By Kenneth Obieh The Delta State Government has charged the medical practitioners handling the primary health care centres in the state to utilise the essential drugs and vaccines provided to improve quality health services. The Director, Planning Research and statistic of the Delta State Primary Development Agency, Dr Charles Eboka stated this during an advocacy visit by the State Advocacy Team (SAT) Implementing the COVID-19 Response Mechanism and Resilient and Sustainable System for Health Strengthening System and Community Strengthening System (C-19RSSH-CSS) to his office. Eboka said that the state government was supporting 260 PHCs centres in the state with basic health…
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The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has felicitated Nigerians on the occasion of the Eid-el-Fitr which marked the successful completion of the Holy Ramadan fasting. The Caucus urged Nigerians to leverage on the lessons of the Ramadan to pray for and instill spiritual renewal in the country. In a statement on Friday, April 21, 2023 by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, the Caucus charged all citizens, especially leaders at all levels, to use the occasion to rekindle the virtues of self-restrain, rectitude, love, forgiveness, compassion for one another and above all,…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Immediate past Governor of Abia State, Distinguished Senator Theodore Orji have been decorated as a member of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) Board of Trustees (BoT). Senator Orji also known as Ochendo, an alumnus of the University of Ibadan, was officially unveiled as a member of the BoT of UIAA yesterday, April 20, 2023. He was decorated by the President of UIAA Worldwide, Prof Saawua Gabriel Nyityo and supported by Hon. Obinna Ekekwe of Abia State Branch, Ms Charity Ozulumba of Abuja Branch, Mr. Joseph Akaanan, 2nd Vice-President, Ms. Joan Onuigbo and Chief Comrade…
The Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Nigeria, is set to hold her 15th Convocation for the award of diplomas, first degrees, higher degrees, and prizes on Saturday, 29th April 2023. This Convocation is for all 2021/2022 graduands (Regular, Sandwich, SLT, Weekend, Part–time and Affiliates). According to a statement signed by Mrs. R. U. Ufiofio, Registrar & Secretary to the Governing Council of DELSU, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga, is inviting all Graduands, Parents/Guardians, Stakeholders and the entire University Community to take part in the various Convocation activities as indicated below: *DELSU Convocation Ceremony Programme of Events* Sunday, 23rd…
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has congratulated the Muslim ummah on the successful completion of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. He said the Eid el Fitri celebration effectively seals the fact that Nigeria’s affairs are being ordered by God, coming after the success of the 2023 general elections. In a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sunny Areh, Omo-Agege who is also the governorship flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, thanked the Muslim faithful for seeking God’s intervention and divine guidance in the affairs of the country. He urged…
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, the Ovie of Ughelli, Wilson Ojakovo Oharisi 111, and the leadership of the old students associations of Hussey College Warri and Government College, Ughelli, have commended the immediate past President of the Nigeria Football Federation and member of FIFA Council, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, for his commitment to youth, sports and educational development. The commendations were made on Tuesday on different occasions in Warri and Ughelli, during the commissioning of Ultra-Modern sports facilities built and donated by Pinnick through his Brownhill Foundation to both Hussey College and Government College. At Hussey, Pinnick built a…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has approved the constitution of Inauguration Committee to coordinate a smooth transition to the next administration in the state. Announcing the constitution of the Committee at a news conference in Asaba, the Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, said the Committee headed by Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah, has the Permanent Secretary, Government House, Mr Eddy Ogidi-Gbegbaje, as Secretary. He, however, stated that membership of the committee and sub-committees was not an automatic qualification for appointment into the next administration in the state, advising against “entitlement mentality” being associated with membership of…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, has stated that the establishment of Host Communities (HostComm) Development Trust Is Key in ensuring the harmonious relationship between the Host Communities and the oil companies in the State. Otuaro made this submission today in Asaba while receiving the delegation of the National Boundary Commission (NBC) led by the Director-General, Surveyor Adamu Adaji, who paid an advocacy visit on the determination of “Host Communities Along the Gulf of Guinea”. He noted that for “Host Communities” to be recognized by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and for them…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated the Governor of Adamawa State, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on his widely celebrated victory at the just concluded Adamawa State Governorship election. The Caucus in a statement on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, also congratulated and saluted the people of Adamawa State for their resilience in standing with Governor Fintiri and resisting desperate anti-democratic forces that sought to manipulate the electoral process, suppress the Will of the people and impose an illegitimate government in the State. “The re-election…
A Point of Sale (POS) operator, identified as Alfa Rafiu, has been arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State capital for allegedly spending the sum of N280 million mistakenly sent to his bank account. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the suspect, a resident of the Akuji compound, Abayawo area in the Ilorin West local government area of the state, received the money in batches of several millions of Naira some weeks ago and went on a spending spree. It was gathered that residents of the area, especially those close to the suspect, had expressed surprise at how Rafiu had suddenly become a…