By Chukwudi Iwuchukwu “ Lord Chosen church founded by Lazarus Mouka made an important announcement yesterday which is a shape of what is to come in South-East Nigeria. The church announced that for the first time in its history as a church, it will take its 2022 International Crusade – #Mgbidi22, The biggest and most organized gathering in the entire South-East that holds every January from Mgbidi, Imo state, to Ijesha, Lagos state over the unending sit at home order by IPOB and because of the insecurity in the east driven by unknown gun men. Now, this is why this…
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The Head of Service of the Federation, Dr.Folashade Yemi-Esan, in a move to deepen on-going reforms and the streamlining of operations at the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), has instructed the Governing Board and Management to commence this week, a thorough audit of the Senior Staff of the Commission. The Head of Service’s directive which was conveyed to the Chairman of the Governing Board of the NLRC in a memo signed by M. Mamman, Permanent Secretary (CMO) in the office of the Head of Service, is said to be sequel to the detailed findings by the Code of Conduct Bureau,…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE So many intelligentsias and economic pundits several decades before now had pontificated that the main problems with Nigeria were ethnicity and lack of patriotism on the part of the citizenry. They had argued that tribal considerations in policy formulations and unpatriotic implementations of the policy thrusts of governance at all levels had kept the country in inextricable quagmires. Yes, true as that might sound, owing to the incompatibility of the conglomerating diverse ethnic nationalities put together by the British interest in 1884, the presents realities have shown that the erstwhile stated problems of Nigeria were nothing comparable…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba has dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to sack all 25 local government councils’ chairmen and councillors in Delta State. The APC had challenged the election of the council officials on the grounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not conduct valid primaries for its choice of candidates in the March 6, 2021 local government council election in the state. The APC also alleged that DSIEC colluded with PDP without observing the provisions of the DSIEC Law, 2017. In a judgment delivered on Friday, a three-man panel…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Chairman of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has expressed joy over the emergence of Comrade Christopher Ikechukwu, as the President of the union at the concluded 7th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the union at Umuahia in Abia State. While congratulating others that were victorious in the election, Comrade Ikeogwu called on those that could not make it to join hands with the president in taking the union to the envisaged heights, adding that members should embrace the spirit of camaraderie among themselves to attract the much…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The incumbent President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Christopher Ikechukwu Isiguzo, alongside some contestants for the other portfolios in the leadership of the union has been elected to pilot the affairs of the union for the next three years in the country. The election which took place during the 7th Triennial National Delegates Conference at the Michael Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia in Abia State saw Comrade Isiguzo clinching the presidential position for a second term with a whooping 665 votes, beating his rival, Comrade Yusuf Idris who trailed far behind with 15 votes, out of…
OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO Okotie-Eboh Grammar School, Sapele Old Boys Association (OGSOBA) holds its national convention on Saturday, October 23, 2021 to elect new officers to pilot it’s affairs. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr. Samuel Okporu and Mr. Peter Eyarefe, Chairman and Secretary respectively of OGSOBA Convention Planning Committee made available to journalists in Sapele, the Committee said that the one day progrmme will take place at the school premises, Okotie-Eboh Grammar School, MacPherson Road, Sapele, Delta State. The statement added that the Convention which will attract delegates from all the branches across the country will take place…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE On October 6, 2020 the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) braced up against all daunting odds to conduct the election of the Delta State Council of the union in the state. The election had been thwarted twice owing to the unwholesome scheming of some power brokers in and outside the union that wanted to have their way at all cost. However, with the strong determination and commitment of the national body, led by Comrade Christopher Ikechwuku Isiguzo (President), the election, considered in the history of the NUJ as the fiercest was successfully. At the end of the…
Deltans have been called upon to offer credible information to security agencies that can help track down criminals in all parts of the State. The Director General, Security Matters in Delta State Hon David Tonwe made the call in Asaba while speaking on plans to ensure adequate security in this Ember months. Hon Tonwe said Operation Still Water was flagged of in Asaba by the Nigerian Army in partnership with other security agencies as a proactive measure to strengthen security in all parts of the state. He said men of the Operation Delta Hawk were currently on twenty four hours…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE Ahead the 7th delegate conference of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at Umuahia in Abia State, fixed for between October 5 and 7, 2021, the Chairman of the Delta State Council of the union, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has enjoined delegates from the state to be good ambassadors of the council and the state by being extremely decorous in their conducts and utterances throughout the period of the electoral exercise. Comrade Ikeogwu handed down the advice while addressing the delegates and observers from the council at the temporary Press Centre of the union in Asaba, the state…