By Fred Edoreh The Morocco 2022 African Women Football Nations Cup kicks off for the Super Falcons of Nigeria on Monday, July 4, with a clash against the Banyana Banyana of South Africa. They top the list of favourites to win the tournament having won it nine times and now going for the tenth. On paper, their major opponent in Group C are the South Africans over whom they have had the better head to head by outclassing them in the 1995, 2000 and 2018 finals. But, that is possibly as far as it goes. These are no times to…
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By Prof. Ben Nwanne. ABRAKA/Nigeria: An expert in Transportation Geography at the Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU), Professor Augustus Atubi has drawn attention to the debilitating effects of soaring Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) figures in Nigeria and other low and middle income economies, despite numerous traffic laws and multiplicity of agencies involved in road management and vehicle inspection. Professor Atubi was speaking yesterday (Thursday, June 30), at the 92nd in the series of Inaugural lectures of Delta State University, Abraka where he raised concerns on the disturbing increase in road transport accidents in the country, noting that Nigeria ranked…
ASABA/Nigeria: Stakeholders had called for a leadership system in Nigeria that will have future development of the country in mind, away from what its being presently practiced in the country. This was the view of guests at the Annual General Meeting Public Lecture 2022, of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR with the theme: Transforming Leadership- A vision For Sustainable Future. Discussing issue of leadership in Nigeria, the lead Speaker, Professor Robert Oghenedoro Dode, of the Osadeby University, Anwai-Asaba gave some of the leadership challenges towards sustainable future in Nigeria as unskilled leadership, corruption, political godfatherism, which has eaten…
By Wale Alonge It is so comical to see how much energy and bandwidth are being dissipated on social media on the most trivial and most inconsequential issue that has zero impact on the crushing problems that confront common everyday Nigerian. Rather than focus on the existential structural problem of a center-heavy unitary system that is crushing our country’s future, and working out a way to hold the major presidential candidates accountable and committed to deconstructing and restructuring unitary house of cards, social media busybodies are consumed with whether or not Tinubu lied about the primary and secondary schools he…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State has described the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC’s) response to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s timely portrayal of the party as having poor knowledge of governance as tame, unreliable, and the intemperate work of lunacy driven by a shameless blind propagandist. The PDP in a Press Release by its State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza stated that the attempt by the APC wild squawk otherwise called its Director of Communication and Strategy further confirmed Governor Okowa’s description of the opposition in the State as apt and a statement of fact that cannot be denied.…
By Johnson Ebigide A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and his supporters in Delta State have defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. He is Mr. Iwemdi Nwaham, Publicity Secretary of a faction of the APC in the state. Speaking to newsmen after dumping the APC with over 300 supporters at Umunede in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nwaham stated that the internal structure of the APC in the state had been destroyed, causing disaffection among members and unfortunate irresponsive administration of the party. He disclosed that he had well…
By GRACE SEMUDARA A Prominent Member and former State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State Hon. Iwemdi Nwaham has officially dumped the APC for the State ruling Party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Umunede Community of Ika North East Local Government Area on Wednesday. Speaking at the venue of the event while receiving the defected and his Supporters, the Member representing Ika North East State Constituency in the State House of Assembly (DTHA), Hon. Anthony Elekeokwuri expressed his joy at the turn of events stating that the move was the beginning of a paradigm…
The Delta State Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has been inaugurated as a member of the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocate. Comrade Ikeogwu was inaugurated alongside other eminent Deltans including Comrade Onome Tano of Delta Broadcasting Service, Asaba, Deacon Okezi Odugala, Immediate past coordinator, Delta State Civil Society Community, Dr. Martins Kadienhon, President, Delta State Civil Society Community, amongst others. The inauguration was carried out by Dr. Amos Obi, Principal Innovator and Strategic Director, Hetaved Skills Academy and Networks, at the 2nd year anniversary celebration/inauguration of new executives of Delta State Civil…
Nigerian filmmaker, songwriter, and television producer Abdulrasheed Bello better as JJC Skillz has revealed that his marriage to movie star, Funke Akindele-Bello is over. JJC Skillz, who had in April this year denied reports of his marriage crisis, confirmed the development in a post on his Instagram page on Thursday, June 30. The movie maker wrote, “Dear Friends and family, I need to let you know that Funke and I have separated. While it lasted we shared a lot of things together and have created 2 beautiful children. “The last two years have been extremely difficult for us. I know…
Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, a.k.a Jenifa, has been nominated as one of the potential running mates to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate, Alhaji Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor. Akindele’s name followed among the six shortlisted names by the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Other shortlisted names include the former governorship aspirant, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; former Senatorial candidate for Lagos East, Yeye Shobajo, David Kolawole Vaughan known as DAKOVA, and Engr. Teslim Balogun. This is coming after the Akindele’s colleague, Tonto Dikeh, was selected recently as African Democratic Congress (ADC), deputy governorship candidate in…