A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Mr. Lucky Orishe has noted that it is important that the newly inaugurated 13 Man DC-2023 Screening Committee critically examine the issue of where the choice candidate would come from in Delta Central, aspirants belief and ideology, issue of zoning or rotation and what their support or contribution has been in furthering the course and interest of the other senatorial districts. Orishe noted the above in an open letter he wrote and addressed to the DC-23 GOVERNORSHIP SCREENING COMMITTEE, and made available to newsmen today in Asaba. …
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By Jude Agbeyeke Facilities for the 2022 National Sports Festival will be ready for the Nigerian biennial Sports fiesta which will take place in Asaba. The Executive Chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission Chief Tonobok Okowa stated this in an interview in Asaba. Chief Okowa said having won the National Sports Festival in Edo and National Youth Games in Ilorin the attention of the State Government has been shifted to preparing and hosting one of the best games in the annals of the National Sports Festival. He said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed satisfaction with the…
By Nelson Ekujumi The 7th African Conference on One Health and Biosecurity kicked off in Lagos today Wednesday 27th October 2021 and was declared open by the Governor of Lagos State Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu. The three day event with the theme: Universal Approach to Addressing Biosecurity Threats: Genomic Intelligence and Vaccines is being put together by the Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET) with the support of it’s partners. The event is being attended by participants from the academia, security agencies, research institutions development partners, United Nations agency (UNODA), African countries, experts from the federal and Lagos State ministries…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Nigerians were desirous of its return to power at the centre to fix the myriad of economic, security and governance challenges bedeviling the nation. Mr Charles Aniagwu, Commissioner for Information in Delta, and member of the PDP National Convention Publicity sub-committee, spoke on ‘Democracy’ on Africa Independent Television, AIT, in Abuja said that after more than six years in office, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had failed to proffer solutions to nation’s challenges. Aniagwu said the people want PDP returned to power because the economy is not in good shape and as a…
By Norbert Chiazor Maryam Babangida. What a name! Unforgettable queen of power and glamour.Nigeria ‘s finest First Lady, wife of former military leader Ibrahim Babangida. The ravishing beauty befallen by the ugliest of fate- cancer. Like Greek goddess ,Helen of Troy death had since 27th of December 2009 covered Maryam’s eyes . Her body entombed under the foothills of Minna, Niger state, returned and emptied to vanity dust. But Alas! The memory of the late Maryam,came alive on March 19th 2020 at Asaba . It was a memorable morning for the residents of the Delta state capital, as Governor Ifeanyi…
By Ejime Udueme / Victor Bieni Friends and sympathisers have expressed sadness over the demise of Late Deaconess Omatie Victoria Iweta Esiorho (Mrs), a retired Police Officer and biological mother of the Publisher of SpadeNG News, Comrade Abel Johngold Orheruata. The sympathisers in a press statement signed by Mr. Ozomena Egbune and Emenike Victor Bieni made available to newsmen in Asaba, Delta State capital, stated that an eagle had gone. While consoling the publisher over the death of his mother, they prayed God to grant him, his siblings and entire family the hearts to bear the irreparable loss. Late Omatie…
Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has explained why his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, was absent during the visit of the Southwest governors to the residence of the former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Led by their chairman, Arakunrin Akeredolu, the governors had on Tuesday visited Asiwaju Tinubu at his Bourdilon-Ikoyi residence, Lagos state, on a courtesy visit since his return to the country. Arakunrin Akeredolu said Dr. Fayemi was with them at the Southwest Governors’ Forum meeting…
Chief Okumagba EbohThe Iyete (heavy weight) of Africa, Olorogun Okumagba Eboh, the patriarch of the Great Okumagba Dynasty of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom Warri of blessed memory fall into the category of great men who achieve their prominence through hard work, honesty, doggedness that is laced with tenacity of purpose.he liberated his Urhobos of Warri from both internal (Itsekiris) and external colonialism (British),he is the progenitor of other great Okumagbas, late Chief Daniel and His Royal Majesty, Benjamin Okumagba 1 of Okere-Urhobo Warri Kingdom and many more names to be called. a lot of us never knew that before the late Mukoro…
By Eigbe Palmer Sandra Oseahumen Oh I miss the good old days….I grew up in a small community where ‘everybody knew everybody’ ☺️. Where your neighbour is considered as a member of the family irrespective of the clan or actual family he/she is from. Where children from different houses or compounds were not separated by ‘fences’. Where friends help each other to do house-chore, so they can have more time to play… hmm(sigh). But now, I know my neighbours by their voices without knowing their faces because there is a big fence demarcating my compound from their …oh! What a world.😔…
ASABA/Nigeria: Stakeholders in the Niger Delta Area had condemned highly the lack of attention to the region, especially been the main stay of the economy of the nation, lamenting that one of the painful aspect of the neglect is denial of the region of its water space, and free access to the oil business in the country, therefore advocating for a new form and ways to develop the area. This was expressed by stakeholders at the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, 2021 Annual Lecture, with a Theme: Niger Delta Economy: Building A New Face For The Region”, on Thursday, October…