorial district headquarters, Isoko South LGA and Delta Central Senatorial scheduled to hold on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at the Senatorial district headquarters, Ughelli North LGA. This was disclosed in a release signed by the Administrative Secretary, Dr. Monday Hezekiah, on behalf of the State Resident Commissioner, that was made available to newsmen on Saturday, October 22, 2022. According to the release “The…
The Honourable Commissioner representing Delta State in the National Population Commission (NPC), Sir Richard Odibo has assured that the 2023 national population census exercise will be credible. He gave the assurance in a media interaction with newsmen shortly after the courtesy visit of members of Association of Justices of The Peace, Delta State at his Ekpan Uvwie Local Government Area on Tuesday 11th October, 2022. “The 2023 National Population Census is going to be exceptional. The World is technologically driven. So Nigeria should not be an exception. “We have the satellite imagery of the 774 local government areas in the…