The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council congratulates Prof. Jacob Oboreh on his appointment as Vice Chancellor, Delta State University of Science and Technology. The Union is not surprised that an academician of Oboreh’s status was appointed to head the newly created University. It only shows that the Government of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa knows how to reward hardwork and due diligence. We make bold to state that Professor Oboreh deserves the appointment, being eminently qualified and having distinguished himself in his previous assignment as the Rector of the then Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro. Based on his intimidating achievements,…
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WARRI – HIGH Chief Government Ekpemupolo a,k,a Tompolo, the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation yesterday congratulated the newly elected Ijaw National Congress (INC) Officials led by erudite Orof. Benjamin Okaba with a call on Ijaw nation to support them. Tompolo message was contained in a press statement signed by himself sent to Vanguard in Warri, Delta State. The statement read in part, “I, on behalf my family, friends and associates, heartily congratulate my brother and friend, Professor Benjamin Ogele Okaba, on your well-deserved election as the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) on Saturday April 30th 2021, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA It was a beehive of activity at St, Michael’s Catholic Church, Obotebe Town, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State as dignitaries trooped in to condole with Hon. Akemotubo Amafini and Family during the funeral Mass / Burial reception in honour of their late mother, Late Mrs. Eugenia Onitsha Akemotubo (Nee Ebiarede) and the matriarch of the Akemotubo family. The late Mrs. Akemotubo who died at the age of 78, was among other prominent Ijaw women that were resident at Burutu town that co-founded the Ebierebo-Ogbo Social Club of Burutu in 1978. She was also…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA His Excellencies, Dcn Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, Deputy Governor of Delta State, Gov Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, and his deputy Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo yedterday participated in the National Convention of the pan-Ijaw group, the Ijaw National Congress (INC), held at Ijaw House, Gen. Sanni Abacha Way, Yenogoa. Top traditional rulers including Alfred Diete-Spiff, Ijaw sons and daughters all over the world were also in attendance. The four candidates vying for the position of the INC President spotted presenting their manifestos were, Dr Chris Ekiyor, Barrister Owotorufa, Admiral P. Y Biakpara and Prof Benjamin Okaba.…
From Bulou Kosin Delta State deputy governor, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the Ijaw National Congress, INC, is “a laudable initiative that had guaranteed collective existence of Ijaw people in the complex Nigerian federation”. While delivering his goodwill message, yesterday, at the opening ceremony of the INC elective convention holding in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, Otuaro further stated “the establishment of the INC was a dream come true”, adding that the body “has supported the development process of the Ijaw nation”. The Deputy Governor expressed hope that the ongoing elective convention “will overcome the transitional challenges the INC had…
By Osagie Otabor, Akure Mariam Oluwadamilola Oloko, the best graduating student of the Achievers University, Owo in Ondo State, for the 2020/2021 academic session, said her father did not expect an outstanding performance from her. On the contrary, he thought she was sleeping around with men on campus. The 21-year-old led the 339 graduands of the university with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.80 in International Relations at the 10th convocation last week. In an interview with reporters in Owo, Oloko said she did not make her father proud during her primary and secondary school days as she…
Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel would on Thursday inaugurate Emore Grammar School and the dualised Emore Road both in Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu who disclosed this on Wednesday when he visited the school and the dualised road said that arrangement has been concluded for a hitch free inauguration of the projects that were executed by the state government. Mr. Aniagwu said the construction of the school and the establishment of three new universities as well as the upgrade of primary and secondary schools in the state…
By Precious Igbonwelundu Claims by Mary Daniel, the Oshodi amputee hawker that she lost a leg in an accident that killed all passengers, including her parents when she was a teenager, have been discovered as false, The Nation learnt on Wednesday evening. Daniel became a sensation weeks ago after pictures of her selling water at Oshodi emerged on social media and attracted sympathy from Nigerians across the world. Daniel, in an interview, claimed she was an orphan with a baby and an aged grandmother to fend for. She narrated how life dealt her several blows and she had to drop…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Governments of the South-South zone of the country have called on the National Boundary Commission to clearly describe all approved boundaries for Gazetting. The stakeholders made the recommendation in a Communique released at the end of a two-day interactive session organized by the National Boundary Commission with the States’ Boundary Committees in the South-South (SS) Geo-Political Zone at Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba, Delta State on 27th and 28th April, 2021. The interactive session was primarily designed to enable relevant stakeholders share thoughts and experiences aimed at deepening…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Governments of the South-South zone of the country have called on the National Boundary Commission to clearly describe all approved boundaries for Gazetting. The stakeholders made the recommendation at a two-day interactive session organized by the National Boundary Commission with the States’ Boundary Committees in the South-South (SS) Geo-Political Zone at Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba, Delta State on 27th and 28th April, 2021. The interactive session was primarily designed to enable relevant stakeholders share thoughts and experiences aimed at deepening relationships among critical Stakeholders with a view…