By Celestine Afokobah The Derector General and the Co-ordinator of the Teachers Professional Development Centre, Delta State, Dr Anthony Dibashi has admonished both Christans and non Christians to always thank God for whatever he has done for them here on earth. This charge was made during the Thanksgiving Service held at St. Charles’ Borromeo Catholic Church Boji-Boji Owa, in appreciation of his appointment as the Director General and Co-ordinator of Teachers Professional Development Centre, by the amiable Governor of Delta State, Senator, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, when fielding questions from newsmen. According to the Director General, ” I saw it as…
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By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Chairman of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Michael Ikeogwu has congratulated Mr. Lawrence Okpewho for successfully retiring from the service of the Delta State Broadcasting service (DBS), Asaba, the state capital. Comrade Ikeogwu stated during a get together ceremony in honour of the retired Okpewho at the New Secretariat Complex in Asaba. The union leader who spoke through the Vice Chairman of the NUJ in the state, Comrade Salvation Ogono, maintained that Mr. Okpewho had contributed immensely towards the advancement of the Journalism profession in the state and beyond,…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) aka Pyrates Confraternity, Hispaniola X Deck, on Sunday, November 15, 2020, embarked on free medical outreach within her host community on Okun- Alfa Beach, Lekki Epe expressway Lekki Lagos. According to Mr. Dere Imilar, the Hispaniola X Deck Cap’n, members’ families and friends were no left out of the medical outreach that spread to the nooks and crannies of Lekki-Epe environs. Imilar disclosed that the NAS Free Medical Outreach was of the humanitarian services of the National Association of Seadogs. Respectively, Dr Uche Nwanchukwu and Dr. Philip Oragui who led…
Leaders of the South-South geopolitical zone have demanded public apology from the Federal Government over botched stakeholders meeting in PortHarcourt on Tuesday Governors of the South-South led by its Chairman and Governor of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, who were in PortHarcourt for the meeting, had informed the stakeholders comprising traditional rulers, religious leaders, opinion leaders, youths and women from the zone that the Presidential delegation which convened the meeting, had cancelled it. Okowa, who spoke for the governors, informed the people that the Presidency gave an emergency security meeting called by President Muhammadu Buhari as reason for cancelling the PortHarcourt…
By SPADE NG News Residents of Asaba and environs in Delta State received free diabetes screening last weekend as the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) aka Pyrates Confraternity, Vito Corsica Deck joined the rest of the world to mark the World Diabetes Day. This is in fulfillment of one of their cardinal points, for *”humanistic ideals”* The screening, which took place at the Vito Corsica Anchor Point, Ankor Point Street off Okpanam Road, Asaba, was to commemorate the November 14 World Diabetes Day set aside globally to raise awareness on diabetes. Addressing newsmen, Dr. John Emethilue, Cap’n, Vito Corsica Deck,…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Residents of Asaba and environs in Delta State got free diabetes screening last weekend as the National Association of Seadogs aka Pyrates Confraternity, Vito Corsica Deck joined the rest of the world to mark the World Diabetes Day. This is in fulfillment of one of their cardinal points, for *”humanistic ideals”*. The screening, which took place at the Vito Corsica Anchor Point, Ankor Point Street off Okpanam Road, Asaba, was to commemorate the November 14 World Diabetes Day set aside globally to raise awareness on diabetes. Addressing newsmen, Dr. John Emethilue, Cap’n, Vito Corsica Deck, charged…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the House is ready to support the interventions of the Federal Government to rebuild Lagos and other states worst hit by the recent EndSars protests. Gbajabiamila also tasked Lagosians to put heads and resources together to rebuild the state in view of the destruction of properties worth billions of naira in the state. Speaking at the inauguration of the Board of Trustees of the Rebuild Lagos Trust Fund on Monday in Lagos, Gbajabiamila said he was heartbroken after going round the state for an on-the-spot assessment of…
From Bulou Kosin Scion of the Clark-Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo in Delta State, Senator Pa Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has been tasked to draw strength from God and the enviable legacies of his late younger brother, Prof. J. P. Clark who died recently. Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, who visited Pa Clark, weekend, in Abuja, in his personal capacity and revealed he was also forunner to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s visit, said Pa Clark “commendably honoured his deceased brother, J. P. Clark for sparing no effort despite challenges, in ensuring he was buried within three days in keeping with…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Chairman of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has enjoined members of the union in the state to embrace unity of purpose towards taking the union to greater heights in the state and beyond. Comrade Ikeogwu stated this at the Press Centre of the union in Asaba during the maiden congress of the Council of the NUJ in Delta State after his reelection for a second term. He said that the union election in the state had come and gone, adding that there was the urgent need to…
By Onigegewura By the time you are done reading this piece by Olanrewaju Onigegewura , you would have read in a beautiful story style, the case of MISS CHINYE A.M. EZEANAH V. ALHAJI MAHMOUD I. ATTA (2004) 7 NWLR (Pt. 873)468). “When my love swears that she is made of truth,I do believe her, though I know she lies,That she might think me some untutor’d youth,Unskillful in the world’s false forgeries”- William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim When the Banker met the Maiden in the early 1990s, it was love at first sight, at least on the part of the banker.…