By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the National Boundary Commission and the Boundary Committees of the States in the South-South zone, to look through and properly x-ray the challenges boundary delineation in the zone and come up with fresh ideas and responses on how best to surmount these challenges. Gov Okowa made the call in Asaba today, during a A 2 -Day interactive session of National Boundary Commission with States’ Boundary Committees in the South-South Geopolitical Zone holding in Asaba from 27th to 28th April, 2021. Gov Okowa, who was represented by his deputy,…
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By Fred Edoreh The eviction of thousands of businesses at the National Stadium, Lagos, mid-2020, came as a shock to many. It was more so as the action was taken after several months of business lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, worse still, the businesses were given only about two weeks to vacate after which their shops and structures were demolished. On a rough estimate, the facility hosted about 5,000 businesses and jobs on which many anchored their livelihood for years. All got lost within a twinkle of eye and many of the victims, unable to recover,…
BY SAM DUVWODE The Delta State Government has asserted that it will exhaust all the mechanisms of dialogue and peace building in addressing the agitations of Oil communities in Delta State over the issues of oil spillage. The State Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro gave the indication yesterday during a routine meeting with the impacted ethnic nationalities of Ijaw and Itsekiri at the Government House Annex Warri. According to him, “Oil spillage has become a recurring environmental disaster to riverine communities In Delta State. The recent spillage within the excravos axis has prompted the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic nationalities of…
BY SAM DUVWODE Delta state will surely miss the wisdom and inspiration of the former chairman of the Delta State PDP elders council, Chief Dennis Etaluku, who passed on recently. Those were the tributes of the State Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro while on a condolence visit to the family of the Late Chief Dennis Etaluku at his residence in Warri. Barr. Otuaro noted that, late Chief Dennis Etaluku before his death, has been a partner in progress with the state government in resolving political issues and promoting the traditional institution. The state deputy governor who condoled with the bereaved…
By Emmanuel Elebeke In a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television signed by the Acting Director General of the Commission, NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, the Commission referred to Channels 7pm live broadcast programme of Sunday, 25th April, 2021, in which it accused the TV station of allowing a leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB to make secessionist and inciting declarations on air without caution or reprimand by the station contrary to the broadcast code.
I didn’t start to be proud of Jagaban when he rescued SW or Nigeria. He was my Leader when he rescued only LAGOS and 5 Progressive States were stolen from AD by OBJ in 2003…When he was pushed out of the AD by Afenifere and OBJ(who hijacked AD Structures and made the then AD Chairman his Special Assistant) after the gruesome murder of Bola Ige, he was my Leader. When he formed AC a platform for the then Dejected SW Progressives, he was my Leader. When the hope of Progressives was dimmed and oppression by the PDP was at its…
Eedris Abdulkareem, your wet dirty linens are waiting for you at the market square. Keyamo has finished spreading them. All the receipts have been splashed on twitterville. Here is the story. When Keyamo was made director in Buharis campaign , Eedris approached his old friend. Eedris was broke but his priority was to help Buhari.😝 He said he wanted to help Buhari. He said he had a song. After a bit of wait and many ‘abeg na’ text messages , Keyamo granted him audience. And told him he had no budget with which to buy songs for the campaign. Keyamo…
All Progressives Congress Chieftain, Bola Tinubu, says terrible people and strong forces want to break Nigeria’s appointment with its greater destiny by attacking “agricultural players” in the country, thereby creating food scarcity. He spoke on Saturday on the occasion of the 23rd to 25th convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Tinubu was also awarded a honorary doctorate at the event by the university Senate and Governing Council. The former Lagos State governor said, “We approach a defining moment as a nation. A reckoning of special importance beckons. We must decide…
By Florence Ngozi Nwabuonwu Delta State Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Tilije has reiterated the State Government’s commitment towards making financial policies that would help grow the state’s economy. Sir Tilije stated this today in Asaba during a surprise birthday party organised for him by management and staff of the ministry to mark his 63rd birthday anniversary. The Commissioner in his remark expressed his unreserved appreciation to the management and staff for the gesture and love shown to him. Speaking during the occasion, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr Barry Gbe said, “Appreciating God for the gift of life and…
By Florence Ngozi Nwabuonwu Delta State Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Tilije has reiterated the State Government’s commitment towards making financial policies that would help grow the state’s economy. Sir Tilije stated this today in Asaba during a surprise birthday party organised for him by management and staff of the ministry to mark his 63rd birthday anniversary. The Commissioner in his remark expressed his unreserved appreciation to the management and staff for the gesture and love shown to him. Speaking during the occasion, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr Barry Gbe said, “Appreciating God for the gift of life and…