Analysis & Opinion: Night Approaches

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  By Sunny Awhefeada Night remains a disturbing metaphor in the construction of experience whether fiction or factual. The human mind has configured night as providing the ambience and frame for whatever is evil. A dominant and frightening feature of night is darkness, a phenomenon that has frightened humanity from time immemorial. Night is imagined and constructed as a time of transition during which an unseen mortal combat takes place in the spiritual realm. Night has horrors that are better imagined. It is also configured as the time witches meet…

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Bashorun Askia Hails Lawmaker Of The Year, Oborevwori

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  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh has described Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, as an extraordinary law maker and advocate for good governance. In a goodwill message to the Speaker who was awarded Lawmaker of the Year, by Daily Independent Newspapers, Bashorun Askia noted that under Rt. Hon. Oborevwori’s watch, the Delta State House of Assembly has witnessed a level of stability, responsiveness and liaison with their constituents that have…

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Delta Speaker, Oborevwori Bags Lawmaker Of The Year Award

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Speakee of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday night, bagged Lawmaker of the Year from the Independent Newspaper and Independent Parliamentarian of the year.   The Lawmaker of the Year award which is the maiden edition of the Independent Nigerian Parliamentary Excellence Awards 2021, was held in Abuja. Fifteen other lawmakers drawn from across the country, were also honoured in different categories.   Speaking during the award presentation ceremony, Managing Director of Independent Newspapers, Mr. Steve Omanufeme, said the recipients of the awards in the Federal…

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Guest Die Of Suspected Poison In Wetland Premise Ughelli

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  An unidentified male guest has died from alleged poison at a popular hotel premises located along the Ughelli axis of the East/West road on Sunday, in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. Though the report was sketchy as at the time of this report but it was gathered the male guest was seen vomiting blood at the hotel premises died in one the toilets. In its reaction, the management of Wetland Hotel Ughelli denied the allegations.   They held that the guest died of tuberculosis and it…

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President Buhari Mourn Soldiers Killed By Boko Haram

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President General Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the killing of four Nigeria soldiers by Boko Haram in the northern part of the country. The president who condole the Nigerian Army over the lost said, “Nigeria has lost brave soldiers”. In his statement from his verified facebook page, President Buhari said,  “I am extremely saddened to hear of the demise of Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers who paid the supreme sacrifice, in a very rare display of gallantry, as they tried to help their compatriots in the war against terrorists.…

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My Ex Wife Emily Adopted The Set Of Twins- Ejovi

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  …insists the kids weren’t given birth to through surrogate     Chief Johnbull Ejovi, Friday said he backed out of his marriage because his ex wife,  Emily Apiloko refused to follow legal process to adopt her children under the guise of sorrogacy.   Reacting to a social media reports anchored by one Maureen Gist, Ejovi said his ex wife wanted him to cover up the adoption by accepting that the kids were given birth to through surrogate.   He said he consented to his ex wife having kids with…

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HOPE ALIVE INAUGURATES WARD EXECUTIVES IN ISOKO SOUTH, ISOKO NORTH LGAs

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By Andrew Darah   A forefront socio political pressure group in Delta state, Hope Alive, has inaugurated its ward executive committee members in Isoko South Local Government Area, and Isoko North Local Government Area, both in Delta state. The Ward Executive Committee Members, who were sworn-in by the Director-General of Hope Alive, High Chief Lawrence Eduje, were charged in accordance with the ideology of the group to imbibed and propagate honesty, commitment and integrity for the overall interests and good of all. The newly inaugurated ward executive members who have…

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Global Day Of Climate: Odimodi, Okuntu Communities In Niger Delta Cry For Help, Expose Oil Companies Inabilities

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By Benin Richard November 6, 2021 was meant to organize a climate action globally. Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) and African Centre for Environmental and Rural Development (ACERD) hinged on this to carry out a sea-side action to monitor, report, engage and expose (MORE-E) decades of climate and environmental crisis committed against the indigenous people of the Niger Delta (especially those living in the creeks) by Shell, AGIP, Chevron and a host of other extractive industries. The action which kicked off at Odimodi community terminated at the sea-side of Okuntu…

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President Buhari Congratulates Prof Soludo Over Election Victory

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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo on his governorship election victory at the just concluded Anambra state elections. The president in his verified facebook account urged the Anambra state governor-elect to rally round stakeholders to tackle the enormous challenges confronting State. In his speech,  “I congratulate Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) — and a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Committee (PEAC) — on his victory in the Anambra State gubernatorial election. I commend the security agencies for their…

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Catholic Priest Presents Cash To Primary School Teacher At 25TH Ordination Anniversary

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By Andrew Darah A Catholic priest attached to St. Michael Church in Otovwodo-Ughelli, Fr. Jude Ufuoma Sagbodje has presented a cash donation to his primary school teacher for imparting him with knowledge. Fr. Sagbodje made the donation during the Silver jubilee celebration of his Priesthood in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. In a homily by Fr. Benedict Ukutegbe titled, ‘The Sagbodje That I Know’ the cleric stressed that the ordination of Rev. Fr  Jude Ufuoma Sagbodje has been eventful and fruitful for past last 25 years . According…

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