Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, Delta South Senatorial District, has dedicated his victory at the appeal court to God Almighty, promising to contribute his quota to the realisation of the “Renewed Hope” agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu administration. Senator Joel-Onowakpo, who broke silence days after the delivery of the appeal court judgment that finally sink the Senatorial ambition of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Hon. Michael Diden, in a statement signed by him, said his victory was for democracy, Nigerians and the people of his constituency in particular. He said that the victory has emboldened him to further consolidate on…
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By Dele Elempe The expectation on Rufai Oseni, Arise News TV Channel’s anchor by members of the rational public, not the usual friends is too high for him, as a matter of fact. Rufai is not a journalist as a matter of fact. He studied Animal Anatomy and Physiology from the University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, and also studied at the Lagos Business School. He is a very bright mind, no doubt. He has been a guess lecturer in prestigious institutes like Cambridge and Sussex Universities. He has led trainings for senior executives. He is a mentor and presided over…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Amb. Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), CFR, who arrived Ibadan Airport in company of eminent personalities today is expected to deliver a lecture on “National Security” in Nigeria at the University of Ibadan, UI tomorrow. He would be the Guest Speaker at the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Worldwide, 2023 2nd Stanza National Public Service Lecture. Lt. General Buratai, the immediate past Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Benin will be presenting paper on Public Service entitled, “the Imperatives for National Security in Nigeria” on Friday, 3rd…
The Ijaw National Congress ( INC), has threatened a reign of anarchy should lawmakers in Rivers State allowed themselves to be used to impeach the State Governor, His Excellency Similaye Fubara. The INC noted with dismay that the development in Rivers State was worrisome and capable of generating an unwarranted state of insecurity and instability that can throw the entire Niger Delta and the Nigerian economy into serious crisis and warned that enough was enough. The President, Ijaw National Congress, Prof Benjamin Ogele Okaba in a statement, made it clear that the Ijaws are not going to fold their hands…
Lawyers under Coalition of Nigerian Legal Practitioners, Monday, demanded sack of Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, Engr Mele Kyari, over scarcity and arbitrary hike in price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, across the country. Their demand was contained in a petition addressed to President Bola Tinubu, dated October 30,2023, with subject ‘PETITION AGAINST THE GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED (NNPCL), AND A CALL FOR HIS IMMEDIATE SACK’ and signed by Bernard Adesina, Peter Agbonghan, Igwe Chukwudi, and others. According to them, as concerned citizens they are calling on Tinubu to sack Kyari because of the…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Less than two days to the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Worldwide, 2023 2nd Stanza National Public Service Lecture, former Inspector General Of Police (IG-P and former Chairman, Police Service Commission, Sir (Dr) Mike Mbama Okiro (PhD), CFR, NPM, mni, has been unveiled as the Chairman of the occasion. The Chairman of the UIAA 2023 Lecture Series Organizing Committee, Engineer Prof. Sarah Akintola, disclosed this today in Ibadan, Oyo State, that the lecture will be a gathering of who-is-who in Nigeria. Akintola, a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Ibadan noted that the…
Nigerian Man Charged To Court For Sending “Good Morning Babe” To A Married Woman On WhatsApp The police command in Ogun has filed criminal charges against a man, Sikiru Jamiu, at the Ijebu Ode magisterial district for addressing a married woman, Opeyemi Adegbesan as “babe” in a WhatsApp chat. According to the case filed on October 20, Mr Jamiu, a resident of Ijebu Ode, committed the offence at 08:02 a.m. on September 19. Mr Jamiu is accused of conduct likely to cause a breach of peace in Mrs Opeyemi’s marriage to her husband, Akintunde Adegbesan. He risks one-month imprisonment under…
Today October 31 makes it exactly four years since Diokpa Christopher Odinigwe Osakwe departed this world in a dramatic way. How times change! Like every mortal, this truthful and disciplined soul now dwells beyond this earthly realm. Often referred to as a man of unimpeachable integrity and character; his philosophy of life – hard work, discipline, family values, brotherhood, love for community and above all, truth at all times were his guiding principles, regardless of whose ox was gored. Diokpa Christopher Odinigwe Osakwe, fondly called Odi was a patriarch of many parts. This extraordinary Diopka of Ogbe-Obi was well known…
Born in Igbogun, one of the mangrove villages that borders Ogun and Lagos Sate, young Salawa Abeni‘s life started out hard: as one of the several children in a polygamous family, hers took a sad turn that her other siblings – her mother was sickly and she was sent off to work as a housemaid in the closest big town to her village, Epe. Although her father did not particularly care about education, the ‘guardian’ saw to it that she at least got the basic primary education. But she had a gift that was spotted early by her minders: her…
ASABA: The Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) has raised the curtain on the much-anticipated 2023 DOPF 4th Lecture Series by selecting the distinguished Secretary of the Uvwie Council of Chiefs, Dr. Chief Samuel J. Eshenake (JP), as the Chairman. The event scheduled for Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at the prestigious Golden Tulip Hotel in Asaba, promises to be a transformative and enlightening experience for all attendees. The convention committee, led by Emmanuel Enebeli, Chairman and Shedrack Onitsha, Secretary, made this announcement in a press statement issued on Sunday, October 29, 2023, sparking considerable anticipation among participants and stakeholders alike. Dr.…