Archives for June 10th, 2016

Benue SSG collapses, rushed to hospital in critical condition

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         1050 Reads
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By Our Correspondent Targema Takema, the secretary to the Benue state government (SSG), has reportedly collapsed and has been rushed to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, in Makurdi, the state capital. Targema Takema, secretary to the Benue state government (SSG), Premium Times reports that Targema collapsed at his residence on Thursday, June 9. According to a source familiar with ...

Militants Vow To Go After Governors Who Betray Them

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         860 Reads
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By Our Correspondent The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) has threatened governors from the Niger Delta against any form of betrayal. Niger Delta Militants It warned that it would go after any governor from the region who betrays the current struggle militants have embarked upon, according to a report by Vanguard. Militants from ...

DELTA POLICE COMMAND DENIES CP ALKALI’S INVOLVEMENT IN 5000 KVA MIKANO POWER-GENERATING PLANT SCAM

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         1438 Reads
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By Francis Sadhere THE Delta State police command has denied that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Usman Baba Alkali was ever involved in a 500KVA Mikano generating plant scam as reported in an online publication of June 7, 2016 by the Sahara Reporters New York with the Caption, 'Delta State Police Commissioner Usman Baba Alkali Is Embroiled ...

ON THE INDIVISIBILITY OF NIGERIA

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         930 Reads
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By Zik Gbemre To those who have, in recent times, been calling and agitating for the restructuring and division of Nigeria, let us shout it out loud here that Nigeria, despite its ‘many problems’ will not divide neither will the nation be thrown into another civil war. Call it being optimistic, hopeful, or practical; the truth is that ...

NDDC: Semenitari disowns fraudulent mail, bank A/C

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         878 Reads
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By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Ag. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said her attention has been drawn to a fictitious electronic mail currently in circulation purporting to have its origin from her. Mrs. Ibim Semenitari A statement signed by Bekee Anyalewechi SA on (Media) to the Ag. MD/CEO of NDDC explained that ‘To ...

Benin residents lauds Oshiomhole on projects

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         859 Reads
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By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City Residents of Benin City have commended Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State for ensuring that development projects in the state are not abandoned in spite of dwindling revenues to states and the federal government, saying they will give their full support to whoever the Governor brings as his successor, as ...

BEDC Embarks on Mass Disconnection of unpaid subscribers

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         895 Reads
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By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City The Benin Electricity distribution company (BEDC) has disclosed that it will embark on mass disconnection of subscribers under its network who are indebted to the company and yet to remit such payment. Mr. Tayo Adekunle, BEDC head of corporate affairs in statement signed by the management and made available to our ...

NDA: Edo Deputy Speaker proffers dialogue As Solution

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         1472 Reads
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...As Ayiri Blame regional leaders for Niger Delta Underdevelopment By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City Following the emergence of Niger-Delta Avengers,NDA,  in the oil rich Niger delta region of Nigeria, the deputy speaker of Edo state house of assembly, Hon. Justin Okonoboh has called on the federal government to engage the group in dialogue to end incessant ...

VENTURE INTO POLITICS,PASTOR IZE- IYAMU URGES RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         887 Reads
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City Front line  gubernatorial aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has admonished God fearing people to go into politics in order to sanitize politics and make it truly serve the interest of the public. Speaking Thursday in Lagos at an interactive media briefing with news men Pastor Osagie ...

Don Pedro Obaseki withdraws from the race, labels APC unserious

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         919 Reads
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By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Edo State, Don Pedro Obaseki, has announced his withdrawal from party’s primary election slated for June 18, 2016 , saying the outcome of the exercise was already predetermined to favour a particular aspirant. He said he, on Thursday, he stumbled on a document that showed that apart ...

EDO 2016: ODUBU,AIRHIAVBERE,OGIEMWONYI DECRIES FRAUDULENT BUYING OF PVC BY ASPIRANT

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         1083 Reads
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By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City As Primary Election of the All Progressive Congress hits a boiling point Ahead of the Edo State gubernatorial election to elect its party's Flagg bearer, some aspirants of the Party have decried fraudulent buying of permanent Voters Card from delegates to hoodwink them during the primary electioneering procedure of the party on June 18,2016. Lately,the ...

PETTY STEALING RISES IN UKWUANI, AS NIGERIA’S ECONOMY WORSENS

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         897 Reads
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By Our Correspondent The wave of petty stealing of domestic and household items has increased in Obiaruku, the headquarters of the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, a trend that is not unconnected with the worsened state of Nigeria’s economy. The cost of food items have continued to increase since the beginning of this year and this is telling on the socio-economic ...

ST. GOTATE SCHOOL OBIARUKU HOLDS 30TH SPORTS COMPETITION

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         910 Reads
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By Our Correspondent The 30th Inter-House Sports Athletic Competition of St. Gotate Schools, Obiaruku has successfully held with dignitaries from all works of life in attendance at Akashiede Girls College playground Obiaruku. Delivering his address, the principal, Pastor Eledu Lucky remarked that learning in the school should not be restricted to the cognitive and affective domains but also include the psychomotor domains, adding that parents ...

Delta Speaker list priorities

Posted by on Friday, 10 June 2016 in News         905 Reads
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By Our Correspondent The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Monday Igbuya, Wednesday made a critical appraisal of the Delta State House of Assembly, describing the Sixth Assembly as “the most stable and promising.” Hon. Monday Igbuya, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly. Igbuya who spoke in Asaba on the occasion of the first anniversary celebration of the ...
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