Archives for April, 2019 - Page 3

’Court strikes out Ogboru’s candidacy nullification appeal

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 in News 784 Reads

The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State today struck out Chief Great Ogboru’s joinder appeal challenging the Asaba High court judgment of March 18th, 2019 which nullified the list of candidates that emanated from Prophet Jones Erue led executive of the party in Delta State, including that of Chief Great Ogboru and the ...

Seplat’s Eye Can See programme ends in Benin, over 350 surgeries performed

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 in News 986 Reads

L-R: Deputy Manager, External Relations, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) Limited, Mrs. Doris Ohio; General Manager, External Affairs and Communications, Dr. Chioma Nwachuku, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc; Chief S. O. Obamwonyi, the Esere of Benin Kingdom, who represented the Oba of Benin; and Operations Director, SEPLAT, Mr. Effiong Okon, at the closing ceremony ...

THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY AS WE SEE IT – PART 2

Posted by admin on Monday, 15 April 2019 in News 736 Reads

By Zik Gbemre It is sad that despite its pivotal role in the fight against corruption and the adjudication of justice across all issues affecting everyone in the country, the Nigerian Judiciary has over the years, been bastardized within its different levels with corruption of varying degrees. This has made its judicial judgments and pronouncements questionable ...

Long Queues Resurface at Warri Filling Stations …As fuel sells for N250 per liter in black market

Posted by admin on Thursday, 11 April 2019 in News 635 Reads

By Christopher Odamah, Warri Long queues have re-surfaced in filling stations in the oil rich city of Warri, Effurun and other major cities across the country as fuel scarcity bites hard in Delta State. It was gathered, a litre of fuel is now being sold in many filling stations in Warri and other towns across Delta for ...

THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY AS IT STANDS IS PATHETIC

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 in News 777 Reads

By Zik Gbemre The Nigerian Judiciary as it stands, is an absolute shame of the nation. The Nigerian Judiciary urgently needs to be healed and cleansed of all filths. The healing and overhauling of the judiciary is needed to save the nation from political and economic crises. How can we continue to have such conflicting judgments and ...

NBM Holds 41th National Convention

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 in Event 3854 Reads

...To Publish Blueprint in Strengthening Nigeria's Democracy Christopher Odamah, Warri The 41th national convention of the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM), a non-governmental organisation, is scheduled to commence April 11 to 14, 2019. Also slated for the convention is the 15th annual lecture with the theme in Abuja, “Strengthening The Voices For Nigeria's Democracy”. During the lecture, the group’s ...

RE: DID OKOWA REALLY WIN THE DELTA STATE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION?

Posted by admin on Saturday, 06 April 2019 in News 830 Reads

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa As the Gubernatorial elections in Delta State has come and gone, with the so-called victory of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, can we honestly say that Okowa won the said Gubernatorial election fair and square? Is the so-called victory worth bringing out the drums and celebrating with the PDP camp and their supporters? In ...

THROWBACK: Nigerian journalists who lost their lives seeking the truth

Posted by admin on Saturday, 06 April 2019 in News 899 Reads

Nigeria is one of the countries where murderers of journalists get away without the authorities ever bringing them to justice. Nigeria was ranked 13 out of 14 countries in the 2018 Global Impunity Index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), making it the sixth time that Nigeria is featured on the index since ...

AMEPROGAS LAUDS BAYELSA STATE GOVERNOR OVER COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON OIL SPILLS … Urge South-South Governors to Emulate Effort

Posted by admin on Friday, 05 April 2019 in Energy Today 2887 Reads

AMEPROGAS LAUDS BAYELSA STATE GOVERNOR OVER COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON OIL SPILLS ... Urge South-South Governors to Emulate Effort Christopher Odamah, Asaba Association of Media Practitioners in Oil and Gas Producing Areas of Nigeria, AMEPROGAS, has commended Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson for constituting an Environmental Degradation Commission of Inquiry (EDCI) to investigate the years of negative ...

A CLARION CALL TO DELTANS WORTH GIVING ATTENTION

Posted by admin on Friday, 05 April 2019 in News 820 Reads

Zik Gbemre When a people are ready to turn a blind eye to what is evidently wrong in their society, then that society as a whole will suffer the decay over time in governance, accountability, morality and upright values. Many stakeholders in Delta State have, sadly, become a set of people who have smeared their conscience ...

Rivers election: Don’t rejoice prematurely, Eze tells Wike, Abe

Posted by admin on Friday, 05 April 2019 in News 877 Reads

…..Says this concocted INEC Results will not stand the test of time A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Nyesom Wike, and his camp not to rejoice yet over the results being collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as same is ...

THE TRUE ENEMIES OF NIGERIA

Posted by admin on Friday, 05 April 2019 in News 1085 Reads

By Zik Gbemre We have reiterated severally that there is no magic on how to address the fall of the Nigerian Naira, if the nation does not produce anything for global consumption. Nigeria is best known as a 'consumer nation' that is producing next to nothing for export. Apart from our raw crude oil and natural ...

ON EMERHOR’S RECENT NOISE-MAKING

Posted by admin on Friday, 05 April 2019 in News 797 Reads

By Zik Gbemre We were appalled to read in a recent online publication of a statement accredited to O’tega Emerhor, that he expects INEC to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Insinuating that the certificate was ‘erroneously’ issued to Omo-Agege by INEC, and expressing hope that it will soon be retrieved and ...

AFFECTED CANDIDATES OF 2015 CIVIL SERVICE RECRUITMENT TO UNDERGO SCREENING APRIL 10-25

Posted by admin on Friday, 05 April 2019 in News 808 Reads

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO The 9-man committee constituted by the Delta State Government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the aborted recruitment exercise in 2015 has concluded arrangements to screen the affected candidates from Wednesday, April 10 to Thursday, April 25, 2019 at the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria Conference Hall, Opposite Delta State Universal Basic Education ...

Delta First Lady Lauds The Passage of Sickle Cell Bill

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 03 April 2019 in Health 2987 Reads

Christopher Odamah Asaba The wife of the Delta State Governor and Founder O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has lauded the speaker and members of the Delta state House of Assembly for passing the Sickle cell bill into law. In a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media to the wife of the state Governor, Mrs Alicia ...

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