Unknown Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen At Checkpoint In Anambra

Unknown Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen At Checkpoint In Anambra

-From SUNNY A. DAVID: It has been confirmed three policemen were killed on Thursday when unknown gunmen attacked a Police checkpoint at Umunze, in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident, which occured around 12 noon was said…

Corruption: Panic As ICPC May Storm Anambra Ministries, Others

Corruption: Panic As ICPC May Storm Anambra Ministries, Others

From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it is ready to conduct systems study on ministries, agencies and parastatals in Anambra State, if invited by the State government. The Resident Anti Corruption…

INEC to Prosecute 774 Election Offenders, Enters Working Arrangements with NBA

INEC to Prosecute 774 Election Offenders, Enters Working Arrangements with NBA

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that he has a list of 774 persons arrested during the 2023 General Elections for various electoral offences, stating that an arrangement has been concluded with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for their prosecution….

New diplomats promise not to let Nigeria down

New diplomats promise not to let Nigeria down

Newly commissioned Ambassadors-in-Situ have pledged not to let the federal government down in the discharge of their statutory duties in Nigeria or while on foreign mission, outside the shores of the country. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Zubairu Dada…

Ekweremadu: Dabiri-Erewa Pleads with UK Government for Leniency

Ekweremadu: Dabiri-Erewa Pleads with UK Government for Leniency

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has joined others in pleading with the UK government to show leniency with former Nigeria Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu awaiting the verdict of the court on organ harvesting. In a statement on…

EU Emphasizes Importance of Media to Democracy

EU Emphasizes Importance of Media to Democracy

The European Union (EU) has emphasized the importance of free, independent and pluralistic media to resilient and healthy democracies, even as it lamented that press freedom is at stake in most parts of the world today. The EU in a statement on…

Sudan: Igbos were among the first evacuees, FG Insists

Sudan: Igbos were among the first evacuees, FG Insists

The Federal Government has clarified that Igbos were among the first set of Nigerians that were evacuated crisis ridden Sudan. The Nigerian government especially theChairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa was called out by a stranded Nigerian in Sudan…

Shutdown Benue ethanol company put up structure to arrest pollution

Shutdown Benue ethanol company put up structure to arrest pollution

Shutdown Benue ethanol company put up structure to arrest pollution Shut ethanol- producing company, Pure Biotech Company Limited has put up a state of the art facility to control its emission of pollutant into River Benue. The National Environmental Standards and Regulations…

Buhari administration helping to improve living standard of many Nigerians -Umana Okon Umana

Buhari administration helping to improve living standard of many Nigerians -Umana Okon Umana

-From Harrison Akamule: Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Umana Okon Umana, has said that the Buhari administration is helping to improve the living standard of many Nigerians by providing them with vocational training in a wide range of marketable skills that…

May Day Celebration: Keep The Flag Flying, Oborevwori Tells Nigerian Workers

May Day Celebration: Keep The Flag Flying, Oborevwori Tells Nigerian Workers

Delta State Governor-Elect and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has commended workers in the country for their “immense and invaluable contributions to the socio-economic development of the country.” In a Press Statement to mark this year’s…

How STEP took me out of poverty- Airenogbuan

How STEP took me out of poverty- Airenogbuan

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Augustina Airenogbuan hails from Oshimili North Local Government Area. She was one of the pioneerpersons with disabilities (PWDs) who benefitted from the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) in the 2016/2017 cycle.  She was trained and established in Hairdressing, Braiding and Makeover. She is the CEO of AugustinaHairdressing and Makeover. In…

Shutdown Benue ethanol company appeals for reopening

Shutdown Benue ethanol company appeals for reopening

Shut ethanol- producing company, Pure Biotech Company Limited has appealed to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to reopen its premise for operation after it installed a state-of-the-art Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), to prevent the reoccurrence of wastewater contamination,…

Why We Supported Oborevwori For Delta Governor – Obidients Group

Why We Supported Oborevwori For Delta Governor – Obidients Group

A group of the Obidients Movement in Delta State has revealed that they abandoned the Labour Party candidate to vote for Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori of the PDP in the Delta State Governorship election because they were convinced he would prioritise good…

2023 INT’L WORKERS DAY: BAYOKO SALUTE DELTA WORKERS, SAYS THEY’RE INDISPENSABLE ASSETS IN NATION BUILDING

2023 INT’L WORKERS DAY: BAYOKO SALUTE DELTA WORKERS, SAYS THEY’RE INDISPENSABLE ASSETS IN NATION BUILDING

-By Aruoriwo Ivovi: As Nigeria joins the global community in celebrating the 2023 International Workers’ Day, the Delta State Head of Service, Mr. Reginald Bayoko has commended civil servants in the state for their hard work, dedication, loyalty and patriotism towards the growth and development of Delta State….

