The management of Maris Trust Council is set to unveil personalities who will discuss the topic for the year, 2020 Maris annual public service lecture titled, “Effective Tax Administration In The Delivery Of Democratic Dividends.” According to a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Council, Chief (Dr.) Kenneth Olise and Comrade Fidelis Egugbo respectively, the Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR), Chief (Sir) Monday Onyeme will deliver the lecture. They disclosed that due to the nature of the topic to democracies, efforts were being made to ensure that Nigerians of impeccable characters who have excelled…
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BY SPADE NEWS The National Automobile Technicians Association (NATA) Delta State Chapter have condemned the Delta State Government for the hasty eviction of members from the popular Mammy Market to the ongoing Ultra Modern Mechanic Village in Asaba. The automobile group made the condemnation in Asaba while decrying the order of Asaba Capital Development Agency (ACDA) directing all Automobile Technicians to move into the Mechanic Village immediately with a threat to sanction violators. NATA had earlier in an appeal letter signed by it’s State Chairman and Secretary Comrades Ifeanyi Abanum and Ejovwoke Enaworu sent to the Agency and the State…
Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Chief (Sir) Monday Onyeme has been chosen to deliver the 2020 edition of Maris annual public service lecture series. In a press statement jointly signed by Chief (Dr.) Kenneth Olise and Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, Chairman and Secretary of Maris Trust Council, organisers of the annual lecture series,, Chief Onyeme will speak on the topic, “Effective Tax Administration In The Delivery Of Democratic Dividends.” They said Maris annual lecture was designed to proffer solutions to the challenges of the society and set new agenda for humanity. “From the local government areas, the state and…
A State of Emergency should be urgently declared in Abavo in Ika South following the terror that is being unleashed on the people by Fulani herdsmen. This is imminent because the unabated killing,kidnap, rape,maiming and torture of innocent farmers in Abavo on daily basis by the herders has remained unchecked. For the past three months, farmers cannot go to their farms, the ones that had yam barns in their farms have been converted as food for the cattle by the alleged herders. Some of the farmers spoken to in the town called on the Federal,States ,and local Government as well…
BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE The Chairman, Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum (ACIF) and Publisher, Integrity Watchdog Magazine, Comrade Prince Kpokpogri has cautioned the acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, against paying contractors for abandoned, non-executed and shoddily completed projects in the region. The ACIF Chairman, Kpokpogri is calling for due diligence from the two newly inaugurated committees for contract documentation and project assessment, to ensure thorough verification and inspection of all awarded projects in the Niger Delta Region. In statement issued in Abuja, Kpokpogri expressed shock and dissatisfaction over the findings of the verification exercise instituted as…
In a bid to promote reading amongst teachers and pupils in the State using jolly phonics, the Universal Learning Solutions Initiatives , managers of Jolly Phonics in Delta State public primary schools has donated the newly developed decodable story application,JOLLY READERS to be downloaded for free. The State Coordinator of Learners Solutions Initiative, Miss Ajumu Nkechi disclosed this during the week at the conference hall of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)at the commemoration of the 2020 World Read Aloud Day celebration which was attended by pupils and teachers from some selected public primary Schools in Asaba. Miss Ajumuka…
BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE It was, not just a center for Women Development. No! It was a reminder. It was the tree planted over Maryam Babangida’s memory, the late wife of former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who died at the age of 61 from ovarian cancer on 27 December, 2009 in a Los Angeles, California hospital. It was home to the souls of hundreds of Asaba people, lined up by the Nigerian Army at River Niger’s bank in the Cable Point Area, torn into pieces with machine guns and their corpses carried away by the river. Leaving blood…
Well meaning Nigerians have been urged to contribute to the growth of education by awarding schorlarship to brilliant children whose parents cannot afford to pay their fees. Prince Gregory Oputa, the Omordi Chukubueze of Aboh Kingdom made the call on Friday at Aboh, Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State while awarding “schorlarship to 30 brilliant pupils, who ordinarily will not be able to attend high profile primary school, because the fees are beyond the finances of their parents.” The occasion was also used to inaugurate Gregory Oputa Foundation. “Proper education is very vital for children’s upbringing; that a…
BY KENNETH ORUSI A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), ASDEV ’81 Club, has doled out a whooping sum of N1.5 million on 100 Indigent widows of Asaba, to improve their living standards. The gesture is geared towards giving back to the society especially those whose late husbands left little or nothing for and who do not have handwork to live on. Speaking Saturday shortly after the ceremony held in Asaba, Ogbueshi Wing Commander Peter Nwenze, (rtd), disclosed that the aim was to help the development of Asaba, in all ramifications. “It is one of the things we do on charity. We do…
BY ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) International aka Pyrates Confraternity Is organising the 11th Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture (ROML) with the theme ‘Judiciary and Journalism as frontiers of Democracy: Anachronistic or Contemporary in Justice and Fairness?’ Addressing newsmen yesterday in Asaba, Dr. John Emethilue who is the Capoon of the Pyrates in Delta North disclosed that the lecture Guest Speaker is Austin Aleghe, SAN, former president Nigerian Bar. Association, while His Excellency, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Executive Governor , Delta State is expected as Special Guest of Honour. Dr. Emethilue added that the discussants at the event…