American Petroleum Institute Denies Issuing BOSIET Certification To OPEANS Nigeria LTD

  An American Petroleum Institute (API) has firmly denied granting any certification or approval to Opeans Nigeria Limited for conducting the Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET). Opeans Nigeria Limited, a training provider with centers in Port Harcourt and Warri, had previously claimed to have received API certification, which caused excitement among its Executive Director, Ben Nwoye, and the company’s stakeholders. However, API has set the record straight, asserting that it has not accredited or approved any trainings conducted by Opeans Nigeria Limited. As a leading standard-setting organization…

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The Tragedy Of Our Independence

By Sunny Awhefeada The notable Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o dedicated his novel A Grain of Wheat to “the peasants who fought the British yet who now see all that they fought for being put on one side.” African independence didn’t meet the aspirations of the people. It did come with betrayals of tragic proportions. The decades of nationalism from around 1920 to the late 1950s were not just about the struggle for freedom, but were years of hope anchored on Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah’s admonition, “seek you first the political…

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Education: Efekemorae Celebrates Teachers

  The Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Comrade Emmanuel Efekemorae has celebrated teachers for their efforts towards shaping the minds of our children. Speaking to make this year’s Teachers Day Celebrations, Efekemorae stated that a good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others. “There is no contention about the positive contributions of teachers to human capital development in nation building. “Teachers nuture engineers, politicians, filmmakers, writers, astronauts, architects, lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs and many more. It means without…

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Kidnappers Overrun Ughelli, Abduct Pregnant Mother Of Three, Business Man, Others

Tension is currently high in Ughelli North local government area as suspected kidnappers have allegedly overrun communities in the areas without hindrance from various sections of security operatives. This has brought remarkable fear to business owners and residents over the unabated uprise in kidnapping. A-29-year old pregnant mother of three, simply identified as Mrs Ovuoke was on Monday morning kidnapped at Iwhre-Ovie community, in Ughelli North Local government Area of Delta state. It was learned that Mrs Ovuoke was gong to a local massaging centre when the incident occurred in…

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Ogor PDP Congratulates Gov Oborevwori On Tribunal Victory, Seek More Appointments

Leader and Stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Ogor ward in Ughelli North Local government area, have congratulated Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori on his election victory at the tribunal. This is just as the leadership of the Party applauded the governor for the appointment given to sons and daughters of Ogor in Ughelli North. “While we appreciate the Governor for his benevolence, we want More of appointments in other to do MORE as enshrined in the M.O.R.E Agenda. The motion for the congratulatory communique was raised…

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Akpeti Hails Victories Of Governor Oborevwori At Tribunal

Former chairmanship aspirant for Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Akpeti Lawrence Ebikefe has hailed the victories of the State Governor, His Excellency, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori at the election Tribunal. While felicitating with the Governor on his Tribunal Victories, Hon. Akpeti Lawrence Ebikefe in a press release he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Asaba on Monday , October 2nd, 2023, said that the Tribunal Victories were for all Deltans and implored the people of the state to continue to support the Governor in his…

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Independence Address By President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Dear Compatriots,   It is my unique honour to address you on this day, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence, both as the President of our dear country and, simply, as a fellow Nigerian. 2. On this solemn yet hopeful day, let us commend our founding fathers and mothers. Without them, there would be no modern Nigeria. From the fading embers of colonialism, their activism, dedication and leadership gave life to the belief in Nigeria as a sovereign and independent nation. 3. Let us, at this very moment, affirm…

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Victory Awaits Senator Agege At The Appelate Court -MAYFA

By Akpomedewaro Ike   Me and You for Agege, a political pressure group of the All Progressive Congress, has declared that the Delta State APC governorship candidate in the 2023 General Election, His Excellency, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege CFR, would be victorious at the appellate court. The organization made this known through a statement that was signed by its National Coordinator and Director General namely; Comrade Oyesi Pedro and Comrade Akpobome Rufus Ibebe respectively. In the statement, the organization stated that they have a firm confidence that the appellate court would…

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Tribunal Verdict: Oborevwori Remains Candidate To Beat- Timothy Ezue

By Moses Omovevah   A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Timothy Ezue has congratulated Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, on his victory at the Governorship election Tribunal sitting in Asaba. Ezue in his congratulatory statement shortly after the verdict, posited that, “Governor Oborevwori remains a candidate to beat in the election Tribunal and it’s governing prowess in the State has paved way for him and he is already riding high and above his contenders in the race. “I am therefore…

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Delta Revenue TaskForce Extorts N35,000 From Secondary School Teacher Over Vehicle Particulars

    A secondary school teacher, rushing her daughter to Ufor hospital for medical treatment has narrated her ordeal how the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue taskforce allegedly extorted N35,000 from her in Ughelli North Local Government Area. The teacher, (name withheld ) attached to a secondary in Ughelli metropolis, was said to have been accosted by the task force led by Samson Igho as chairman along Isoko road by Oharisi primary school on Thursday. According to the teacher, “I was rushing my daughter to Ufor hospital for treatment…

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