Archives for January, 2015 - Page 3

DELTA 2015 BOOST: TILIJE, EMERHOR RECONCILES TO DISLODGE PDP

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By Fred Latimore The Ukwani Rally held on January 27 at Ubiaroko, turned out to be a major boost for the Otega4governor Campaign Organisation, as first runner up during All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary, Chief Fidelis Tilije took a warm look at Olorogun Otega Emerhor, gave him a broad smile and hugged him to the ...

DELTA 2015: EMERHOR TO BUILD BRIDGE ACROSS RIVER ETHIOPE, TO ESTABLISH CASSAVA MILLING PLANTS

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By Francis Sadhere The Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Olorogun O'tega Emerhor has promise to establish strong industries in the state geared at revolutionizing the the economy of the state, adding that he will also build a solid bridge across the Ethiope river to ease movement of people from their farms to the ...

Jonathan’s Port Harcourt Rally: Rivers APC Condemns Alleged Plot to Ridicule Traditional Rulers

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By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the plot by the State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ridicule traditional rulers in Rivers State when the party’s presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, visits the state capital, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, January 28, for his re-election ...

AKPEKI ADVOCATES SELFLESS SERVICE BY POLITICIANS

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BY OMOS OYIBODE, ASABA Chief of Staff, Government House, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, has urged political office holders to use their positions to genuinely serve the people who need their assistance in the society. Chief Paulinus Akpeki Chief Akpeki made the call at an award ceremony for him and three other personalities by the Liberty Intelligent Our Nations ...

DELTA URGES CONTRACTORS TO COMPLETE PROJECTS BEFORE MAY 2015

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BY OMOS OYIBODE, ASABA Delta State Government has called on all contractors handling government projects to use the period of the dry season to fast track all on-going projects and complete them before May 2015. GOVERNOR EMMANUEL EWETA UDUAGHAN The Commissioner for Works, Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, made this call in Asaba during a meeting with all contractors ...

THE POWER OF A TEACHING TEACHER

I feel sometimes powerless and small, overwhelmed and inadequate, engulfed in thoughts that perhaps what I am doing is insignificant, that my life‘s pursuit or that my teaching is futile. And I say “who am I to change the wind? Who am I to think that I can make a difference?” And I then reflect on the ...

2015: DAKUKU PETERSIDE’S PLETHORA OF ROYAL BLESSINGS AND THE FUTURE OF RIVERS STATE

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By EZE CHUKWUEMEKA EZE, PREAMBLE Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), an influential English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic, once stated that he who controls the past controls the future and who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell must have the traditional institution in Africa in ...

DELTA 2015: EMERHOR TO BUILD MORE HOSPITALS, SET UP ACCESS POINTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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By Fred Latimore/Francis Sadhere All Progressives Congress (APC), Otega Emerhor told a huge crowd of supporters yesterday January 26,  during his campaign rally in Patani, Delta State that ACCESS POINTS will be established throughout the state to facilitate development of local communities. Olorogun Emerhor addressing his supporters at Patani He said the APC will collect data of ...

HOSTCOM IJAW CHAPTER BACK JONATHAN, OKOWA

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Tejiri Ebikeme A group, the Host Communities Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), Ijaw Chapter, Delta State, has thrown its weight behind the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as President and Governor of Delta State, saying they have people friendly agenda for Nigerians and Deltans. Goodluck Jonathan & Ifeanyi Okowa In a statement ...

26 Journalists Graduate from Pan African University, Laud Chevron’s role

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By Tejiri Ebikemem  Twenty six journalists  have graduated from an Advanced Writing and Reporting Skills (AWARES) programme at the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University (PAU). AWARES is  a 20-day training programme spread across three months. The journalists, drawn from the print and electronic media, were nominated by their organisations and sponsored by Chevron. Nneka ...

DELTA GUBER 2015: OKOWA, UDUEHI AND NDOKWA NATION

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  By Alex O. Akpodiete Atawa Less than eight (8) weeks ago, there was some serious rumble among the Delta North governorship aspirants as to who will succeed the incumbent governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and continue his “Delta Beyond Oil” agenda, which is an extension of his three-point agenda of: Peace and Security; Human Capital Development; and ...

ON INEC’S ALLAYED FEARS OVER ELECTION RIGGING

Zik Gbemre As the general elections approaches, INEC, as usual, has come out recently to allay fears over election rigging and other election irregularities. This has always been the usual practice. But the question is how true is INEC’s words? For it is one thing to come out and allay such fears; it is a different ...

2015: CENTREP condemns spate of political thuggery, Appeals for Tolerance

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By Francis Sadhere Members of the Centre for The Vulnerable and the Underprivileged (CENTREP) have condemned the spate of political thuggery in the Nigerian polity ahead of the February elections,  saying the development is a danger to democracy. President Goodluck Jonathan In a press statement made available to National Reformer and signed by Barrister Oghenejabor Ikimi, Executive ...

Delta Govt Threatens To Seal Up NNPC Mega Station, Total, Others Over Illegalities

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BY OMOS OYIBODE, ASABA The Delta State Government has threatened to clamp down on filling stations in the state that are still involved in any form of illegality, particularly and in relation to pump price and under dispensing of products. DR. EMMANUEL EWETA UDUAGHAN The State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, handed down the ...

Oil Theft: Deziani Should Be Sacked-Ekiyor

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BY OMOS OYIBODE, Worried by the incessant activities and cases of oil theft in the country, the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Delta State, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has challenged the Federal Government to take decisive steps in curbing the worrisome development. Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Speaking in Asaba, the Delta State ...
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