Amb. Oke Idawene is the National Publicity Secretary, North South Progressives Movement of Nigeria NOSOP, he is also the immediate past chairman of the Social Democratic Party SDP in Delta State. In this interview with selected journalists in Asaba, he chronicles the issues and activities that led to his resignation from SDP. Excerpt. Sir, can you give us the understanding of what happened in Delta State SDP before you resigned from the party? Let me start by first of all welcoming you to this press briefing. My name is Ambassador Oke Idawene, a founding member of SDP and a political…
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By ABEL JOHNGOLD All is now set for the burial of the former State Trustee of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) Delta State Chapter, Comrade Kenneth Okoturoh. The late renowned labour leader died on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in a specialist hospital in Asaba, after a brief illness. In an invitation card signed by the deceased’s son and a family member, Mr. Mofe Ken-Okoturoh for the children and Pa. Sam Eyinsan Okoturoh for the family, it was stated that the late unionist will be given a befitting burial starting from today Thursday, 18th May, 2023. The invitation card read…
By Francisca Okoro The management of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, was moved on Tuesday to celebrate its Head of Media and Public Affairs Department, Mrs Chinenye Ezonfade, on her Honourary Award of Excellence by the Advanced Management Academy (AMA). Ezonfade was one of the top recipients of the AMA Merit Award for Outstanding Career Achievements presented to her on April 28, at a conference in commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day, in recognition of the excellent discharge of her duties and her impact in positively touching lives in our society over time. Impressed by…
This time Manchester City left nothing to chance as they demolished Real Madrid 4-0 to march into the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons with a 5-1 aggregate victory at a raucous Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. A semifinal delicately poised after an electrifying 1-1 draw in the Bernabeu turned into a rout as Pep Guardiola’s City slickers dispatched the Spanish giants with consummate ease. Bernardo Silva’s first-half double gave City control and the hosts took gleeful revenge for last season’s heartbreaking semifinal loss to the 14-time champions with Manuel Akanji credited with City’s third and Julian…
By Adeyinka Aderibigbe Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu leaves no one in doubt of his bold strides to see the state join other mega cities that are major players in the cleaner environment transit modes. Experts say the introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) into BRT fleet in pursuit of cleaner energy in Lagos is the way to go, writes ADEYINKA ADERIBIGBE Lagos is taking giant strides under Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu. On transportation, which is the first of the six pillars of his THEMES Agenda, the governor has continued to score high in the ratings of citizens with the improvements…
Major Kenneth Mellanby CBE (26 March 1908 – 23 December 1993)* was an English ecologist and entomologist. He received the OBE for his work on the scabies mite. Mellanby was educated at Barnard Castle School and then at King’s College, Cambridge in Biology. He gained his PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the ability of parasites to survive desiccation. He then worked as a Sorby Research Fellow of the Royal Society in Sheffield. In the Second World War, he studied the control of scabies mite, an infection that was keeping thousands of soldiers in the…
By Ademola H Adigun It’s not about Seun Kuti slapping a policeman in uniform. It is not about police brutality. It is not about sympathy or not for the police. It’s about the entitlement mentality of the elite. The same thing Ekweremadu did. The same thing anyone that says “do you know who I am?” does. The feeling of being above the law. Our society suffers from “bigmanism “. Seun’s actions and his subsequent statements depict that kind of thinking. The right to do what they like because they feel they are untouchable. Forget he is a son of a…
In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Tinubu pledges to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, promote good relations. President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to hit the ground running and unify the country upon his assumption of office on May 29. He further pledged to work to ensure continued positive relations with the United States. Asíwájú Tinubu spoke during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Initiated by the US diplomat, the telephone discussion, which was frank and friendly, took place on Tuesday evening. The President-elect said that among his immediate priorities would be to…
Lamidi Apapa, the factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has expressed his gratitude to God for saving his life after being mobbed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. News In Naija reported the incident occurred during the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday. In a video that circulated earlier, Apapa was seen being escorted out of the court by a police operative while being subjected to verbal abuse and accusations of theft from enraged supporters of the Labour Party. Apapa, who was later released from protective custody by security operatives, addressed reporters and…
Sunday Mbang, Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria, is dead. He was 86 years old. The late Prelate who was also the first black president of the World Methodist Council, died in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Tuesday, May 16. Mbang, the first President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of Methodist Church extraction, died in his sleep after a brief illness, according to a statement by Babatunde Taiwo, the secretary of the Methodist Conference, Taiwo said the Prelate “died after an impactful earthly ministry of 44 years having enrolled at the Trinity College, Umuahia, Abia State in…