The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed four personnel and demoted 14 officials for various act of indiscipline. A statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the Service, Tony Akuneme said this was part of efforts to rid the Service of bad…
-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Daniel Chris Obioma is physically challenged, an amputee. He hails from Ika North East. He enrolled, trained and got established in the 2016/2017 STEP cycle in ICT Services. He has an OND in Office Technology and is the CEO of OC Delta Printing Press,…
The Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri, the Borno Capital has instructed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the name Hon Mohammed Umara Kumalia as the Borno- Central Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming election….
-From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo says Nigeria needs leaders who “firmly believe” in the country. He spoke on Friday when Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), paid a courtesy visit to…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted over 37.5 kilogrammes of illicit substances at airport and seaport in Lagos in the last one week. The anti-narcotics agency also arrested 11 suspects in interdiction operations across the country during…
-From SUNNY A. DAVID: Some yet-to-be-identified persons have burnt down the Umuchu Police Station, along the Umuchu-Achina road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Sources said the hoodlums stormed the place at about 3am on Sunday and set the facility…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS) have been awarded N1 billion from Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative for Africa (ASR Africa) Security Sector Support Grant, in recognition of the their many successes. A statement on statement on Friday…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated Nigerians on the dawning of the New year, 2023, urging them to further unite, brace up and forge a formidable front in the determination to rescue Nigeria from oppressive forces. In a…
-From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, is selling between N330 and N390 per litre in Onitsha, Nnewi, Awka and other parts of Anambra State. The situation was like that at all the filling stations visited by…
-By Laura Ese Oghene: Ifeanyi Charles is the CEO of Lifestone Interior & Exterior Works and a beneficiary of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP.) He enrolled into the 2018/2019 cycle in which he was re-trained and established in Tiling & Interlocking as a BrownSTEPreneur. He hails from Ika South Local Government Area. He has a B.Sc. in Educational…
On the New Year’s eve, Chinese President XI Jinping, at his 2023 New Year Address, extended greetings to all nationals as well as friends and people in the world, while claiming that, since COVID-19 struck, China has prevailed over unprecedented difficulties and…
-From SUNNY A. DAVID: The traditional ruler of Obosi Community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chidubem Iweka III on Thursday stated that himself, his cabinet members and other law abiding citizens of Obosi Ancient Kingdom know the…
-From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said he the four Frontline Presidential candidates in the February 25 general elections are his allies and therefore he will not campaign for or against any of them….
-BY SUNNY A. DAVID: A man, suspected to be a holiday maker, who returned home for the Christmas celebration has been killed in Anambra State. The man was found dumped dead in his red Toyota Camry car, at Nawfija Community, along Umunze…
-By Gertrude Onyekachukeu-Uteh: Stephen Dumebi Mozea hails from Oshimili North LGA. He is the CEO of Dusom Integrated Farm, DARDA at Ibusa. He has a B.Sc. He enrolled into YAGEP in the 2015/2016 cycle wherein he was trained and established in Poultry. In spite…
4TH JANUARY, 2023 This notice is for the information of Deltans, particularly our teeming supporters. Please take Notice of the postponement of the WARRI NORTH LOCAL AREA campaign rally as contained in our earlier published itinerary, this is due to the scheduled…
-By Austen Akhagbeme: Everybody seems to know General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian military Head of state and civilian president, but not everyone loves him. And this is a fact of life and the scripture. OBJ, as he’s fondly called it, means…
As part of routine exercise aimed at ensuring operational efficiency and effective service delivery, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has approved the appointment and redeployment of new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs), Commandants of Tri-Service…
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has alleged of the existence of sinister and coordinated effort to frustrate the reconciliatory moves between him and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as being championed by notable stakeholders within…
–By Isa Gusau: Our boss, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, my family and closest friends wouldn’t like what I am about to publicly reveal. I deeply apologise. Last week, I had a surgery at Max Multi Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India. The…
-BY MICHAEL J. EKOKORUWE: HRM Anthony Williams Ovrawah Omogha 1, The Odiologbo of Oleh kingdom, has urged the people of Oleh kingdom to collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), and vote wisely for candidates contesting the 2023 general elections in the area….
The Udu of ISOKO nation and MD/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh JP, has expressed great thanks to the Almighty God and congratulated all Nigerians, Deltans and indigenes of the mandate area of DESOPADEC, for…
BY MICHAEL J. EKOKORUWE HRM Isaiah Isike, Edekere 1, the Odiologbo of Olomoro kingdom, has urged the people of Olomoro community to collect their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC), shun violence and vote peacefully during the 2023 general elections. The monarch made the…
-From SUNNY A. DAVID: The embattled Caretaker Committee chairman of Onitsha Bridgehead market, Anambra State, Hon. Chinedu Ezekweike Akweke, has allegedly been suspended by 11 out of 13- man Committee and subsequent replaced on acting capacity by Hon. Pascal Chinedu Ezekwere. In…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 105 parcels of cocaine concealed in candies by a Brazil returnee, Agbasi Prosper at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspect, according to the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi…
