By Clementina Wewele The Idjerhe Council of Chiefs in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State has announced its new year resolutions during the first meeting of the year, held in the Central Oguedion. The meeting which was presided over by the Unugbrogodo of Idjerhe Central, Chief Sangbo Agbamitoto, and the Unuevworo, Chief Solomon Ojariafe, was attended by chiefs from Udurhie and Uduaka in large numbers to discuss the way forward in 2022. Speaking to newsmen On behalf of the chiefs, Ojariafe thanked God Almighty for the privilege of another year and highlighted some of the progress in the…
Author: Spade Nigeria
He is rich. He is powerful. He has influence. He has changed lives. He transformed a city. Made men and women. Yet he attracts quite a few adversaries. They deny him the right to be human. When he is sick, some wish him dead or eternally crippled. When he is not seen, some conjure his ghost as a dead soul. When he reappears, they won’t even credit him as a revenant, a man who came back from the dead. Rather, they wait for another date with the grave – in their imagination. When he makes a mistake, they raise the…
The attention of the Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD, has been drawn to a recent publication by a pan-Delta online platform, titled: “DELTA 2023: Okowa, Ibori Fight Dirty Over Successor”, and posted on several social media groups and portals on Sunday, January 16, 2021. As a conscious and proactive Movement, determined and committed to ensuring a stronger, peaceful, and united Delta, in the run-up to the 2023 elections and beyond, it behoves us to set a few records straight, concerning this publication, as our own way of educating and informing Deltans with accurate, verifiable information on the true position…
The attention of the Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD, has been drawn to a recent publication by a pan-Delta online platform, titled: “DELTA 2023: Okowa, Ibori Fight Dirty Over Successor”, and posted on several social media groups and portals on Sunday, January 16, 2021. As a conscious and proactive Movement, determined and committed to ensuring a stronger, peaceful, and united Delta, in the run-up to the 2023 elections and beyond, it behoves us to set a few records straight, concerning this publication, as our own way of educating and informing Deltans with accurate, verifiable information on the true position…
Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia state and Senate Chief Whip has exonerated himself from media reports that he attacked a leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Kalu, had in an interview said he was ready to match Tinubu grit for grit for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Reacting to reports that he verbally attacked the former Lagos state governor, Kalu through his media office said, “we can never attack Tinubu” noting that his statement was intentionally misunderstood by few individuals who wanted to be in the news by spewing…
The controversy surrounding the misguided attack on the ministry of Science and Technology over delay in presentation of starter packs to participants of the Delta information Communication Technology Youth Empowerment Programme (lCT __YEP) for 2021 has been finally laid to rest with the announcement by the State government that the items are due for collection by successful participants from January 24th 2022. The commencement of the exercise , according to the government special announcement which was dated 14th January, 2022, is to accommodate beneficiaries from Delta North at the Unity hall of Government house, Asaba from 10 am…
LDelta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday joined members of the armed forces, paramilitary and the Nigeria legion in paying tribute to the nation’s fallen heroes as the country celebrates the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The Grand Finale of the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance which held at the Cenotaph, Asaba, attracted top military officers, heads of paramilitary formations, the Nigeria Legion, top government functionaries and traditional rulers among others. The Armed Forces Remembrance Day is celebrated on January 15 every year to commemorate the servicemen of the nation’s armed forces. It is a day set aside to remember…
Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria COREN and other relevant agencies in both public and private sectors charged with monitoring of building projects have been called upon to sit up to minimize alarming rate of building collapse in the country. A frontline politician in Delta and a former Commissioner for Lands and Surveys Chief Fred Majemite made the call when he visited the Asaba Specialist Hospital to commiserate with victims of a recent Church Building Collapse at Okpanam . Chief Majemite said the increasing rate of Building Collapse in urban and rural communities were traceable to the unprofessional…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned in strong terms the declaration by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government of Nigeria of having lifted the ban on the use of Twitter in Nigeria, affirming that the ban in the first place was unconstitutional The Caucus described the “declaration” as a further demonstration of the Federal Government’s appetite to suppress constitutionally guaranteed rights of citizens in Nigeria. According to a Statement on Friday by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, the caucus held that freedom of speech and opinion by…
Delta State Frontline 2023 Governorship hopeful, Barr. Fred Majemite, today visited Casualties of the collapsed building housing the Salvation Ministry Church, Okpanam Road Asaba, at the Asaba Specialist Hospital. Majemite, who was conducted round the Female Surgical and Paediatric Wards by the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Ayiri Peace Ighosewe in company of other nurses, arrived the hospital at exactly 8am with his entourage. While praying and giving cash support to the casualties and some other patients at the hospital to cushion the effect of the incident, the renowned philanthropist encouraged the medical team involved to do their best for…