By Ese Obote-Ogwu Civil servants have been advised to be diligent, polite and thorough in the discharge of their duties. The Permanent Secretary in the Delta State Ministry of Youth Development, Ms Ngozi Mogbolu, gave the advice when she embarked on tour of departments in the ministry on her assumption of office as the Permanent Secretary. Ms Mogbolu, who took tour of the two Professional Departments of the ministry, Youth Mobilization and Leadership and Youth Enterprise and Investment Promotion, and three service Departments, Administration, Planning Research and Statistic and Finance and Accounts, encouraged workers to go the extra mile in…
Author: Spade Nigeria
Fela, the “Abami Eda” himself, may not have coined the phrase. But he sure popularized it: Basket mouth — mouth that yaks and yaks and doesn’t know when or how to stop. That would appear the current state of Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, whose flippant (un)gubernatorial activism just tossed fellow governors, and their states and people, into avoidable storm. Brimming with financial messianism, Obaseki, bolt-from-the-blues, had alleged the Central Bank of Nigeria, in concert with the federal fiscal authorities, printed via notorious “ways and means” N60 billion to augment shared March federal allocations, in the face of dwindling resources. Even…
By John Charles, Makurdi A pregnant lady has allegedly set her boyfriend’s room ablaze in Achussa, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Recall that a 17-year-old girl had in January this year similarly set ablaze her boyfriend in Makurdi. He later died in hospital. The latest incident, according to eyewitnesses, happened on Wednesday when the boyfriend was at work. According to residents of the area, before the lady set the room ablaze, she allegedly moved out her personal belongings. One of the residents, who simply identified himself as Joseph, said the lady, who lives in one of the…
Governor Dap Abiodun of Ogun State today celebrates Mr Oladimeji Shotunde for his sterling academic performance having set a new CGPA record in the 37 years of establishment of the Lagos State University , a feat no student had ever achieved in the history of the University. He graduated as the overall best graduating student of the Lagos State University LASU Ojo Campus, with a cumulative grade point average CPGA of 4.95 from a total CGPA of 5.00 . The 22 years old Shotunde alongside other 27 students and teachers were today celebrated amidst pomp and paegeantry by the state…
Today, there is an unfortunate fashion in public discourse that makes leaders in politics, religion, and civil society liable in the present for every statement they have ever made in the past – no matter how long ago, and even after they have later rejected them. This insidious phenomenon seeks to cancel the careers of others on the basis of a thing they have said, regardless of when they said it. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami is, currently, subject to a “cancel campaign” instigated by those who seek his removal. They do not…
Heavy fire razed the operation wing of the Nigeria Police Force, Delta State Command, Asaba, this afternoon. The source of the fire incident is still unknown as at the time of this report. However, Operatives of the Federal Fire Service are arriving with water tankers to put off the fire
A Toyota Camry car belonging to Mostine Udjor, a civil servant in Asaba, was stolen at his residence located at Engr. C. Chukwurah Boulevard Street, between the hours of Saturday night of April 17, 2021, and early morning of Sunday of April 18, 2021, at Iyiabi quarters of Asaba. Udjor, who works in the Office of the Deputy Governor of Delta State, told Pressmen in Asaba that the car, with Registration No. WWR 108 AG, Engine No. 5S7243849, Chassis No. 4TIBG22KIYU757682 and Custom colour, containing some of his containing some of his documents, was stolen from his compound.…
The Delta State Government has cautioned that it will take decisive action against person or group of persons who may in one way or the other cause breech of peace in any community in the State. Specifically, government warns those who are unjustly opposing recognized traditional authority to desist from such moves. The State Deputy Governor, Dcn Kingsley Otuaro, gave this warning yesterday, 21th April, 2021, in Asaba at the end of a meeting he had with representatives from Nsukwa Kingdom to broker peace between the two warring groups. Otuaro also stated that the Delta State Government was not inclined…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Delta State Government has stated that it was not inclined to dethrone the monarch of Nsukwa in Aniocha South LGA, His Royal Majesty, (Dr) Kenneth Ezegbunem 1, the Obi of Nsukwa Kingdom. The State Deputy Governor, Dcn Kingsley Otuaro, stated this yesterday, 21st April, 2021, in Asaba at the end of a meeting he had with representatives from Nsukwa Kingdom to broker peace between the two warring groups. The Deputy Governor, who was represented by Chief Edwin Uzor, (JP), Special Advisers to Gov Okowa on Peace Building/Conflict Resolution, disclosed that the issue before the State…
By SAM DUVWODE Following the tussle of who is the most senior man to take the position of Okpaloku in Obiaruku Community, the Delta State Government has directed the Chairman of Ukwuani Local Government Area, Hon. Possible Ajede, to suspend payment of stipends entitled to the Okpaloku stool until the determination of who is the most senior. The State Deputy Governor, Dcn Kingsley Otuaro gave the directive yesterday after an exhaustive deliberation from both parties in a meeting held in Asaba. The Deputy Governor, who was represented by Chief Edwin Uzor, (JP), Special Advisers to Gov Okowa on Peace Building/Conflict…