By Ademola Adegbamigbe Chief Michael Ade- Ojo, founder of Elizade Motors and Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, has denied selling the land of the Ikoyi collapsed building to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. In a statement he personally signed yesterday, he said he owns the land adjacent to the property on Gerald Road but debunked the report by an online medium (Saharareporters) that he sold the land where the collapsed property was built. I Advised Ikoyi Collapsed Building Developer to Invest in Nigeria- Ashimolowo He added that although he owns the next property to the crumbled building, he has…
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By JOHNSON EBIGIDE Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, has tasked the information officers in the state Ministry of Information to always have thorough understanding of every issue before writing and publishing on it. Mr. Aniagwu gave the charge during the opening of a one-day workshop on the workings of the state website and social media platforms for public relations officers in the state, organised by the state Orientation Bureau at the Government House in Asaba, the state capital. He said that as a reservoir of knowledge meant for public consumption, every information officer in the ministry should…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday commended the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, for his commitment to peace and development in the kingdom and their neighbours. Okowa gave the commendation when he received the monarch who visited him at Government House, Asaba. He congratulated him on his ascension to the throne of his forebears, and expressed delight on the visit to him by the revered king. “I am glad that you visited today and as a government, I want to once again congratulate your Majesty on the ascension to the throne. “I must thank Your Majesty for…
By Austin Emaduku I am beginning to think that there is something self destructive in the make up of the average Urhobo youth that makes them prone to always denigrade their own. Trending now on social media is the Urhobo Progress Union President General address at the world press conference held today at Uvwiamuge, Agbarho to kick start/announce the programme of activities lined-up for UPU@90 celebrations. Instead of dwelling on the positives of the speech, Urhobo social media upstarts have gone to the public space to denigrade the speech. Their grouse: The UPU President-General delivered his speech in English! They…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Director-General (DG) of the Delta State Orientation Bureau, Eugene Azuka Uzum Esq, has called for immediate inclusiveness of the youths in the political machinery of Nigeria, towards a greater future of the country. Uzum made the call during a weekly radio programme of the bureau with the Delta State Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba, titled “Prosperity For Deltans : How E Be For Your Area”. He said that there was the urgent need to build leadership capacity in Nigerian youths, to enable them take over the leadership of the country in the near future, adding that the…
Delta State Government has disowned the purported online advert placement for recruitment into the Delta State Civil Service is currently being circulated, saying the online publication is not from the Delta State Civil Service Commission. A statement signed by the Director of Information, Mrs Theresa Oliko, said that the Delta State Civil Service Commission had no approval from the state governor to carry out any recruitment exercise, and it had not placed any advert for recruitment, neither did it authorized anybody to do so. The statement made it clear that the commission does not advertise recruitment or any of its…
Some Local Government Chairmen to motor park operators in Delta State have ordered stoppage of the Delta Passengers’ Welfare Scheme, which has recorded over 80 percent compliance in motor parks across the state in some areas. The wind blowing threat causing tension particularly in Ughelli North, the Council Chairman, Chief Godwin Adode, was reported to have ordered all motor parks in the area to jettison the Scheme over alleged non involvement of the Council in its operation. When contacted on the issue, the Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, (ALGON) Delta State chapter, Hon. Victor Ebonka, admitted that the Council Chairmen…
Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, was interrogated by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged money laundering on Monday. The Anambra-born club owner, who arrived at the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, was undergoing interrogation by the operatives of the commission as of the time of filing this report. Though allegations against the socialite were sketchy as of press time, a source disclosed that his case bordered on alleged money laundering and tax fraud. The source said, “Obi Cubana was arrested and brought to the EFCC…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu had said that the huge success recorded at the just concluded National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was a clear attestation of the readiness of the Party to regain power at the centre in 2023. In a statement on Monday November 1, 2023, Rt. Hon. Elumelu applauded the seamless conduct of the Convention and said that the unity of purpose and spirit of sportsmanship witnessed at the event held in Abuja, despite daunting challenges, underscored the democratic credentials of the PDP as a veritable platform for…
ASABA-DELTA State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday, described the State Executive of the party put in place by Chief Festus Keyamo led Leaders Council as illegal, an afterthought, insisting that there was no harmonized list after the October 16th Congress. The APC in a statement by Mr. Pius Ituru of the Directorate of Media and Publicity, condemned the press release announcing the harmonization of the State Executive of the party credited to a group of persons of who “parade themselves with an illegal contraption called “Delta State APC Council of Leaders. “We wouldn’t have responded to the misadventures…