The Emir of Kano was playing to a feudal gallery. Aminu Ado Bayero was not speaking to the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, when he asked her to tell her husband, the president, that hunger is in the land. The monarch was in a mood of vanity. He exhibited himself to the Kano street as their advocate. A few days later, the EFCC unveiled a crooked plot under his watch. About 10 warehouses advocating hunger in Kano became news. They were hoarding food. The paradox is inescapable. So, too, the hypocrisy. I would love to hear the emir say a…
Author: Spade Nigeria
By Emeka Esogbue The Committee for the burial of HRM Obi Martha Dunkwu, the Omu of Anioma has been announced the date for the celebration of rites of passage of the late Omu. The Committee, in a press statement released to the general public on Monday in Okpanam, Delta State, signed by the Committee Chairman, Hon Barr Bridget Anyafulu, and Dr. Afamefuna Dunkwu-Okafor, Chief Mourner/ Co-Chairman, noted that the rites of passage of the late Anioma Queen Mother would hold from 24th to 27th April 2024. The release read in part, “The burial committee of HRM, Obi Martha Dunkwu, wishes…
THE INVASION OF MY COUNTRY HOME IN KIAGBODO, DELTA STATE BY THE NIGERIAN ARMY ON SATURDAY, 23RD MARCH, 2024 – A CAUSE FOR CONCERN By Chief (Dr.) E. K. Clark, OFR, CON At about 6pm on Saturday, 23rd March, 2024, I got a telephone call from someone who identified himself as the commanding officer Nigerian Army, Division in Port Harcourt. He said that a tracker of the Nigerian Army, had tracked one Mr. Vote, the community chairman of Okuoma Community, whom the Army was looking for in respect of the killings of the 17 men of the Nigerian Army, to…
The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori will on Wednesday, attend the Year 2024 edition of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture as Special Guest of Honour. This year’s edition of the lecture will be the first to hold since the governor assumed duty on May 29, 2023. Making the disclosure on Tuesday in Asaba, the Secretary of Maris Trust Council, MTC, organisers of the annual event that holds every Wednesday of the Holy Week, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, disclosed that by the grace of God, the Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba is set to host the event which is…
A Kaduna based group, the Arewa Intelligentia Caucus has commended Chief (Dr.) Government Ekpemupolo, (alias Tompolo) for stabilizing crude oil production, raising it from 600,000 barrels per day to near 1.7 million barrels, describing the development as patriotism at work and a standing up for the fatherland with a call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to confer a National Honour on him in acknowledgement of his roles in nation building and development. In a Statement made available to newsmen entitled “WHO IS AFRAID OF TOMPOLO IN THE NIGER DELTA AND WANTS HIM EASED OUT?”, the Arewa Intelligentia Caucus, a…
The 2003/2004 National Executive Council of the National Union of Izon-Ebe Students Worldwide (NUIS) has congratulated Chief Dennis Otuaro (Phd), the Ibe-Oyadonwei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area on his well deserved appointment as the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme saying he has the capacity, capability, tenacity and courage to carry out the mandate of the programme in line with the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A statement issued by the 2003/2004 NUIS executive in Warri, Delta State signed by the hitherto Vice President, Enemoh Kakandar-Adebisi and Secretary General, Hon. Ken Oyakemeagbegha said…
Hon. ( Prince) Godwin.E. Ejinyere is the Director General of the Warri, Uvwie And Environs Special Area Development Agency ( WUEDA). Our Crew of Dennis Otu, Daniel Bayagbon and Christopher Odamah, from the Office of The Governor (New Media), set out early from Asaba on Thursday, March 21, 2024, to have 11:00am interview appointment with him in his office at the Bendel Estate, Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. He speaks on what he has been doing at WUEDA since his appointment, maintaining that no effort will be spared to give the twin City (Effurun and Warri) a…
By Bridget Agetu The Delta State Police Community Relations Committee PCRC has elected and sworn in newly elected chairman, Comrade Oliver Eyefia and its executive officers to pilot the affairs of the committee for the next four years. The National Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Mogaji admonished the newly sworn state executives to see their position as a call to duty to better their various communities, state, country and the police force. Alhaji Mogaji enjoined the chairman to be visionary and protect the interest of all PCRC members through effective and diligent service. The National Chairman of the PCRC South South Zone,…
Ahead of the forthcoming Local Government Elections in Delta State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmanship’s hopeful for Uvwie Council Area, Hon. Chief Napoleon Newyear-Iffie, has pledged to condosolidate on the developmental strides of Governor Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori when elected. He stated this while briefing the Press in Effurun after a political engagement and consultations with Youths and professional bodies in the Council area today. Hon. Napoleon expressed gratitude for the warm reception and engaging discussions he experienced during his visits, stating, “I am deeply humbled by the warm reception and engaging discussions during my recent visits to various…
The man Onoriode Joshua Oborevwori was born in Effurun in Uvwie local government area of Delta State. Onos as he is popularly known to friends and associates, is a man of integrity, a community leader, a philanthropist, a footballer, a hotelier, a mass mobilizer, a Rotarian and a lover of sports in general. SFC, a prestigious, family oriented All Star Football club based in Warri, Delta state, to which Onoriode Joshua Oborevwori belongs as a bonafide member, wholeheartedly endorse his candidacy for the position of Chairman, Delta State Sports Commission. We support him because he is a perfect fit for…