Diri constitutes committee on NDU ASUU, HIJAC demands
Gov. Douye Diri, has set up a special committee to look into the demands of the Niger Delta University (NDU) Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the Higher Institutions Joint Action Committee (HIJAC). Diri, who inaugurated the committee on Friday in Government House, Yenagoa, after meeting separately with both bodies, expressed […]
November gov’ship election opportunity to prove Anambra as PDP State — Okeke
A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the People Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ugochukwu Okeke has challenged the party faithful to seize the governorship election slated for November 6, 2021, to prove their claims that the state belonged to PDP.
Gombe still applying Bauchi State laws 25 years after creation, NBA laments
By Ibrahim Ismail MORE than 25 years after its creation from Bauchi State, Gombe State is still using obsolete laws enacted by the Bauchi State Government to run its affairs. To this end, the Nigerian Bar Association has urged Gombe State Government to enact its own separate laws so as to strengthen legal operations in […]
Minority Reps commiserate with Okowa over father’s death
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives Friday, consoled the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa over the passing of his father, Sir Okorie Uzoma Arthur Okowa, on Thursday, January 28, 2021.
Dutch court rules Shell liable for Niger Delta oil spills
An appeals court in the Netherlands on Friday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers over oil pollution in the Niger Delta. The court delivered its judgment at the end of a long-running civil case. The farmers were seeking financial compensation and a clean-up by Shell for pollution caused by pipelines leaking […]
Hosting events across Europe has helped my career – MC Fantasy
By Ayo Onikoyi For some of his peers, combining three jobs would be challenging but in MC Fantasy’s world, it appears to be a smooth ride switching from one commitment to another. From Lagos, Nigeria to the United States of America, MC Fantasy’s event hosting career is one that has crossed continents and is regarded […]
No culture without agriculture, no faith without cultivation
By Fr George Adimike Man as a work in progress is both a subject and object of cultivation. There is no culture without cultivation both in its figurative and literal senses. As habitual beings, our repeated actions create a pattern that influences and informs our default perspective to reality. This disposition comes by the cultivation […]
COVID-19: WHO warns countries fighting over vaccine
The World Health Organisation urged countries squabbling over COVID-19 vaccine supplies to think about the situation of health workers in less developed countries. “We all need to step into the place of them. Where they are today fighting on the front line…,” Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert, told reporters. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Delta Govt imposes […]
CBN’s financing support to govt has created economic stability – ACJHR
*Says apex bank’s efforts be commended by Fitch Report,not undermined By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-The African Centre for Justice and Human Right,ACJHR ,has flayed criticism of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, for providing financing support to the federal government. The rights group said its reaction was in response to the position of Fitch Report,a global rating […]
NEW SERVICE CHIEFS: Oyibode commends Buhari
The Chief Executive Officer of Geotag Oil and Gas Limited and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Delta North Senatorial District, Chief Dr. Gabriel Chukwuma Etaoghenevwegba Oyibode (JP) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of new service chiefs. Oyibode, who made the statement in Abuja through his media aide, Pastor Itodje Okiemute Godstime, […]
NEMA distributes relief materials to flood victims in Adamawa
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials to over 1,000 victims of the 2020 flood in 11 Local Government Areas in Adamawa. Mr Anuhu Midala, the agency’s Head of Operation, Adamawa, and Taraba, presented the items to the victims of the flood on Friday in Yola. Midala said the items were meant […]
