Archives for September, 2014 - Page 2
2015 ELECTIONS AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF DEMOCRACY
By BOBSON GBINIJE
”All the ills of democracy can only be cured by more democracy”
(Alfred Smith -1873-1944)
Democracy, by isochronal and intertextual condensing, including but not limited to Jeffersonian, Lincolnian and Grecian normative standard is the political doctrine that recognizes the institutionalization of liberal structures of governance that enfranchises and gives the people the rights to elect ...
Rivers Judiciary Crisis: Engineered By Presidency and PDP to Remove Amaechi —APC
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has strongly condemned what it dubbed as the “show shame” witnessed in Port Harcourt, the State capita on 23rd, September, 2014, when a horde of well-armed and fierce-looking policemen, acting on the orders of the Federal Government, brutalized innocent citizens protesting the desperate attempt to ...
There is perpetual scheme by PDP to keep the people in abject poverty for political reasons- Ariyor
By Francis Sadhere
Delta State House of Assembly aspirant under the platform of All Progressives Party (APC), Barrister Robinsons Ariyor has said that the is a perpetual scheme by the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to keep the people in abject poverty for political reasons.
(L-R) Barrister Robinson Ariyor and Comrade Micheal Ikeogwu, Warri ...
2015: APC House of Assembly Hopeful Wants Deltans To Kick Out Failed Politicians
By Our Correspondent,
A Warri based lawyer and APC House of Assembly hopeful, Barrister Ariyo Robinson
Barrister Ariyo Robinson
has urged Deltans not to be patient with failed politicians, urging them to kick them out in the 2015 general elections.
Speaking at the Warri NUJ’s Searchlight on the State of the State, Barrister Ariyo implored Deltans to vote ...
POLITICS IS AN AVENUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THE PEOPLE – HON. AKPODIETE
By Our Correspondent
MEMBER representing Ughelli North constituency II at the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Rufus Akpodiete has empowered 10 persons in the constituency with cars under the Rufus Edoja Akpodiete People’s Welfare Scheme (REAPWELS).
Presenting the cars of various brands which included Volkswagen Vento, Golf, BMW, Mazda and Nissan Primera to the beneficiaries, Akpodiete ...
Hon. (Barr.) Akpodiete Edoja Rufus 4 Delta State House of Assembly, Ughelli North Constituency II, 2015
Hon. (Barr.) Akpodietee Edoja Rufus 4 Delta State House of Assembly, Ughelli North Constituency II 2015
Rivers APC Blames Wike for Non-Conduct of Council Polls
By Nwaorgu Fasutinus
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has blamed Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesome Wike, for the delay in conducting local government elections in the State.
Chief Nyesome Wike, Minister of State for Education.
The party in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, ...
WARRI ROADS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL (IR)RESPONSIBILITY
BY BOBSON GBINIJE
The Late Satyagraha and Social Crusader, Tai Solarin, in one of his anecdotal portrayals posited that, “the hand of an elderly man cannot enter the gourd and the child cannot carry it. It therefore behooves both of them to get out the content of the gourd and to carry it forward through co-operation”.
The ...
2015 :NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR ‘GARGANTUAN’ EDITORS
BY BOBSON GBINIJE
“Even in the common affairs of live,
In love, friendship and marriage,
How little security have we when we
Trust our happiness in the hands of others!”
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) On Living to Oneself
The recherché of professionalism entails the serendipitous admixture of myriad formats of knowledgeability. Hence, every profession has its esoteric jargons. The ...
89 years old woman gets new house in Okerenkoko as Uduaghan commissions 20 four bedroom flats for community
By Our Correspondent
An eighty nine years old woman Mrs. Salubi Inememene is one of the beneficiaries of a four bedroom unit flat built by the Delta State Government for the people of Okerenkoko in Warri South West Council Area, Delta State.
The accommodation provided for the people through the Delta State oil Producing Development Commission, DESOPADEC ...
SHELL AND ITS TRAIL OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA
Zik Gbemre
When it comes to the very lucrative extractive industry of oil and gas exploration and production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, which Royal Dutch Shell has spear-headed in Nigeria for over 50 years now, nothing has been more devastating and disturbingly-pronounced than the adverse environmental degradation often left behind by this economic venture. The environmental degradation ...
THE DAY TWO TEACHERS OF SAME SCHOOL WENT TO THE ALTAR
The National Reformer Newspaper French Corner Anchor man, Koffisseh Denis Adekpoe and former Miss Aghogho Henrietta Orokpavbraka, teachers of same school, at their traditional/wedding ceremony on September 19th and 20th, 2014 in Sapele, Delta State. Happy marriage Life.
AIG Mbu Not Fit to Be a Police Officer, Says Rivers APC
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress said it has read with utmost shock the “unfortunate outburst and self-glorification” of Mr. Joseph Mbu, who was recently promoted to Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), who in an unprovoked attack claimed to have tamed Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi during Mbu’s infamous days as Commissioner of ...
Ikanya, R/S APC Chairman Emerges IPAC Chair in Rivers
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya has emerged as Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Rivers State.
Chief Davies Ibiamu Ikanya
According to a statement signed by Chris Finebone, Rivers State APC State Publicity Secretary and made available ...
2015: NACOJSP vindicated by Jonathan’s endorsement – Irikefe
By Our Correspondent
The National Patron, Youth Wing and Secretary, Board of Trustees of the National Coalition for Jonathan and Sambo Presidency (NACOJSP), Dr. Benjamin Irikefe, yesterday said the group had been vindicated by last week's endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for second term by the various organs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Irikefe, in a ...