By JOHNSON EBIGIDE Delta State Government has frowned at the statement credited to the British Government, warning her citizens from visiting some high security risk states, including the state, ahead the commemoration of the Endsars protest in Nigeria. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, stated this while briefing the Press over the issue at the Ministry of Information in Asaba, the state capital. He said that Delta State was peaceful and accommodating to all nationalities who wished to reside or do business in the state, adding that whatever informed the unfortunate report was done in ignorance…
Author: Spade Nigeria
Five eminent personalities have been selected as panel of discussants for this year’s Delta Online Publishers Forum’s Third Annual Convention/Lecture In a Statement on Monday, October 18, 2021, by the Chairman of the Convention Planning Committee, Deacon Chijioke Williams Ugbolue and the Secretary, Mr. Miracle Enuji, the panelists will be discussing on the theme of the Convention; “Niger Delta Economy: Building A New Face For The Region”. According to the Committee, the lecture which is the Forum’s third lecture in their annual lecture series, will hold on Thursday, October 21st, 2021, at the Banquet hall of the prestigious Orchid Hotels…
The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a ridiculous video making rounds on social media platforms, comparing a newly promoted Deputy Superintendent of Customs and a bandit with insinuation that the Customs Officer is the bandit that was recruited into the Service. When this Officer in a nervous excitement could not get his acts together during decoration, resulting in various public commentaries, little did we imagine that mischief makers would descend so low as to fabricate this evil. For the avoidance of doubt, the Officer in question was recruited through a rigorous process and…
The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a false news report making the rounds online and offline suggesting that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has ordered the re-establishment of the defunct Special Anti – Robbery Squad (SARS). The Force wishes to categorially emphasize that there is no plan whatsoever to bring back the disbanded SARS. SARS is gone for good and will not resurrect under any guise whatsoever. The IGP notes that the Force has since reorganized its operational structure to fill the vacuum created by the disbandment of…
The Lagos State judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters sitting in Lagos today Friday 15th October 2021 awarded 91 million naira as compensation to victims of rights abuses which makes it a total of N262 million naira that has so far been awarded to 47 petitioners by the panel since it started sitting. However a petition of Micheal Okorie vs the Nigeria police force was dismissed for lacking in merit among several decisions of awards made by the panel today. A petitoner 15 year old Mariam Shobukola was awarded 8 million naira for…
Some members of the Governing Board of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) are warning that the activities of the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume are beginning to impede the smooth day-to-day operations of the NLRC. The Governing Board members are particularly miffed that the Minister’s actions, while breeding indiscipline and insubordination at the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, are at variance with the directives of the Head of Service, Dr. (Mrs.) FolashadeYemi-Esan and an extant public service circular issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha. It could be recalled…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to use the opportunity of the Third Annual Convention/lecture of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, to explain the Commission’s role in building a new face for the Niger Delta Region. According to a Statement by the Chairman of the DOPF 2021Convention Planning Committee, Dcn Chijioke Williams Ugbolue and Secretary, Mr. Miracle Enuji, the Interim Administrator/Chief Executive Office of NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa will be leading officials of the Commission to the Convention with the theme; “Niger Delta Economy: Building A New Face For The Region. The Statement said that the NDDC…
By Sharon Ivovi The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Honourable Sunny Ogwu has declared open a five-day teachers’ professional development capacity building workshop on teaching at the right level towards strengthening foundational skills to accelerate learning using activity based. Declaring the workshop opened on Tuesday at the College of Education, Warri which was attended by 200 participants from rural areas across the State, the SUBEB Chairman says the training organized by the Board in collaboration with UBEC, was to develop teachers’ competence to cope with mixed-age classes. The SUBEB chairman who was represented by the…
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has been scheduled to grace the Third Annual Convention/Lecture of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF. In a Statement by the Chairman of the Convention Planning Committee, Dcn. Chijioke Williams Ugbolue, Secretary, Mr. Miracle Enuji, Governor Okowa is expected to be the Special Guest of Honour at the event. The event slated to hold on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at the Banquet hall of Orchid Hotels and Conference Centre, Asaba, will commence by 11am. The occasion which will also be attended by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as the Guest of…
The management of MLJ Marine Oil and Gas Limited has said the company is committed to youth development through award of scholarship to indigent students and other empowerment schemes. The company said it was particularly touched by the desire of the less privileged in their area of operation,to aspire for higher studies. Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, spokesman for the company, Ambassador Prayer Pemu said several persons who are less privileged have been trained over the years as a result of their intervention. “We have assisted them and today, some are graduates. We have extended the gesture to…