There is no reason for Tinubu to be afraid because… White Witches, Wizards Speak Out

There is no reason for Tinubu to be afraid because… White Witches, Wizards Speak Out

White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria, has warned aggrieved politicians not to scuttle the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on May 29 at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The group boasted that Tinubu will be provided with no fewer…

St. Paul Catholic Church (Okoloba Parish) agog as the Akpobokaemis’ host LITURGICAL MUSIC SEMINAR for choristers in parishes of Bomadi Diocese

St. Paul Catholic Church (Okoloba Parish) agog as the Akpobokaemis’ host LITURGICAL MUSIC SEMINAR for choristers in parishes of Bomadi Diocese

Worshippers of St. Paul Catholic Church (Okoloba Parish) in Bomadi Diocese, Delta State agog as the Akpobokaemis’ hosted three Days LITURGICAL MUSIC SEMINARS for choristers in the various parishes of Bomadi Diocese.  The Seminar, which is the first of its kind in…

AI Integration in Nigeria’s Financial Services Receives A Boost

AI Integration in Nigeria’s Financial Services Receives A Boost

3line Limited, one of the trailblazers and creators of secure payments platforms in Nigeria has organized a hackathon to explore the untapped opportunities for AI integration in the payment space. The event, called Hack-It Challenge at Covenant University, is aimed to bring…

STEP Made Me Self-Employed, Says Olu

STEP Made Me Self-Employed, Says Olu

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Eric Olu hails from Ika North East Local Government Area. He enrolled into the 2018/2019 cycle of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) as a Brown STEPreneur. Re-trained and established in Electrical Installation and Maintenance, he is now the CEO of Eric & Co General Electrical…

NDLEA Warns Skit Makers to Show Restraint, Responsibility, Decorum in Use of Paraphernalia of Law Enforcement Agencies

NDLEA Warns Skit Makers to Show Restraint, Responsibility, Decorum in Use of Paraphernalia of Law Enforcement Agencies

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has advised skit producers to show restraint, responsibility and decorum in the use of paraphernalia of law enforcement officers to avoid misconceptions and insinuations. The advice came on the heels of a trending video where…

Saudi-Arabia bound widower, divorcee on Lesser Hajj arrested at Lagos airport with 14.4kg cocaine

Saudi-Arabia bound widower, divorcee on Lesser Hajj arrested at Lagos airport with 14.4kg cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos a widower, Ariyibi Olaseinde and a divorcee, Silifat Akanbi with 14.4 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics while attempting to take…

Future is bleak under APC’s Tinubu as president, says Funkekeme Solomon *Says Oborevwori is coming equipped with requisite skills in governance

Future is bleak under APC’s Tinubu as president, says Funkekeme Solomon *Says Oborevwori is coming equipped with requisite skills in governance

Nigerians have been asked to brace up for a bleak future as the coming of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, president-elect, will not change the fortunes of the people. Rather the lies, nepotism and deceit that characterized outing going President Muhammadu Buhari will continue.Funkekeme…

Delta gets Special Economic Zone license 

Delta gets Special Economic Zone license 

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Wednesday affirmed that the state was ready to partner investors in its vast oil and gas deposits as the country grappled with economic turnaround.  The governor made this known while receiving Delta Special Economic Zone license…

STEP is well thought-out to benefit unemployed youths – Ojuwa

STEP is well thought-out to benefit unemployed youths – Ojuwa

Authentic Ojuwa is a beneficiary of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) in the pioneer 2015/2016 cycle. He was trained and established in Computer Maintenance and Hardware Repairs.  He is a graduate and hails from Ukwuani Local Government Area.  He shares his testimony after seven years as an entrepreneur. “It has…

