President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said in accordance with the provision of Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), “I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate, the nomination of Professor Mahmood Yakubu for appointment as Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second and final term.” Prof Yakubu was first appointed by President Buhari in November 2015.…
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, has placed a ban on the coverage of all police activities in the state over the unwarranted attack and brutalization of Vanguard Correspondent, Akpokona Omafuaire. We are sombre that the police could be insensitive to the plight of our member who is lying at the hospital yet without any care and attention from those who inflicted the injury on him. The Council is taken aback by the indifferent disposition of police in Delta State as many journalists have one story or the other to tell about their experiences in the hands…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa today presented the official Staff Of Office to His Royal Majesty (HRM) King Obokowho Arthur Monday Whiskey, Udurhie 1, The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, in Ethiope West Local Government Area of the State. Presenting the Staff Of Office in a colourful ceremony held at the Idjerhe Grammar School, Gov Okowa who was represented by his Deputy, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, noted that he has no doubt that the institution of the Ovie has great significance for the people of Idjerhe and as such, they should all strive to promote the integrity of…
Yesterday, the 23rd of October, 2020, some misguided elements masquerading as #ENDSARS protesters invaded the rented property housing the APC Local Government Party’s Secretariat in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, wherein there was wanton destruction of property. Aside the above, information available to us has it that there were/are threats to unleash mayhem on the Party’s faithful and its Leaders at all levels in the State. Though, the reasons for this acts of malicious damage, brigandage and threats is still sketchy, Delta APC dare to say that it was a hatchet job by those whose hobby it is…
The Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned an attack on Vanguard Correspondent, Comrade Akpokona Omafuaire by the Ovwian policemen in Warri. In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Comrades Michael Ikeogwu and Patrick Ochei respectively, the Union vehemently condemned the assault, maintaining it was unfortunate and uncalled for. The Statement therefore called on the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Hafiz Inuwa to immediately fish out the policemen involved in the molestation of the journalist and destruction of his car and appropriately sanction them. The Union further reminded the CP that journalists…
DOPF A group of Media Managers, under the aegis of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, commiserate with families who lost their love ones, and the injured persons in the ongoing #EndSARS protest rocking the country in the past two weeks. The Forum in a press statement signed by the chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Enebeli, and Secretary, Mr. Shedrack Onitsha, stated that the while the Forum wholeheartedly supports the protest as it was genuinely targeted at curbing what had been considered as arbitrary abuse of Nigerians for more than a decade, it however frowns as the protest had degenerated into into…
Hawkeye Media, Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds) for the treatment of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization. Veklury should only be administered in a hospital or in a healthcare setting capable of providing acute care comparable to inpatient hospital care. Veklury is the first treatment for COVID-19 to receive FDA approval. This approval does not include the entire population that had been authorized to use Veklury under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) originally…
Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, Monday, secured agreement to shelve planned shutdown of Forcados South Bank flow station by Ogulagha and Odimodi communities who took turns to say “we are happy with the intervention of the Deputy Governor, Deacon Otuaro”. The communities had handed down a 14-day ultimatum to a worried Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd (SPDC) for downsizing operations reportedly due to the coronavirus-affected economy. But the communities claimed “the employee sacks were targeted at us, in fact, showed pattern promoting the company’s deliberate policy of undermining the locals”. Bulou Kosin, his Senior Special Assistant…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Movement For The Survival Of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND), have felicitated and thrown weight and supports to the ongoing ENDSARS protest. The group in a statement issued by its National Vice President Comrade (High Chief) Thompson Fuoye, during the EndSARS protest at the Interbau roundabout/flyover, Asaba last Saturday, said, the time has come for youths in the country to take their life and destiny in their hands and demand accountability from leaders in position of authority. Comrade Fuoye, who batched on the ENDSARS protesters to ascertain their conduct and genuineness of the…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Movement For The Survival Of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND), have felicitated and thrown weight and supports to the ongoing ENDSARS protest. The group in a statement issued by its National Vice President Comrade (High Chief) Thompson Fuoye, during the EndSARS protest at the Interbau roundabout/flyover, Asaba last Saturday, said, the time has come for youths in the country to take their life and destiny in their hands and demand accountability from leaders in position of authority. Comrade Fuoye, who batched on the ENDSARS protesters to ascertain their conduct and genuineness of the…