Archives for September, 2013 - Page 3

COMEDY, COMEDIANS AND NIGERIA’S REBIRTH

  “Believe me, every man has his secret sorrows, which the world know not. And often times we call men God when he is only sad” (Henry Long Fellow).           Man’s quest for joy, blithe and happiness takes protean venturesomeness and can be likened to the sphygmic temperaments of artifacts, relics and museum scoundrels and thieves standing ...

Orogun to Be Installed New Otota of Agbon Kingdom, Tomorrow Sept. 10

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Chief Moses Orogun FORMER President of Delta Association of Chambers of Commerce,  Industry, Mines and Agriculture (DACCIMA), Chief Moses Orogun will be installed tomorrow, Tuesday September 10, 2013 as the new Otota (Spokeman) of Agbon Kingdom. The installation ceremony will hold at Kokori in the Palace of the Ovie, commencing at 11am. Chief Orogun is a patron ...

DELSU swears in New SUG Executives

Christopher Odamah THE newly elected Executive Officers of the Students Union Government of Delta State University in affiliation with College of Education, Warri have been sworn-in. Those sworn-in at the weekend include; President, Comrade Aaron Uwangueyemi; Vice-President, Comrade Michael Utobivwi; Secretary General, Comrade Onovughare Sunday;  Financial Secretary, Comrade Onome Ebunu; Treasurer, Comrade Leme Omawumi; Director of Social, ...

Delta Central Senatorial bye-election: Exercise Caution, Ariyor tells Urhobos

Tejiri Ebikeme, Nyerovwo Oghenetejir, Francis Sadhere The National President, Urhobo Youth Leaders Association, UYLA, Comrade Francis Ariyor has called on the people of Delta Central Senatorial District to exercise caution in the forthcoming bye-election that will fill in the vacant position left by the demise of late Senator Pius Ewherido. Comrade Ariyor who made this call in a ...

Ewherido’s Replacement: Who is Afraid of Emerhor? ….Says No Crack in Delta APC

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Francis Sadhere Olorogun O'tega Emerhor The Olorogun O’tega Emerhor Campaign Organization has said that there was no crack in Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC). In a press statement by the Media Assistant of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor Campaign Organization, Larry Umolo, he frowned at a recent publication alleging a crack in the Delta APC. According to the statement; “The attention ...

Group Declares Emerhor as Urhobo Symbol of Hope and Liberation. *Task NASS, INEC to Expedite Action on Delta Central Senatorial Seat

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Francis Sadhere The Delta Central Elite Forum has declared Olorogun O’tega Emerhor as symbol of hope and liberation, calling on the National Assembly and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to speedily hit the ground running to fill the vacuum created by the death of Late Senator Pius Ewerhido in the Delta Central Senatorial seat. Olorogun O'tega ...

ASUU STRIKE: Union Dims hope of Resumption

Francis Sadhere THE Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, on Wednesday at DELSU, Abraka, said that there was no going back on the current nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike for about nine weeks now, demanding for a better deal for the Nigerian Universities. But the end of the strike seems not to be ...

Lawyer declares IMB/NUPENG election in Benin illegal

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Francis Sadhere COUNSEL to members of the Warri Unit of IMB/NUPENG, Barrister Mike Ukusare has described the purported election of one Benjamin Ifeta held in Benin as IMB /NUPENG Chairman, as illegal and should be declared null and void. from left; Comrade Akpos Akpemewan; Johnbull Ejowanta; Odafe Quincy and Elvis Akpobome, during the press briefing in ...

JOHESU call on government to stop further plans to reduce salaries

 By Jesse Ese, Yenagoa The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) in Bayelsa State, which comprises of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, National Union of Pharmacists, and Medical Technologists and Professions Allied to Medicine has called on the government of Bayelsa State to stop forthwith its plan ...

LGA Autonomy to Boost Rural Development – Chief Okpu

By Jesse Ese, Yenangoa A former chairman of Ogbia Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Chief Okpu, Augustine Naru, has said that the Local Government Autonomy will boost the development of rural areas in the country if it is put into play in Nigeria. He also warned that the country would continue witness slow pace of development ...

Olorogun Emerhor: A Man On A Rescue Mission

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By Oghenetejiri Ejovwoke Olorogun O'tega Emerhor, APC Delta Central Senatorial Aspirant The recent declaration by Olorogun O’tega Emerhor to contest the Delta Central Senatorial District bye-election, no doubt, has generated a lot excitement, not only among active players on the District’s political chessboard, but Deltans and indeed, political observers in the country. He is a man known ...

OIL THEFT AND IMPERATIVE OF IMPLOSIVE SURGEONISATION

  “In all economic activities, man is everything. The supplier and demander, producer and consumer, Initiator, innovator, motivator, accelerator, Multiplier and distributor, the be-all and the End–all, the alpha and omega” CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO (VOICE OF COURAGE)   By BOBSON GBINIJE Any Nation, State, Collectivity and Institution etc that are cocooned in the tenebrous oubliette and horrendous labyrinth of psychotic corruption and thievery in all ...

UDUAGHAN: NOW WALKING THE TALK?

        The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose                        Of government………..”                        1999 CONSTITUTION OF THE FED. REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (SECTION 14)    “With malice toward none, with charity for all; with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we ...

TOWARDS 2015: JULIUS OGBORU- ET TU, BRUTE?

By Annabel Ogheneganre Julius Caeser, as captured by William Shakespeare was a Roman Emperor, famous by every standard, successful in war, courageous and loved by the people. As leader of the Senate in the then Roman Empire, Ceaser was held highly among the people. But some of his fellow senators conspired against him because of a ...

Urhobo Group Express Dismay Over Constitution of FG Parastatals, Agencies ……Threatens to withdraw support for jonathan come 2015

The Urhukpe R’Urhobo Forum, a socio-political pressure group in Delta State has expressed dismay and disappointment over the constitution of Federal government boards of Parastatals and Agencies, describing the outcome as gross disservice and injustice to the Urhobo nation. In a press statement signed by National Coordinators of the group, Barr Tony Ejoh and Chief Abel ...