ASABA/ THE Federal High Court sitting in Asaba today granted the motions and prayers filed by Mrs Oghenetejiri Nwafili, wife of unlawful detained Delta Politician and Estate Agent, Mr. Ben Chukwudumebi Nwafili, against the Delta State Commissioner of Police for continuously detaining him illegally since July 23, 2023, when he was reportedly arrested at Okpanam, near Asaba by officers of the Anti-Kidnap Squad, a Unit of the Nigeria Police Force serving at the Delta Police Command. This newspaper gathered that Ben Nwafili, who was a House of Assembly Candidate for Ndokwa East State Constituency in 2019 General Elections, was picked…
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Zamfara State Coordinator of the Campaign Council of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima during the 2023 general Ji elections, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has said that the non-interference of the president in the judgment of the Supreme Court on governorship tussles has saved the country’s democracy and rekindled hope in the judiciary. The Supreme Court had on Friday affirmed the elections of eight governors including Abba Kabir Yusuf (Kano), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi State), Alex Otti (Abia) and Bassey Otu (Cross). Senator Marafa, in a statement…
The Captain of the ill-fated ocean-going Vessel, MT Kali impounded over crude oil theft in Bayelsa State, on Thursday David Adeboye, has disclosed that 119 tonnes of crude oil have been siphoned into the vessel before they ran out of luck. He revealed that 119 tonnes of crude oil have been siphoned into one of the manifolds of the vessel, MT Kali before they were nabbed by the security team. Adeboye and the engineer attached to the vessel, Promise Eze, were paraded before newsmen, on Sunday. Our Correspondent reports that selected journalists were at Oporoza, Headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri…
Recall that Nollywood Actress Caroline Danjuma and her ex-husband Musa Danjuma dissolved their nine-year-old marriage in 2016. However, in an interview with media personality, Innih Emah, Caroline said she would love to return to her ex-husband. According to her, she wouldn’t have left her marriage if she had the experience she has now. She said, “They were just some irreconcilable differences that if I was of this age and the experience I have now, I think I would have handled it better. “He [Musa] would always be the love of my life. He is the father of my three children.…
The Asagba of Asaba , Professor Chike Edozien has harped on the need for all to work towards the effective development of the City. The Asagba made the call during the official groundbreaking of Asagba of Asaba Vocational Training centre located at the back of the Federal College Technical Asaba. The Asagba while delivering his address said he was elated to see his dream of having a vocational training centre coming to reality. The revered monarch who was represented by the Odogwu of Asaba, Obi Nwanze Oduah said the building of the vocational training centre and adjoining luxury…
By Patricia Gbemudu The Director General (DG) of the Delta State Contributory Health Commission, Olorogun Dr. Isaac Akpoveta, has called on private medical practitioners in the state to collaborate with the commission to increase the enrolment of Deltans into the state health insurance scheme. Olorogun Akpoveta stated this when he received on a courtesy visit, members of the Association of Nigeria Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) in his office in Asaba. The DG said the commission was working on enrolling 80 percent of the population of the state into the scheme in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the…
Former Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi has claimed former Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh was one of the worst coaches he worked with during his career. Oliseh was appointed as Nigeria’s national team boss in 2016. However, he was sacked just months into his stay. His time in charge was filled with controversy, as he clashed with the number one goalkeeper at the time, Vincent Enyeama, who eventually retired abruptly. Mikel Obi, speaking on his ObiOne podcast, recounted how Oliseh caused upheaval in the Eagles’ camp on his first day. He said: “I remember the first day he came…
By Bulou Kosin US-based Mr. Ebikeme Amafini recently dashed into Nigeria, and arrived just before nightfall, at the graveside of his late mother Mrs Toke-ere Amafini at Tebegbe Town in Burutu LGA of Delta State. Ebikeme hurriedly exchanged pleasantries with villagers, way to the graveside he quickly lit up with candles. He paced round the graveside, chanting words of appreciation. The gathering onlookers discerned from his words that it was another anniversary of the death of his dear Mother, Toke-ere Amafini, who rose to the rank of Apostolic Mother in the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. Beginning the unannounced and simple…
*HOW THEY ALMOST KILLED MY DAUGHTER AT FMC ASABA, UNDER NHIS SCHEME* Staff not on seat, epileptic power and network system and wrong drug prescription, almost cost her her life at the federal establishment in Asaba. But let me start the story from the beginning. It was a few days after the New Year celebration (Jan. 5), when my daughter developed fever. Thinking it was one of those minor issues we studied her for some time before I and my wife decided to take her to the Federal Medical Center Asaba, haven braced up to face the usual stress of…
The Secretary, Maris Trust Council, MTC, organisers of the annual Maris Public Service Lecture Series, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, has said that there was no plan to postpone year 2024 edition of the annual public service lecture. Egugbo, in a statement issued on Friday morning in Asaba, Delta State, disclosed that the lecture would hold on its traditional date of Wednesday of the Holy Week, that is, the Wednesday before Easter Sunday and for this year’s edition, it shall hold on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Though, he did not state where this year’s edition will take place, Egugbo stated that the…