Uvwie people under the auspices of Concerned Uvwie Political Patriots, CUPP, yesterday, asked the Delta State House of Assembly to immediately retrace its steps and toe the path of reason by reversing the suspension order on the council Chairman, Mr Henry Baro with minimum delay in the interest of equity, fair play and natural justice.

MR Omordi George Ugbomah was a Commissioner for Environment and Works in Delta State. In this interview, he bares his mind on the proposed amendment bill by the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa over the 2006 DESOPADEC Law.

LET us play a little catch up. Cast our minds back to may, 1999. Olusegun Obasanjo has just been sworn in as president of a new democratic government, with the whole world hailing his coming.

MEDICAL activities at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state, have been crippled as doctors under the aegis of Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, began an indefinite industrial action over the poor state of insecurity within and around the hospital environment.

Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday dissociated its leadership and members of the Union from the purported protest on Friday by some Tally Clerks and On Board Security men at the Marina Headquarters of Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, over unpaid wages.

Super Eagles’ Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has invited 18 overseas-based professionals for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania in Dar es Salaam.

THE leadership of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has directed workers to shut down power supply to four states of Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom, from today over alleged unfair labour practice especially, the sack and reduction of salaries of workers perceived as union activists by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, to stop the moves by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to inspect the ballot papers used for the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State.

With these developments, Egbin Power is now equipped to generate power at its installed 1,320MW capacity, whilst the company is exploring expansion in power generation in a few years to 2670MW and possibly 10000MW in the next decade, if gas supply, transmission expansion and demand permits.

As eminent Nigerians continued to urge the Buhari administration to tread cautiously in the fight against corruption and perceived looters of the commonwealth, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to jail those found guilty of embezzlement while their property should be confiscated.

Leading importer and assembler of motorcycle, power bikes, tricycles and low tonage delívery trucks in Nigeria, Boulos Enterprises Ltd, has renewed its commitment to the Federal Government’s industrialisation efforts by offering products and services that are durable but yet very affordable.

NIGERIAN pharmacists can ow enhance their skills and knowledge through an innovative, non-promotional and free online training programme tagged Scientific Course for Pharmacist Education, SCOPE.

In the wake of the impending outbreak of meningitis epidemic in the country, the Joint Health Sector Union and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, APHA, have called on President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently reactivate the defunct Vaccine Production Laboratories in Yaba, Lagos.

THE people of oil-rich Kokodiagbene, an Ijaw community in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, have given Chevron Nigeria Limited, a two-week ultimatum to implement a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, entered with the community to provide it electricity or face disruption of its activities.

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has said the delay in implementation of the National Health Act, NHA, was devastating, stating that, the absence of funding for primary healthcare system might have stalled the Act.