Aruoriwo Ivovi Oral Healthcare Practitioners in Delta State under the auspices of the Nigerian Dental Association has put on the front burner the need to create practical and applicable approach by stakeholders for the provision of quality oral healthcare to the citizenry. This was a fallout of the just concluded Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Dental Association(NDA) Delta State Branch, held in Asaba, the State Capital on penultimate Friday, with the theme: “Roadmap for Accessible Quality Oral Health in Nigeria, Delta Sate A Case Study.” Chairman of the Association, Dr. (Mrs.) Yvonne Mabiaku while delivering…
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by Ayekooto Akindele. Atiku went to the 2023 election with the hope of benefitting from the possible division of the South owing to emergence of Two major candidates from two major tribes in the region. Atiku saw himself as the only force from the North capable of getting maximum votes from the North and picking a few votes from the South. He openly asked the North to vote for Northerners at Arewa House in Kaduna to formally launch what eventually turned to be the most politically tribalistic campaign of this century! Atiku also engaged the Ulamas in the North…
As part of activities lined up for the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka 15th Convocation Ceremony, an Eminent Professor of Public Health, Parasitology and Entomology, Imo State University, Professor B.E.B Nwoke, delivered a Lecture where he identified the lack of transformational leadership as a major challenge to a deprived society. Delivering his lecture yesterday in Abraka,the erudite scholar noted that only a leadership that could bring about a marked change in the living conditions of the people was needed in a deprived society like Nigeria, still listed among the poorest nations of the world despite her great potentials in natural…
By Ovedhe Hezekiah Vice Chancellor of the Delta State University Abraka, Prof Andy Egwunyenga, says a grand total of 4855 graduates bagged postgraduate degree, first degree and Diploma certificates for the 2021/2023 Academic Session in the university’s 15th Convocation Ceremony. Prof Egwunyenga announced this in his remarks at the 15th Convocation Ceremony of the University, stressing that, “Postgraduate degree Graduands are 596, First degree- 3843 and Diplomas- 416.” He said that, “I consider the Convocation Ceremony not only as a final rite, but also as a beginning of another. Today’s graduands are graduating into endeavours that will open other new beginnings. “Our…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration. The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (28 April 2023). In arriving at the decision to postpone the Census, the meeting reiterated the critical need for the conduct of a Population and Housing Census, 17 years after the last Census, to collect up-to-date…
By Augustine Akanigha The Member Representing Ika North East State Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Honorable Anthony Elekeokwuri, has said that the mandates of every Lawmaker is to make laws that will impact meaningfully on the people. Hon. Elekeokwuri stated this during a Media chat with DTHA house Correspondents while giving his stewardship on his terms as Lawmaker representing the good and wonderful people of Ika North East for the past 8 years. The eloquent Lawmaker, said he was grateful to Almighty God and to the people of Ika North East for giving him the opportunity to serve,…
The Federal Government has insisted that the payment for fuel subsidy will come to an end in June, 2023. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning gave a clarification on recent report the Federal Government had shifted the exit date for fuel subsidy payment. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning stated that there has been “no change in the overall policy direction regarding the petrol subsidy envisaged by June 2023”. The Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, told…
By Aruoriwo Ivovi Delta State Head of Service (HoS), Mr. Reginald Bayoko has stressed the need for members of the Nigerian Dental Association of Nigeria to synergise with other key healthcare providers, especially in the areas of population-based dentistry, disease prevention, the promotion of dental health and the surveillance of oral health of Deltans. Mr. Bayoko stated this while declaring open the 2023 elective Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), Delta State Branch, held in Asaba, the Delta State Capital on Friday. The Delta head of service who was the Special Guest of Honour…
By Abel JOHNGOLD 38 Years Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Nigeria trained Lawyer, Michael Numa, (first DELSU Alumni Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and the youngest SAN in Nigeria), Hon. Charles Emetulu (Member of Delta State House of Assembly), Prof. Ochuko Anomohanran (Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic of DELSU), Prof. Mary Agbogidi (first DELSU Alumni Professor), and Sir Edwin Ogidi Gbegbaje, (quintessential Permanent Secretary), were invested with Special Awards for their services of distinction to Delta State, Nigeria and Humanity by the school authority at the DELSU 15TH CONVOCATION ALUMNI AWARDS yesterday in Abraka. They were honored at the Alumni Association organized Lecture and Awards ceremony for…
President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, met with the All Progressives Congress governors who paid him a courtesy visit and urged them to work with the party leadership and lawmakers on the election of principal officers of the National Assembly. “We thank God Almighty for our electoral victory. It was tough and turbulent. “The challenge before us is working in unison with the party leadership and the National Assembly over the election of their principal officers. And I charge you to unite in spirit and faith and work in line with the party,” he said. The President-elect told…