Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has called on all Deltans to be committed to making the state the investment destination of the world. Oborevwori made the call on Monday in an address read on his behalf by his deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme, at the second coronation anniversary celebration of the Olu of Warri Kingdom, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III at the Olu Palace, Warri, Delta State. He said, “It gives me great pleasure, indeed, a great honour to be here to celebrate a King who is a great image maker, a great marketer of Warri Kingdom nay Delta…
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The trio of Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Peter Obi have begun to discuss the possibility of a merger, with the ultimate goal of setting up a formidable party that can more effectively challenge the APC. The meeting of these three political leaders, which had been going on for a while, it was gathered, started with the one between Atiku, the presidential candidate of PDP and Kwankwaso. After the first leg of the meetings was adjudged successful, another one between Obi, the presidential candidate of LP and face of the OBIdient Movement, and other critical elements in PDP started to…
Security operatives have arrested a legal practitioner, Barrister Femi Oniyide, in connection with the publication of a malicious story against the Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG), Mr Tokunbo Talabi. Oniyide was arrested on Friday at Alagbado, Ogun State, based on a petition written against him by solicitors to the SSG, alleging “Criminal Threat To Life, Malicious Falsehood, Criminal Defamation And Misuse Of Police Connection.” Security operatives have been on his trail for a while but he had been evading arrest. He is presently in the custody of the Force CID Alagbon, Lagos. The publisher of Metro Online, an…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR, on the second anniversary of his coronation. Oborevwori in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, praised the revered traditional ruler for keeping Warri Kingdom peaceful and inviting for investment since ascending the ancient throne. He remarked that since his ascension to the throne, the king had also played a key role in various economic endeavours to revive trade and commerce in the kingdom. The Governor described Atuwatse III as “a man of peace and a…
Over two weeks after all parties made their final arguments in the petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigerians have grown apprehensive over what they regard as a delay by the tribunal to deliver judgment or at least set a date to deliver judgment. The perceived delay may have been interpreted to mean different things. While some allege it was a ploy to tinker with the verdict, some others argue that the tribunal needed time to critically study the arguments of the parties in the dispute. Some of those who spoke to BusinessDaySunday said that was the…
Late Justice Niki Tobi has a message for you in his ruling in Buhari vs. INEC & Ors (2008) LPELR-814 SC), @ pages 175-178 : “The Court of Appeal cannot collect evidence from the market overt; for example from the Balogun market, Lagos; Dugbe market, Ibadan; main market, Jos; Central market, Kaduna; Central market (former Gwari market), Minna; Wuse market, Abuja. On the contrary, the Court of Appeal, has to wait for evidence, as the court did, in the court building duly constituted as a court qua adjudicatory body. Courts of law being legal and sacred institutions do not go…
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Abba Kyari, CFR, OON! Remember him? Kyari was the Chief of Staff (CoS) to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Born on September 23, 1952, he served in that prestigious position between August 2015 and April 2020. While in office, little was actually known about Kyari in the public realm. Unfortunately too, his name actually symbolized an uncanny error of namesake. The Borno State-born lawyer and banker shared a name with somebody who once had a favourable public perception, until Satan smiled; and the _‘super cop’_ lost it! Kyari died on April 17, 2020, following complications from COVID-19. In…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon. The Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows: (A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy (B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior (C) Hon. Sa’idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation Furthermore, both Ministers…
By Magnus Emuji The results of the Entrance Examination into the 17 Model Secondary Schools in Delta State, conducted on July 22, 2023, have been released. A statement from the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Augustine Oghoro, said that a total of 4,748 candidates registered for the examination. The statement added that out the registered candidates, 4,562 sat for the examination with 186 candidates absent. It advised all candidates that participated in the examination to check their results with the scratch cards with which they registered for the examination, stressing that those…
By Patrick Ochei Midwifery Market is located along Okpanam Road, just immediately after the NNPC Filling Station, still within the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. The market derived its name by the popular Delta State School of Midwifery which is within the same vicinity. It’s truism that the Midwifery market is a place for buying and selling of food and other house items, which started as a business enterprise and still holds that status. It is believed to be owned by an individual who years back saw the need to site the market as a result of…