President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja directed the Ministries of Transportation and Finance to conclude financial arrangements with appropriate co-financiers that will partner with the Federal Government f0r construction of West-East Coastal rail line from Lagos to Calabar, linking some major cities in South East and South South. Speaking at the virtual groundbreaking ceremony for the Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi Rail Line, the President said the West-East Coastal rail line will connect Onitsha, Benin, Warri, Yenegoa, Port Harcourt, Aba and Uyo. “Furthermore, the contract for the important Central Railway traversing Itakpe – Baro – Abuja with connection to Lokoja and a new seaport…
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By: Nelson Agbajor The Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa has commended Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, the operator of the NPDC/SEPLAT Joint Venture assets, OMLs 4, 38 and 41, for promoting community development and contributing to increasing access to quality education while also inspiring peace in the communities. The Governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, lauded SEPLAT at the commissioning of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Sapele Teaching Centre, in Sapele, Delta State, for promoting access to higher education in the area through the Open and Distance Learning…
By CHARLES NWABARDI. The Nigeria Union Of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council where Comrade Mike Ikeogwu is at the helm of affairs is an integral of the NUJ National Body with its headquarters in Abuja. This denotes that the NUJ Delta State Council is a small Society within its larger National Body. Therefore, for NUJ Delta State to have a connecting Link with its National Body means that there is already a door of inter-relationship. This clearly shows that NUJ is not a closed but an open System. Any open system must have pathways, doors or gates as one may…
The Kaduna State Government yesterday unveiled plans that will settle the issues of herders in the State. The plans unfolded by the State Government and it’s processes are as follows (1) Kaduna State government is setting aside 5,000 square kilometres to build the largest cattle ranch in Africa in Birnin Gwari; (2) Kaduna State governor has reached an agreement with Al Rayan Islamic Bank to open an animal feed compounder at Birnin Gwari; (3) Kaduna State government has reached a deal with the New York Giants Leather & Suede Jackets Company to open a manufacturing facility in Kaduna;…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday reaffirmed that his administration would achieve its set target before the end of the tenure. Okowa said that towards this, the administration would continue to give responsibilities and portfolios to people with experience in governance for the attainment of a stronger Delta as conceived. He stated this while swearing in two new Special Advisers, Dr Augustine Obidi and Chief Ebikeme Clark, at Government House, Asaba. The governor stated that he had known the two new appointees as grassroots politicians with considerable experience in governance and that a lot was expected from them…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has enjoined wealthy Nigerians to stem the tide of capital flight by investing their money in businesses in the country. Comrade Ikeogwu gave the advice when he led members of his exco in a courtesy visit to the Managing Director/CEO of TEMIMARO NIG. LTD., the operator of Triple Queens Hotel, Engr. Marvis Odioko, in Asaba, the state capital. The labour leader commended the business mogul for investing heavily in various sectors of the economy and creating thousands of employment opportunities for the…
President Muhammadu Buhari welcomes pronouncement of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, signifying withdrawal of the country’s objection to the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of World Trade Organization, WTO. “We certainly welcome the decision of the new U.S administration to remove the last obstacle in the path of Dr. Okonjo-Iweala to becoming the first female and the first person of African descent to lead the organization,” said the President. “Nigeria and the entire African continent are happy about this new U.S position, which signifies a shift and an important turnaround in the relations between…
Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, has called for concerted efforts in the educational development of the state, especially through Public Private Partnership. Mr. Ukah, who made the call at Abbi, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, on Thursday during the laying of the foundation stone of Arrupe Jesuit College, said that the initiative was a partnership between the Austin Avuru Foundation and the Society of Jesus of the Roman Catholic Church (JESUITS). The Commissioner commended the foundation for keying into the educational policy of the Okowa administration, saying that the JESUITS tradition of education has…
By Patrick Ochei The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council has lauded an entrepreneur and Managing Director of Temimaro Nigeria Limited, Engr. Marvis Odioko for his job creation initiative, adding that such good spirited individual must not remain unsung. The Union’s leadership led by Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, visited the multi sectoral business man at his office in Asaba as part of the Council’s latest initiative to engage business minded individuals to partner the Council to enable it carry out some of its planned programmes in this administration. Ikeogwu eulogized the sterling leadership prowess and motivational charisma of Engr.…
The Executive Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma today led the Ohaneze Ndigbo and South East APC stakeholders to an on the spot assessment of the Second Niger Bridge project being undertaken by Julius Berger Nig. Plc. The governor was accompanied to the project tour by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Solid Minerals, Chief Uche Ogah, Anambra State APC Chairman, Chief Basil Ejidike, Ohaneze Ndigbo President, Amb. George Obiozor, Chief Azuka Okwuosa, Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo, Dr. Andy Uba, Sir Paul Chukwuma, Chief Emma Enukwu,…