The Para Athletics camp of the Nigerian Paralympic team enjoyed a morale boost Friday, July 16, with the visit of the President of the Paralympic Committee Nigeria, Gen Emico Eruwa and Suleiman Isah, to their Abuja camp. General Eruwa who was accompanied by the Secretary General of the PCN informed that the visit was part of the monitoring plan to assess the conditions of the athletes in camp, their level of preparation and interact with them first hand. The top officials of the PCN are also expected to visit the Lagos camp of the Para Powerlifters…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The importance of free and unshackled media has been universally acclaimed as the bastion of freedom of expression and human rights in the strengthening of democracy. The point has also been made that this freedom is neither the prerogative of the politician nor the privilege of the journalist. Yet in the exercise of performing their daily work of gathering and transmitting news, journalists are merely exercising every citizen’s right to free speech. While the Delta Online Publishers’ Forum (DOPF) appreciate and thank the House of Representative for the step taken so far in withdrawing the vexatious media bill,…
We are a lucky country and should congratulate ourselves, despite challenges that could have torn us apart, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving the report of the National Security Summit held on May 26, 2021, by the House of Representatives. The report was submitted by a team of House members, led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. President Buhari urged leaders to respect the people, from the lowest to the highest, “so that it becomes a duty to them (the people) to pay back to the…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The President, who spoke on Tuesday at a dinner with members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, said ‘‘insecurity, manifesting as insurgencies, banditry, kidnapping and urban crime of all sorts is the single most difficult challenge we face today.’’ He expressed concern that insecurity had inhibited government’s ability to build infrastructure, provide the much needed social services to the people, and to attract investments…
The Delta State Chapter of All Progressive Congress, APC has countered the comment of a former House of Reps member and chieftain of the party, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh that the Delta North faction of APC would not vote for Mace Snatcher, describing the comment as the ranting of a confused PDP agent, sacked NDDC Acting Executive Director Project and a deposed Akinuwa. The APC statement which was signed by its Director of Publicity, Mr. Nick Ovuakporie posited that Ojougboh had no authority to speak for or on behalf of the party in any guise but only expressing his colossal…
By Fred Edoreh Thank God, the COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly giving way for the return of sports teams to international action. For Nigeria, despite the added challenges of managing international engagements now, and unlike many other African nations, the national football teams have been highly globally visible in the post-lockdown era. The secure camp in Austria guarantees getting the players together. From there, the Super Falcons proceeded to open the 2021 campaigns in February with their participation in the Turkish Women’s Cup which they won, defeating CSKA Moscow and Uzbekistan 1-0 each before pounding Equatorial Guinea 9-0. …
By Fred Edoreh Thank God, the COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly giving way for the return of sports teams to international action. For Nigeria, despite the added challenges of managing international engagements now, and unlike many other African nations, the national football teams have been highly globally visible in the post-lockdown era. The secure camp in Austria guarantees getting the players together. From there, the Super Falcons proceeded to open the 2021 campaigns in February with their participation in the Turkish Women’s Cup which they won, defeating CSKA Moscow and Uzbekistan 1-0 each before pounding Equatorial Guinea 9-0. …
By Udeme Collins The Proprietor of Chosen Stars International Academy, Ambassador Albert Kachikwu has commended the state government for encouraging sporting activities in the schools across the state through Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education. Kachikwu made the commendation at the 3rd Annual Inter-House Athletics Competition of the school, in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Goverment Area. Kachikwu who spoke through the Principal of the school, Mr. Austin Ubaka, maintained that Athletics in the school system enables the latent potentials of the child to be discovered and harnessed. While saying that the importance of sports in the education of…
By Uzo Dan-Macaulay The President has ordered the military to crush the bandits again! This is like the 3rd time in 5 months this is being said. Those saying President Muhammadu Buhari is running after Nnamdi Kanu (Igbo) and Sunday Igboho (Yoruba), and protective of bandits (Hausa-Fulani) are only flying the tribal kite! It holds no water! And they will now pounce on every leader from different tribes in Nigeria currently serving in the government to blackmail them, especially the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the second in command from the South-West Nigeria, who they often claim are…
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Henry Ofa, has congratulated Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on the auspicious occasion of his 62nd birthday anniversary, describing the governor as a leader of uncommon excellence. In a statement to mark the Governor’s new age, Ofa said “Okowa has remained focused on the single objective of making Delta State truly prosperous since he assumed leadership of the state in 2015”, adding that his consistent efforts to improve the lots of Deltans was worthy of commendation. The PDP Chieftain observed that in the last six years, Governor Okowa has…