Dear Noble Anioma People and Esteemed Stakeholders. I write to you today with a heart full of hope,determination and patriotism not only as your Senator but as a fellow Anioma person who shares our collective dreams and aspirations.The creation of Anioma State is not just a political goal; it is a deeply collective mission that I have been committed to for many years. The demand for Anioma creation is unarguably the oldest agitation in the history of Nigeria,started in the 1950s by the people of Aboh and Asaba divisions in the Western regional House of Assembly. It is a struggle…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has arrived Europe in his determination to engage the Edo Diaspora in continuation of his campaign ahead of the election. In Edo State, the Diaspora community plays a very significant role in influencing the pattern of voting back home. The engagement is scheduled to start on Monday, June 24 through June 29 and will see him holding crucial meetings with sons and daughters of Edo State in five major cities across Europe. The itinerary shows that he would be at…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has expressed his sympathy with the President and founder of LoveWorld Incorporated, popularly known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, over the fire incident that gutted the church’s headquarters in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday morning. In a statement by his media team on Sunday, Ighodalo was quoted saying that he was saddened by the destruction of the edifice but thankful to God that no life was lost. “I feel deeply saddened by the fire incident that destroyed the headquarters…
By Fred Edoreh In Ayi Kwei Armah’s “The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born”, we come across a bird called Chichidodo. The interesting thing about it is that it hates excrement so much but it’s best food is the maggot which grows best in excreta. Even when Chichidodo pollutes the air, it runs as if something else is pursuing it, forgetting that it cannot run away from itself. The contradiction of the Chichidodo best describes the latest outburst of former Deputy Senate President and failed candidate of the APC in the Delta State Governorship election, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege. Last week,…
Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, will be installed as the Distinguished Patron of the Association of Urhobo Sons and Daughters in Federal Civil Service of the federation, AUSDFCS, at the Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development in Abuja, on Saturday June 29. National President of the Association, Mrs Okolakpa Alimatu Voke, gave the hint when she and the Social Welfare Director, Mr Unuafe Onovughakpo Henry, paid a working visit to the Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, at the Bureau’s office in Asaba, the State Capital. She said the…
By Amazing Pen I’m Natasha, the CEO of Sunnyville Enterprises, a successful businesswoman with a warm and jovial personality. At 38, I’ve achieved professional success, but my personal life is a different story. My chubby physique and advancing age have led to rejection and disappointment in my quest for love and marriage. As I approach 40, the pressure to settle down and start a family weighs heavily on my mind. One afternoon, during my lunch break, I stepped out to grab a bite at a nearby café. As I savored my meal, my former employee, Rachel, who I had fired…
Amid economic hardship, a Nigerian man, Vincent Odiri Lucky, today married two women same day in Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. Similarly, another young Nigerian man, Mallam Umar Faruk Muhammed is preparing to marry two women, Sadiya Salihu and Safinat Shuaibu, simultaneously in a rare ceremony set to take place in Kogi State. The wedding fatiha is slated to occur at the respective family compounds of the brides. In what will come across as a really exciting affair for them, the Nigerian men, Vincent Oviri Lucky from Delta State and Mallam Umar Faruk Muhammed from…
The National Identity Management Commission (“NIMC” or the “Commission”) wishes to debunk the exposure of sensitive data of Nigerian citizens as it concerns the Commission amongst many other data-collecting agencies, as alleged and reported. The Commission, at this moment, assures the public that the data of Nigerians has not been compromised, and the Commission have not authorised any website or entity to sell or misuse the National Identification Number (NIN) amongst all the identities stated in the report. The following websites: idfinder.com.ng; Verify. Ng/sign in, championtech.com.ng, trustyonline.com, and anyverify.com are data harvesters not authorised by NIMC to access or manage…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has asked the electorates to properly interrogate the leaders they intend to elect. He said that the quality of leadership of any state or organization, will determine whether it will progress or not. The governorship hopeful made these assertions in a symposium with the theme: “Leadership Recruitment, Process In Nigeria; Edo State Imperative”, organized by the National Association of Edo State Indigenes in Abuja on Friday. Ighodalo whose paper was presented by Mr Tony Okonigene, noted that the concept of…
The Bill of Ned Nwoko to the Senate propositioning the creation of Anioma State out of Delta did not come to some of us as a surprise. It is a latent idea domiciled in the mind of Anioma leaders and maybe a segment of Ohaneze – dating back to generations. We know they are duplicitous and double faced – but why it took Anioma this long to come out of the closet, is the question in the mind of other groups subsumed in the Delta confederation! I went through its contents with rapt interest – it asked that on creation,…