The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives congratulated former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida GCFR, as he attains the octogenarian age of 80 years. The Minority Caucus celebrates Gen. Babangida as a noble and dignified leader, an exceptionally detribalized statesman, whose commitment towards the unity, stability, national cohesion and economic development of our nation has remained unwavering. Over the years, Gen. Babangida, whose legacies in office cut across all sectors of our national life, has particularly remained a quintessence of humility, tolerance and nationalism in the national quest for mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, political…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives mourns the death of eminent statesman and former Deputy President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Ibrahim Mantu. Senator Mantu was an exceptionally patriotic leader, exemplary democrat, very brilliant and resourceful legislator, who deployed his energy, experience and skills in serving our dear fatherland. As a lawmaker and particularly, as the Deputy Senate President, Senator Mantu played pivotal roles in upholding the principle of separation of powers while enhancing lawmaking and oversight functions of the legislature for good governance in our country. His roles as the Chairman of the Joint…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State, urges Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to step into the economic war brewing between the Asagba-In-Council and the Chairman of Oshimili South Local Government Area of the State. The call becomes inevitable in view of the fact that Asaba is now a cosmopolitan city, and a home to people who are not indigenous to the City. Besides, the squabble between the Asagba-In-Council and Oshimili South Local Government Council Chairman could be interpreted wrongly or rightly by members of the public, particularly the Indigenes as an affront and denigration of the traditional stool, and/…
Chief (Dr.) CJ Ogbodu, father of the publisher and Managing Editor of BIGPENNGR, an online media, is dead. Chief Ogbodu died on Sunday, August 15, 2021, after a protracted illness at 84 years. His first son, Joe Ogbodu, Chief Executive Officer of Pen Times Communications Synergy, Publishers’ of BIGPENNGR confirmed this in a statement on Monday. Chief Ogbodu was the patriarch of the Ogbodu Family of Okrama-Oyede, Isoko North LGA, Delta State. According to the statement by the publisher, Pa Ogbodu passed on at Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of the State. Untill…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has stated that the former Military Administrator of Benue and later Kano States, Brig. – Gen. Dominic Oneya (rtd) and former member of the State’s House of Assembly, the late Unuevworo R’ Ugboroko Community in Uvwie, Hon. Dennis Omovie left unannounced and it’s touching they left that way. Okowa stated this today when he visited the families of the two deceased on condolences in Warri. Okowa, who was represented by the State Deputy Governor, Dcn. Kingsley Otuaro, gave Glory to God for the impactful lives the former President of Nigeria Football Federation…
By Fred Edoreh Some of Nigeria’s biggest names in the music, movie and sports industry have hailed Engr Noah Dallaji, President of the African Children Talent Discovery Foundation, for his commitment to youth development. Gathered in Kano for the grand finale of the Noah Dallaji Legacy Basketball Tournament on Sunday, they said his investment in talent discovery and nurturing of youths across various sectors represent the most valuable course in nation building and give hope on the future of the nation. The week-long U-17 basketball tournament organised in collaboration with Olumide Oyedeji Foundation also included mentorship and…
Traditional rulers in Delta State under the aegis of Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers have cautioned the Dein of Agbor over comments on the classification of kings in the state. The monarchs said the Agbor king would have sought more information and education on how kings are graded in the state before making such comment. The council, raising from its monthly meeting at its secretariat in Asaba, the state capital, frowned at the comments of Dein of Agbor wherein he was alleged to have stated that the Olu of Warri and Obi of Agbor where the only first…
By Patrick Ochei Issele-Uku indigenes both at home and in the diaspora have been called upon to donate financially towards the building and renovation project currently going on at the St. Theresa’s Maternity and Hospital at Ukpai Quarters of Issele-Uku, in Aniocha North LGA of Delta State. This call to raise #40 million was made by a US based Medical Doctor and Chairman of the group piloting the fundraising initiative, Dr. Augustine Nwabueze. He made the call to Issele-Uku indigenes and friends of the community via a press release in view of the importance of the hospital in…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE Symbolism is a poetic rendition, using signs, figures and issues to express situations in a much more clearer but deeper riddles. Somehow, Symbolism is the pivot of satire, a clever way of unraveling the ills of the society in a much more urbane condemnation. Now, let’s use a simple example that underscores the funny nature of some class of people that ever think they are right in all circumstances and never care about the feelings of others; humans who believe that they should be appreciated for making the society so difficult to live in, working…
The Delta State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State to stop displaying crass ignorance and idiocy over the present Contributory Pension Scheme processes and get its facts right, instead of playing to the gallery and misleading Deltans over the issue of retirees in the State. State Publicity Secretary of Delta PDP, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, in a statement, urged the APC to display some dignity and always get its facts right, before jumping into the public space with its puerile, half baked populist posturing, by acknowledging the…