Month: September 2023

Gov Oborevwori To Present Staff Of Office To Owhorode Of Olomu Kingdom Sept 20

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  The Olomu Kingdom Traditional Council has announced Wednesday 20th September, 2023, as the date for the official presentation of staff of office to the newly crowned Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom, HRM Macaulay Popo Ovbagbedia, JP, Uhurhie Osadjere II, Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom. The announcement was contained in a statement signed on behalf of the Council by Olorogun Moses. 0ghenerume Taiga JP, CON, Chairman Planning Committee, Olorogun John. U. Oguma JP, Udu of Olomu Kingdom, Deputy Chairman, Planning Committee, and Olorogun Albert Akpomudje, SAN, Otota of Olomu Kingdom, Vice Chairman…

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Diri’s Fresh Plot To Destabilize Opu-Nembe Will Fail- Sylva

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Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, has alerted security agencies and members of the public of a fresh plot by the state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, to stoke fresh crisis in Opu-Nembe ahead of the November 11 governorship election. Sylva in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Julius Bokoru, said, “Diri had been the hand behind Opu-Nembe bloody crisis in the past two years.”According to Sylva, “The governor Diri had shown nothing but absolute disdain to the people of…

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Tinubu Appoints Yemi Cardoso CBN Governor

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for a term of five (5) years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, “This directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which vests in the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The…

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Bad Road: Ilorin Community Protests Against Kwara Govt Over Negligence, Insincerity

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The People of the Egbejila Airport area, in Ilorin this morning trooped out in large numbers to decry the deplorable state of their roads, gross negligence, and insincerity of the Kwara state government regarding the wellbeing of inhabitants of the area. The protests moved by the insensitivity of the present APC government led the administration to their travails converged and Mounted a roadblock on the Egbejila Airport road to express their grievances. The protesters brandishing placards of various anti-government inscriptions praised the past government under Abdulfatai Ahmed (Maigida) for constructing…

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NBA Sues Uvwie Council Chairman For Unlawfully Setting Up Traffic And Environmental Taskforce

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  THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Warri Branch has sued Hon. Ramson Onoyake, Chairman of Uvwie Local Government before the Effurun High Court of Delta State to declare the him not fit and proper person to hold public office in Nigeria. The suit with number EHC/139/2023 had Chief Oghenero Okoro, Warri Branch Chairman as the 1st Claimant, Sylvester Ediagbonuvie, Warri Branch Secretary, 2nd Claimant, Suing for themselves and on behalf of the members of the NBA Warri Branch with Onoyake and Uvwie Local Government as 1st and 2nd defendants respectively.…

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We Need Synergy To Develop Our Communities – Ewenede

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  THE President General of Oviri-Olomu Federated Communities, in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state, Olorogun John Ewenede, has called on all sons and daughters of the community to channel their energy towards the growth and development of the Oviri-Olomu. Ewenede made this statement during the maiden General Conference held at the community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. According to him, “Challenges in every administration act as catalyst for one to pick up again and re-plan, hence i am calling on all sons and…

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News Features: A Conversation With Two Millennials

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By Sunny Awhefeada   A recurring experience of a columnist is the practice of readers doing rejoinders, verbal or written, to his/her views. Not every reader will agree or feel good about a piece of writing. That is why readers come with either kudos or knocks and a columnist should be large hearted enough to receive both in whatever measure. A great deal of the responses are conditioned by sentiments defined by ethnic, religious, political, age, class and other factors that the writer probably didn’t consider as something that will…

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Herdsmen Attack: Delta Community Women Protest Incessant Rape, Call For Help

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  Hundreds of women from Ekakpamre community in Ughelli South local Government Area of Delta state, have called on the federal and state governments to rescue them from the gag of raping and incessant attack on them by Fulani herdsmen. The protesters mostly aged women were displaying fresh leaves and placards with inscriptions such as, ‘We do want Cow in our bush, ‘They Graze on our land, ‘We are being raped and chased from our farms’ accused security agencies of supporting the herdsmen against them. Speaking to newsmen, Mrs Loveth…

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Delta Awards N78bn Contract For Flyovers To Warri, Effurun To Julius Berger

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Delta State Government has approved the award of contracts worth N78 billion to Julius Berger Nigeria Limited for the construction of three flyover bridges and road expansion in the Warri/Effurun metropolis. This was part of decisions reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Tuesday in Asaba. Briefing journalists at the end of the Exco meeting, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Engr Fred Edafiogho said approval of the contracts were aimed at solving the gridlock often experienced in the twin cities. He said…

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PRESS RELEASE: HON. FRANCIS EJIROGHENE WAIVE SHALL BE VICTORIOUS AT THE COURT OF APPEAL

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  The leadership of Me and You for Agege, a political pressure group of the All Progressives’ Congress, APC has appealed to the good people of Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Local Government Areas of Delta State to remain calm as the mandate freely given to Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive at the poll would be secured through the Court of Appeal. This appeal was made after the judgement of the tribunal court at Asaba declared Hon. Solomon Ahwinawhi winner of the election on the ground that the educational credentials…

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