Hon Dan Asekhame is the Founder and Coordinator of the Asue Ighodalo Movement (AIM), one of the many support groups working for the realization of the election of Dr Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the next governor of Edo State. In this interview with a select group of journalists, the two-time Chairman of Owan West Local Government Council, addressed vital questions relating to the coming election. Excerpts:* *In setting up this support group, what exactly was your focus or goal?* To do a house to house campaign and to also focus seriously on new…
Author: Spade Nigeria
1952 was the year I finished secondary school and I had written and passed entrance examinations into the University College, Ibadan which was the only tertiary institution available m the country then. Before the university session started, I got this job in a medical equipments supply company, where I had, this rather prestigious title of senior stores officer grade three! It wasn’t that the office environment or even the store itself was something as prestigious as its title; all there was to the business was this huge barnyard kind of warehouse where we stored equipments like catguts, surgical tools and…
I didn’t change my surname to my husband’s surname because I love my surname, and all my documents bear my father’s surname. I don’t have the strength to run around to change it. People often tell me that I am abusing Igbo culture by still bearing my father’s surname. I laugh when I hear people say this. But the fact is that those women who bear their husband’s surname are the ones abusing Igbo culture. In pre-colonial Igbo culture, women didn’t bear their husband’s surname; they bore their father’s surname. Everything changed when the British colonized us. We then abandoned…
Delta State Governor Rt. Hon. (Elder) Sheriff Francis Orhowedor Oborevwori assumed office on May 29, 2023, with a firm commitment on his Mission “To run an open, responsive government that meets the needs, and aspirations of our people through infrastructure development, growth in human capital and improved social harmony.” One year down the line Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has kept faith with that pledge and as the May 29, 2024 one year anniversary countdown progresses steadily, Deltans across the Three Senatorial zones have continued to give glowing testimony to the visible and verifiable infrastructural projects which the administration has continued to…
BY PRISCA OGBO The National Orientation Agency (NOA), Delta State Directorate, has joined hands with the Delta Printing and Publishing Corporation (DPPC), in driving the policies of governments at all levels for wider acceptance among the citizenry. The NOA State Director, Comrade Tracy Ikolomi (Mrs), during an interactive meeting with the DPPC management, and publishers of The Pointer titles, said the agency’s main aim is to sensitise Nigerians on the government’s policies and get feedback. ‘’To reach as many people as possible, the agency makes use of different methods to disseminate information, especially to those at the grassroots like town…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has scaled up the direct beneficiaries of Delta COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (D-CARES) Programme from from 36,353 to 110,841. This depicts an increase of approximately 205 per cent on the initial figure of 36,353 beneficiaries. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this at a townhall meeting with beneficiaries of the (D-CARES) Programme held at the Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba, on Wednesday. He said he was happy to hear of the heartwarming and success stories of the beneficiaries and the positive impact of the activities of the D-CARES programme on their lives. He said:…
WARRI// In a significant political development, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Warri South-West Local Government Area has officially endorsed Chief Sylvester Oromoni as their candidate for the 2024 LGA Chairmanship elections. The announcement was made by Chief Favour O. Izoukumor, Chairman of the PDP Warri South-West chapter, at a strategic meeting which was held at the residence of the former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, Key stakeholders, including aspirants for the LGA party primaries, attended the meeting to finalize the decision. In his acceptance speech, Chief Oromoni expressed deep gratitude for the trust reposted on him.…
Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District, Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has said there is an urgent need for monarchs, government appointees and elected representatives to collaborate for development and growth of the South-South region. Senator Joel-Onowakpo stated this on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the 13th Extraordinary General Assembly of the South-South Monarchs Forum at the Unity Hall, Government House Asaba, Delta State, where he also represented the Senate President, Senator Godswill Ufot Akpabio. Senator Onowakpo, speaking for himself as a South South Senator, after the presentation of Senator Godswill Akpabio’s remarks as the Special Guest of Honour at the…
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Ufot Akpabio, has called on the traditional rulers from South South region of Nigeria to rise in unity and commit themselves to supporting the lofty plans of the present administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and work with him to ensure that hope is renewed for the people of the region. Senator Akpabio made the call in his special remarks at the opening ceremony of the 13th Extraordinary General Assembly of the South South Monarchs Forum holding in the capital city of Asaba, Delta State, saying that it was imperative for the monarchs to join…
By Austin Isikhuemen It is absolutely absurd to hear politicians and their hirelings mouth this pedestrian argument that only a homeboy deserves to be Edo State Governor in November 2024. By this what they are saying is that the very best candidate with demonstrated capacity, competence, track record, integrity and capability should not be voted for because his mother is Yoruba! They want someone, who, though is bereft of the required attributes, character and track record for such a high office, would do their bidding. A very crude, intellectual-bereft argument and a tribal-line thinking with possibilities of ethnic-based retaliatory consequences…