By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Kenneth Obieh-led state Information Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Delta State has concluded plans to organise a two day press week with a view to stepping up healthy living among members of the chapel. A statement from the chapel, signed by the Chairman and the Secretary, comrades Kenneth Obieh and Ese Obote-Ogwu respectively, indicated that the press week would kick off on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 with a novelty football match between the chapel and the Asaba Chapel of the Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS) at the NTA play ground in Asaba, beginning…
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The EFCC, on Monday November 15, 2021 flagged-off a nationwide risk assessment of Non-profit Organizations. The programme which is a collaborative initiative of the EFCC through the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, and relevant stakeholders in the public and private sectors, according to the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, is meant to determine the vulnerabilities of the organizations to money laundering and terrorism financing. While noting the increase in Non-profit Organization activities in Nigeria especially in the North East, where the country is challenged by a humanitarian crisis created by Boko Haram, he observed that the absence of…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, urged leaders to always speak truth to the people at all times for credibility in governance and welfare of the people. Okowa gave the charge while receiving All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and members from Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency who defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Government House, Asaba. He stated that as leaders, the onus lay on them to speak truth to their followers always and not to tell them lies because of quest for political power. The Governor who was referring to a statement credited to Deputy President of the…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has said that Nigeria would get better when the integrity of the electoral process could be guaranteed to ensure that only the will of the people prevailed. Okowa stated this while addressing members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the residence of the Chairman, Delta State Waste Management Board, Mr Emmanuel Chinye, at Onicha-Olona, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. He said that leaders in various positons would become more responsive when votes began to count. He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for introducing the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated author of ‘Rumbling Sky’, Dr Stephen Kekeghe, for emerging joint winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Poetry, 2021. Kekeghe, an English teacher at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, was hitherto a teacher at the College of Education, Warri. He was conferred with the prestigious award at the association’s 40th Anniversary and International Convention in Abuja. Okowa’s felicitation with the Imode community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta-born poet was conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba. He said that Kekeghe, a…
By Abdulrasheed Akogun The Nigerian Army has demoted Lance Corporal Salihu Rabiu to the rank of Private on offence bordering on beating of two (2) female nurses at the Sobi Specialist Hospital, Ilorin, few weeks back, Fresh Insight has authoritatively gathered. It would be recalled Fresh Insight had in a viral publication via our official Facebook page published the picture of the affected nurses on sick bed receiving treatment, aftermath of the beating. It would further be recalled the Chairman of the state chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses (NANNS), Alh. Shehu Aminu had, while reacting to the…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has asked the Nigerian Police and other security agencies to unravel the mysterious circumstances leading to the killing of Vanguard reporter, Tordue Henry Salem. Tordue, who was last seen on October 13, 2021, was found dead in Abuja in the late hours of Thursday, after allegedly being knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle. Before the unfortunate incident, he was a reporter with Vanguard Newspaper covering the House of Representatives. Reacting to the development, Senator Omo-Agege expressed regret over the unfortunate incident and emphasized the need for conclusive investigations that’ll unmask all…
By Andy Adaigbe. Wife of the Governor of Delta State, Dame Edith Okowa, Thursday, inaugurated a 20-bed space First Delta America Hospital, FDAH, an affiliate of First Lithonia Medical Centre, Atlanta Georgia, United States of America, owned by an American based licensed Family physician, Dr. (Mrs.) Isioma Okobah. The Governor’s wife who commended the FDAH management and staff for their friendliness to visitors and patients, said such relationship was usually the first step in the healing process. She further urged Doctors, nurses and other caregivers to emulate such gesture instead of displaying hostility to aggravate patients’ medical conditions. Dame Okowa…
The wife of Delta State Governor and Founder of ’05 Initiative’, Dame Edith Okowa has charged well-meaning Nigerians in the Country and beyond to give back to the society by impacting lives positively in their various endeavors. Dame Okowa stated this during the commissioning of the First Delta American Hospital, in Asaba. She said the Chief Executive Officer of the First Delta American Hospital, which had affiliations, with the First Lithonia Medical Centre Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Dr. Isioma Okobah, had done what was expected of every well-meaning Nigerian. She maintained that God expected all relevant stakeholders to impact the lives…
The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request for the sum of $16,230,077,718 (USD) billion, €1,020,000,000 billion (Euros), under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing plan. Also approved was a grant component of $125 million (USD), and the request to the Bank of Industries for the issuance of €500 million (Euros) but no more than €750 million Eurobond in the International Capital Market. The chamber’s approval to the loan requests was, however, accompanied by a resolution that the terms and conditions of the loan from the funding agencies, be forwarded to the National Assembly prior to its execution for approval and…