By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Chief Economic Adviser to Delta State Government, Dr. Kingsley Emu, will be the Guest Speaker at the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Asaba Chapter’s Valedictory Lecture in honour of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Governor of Delta State. This is in recognition of his worthy service to Delta state and for positively projecting the image of the University of Ibadan and the Alumni Association of which he is a member of the Association’s Board of Trustees beyond. boundaries. In a chat with Newsmen by the Chairman of the 2023 Lecture organizing Committee, Dr.…
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President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to the country on Monday evening after about a month trip to Paris, France. He was received by a mammoth crowd of enthusiastic associates and supporters who thronged the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja where his plane touched down. The President-elect was in company with his wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, and son, Seyi Tinubu. Among those at the airport to receive him were Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima, House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila as well as Governors Simon Lalong (Plateau) and Abubakar Sani-Bello (Niger), former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff.…
Delta State Monarch, the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso Abe 1, JP. OON who recently led his chiefs and others to 10km walk for sustain peace in his community has said persistent interference from political office holders in traditional administration in the “guise of security or governor says” is undermining the sustain peace in Uvwie local government council. The Uvwie Monarch who spoke at the weekend at the grand finale of activities to mark his 15th year coronation anniversary stressed that “the political class must be aware that the traditional institution is to complement them in a…
Federal Civil servants in the country have commended the Federal Government over the payment of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance together with the April salary. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, described the payment as timely. Mrs Agnes Iguben, a civil servant, said she was surprised to see an increase when she received her salary for April. She said the money would go a long way in meeting her family needs throughout the month. ”I want to commend President Muhammadu Buhari, though I do not know what the increase…
Akeem Adeniyi Adeyemi, the son of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, and a member of the Federal House of Representatives tells FATTEH HAMID about his father’s family life and legacy It’s been a year since your dad, the late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, died. How much do you miss him? I must confess; in the last 12 months, there’s not a day I don’t remember Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III. You won’t believe this but he was my best friend. We spoke every single day for the last 15 years. When people see me in my…
By Kenneth Obieh Delta State Government has called for partnership from all relevant stakeholders to implement zero malaria in Delta as they prepare for world malaria day. The Manager, State Malaria Elimination Program, Dr Julia Anieh, made the call during a meeting with the Zonal Chairman of ACOMIN, Pastor Greg Sifo and other members of the State Advocacy Team (SAT) implementing the COVID-19 Response Mechanism and Resilient and Sustainable System for Health Strengthening System and Community Strengthening System. She noted that various strategies had been deplored by the state government to eradicate malaria but concentration on the rural areas where he…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed sadness over the demise of a House member-elect for the 10th Assembly from Taraba State, Hon. Ismaila Yushau Maihanci. Gbajabiamila said he was shocked that Maihanci, who just got elected to represent Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives died at the young age of 37. Describing the news of the demise of the member-elect as devastating and disheartening, Gbajabiamila said from the little that he was told about the late Maihanci, the Taraba politician was one Nigerian who was ready to serve his people diligently. The…
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq #eacgovdelta It is customary in politics for certain political actors within the political milieu to expect appointments into offices after victory of party and candidates at the general elections, a practice in democracies around the globe, Nigeria and Delta State inclusive. In Delta State, the incumbent governor and Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, CON, recently approved names of some government officials and party stalwarts to serve in the Central Committee and Subcommittees for the inauguration of the Governor-Elect, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, JP, on May 29, this…
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…
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,…