NESREA Seals Off Ethanol Plant for Discharging Pollutants into Water System

NESREA Seals Off Ethanol Plant for Discharging Pollutants into Water System

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA and the Nigeria Police Force have sealed off Pure Bio-Tech Company Limited for contravening environmental law by discharging pollutants into public water system. A statement on Tuesday by the spokesperson of NESREA, Amaka…

Heavy rainstorm kills 6, injure others in Delta metropolis 

Heavy rainstorm kills 6, injure others in Delta metropolis 

-From Editor’s Desk Six persons are said to have lost their lives to rainstorm and windstorm recorded in Oko Community in Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state.  The incident was disclosed by Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu…

DAO Foundation Day At Onicha-Olona: Caring Exploits of Dr. (Mrs) Doris Amaka Ochei

DAO Foundation Day At Onicha-Olona: Caring Exploits of Dr. (Mrs) Doris Amaka Ochei

The road leading to the market was decayed, in ruin and wrecked. The market, the Onicha Olona market was originally built by the Aniocha North Local Government of Delta State in 2003. But the people for whom it was supposed to bring…

Pregnant Woman, Crippled Arrested for Drug Offenses

Pregnant Woman, Crippled Arrested for Drug Offenses

A 24-year old pregnant woman, Rabetu Abdulrasak, and a crippled, Shehu Adams were among the people arrested for various drug related offenses by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the course of last week. A statement on Sunday…

Delta Guber Race : Jaddapel Boss, hails Oborevwori’s Victory

Delta Guber Race : Jaddapel Boss, hails Oborevwori’s Victory

***Enjoins Deltans To Help Incoming Governor To Succeed Group Chairman of Jeddapel Construction and Engineering Limited, Augustus B. El-Bethel, has congratulated the Delta State Governor-Elect, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori on his landslide victory at the just concluded Governorship Election in in the…

About Maris Annual Public Service Lecture Series

About Maris Annual Public Service Lecture Series

The story of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture series is that of strong belief in God and the surrendering of oneself to the will of God. It was instituted to tackle societal challenges and to enlighten the public on sundry relevant issues….

Of competence and Olaiya’s inclusion in Tinubu’s cabinet

Of competence and Olaiya’s inclusion in Tinubu’s cabinet

-By Kemi Daniels: Professor Abideen Olaitan Olaiya is a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) that secured the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President -elect of Nigeria. His political trajectory dated back to the mid 90s. He contested…

NIGERIA: ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR BITTER DEMOCRACY

NIGERIA: ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR BITTER DEMOCRACY

-By Austen Akhagbeme: That the recently concluded General elections in Nigeria left a sour taste in our mouths as regards the processes of preparation, execution and outcomes are no longer in doubt. This has thrown up, for the umpteenth time, the recurrent…

All Hail Doris Amaka Ochei As DAO Foundation Revives 20-Year-Old Abandoned Onicha-Olona  Market

All Hail Doris Amaka Ochei As DAO Foundation Revives 20-Year-Old Abandoned Onicha-Olona  Market

 … Market Begins Daily Trading Activities Tuesday, April 11, 2023 The Doris Amaka Ochei Foundation (DAO Foundation) Monday achieved a milestone when it brought back to use the market at Onicha-Olona that was built 20 years ago by the Aniocha North Local…

I Provide for My Family through YAGEP – Ugwu

I Provide for My Family through YAGEP – Ugwu

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and IfeanyiOmenogor: Ifeanyi Joel Ugwu is the CEO of Ifenoz Royal Ventures. He hails from Aniocha South LGA; he enrolled into the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) inthe 2021/2022 cycle in which he was retrained and supported as an existing poultry farmer. He is an SSCEholder. He shares his testimony. “YAGEP has impacted on me positively and has givenme financial…

Delta Guber Race: Oborevwori won election properly, Says Ogboru

Delta Guber Race: Oborevwori won election properly, Says Ogboru

The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) , in Delta State, in the just concluded 2023 general elections, Chief Great Ogboru, Monday, offered reasons why he congratulated Rt. Hon Sherrif Oborevwori, saying he was convinced that the candidate of…