By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The 2020 Delta State Council election of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has come and gone, but it has left some soured taste on the palate of most members of the union in the state and beyond. The most bitter outcome being the discovery of some journalists in a chapel of the union in the state involvement in certificate forgery. The credential screening committee in tandem with the Caretaker Committee had spotted an abnormality in the professional certificates purportedly issued the culprits by the International Institute of Journalism and had written immediately to the institution to…
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All Progressives Congress (APC), Delta State celebrates members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Delta State Council on the sucessful election held on the 6th of October, 2020. From available information to Delta APC, there is no gainsaying the fact that as members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, they have proved to Deltans that they are capable of carrying out election that is devoid of intimidation, harassment and overt manipulations, unlike a situation wherein in most cases, the will of the people are subverted and/ or circumvented such as was the case in the Local Government Council elections…
The Delta State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has congratulated the newly elected Exco of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council and hailed the Union, for conducting a smooth, peaceful and transparent election. A statement by the Delta PDP Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza reads thus: “The Delta State PDP warmly congratulates the newly elected Executive Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Delta State Council, which emerged after a keenly contested election, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. “We also salute the entire membership of the Delta NUJ for displaying great professional maturity and…
We met as colleagues A far junior one to you And we became Comrades And then, we became siblings when you started playing the role of Big Sister to me instead of the BOSS you are. Lives intertwined In celebration and in grief Far or near, together, we have scribbled as pen-pushers A messenger of destiny You delivered the scroll Unopened, intact and unread Shocked at the motherly role you played during my wedding And I am still reading with joy Thankful to the Almighty For crossing our paths COMRADE TRACY OMAMODE ODUDURU IKOLOMI, today, as you celebrate From deep…
A Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Government, Chief Frank Sologidi has commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for moving Delta State forward in terms of developmental height as Nigerian celebrates 60 years of nationhood. The Governor’s Aide made the remark at the cenotaph in Asaba during the celebration of the Nigeria at 60 which featured match past by men of the Nigeria Police and paramilitary organisations among others. Chief Sologidi said though Nigeria is yet to reach her potential in terms of economic growth and development if not for bad leadership saying that even though we are not there yet,we…
Speaking in a welcome address at the event held at Edmond Hotels in Asaba Delta State, the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr. Garba Abari represented by the Ag. State Director, NOA, Delta State, Mr. Chris Anyabuine stated that the ranking of Nigeria as number one amongst countries practising Open Defecation in the world and Africa is a wake up call for our nation to remedy the ugly situation. He therefore commended President Mohamadu Buhari for signing into law the Executive Order 009 aimed at achieving Open-Defecation – Free Nigeria by 2025. The NOA D-G declared that…
As Nigeria marks 60 years of nationhood, Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to embark on total reconstruction of Benin-Warri highway, saying the road has collapsed. He also urged the government to give urgent attention to the Agbor-Eku road within the state, which is also in a deplorable condition. The governor made the call at an interdenominational thanksgiving service at Government House Chapel, Asaba, on Thursday, to mark the independence anniversary of the country. He said that the poor state of the roads had accounted for loss of many lives and goods in accidents and…
BY SAM DUVWODE Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) has said, the nation’s 60th independence anniversary is a celebration from the clutches of imperialism and final fulfilment of the struggle of successive generations of Nigerian patriots to establish a free and soveriegn country. He urge Nigerians to work for the sustenance of the country and to have faith in the present administration both at the national and State levels to tackle the diverse challenges of nation building. Governor Okowa in his independence message to Deltans stated this yesterday in Asaba, during the Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary celebration held at Cenotaph, Asaba,…
Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says “laudable efforts by national and sub-national governments at diversifying Nigeria’s oil-based mono product economy towards Agriculture, Science and Technology, Solid Minerals development and others, have been insignificant”. “Consequentially, Nigeria still remains a mono economy decades after self rule. The implication is that whatever threatens this mono economy goes to threaten our existence as a people”, Otuaro further said, in a statement made available by Bulou Kosin, his Senior Special Assistant on Press and Communication. Otuaro spoke, Wednesday, at Presidential Hotels, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, venue of the 5th Anniversary/Award Dinner of…
These are some 5 major takeaways from President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day Speech (1) Buhari believes the pump price of petrol in Nigeria is actually too cheap. Petroleum prices in Nigeria are to be adjusted. We sell now at N161 per litre. A comparison with our neighbours will illustrate the point; a. Chad which is an oil-producing country charges N362 per litre b. Niger, also an oil-producing country sells 1 litre at N346. c. In Ghana, another oil-producing country, the petroleum pump price is N326 per litre. “Further afield, Egypt charges N211 per litre. Saudi Arabia charges N168 per litre.…