Archives for September, 2020

October 1st: Mark celebration with Foundation Laying, Commissioning of Landmark Projects Nationwide – CEPEJ tells FG

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Sheriff Mulade As the nation marks its Independence Day on 1st October, 2020, the National Coordinator, Chairman and CEO of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, a Civil society Society Organisation, Comrade (Chief) Sheriff Mulade has decried the level of infrastructural decay in Nigeria at 60. Speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, River State on ...

Nigeria At  60: Delta Speaker, Oborevwori, preaches unity, love  

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The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated Nigerians in general and Deltans in particular on the 60th Independence Anniversary of the country and tasked Nigerians on peace and unity of the country. In a Press statement  by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Dennis Otu, Rt. Hon. Oborevwori equally ...

Nigeria @ 60: I foresees greatness – Tidi

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Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area in Delta State, Dr. Michael E. Tidi, has felicitated with people of Warri South on the occasion of the celebration of Nigeria's 60th Independence anniversary tomorrow, Thursday October 1, saying greatness awaits Nigerians with the foundation being laid by government at all levels. In a syndicated Independence anniversary ...

POLICE DECLARES GBAGI WANTED OVER ALLEGED STRIPPING OF FOUR

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Kenneth Gbagi Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi was invited by the Commissioner of Police through the Area Commander Warri and DPO Ebrumede Division on September 25th, 2020 for questioning concerning the alleged dehumanizing manner in which he ordered some of his staffs to be stripped naked and physically assaulted because of an alleged case of stealing which ...

NBA URGES LAWYERS TO RESIST TEMPTATION TO CUT CORNERS

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  OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/ GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHEL   Lawyers in the country have been called upon to resist any attempt to cut corners in their quest to become successful legal practitioners. This call was made by Mr. Olakunle Akpata Esq., National President, Nigerian Bar Assocition (NBA) in Warri, Delta State when he paid an unscheduled visit to the NBA Effurun ...

JOURNALIST EMERGES OVIE OF IDJERHE KINGDOM

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  ...calls on sons, daughters of kingdom to work together OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/ GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHEL Veteran journalist and former South-South Editor of National Daily Newspapers, Prince Monday Obukowho Whiskey has emerged the Ovie-elect of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. His emergence came almost two years after His Royal Majesty, Edward Igho Otadaferua, Erhiekevwe ...

TINA WEDS OSAS OCT 10

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  Come Saturday, October 10, 2020 all roads leads to Oghara as Miss Tina Moluma, daughter of Chief Legbe Moluma of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State will walk down the aisle to say 'I do' to her heartthrob, Mr. Osamudiame Austin Sado, of the noble family of Mr. Sunday Sado of Ozalla Village, Owan ...

Be  Involved In Providing  Perfect  Leadership For Our Nation, Oborevwori  Tells Christians   

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The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has called on  Christians  to be involved in the electoral and governance processes in   deciding who occupies elective and appointive positions to drive perfection at all levels. Rt Hon Oborevwori  while speaking on Monday  at a lecture organised by Christ Embassy  Church, ...

NIGERIA @ 60. GRIDLOCKS AND THE ILLUSIVE EL DORADO

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“It is a Maxim founded on the universal experience of mankind That no Nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest” George Washington (1732-1799) letter to Congress.   With peremptory magistracy and awesome gallantry our founding fathers fought with dogged obduracy for the political independence of our glorious country, Nigeria, They clamoured with no-holds-barred, ...

SIMEON EBONKA :  DEATH HAS ROBBED US OF PEACE-LOVING ELDERSTATEMAN— OBOREVWORI 

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The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has  expressed shock over the death of the first elected Deputy Governor of Delta State, Mr Simeon Ebonka, saying death has robbed the State of a peace-loving elderstateman. In a Press Statement  by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr   Dennis Otu, the Speaker ...

Ex-Minister, Gbagi allegedly orders staff to be stripped naked over alleged theft 

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The four staff and their lawyers after being granted bail by the court. The Police from Ebrumede Police Division has arrested four persons working in a hotel belonging to former minister of state Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi for alleged involvement in a reported theft case in the hotel. BIGPEN reliably gathered that the staff were arrested ...

EDO:   OBOREVWORI CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR OBASEKI ON RE-ELECTION

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The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on his re-election as Governor under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party  ( PDP ). The  Governor won with  307,955 votes  to defeat his Closest rival,  Osagie  Ize- Iyamu of the All Progressives ...

2020 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE: CEPEJ CALLS FOR COLLABORATION WITH SECURITY AGENCIES

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Warri: A civil society organisation, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ has flagged off the 2020 International Day of Peace tagged: 'Shaping Peace Together' by handing over the State Intelligence Investigation Bureau (SIIB) building to the Nigeria Police, Warri Area Command, Delta State. The event was well attended by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. ...

EDO 2020: OKOWA CONGRATULATES OBASEKI ON HIS RE-ELECTION

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  Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated his Edo counterpart, Mr Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on their re-election. Obaseki, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was announced winner of Saturday governorship election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after polling 307,955 votes to defeat his ...

LITERACY IS TOOL OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY—UKUBEYINJE

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  OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHEL Efforts made to eradicate illiteracy are taken to achieve peace and security in communities just as the level of development of any society depend largely on the number of it's literate citizens. This was disclosed by Alexander Ukubeyinje, Chairman/Founder, Adult and Youth Literacy Animateurs Initiative, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) during the Year ...