Month: September 2023

Okoloba Hails Oborevwori’s Giant Stride In 100 Days In Office

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By Lucky Uto   The Councilor representing Ebrumede and Okoribi Ward 7, in Uvwie local government council and a frontline chairmanship aspirant, Hon Victor Okoloba has commended the Executive Governor of Delta State, RT Hon Sheriff Oborevwori over his giant stride at his 100 days in office. Okoloba gave the commendation while chatting with newsmen at his office at the council secretariat on his assessment on Governor Oborevwori hundred days in office. The frontline chairmanship aspirant noted that the clearing of canals and drainages and demolition of illegal structures built on…

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PEPC: Peter Obi Statement On Tribunal Judgement

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Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has called on Nigerians to remain steadfast focused, peaceful and abide by the rule of law. Peter Obi made this statement after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal struck out his petition against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to the statement, Peter Obi disclosed that he respect the views and rulings of the Court but disagree with the reasoning and conclusions of the court in the judgment it delivered. He said, “Yesterday, 6 September 2023, the Presidential…

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Government Officials Need Roads Too

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By Moses Darah   The Success Ovie Ossai’s slogan of “Even a professor needs a skill” comes to mind as the agitation to draw Government’s attention to the deplorable condition of roads in Abraka gathers momentum. Majority of the government officials do not ply any other special route within Delta State. The kidnappers ambush both the poor and rich on the bad spots. At this moment, everyone should be concerned on the selfless movement of ‘ABRAKA NEEDS ROADS’, show support and stop antagonizing the actors. In a sane society, the…

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Analysis &Opinion: Is This Another Season Of Omen For Africa

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By Sunny Awhefeada, J. P. Clark in one of his poems “Seasons of Omens” poetizes Nigeria’s first military coup which occurred on 15th January 1966. Deploying metaphors to adumbrate the tense political situation that led to that tragic episode in Nigerian history, Clark uses the tropes of parallelism and refrain to underscore the poem’s thematic preoccupation in the line, “Then came the five hunters” as well as the clincher “Then the five hunters struck”.   Observers of Nigerian history do not need the literary critic’s exposition to understand that the…

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Anotech Oil Firm, Lost Over N500m Equipment In Arson Attacks In Imo Oil Fields

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  Suspected hoodlums have launched arson attacks at the site of OML 16 operated by Sterling Global Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Advance Oil Production Systems Ltd, (AOPSL)/NNPCL Joint Venture in Ochia-Awara/Assa community of Imo State. Security sources revealed that the incident  took place at the location of a contractor, Anotech Global Company Nigeria Limited, an indigenous oil and gas pipelines / facilities construction and installation company. Anotech is handling 23km pipeline installation, which cuts accross several communities, namely, Obitti, Ochia, Awala, Assa, Obile Ana and Ada Palm communities of…

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Cubana Chief Priest Speaks On Divorce

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Nigerian celebrity bar man, Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest has revealed that if a couple wishes to divorce, they must pay back the money he spent on the wedding. Cubana Chief Priest made this known in a post via his Instagram page on Tuesday. He claimed that before couples decide to part ways, they should make an effort to consider the financial assistance that was provided to them on their wedding day. He continued by saying that if he was invited to a wedding, the couple…

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Prof Akpodiete To Appear As Special Guest Panelist At NIDOA Convention In Miami

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Professor Alexander Ataware Osondu Akpodiete is set to appear as a Special Guest and Distinguished Panelist at the forthcoming Nigerians in Diaspora Organization, America, NIDOA, in Miami Florida, United States of America. In a letter of invitation signed by NIDOA 2023 Chairman AGM Committee, Dr. Yinka Tella and Chairman Board of Trustees, Dr. Ezekiel Macham respectively, Prof  Akpodiete is to appear as a special guest and distinguished panelist and lead a session on ‘Growth Mindset: Leveraging Disruptive Technology and Digital Assets for National Development” at the convention. According to the…

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Bayelsa Election: Timipre Sylva Banks On Score Card As Governor, Minister

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By Elizabeth Vincent/ Yenagoa, Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva has called on electorate in the state to use his score card as a former governor and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to vote massively for him at the forthcoming gubernatorial election slated for November, 2023. According to him a support from the electorates would enable him to unseat the incumbent PDP Governor of the state. Cheif Timipre Sylva former governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister state for petroleum…

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Tribunal: Atiku, Obi, Tinubu Sets To Hear Judgement On September 6

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  THE CHIEF REGISTRAR COURT OF APPEAL P.M.B. 322, ABUJA 4/09/2023 PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION JUDGMENTS TO BE DELIVERED ON WEDNESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2023 AND TELEVISED LIVE: ENTRY INTO THE VENUE WILL BE STRICTLY UPON ACCREDITATION The Court of Appeal wishes to inform the General Public that judgment in the following petitions before the Presidential Election Petition Court will be delivered on Wednesday 6th September, 2023: .CA/PEPC/03/2023 between Mr. Peter Gregory Obi & Anor VS. Independent National Electoral Commission & 3 Ors. .CA/PEPC/04/2023 between Allied Peoples Movement VS. Independent…

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