By Emmanuel Onwubiko When Senator Prince Ned Munir Nwoko entered the Nigerian Senate in June 2023, he came bearing more than a constituency mandate—he brought a vision. In less than two years, he has submitted over 30 bills, moved upwards of 20 motions, and delivered more than 50 community-based projects in Delta North alone. It’s a pace few Nigerian legislators manage even over multiple terms. What distinguishes Senator Nwoko is the coherence of his agenda: each bill, motion, and solar-powered streetlight contributes to a broader vision of a Nigeria rooted in unity, dignity, economic sovereignty, and justice. In a chamber…
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By Daniel Ayantoye The Nigerian Correctional Service has started investigation into the circumstances surrounding the movement of a robbery convict, Haruna Ayo, to a passport office in Lagos for processing of travel documents. Saturday PUNCH exclusively gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday, May 19, 2025, when warders from the Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Apapa, moved the inmate to the Nigeria Immigration Service passport office at FESTAC Town under suspicious circumstances. According to a credible source, Ayo was convicted for armed robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment, which was later reduced to 21 years on appeal and further reviewed…
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has ignited a wave of mental health conversations online after sharing a heartfelt message encouraging people to speak up and seek help rather than suffer in silence. In a post shared to her over 16 million Instagram followers, Akindele urged her fans and the wider public to break the silence surrounding emotional and psychological struggles, stating that “silence can be deadly, but words can save.” “Let them say you’re oversharing! Let them think you talk too much! But speak up!” she wrote. “Because when you’re alive, there’s solution. You are stronger…
by Alao Abiodun | Senior Reporter The United Kingdom aviation authorities have finally granted Air Peace the approval to fly directly to Heathrow Airport. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo confirmed the development on Saturday evening. There had been controversy over the refusal of the aviation authorities in the UK to grant Air Peace permit to fly to Heathrow. Since it commenced operations in March 2024 to the UK, the airline has been flying to Gatwick, another popular airport in the UK. Keyamo had threatened to restrict British Airways flights in Nigeria over the refusal of the aviation…
by Funke Egbemode Women, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid. One of the stupidest ones, or should I call it strangest, is women killing themselves because their men are mean, cheating, lying sons of Adam. Why should a woman die because she is in a bad relationship? Why will a woman commit suicide because her husband’s ‘dangling modifier’ knows no boundaries? Why should a wife who has stomached her husband’s indiscretions for years suddenly sum up her life and decide the only logical way to reward her…
BY AUSTIN OYIBODE Senator Ned Munir Nwoko and his wife, Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, have officially commenced legal proceedings against Timothy Gabriel, also known as “Tuma,” over what they describe as a sustained campaign of defamation and incitement. In a statement released on Saturday by the senator’s media directorate, the couple confirmed that both civil and criminal legal actions are now underway in response to what they called “vile, reckless, and malicious allegations” propagated by Gabriel. The media office accused Gabriel of deliberately spreading false claims under the guise of activism and online advocacy, particularly targeting Regina Daniels with defamatory…
By Obaro Irikefe Delta State stands at a crossroads, and the stakes could not be higher. The dream of real democracy of a government that listens, adapts, and delivers for its people,hangs in the balance. To understand how we got here, we have to look past the headlines and take a hard, honest look at those who claim to have the state’s best interests at heart. It wasn’t so long ago that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta was written off as a non-starter. In the wake of the 2015 governorship election, the party was little more than ink…
By Ese Obote-Ogwu The Delta State Chapter Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Mr. Godfrey Osakwe, fnipr, has emphasized the need for members to be more strategic in incorporating public relations principles into their daily engagements, as this would not only strengthen the profession’s relevance in society but also enhance its credibility and influence. He made the call during the Chapter’s monthly PR Clinic at the Professor Chike Edozien Secretariat in Asaba The meeting also reviewed the activities of the National Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the institute held in Uyo from May 19 to 24, 2025, and…
By Our Investigative Correspondent June 18, 2025 Fresh revelations have uncovered the depth of administrative decay at Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, where the institution is now engulfed in a scandal involving large-scale corruption and rampant certificate racketeering. Once revered as a beacon of academic excellence, the Polytechnic now finds itself under intense public scrutiny, with staff, students, parents, and civil society expressing outrage over the state of affairs. At the heart of the unfolding drama is a Ministerial Committee tasked with investigating the crisis—now itself accused of bias, nepotism, and a possible cover-up. Concerns Over Committee Composition Investigations by independent…
The management of Property World Africa Network PWAN Group, (a continental real estate conglomerate giant), has described as false and unfounded the continuous claim of encroachment by one Mr. Osemele Theophilus Marshal, a plot of land buyer in one of its property located at Max Height, Admiralty Drive, Umuedi, off Ibusa Expressway, Delta State. It has therefore urged members of the public to discountenance claim made by Mr. Osemele in a recent publication where he painted picture of company’s consent to the encroachment on his plot of land, stating that it was a calculated attempt to tarnish the reputation and…