BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE It was, not just a center for Women Development. No! It was a reminder. It was the tree planted over Maryam Babangida’s memory, the late wife of former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who died at the age of 61 from ovarian cancer on 27 December, 2009 in a Los Angeles, California hospital. It was home to the souls of hundreds of Asaba people, lined up by the Nigerian Army at River Niger’s bank in the Cable Point Area, torn into pieces with machine guns and their corpses carried away by the river. Leaving blood…
Author: Spade Nigeria
Well meaning Nigerians have been urged to contribute to the growth of education by awarding schorlarship to brilliant children whose parents cannot afford to pay their fees. Prince Gregory Oputa, the Omordi Chukubueze of Aboh Kingdom made the call on Friday at Aboh, Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State while awarding “schorlarship to 30 brilliant pupils, who ordinarily will not be able to attend high profile primary school, because the fees are beyond the finances of their parents.” The occasion was also used to inaugurate Gregory Oputa Foundation. “Proper education is very vital for children’s upbringing; that a…
BY KENNETH ORUSI A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), ASDEV ’81 Club, has doled out a whooping sum of N1.5 million on 100 Indigent widows of Asaba, to improve their living standards. The gesture is geared towards giving back to the society especially those whose late husbands left little or nothing for and who do not have handwork to live on. Speaking Saturday shortly after the ceremony held in Asaba, Ogbueshi Wing Commander Peter Nwenze, (rtd), disclosed that the aim was to help the development of Asaba, in all ramifications. “It is one of the things we do on charity. We do…
BY ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) International aka Pyrates Confraternity Is organising the 11th Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture (ROML) with the theme ‘Judiciary and Journalism as frontiers of Democracy: Anachronistic or Contemporary in Justice and Fairness?’ Addressing newsmen yesterday in Asaba, Dr. John Emethilue who is the Capoon of the Pyrates in Delta North disclosed that the lecture Guest Speaker is Austin Aleghe, SAN, former president Nigerian Bar. Association, while His Excellency, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Executive Governor , Delta State is expected as Special Guest of Honour. Dr. Emethilue added that the discussants at the event…
By Bulou Kosin Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro says he is delighted at the buildings donated by Delta Government via its agency, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko for use as Lecturers accommodation. Otuaro expressed delight shortly before cutting the tape to inaugurate the facility being four units of 2-bedroom bungalows. Otuaro’s joy may not be unconnected with the fact that the Delta State Government needed to urgently come to the aid of NMU, Okerenkoko, through its agency, to address accommodation challenges accasioned by congestion of the Kurutie…
BY ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Delta State Deputy Governor Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro on Saturday, January 25, attended the wedding reception between Esosa Efosa Omozeghian of the Nigeria Immigration Service and younger brother of Barr. Clifford Omozeghian and Juliet Oghomwen Agbaegbe, daughter of a Benin famous chief in Benin. The wedding of Juliet and Efosa took place at the Christ Embassy Church Aduwawa Benin, followed by the reception at the popular Andyjen Event Center, Benin- Auchi Road, Benin City. The colourful high class wedding reception had in attendance top Nigerians and leaders in various field of endeavours and amongst them was…
BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE Tony Obuh is gone. He left in a casket suitable for a king. At three scores and three, he had lived it all. A revered technocrat, he was laid to rest amongst kindred spirits. Eyes beheld rare happenings on Friday. The Delta State Government House was moved to Agbor. I did see the Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro. He attended Obuh’s Services of Songs. Several Senators and National Parliamentarians clocked in their presence like devout civil servants. The rave of the moment, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa conducted government affairs from St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, Agbor, where…
BY ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command CP Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa has restated the need for community policing as the best way out of combating crimes in society. CP Hafiz Inuwa made the emphasis yesterday when he a paid courtesy call on the Executives and members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council at the temporary Press Center in Oghara Street, DDPA Estate, Asaba. He noted that community policing was also the best way of carrying the society along. The Delta State Police Command boss who stated that he was at the NUJ…
The Delta State government has placed a ban on any form of protest by youths and communities to any oil company operating in the state. The State Commissioner for Oil and Gas,Prince Emmanuel Amgbaduba who disclosed this in Asaba during a meeting with some officials of Midwestern Oil and Gas Company said government will not condone any form of breakdown of law and order in host communities. He said the decision of the state government was necessitated by the need to ensure that peace and security reigned supreme in all parts of the state particularly in the operations of oil…
BY AFOKOBAH CELESTINE The people of Ewulu Community in Aniocha South local government area of Delta State have commended the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa for appointing their son, Hon. Emeka Anukwu a.k.a Ikanda as SA to the Governor on Land and Waterways Security. This commendation is coming as a result of the fact that the community since the inception of Democracy from 1999 has never been privileged with a state government appointment. This is the first time the government has given two appointments to indigenes of Ewulu Community, making them to describe the Governor as a thoroughbred…