Barely a month after an Octogenarian, 84 year old Gabriel Ahuwa killed his wife in Edo State for starving him with sex, a 63 year old former staff of Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Aminu Mahdi has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death for denying him sex. Aminu, who hails from Yelwa Ward in Mubi North Local Government Area, allegedly descended on his second wife, Hadiza Zubuchi, 46, for denying him access to her bed. The suspect, who had confessed to the crime, told the police that he did not intend that his wife should die,…
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The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure has described the Appeal Court’s judgment in Delta state governorship election as a victory for democracy and a clear testimony that the judiciary can be effective, impartial and truly the conscience of the masses. The National Chairman also called on other judicial institutions in Nigeria to take a cue from the Asaba Appeal Court and dispense judgment without fear or favour in spite of the persons that may be involved. Delta election petition tribunal had dismissed LP’s case against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged abandonment…
Delta State Ministry of Education has released the 2023/2024 Academic Calendar for all Public and Private Primary and Secondary Schools in the State. A statement from the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Augustine Oghoro disclosed that boarders would resume for the 14 weeks duration of First Term on Sunday, September 10, while classes would begin on Monday, September 11, 2023. The statement said that Mid Term Break for the First Term Academic Session would hold from Thursday, October 26 to Friday , October 27 , 2023 , adding that First Term Examination would…
Delta State Government, Wednesday, called on residents in low-land and flood-prone areas to relocate to higher planes in view of the impending flood, following the release of water from Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam into the Rivers Niger and Benue. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, gave the warning in a statement in Asaba, saying the State Government was concerned about the lives and property of citizens living in flood-prone areas in the face of earlier warnings from the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA. According to Ahon, the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has approved the…
The Delta State Executive Council has approved the sum of N10 billion as Social Investment to fund palliatives for Deltans. This was part of decisions reached at the maiden State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Wednesday,,August 30, 2023 at Exco Chambers, Government House, Asaba. Briefing Journalists at the end of the meeting, the State Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Comrade Reuben Izeze, said the Governor would forward it to the State House of Assembly for approval for the provision of palliatives for the less privileged, people living with disabilities, widows, women, youths and…
A cross section of youth in Akwa Ibom State have been trained by a Non-Governmental Organization on how to hold Government accountable through legislative engagement and related matters as champions in their respective Constituencies. Arising from a two day workshop which ends in Uyo on Wednesday, with the theme Promoting Youth Participation in Accountable Governance, the Executive Director, Greater Tomorrow Initiative, Mr Ndifreke Patrick who gave insight on the program said that about 26 youths were selected for the capacity building workshop to serve as champions of legislative governance and accountability in their Constituencies in the state. The idea…
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, are presently jostling for Barr. Nyesom Wike, the present minister of the Federal Capital Territory on whose campaign train he will belong in the forthcoming Bayelsa State Governorship polls. It could be recalled that the name of Wike appeared both in the APC and PDP Governorship campaign councils for the November 11 polls. In a campaign list released yesterday, the national organising secretary of the APC, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu named Wike and others including the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio as members of the campaign council. Earlier in the…
A little girl, aged 3, named Flourish, has been declared missing in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. She was allegedly stolen from her mother at the Omotor junction of the Ughelli main market on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. A Facebook user shared the post on her page saying; “Missing Child: A Three years old child named Flourish is missing. If found please contact the mother at Omotor junction in Ughelli.” It could not be confirmed if the child has been found, but sources contacted at the Ughelli main market told reporters that at 10pm…
… Attributes Action To Irresponsible, Unpredictable Governance Gabonese Military officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions has given reasons why they took over power from the Country’s President, Ali Bongo. The Army officers stated this on National Television on Wednesday, August 30, the junta noted that political, economic and social crises are the major factors responsible for the coup that they tagged, ‘necessary’ for the progress of the West African country. The National address which was rendered in French but translated to English by AFP, the Junta Stated, “Our beautiful country, Gabon, has always…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has set up a 29-member Central Working Committee (CWC), for the distribution of palliative received from the federal government to curb the striking effects of the removal of petrol subsidy. The committee is coming even as the Minority leader of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Lukmon Adeleye, called on the government to carry the assembly members along in the distribution, stressing that they are closer to their constituents than any other official. The committee, which is headed by the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Engr. (Mrs) Noimot Salako-Oyedele, is tadked with the mandate for…