Notable Russian main opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin’s critic, Alexei Navalny, has died in an Arctic Circle jail at the age of 47. The prison service said Navalny who was serving a 19-year jail term on charges widely considered politically motivated was moved to Russia’s toughest penal colonies in late 2023. BBC quoted the prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district as saying Navalny had felt unwell after a walk on Friday. It said an emergency medical team was called immediately to resuscitate him but all efforts were futile. “The emergency doctors declared the…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from Delta State University, Abraka. He is a registered practising Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists with over 20 years experience of reporting. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focuses more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration by government and multinational iol companies has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experience in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas. He is married with children.
The Catholic Bishops under the auspices of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) of the Lagos and Ibadan Ecclesiastical Provinces have enjoined President Bola Tinubu to act urgently and arrest the rising spate of insecurity, unbridled violence and biting hardship in the country. Their calls were made in separate communiques of the first plenary meetings of the Catholic Bishops of both Ecclesiastical Provinces held respectively in Lagos and Ibadan. The Bishops said the insecurity situation is depressing and hampering the overall good of the nation. The Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, comprising Ibadan Archdiocese,…
Nigeria President Bola Tinubu and state governors, yesterday, agreed to establish state police in the country as part of measures to check the rising wave of insecurity in the country. This was one of the six high points of an emergency meeting summoned by the President at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, in view of economic hardship in the country and upsurge of insecurity in different parts of the country. The emergency meeting also had in attendance Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Nyesom Wike. Specifically, President…
… Says Accusations Against Tompolo False The Concerned Citizens Of Arogbo- Ibe Kingdom in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Friday accused Chief Bibopere Ajube, (alias General Shoot-At- Sight) of alleged kidnapping, illegal oil bunkering, possession of fire arms, explosive dynamites and other crimes. The group who were reacting to a publication in a national daily, (not this medium) with the title “An Open Letter To The President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu On Disguised Moves By Chief Government Ekpemupolo Aka Tompolo To Instigate Crisis In Arogbo – Ijaw Kingdom,…
The Organisation For the Advancement of Anioma Culture (OFAAC), the umbrella body of Anioma Culture mourns the passage of a Monarch par excellence, His Royal Majesty, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien, expressing the grief that the Anioma Nation may never have a resounding, famous and brilliant Traditional Ruler like the Asagba of Asaba again. In a press statement issued by Arc. Kester Ifeadi as the President of OFAAC, he itemised a number of qualities that distinguished Asagba Prof. Chike Edozien as a rare gem among the personalities that ever occupied various Thrones within the Traditional Institution in Nigeria and beyond. Asagba…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye A two days promotion exercise for sixty three (63) Senior Staff of Delta State House of Assembly, Wednesday commenced in Asaba the State Capital, with the Acting Chairman of the State Assembly Service Commission, Mr Sunday Ebirere presiding. Mr Ebirere who disclosed that the promotion interview is in line with the core mandate of the Service Commission, paid glowing tributes to the State Governor, Elder Sheriff Oborevwori and the Speaker of the Delta State Assembly, Rt Hon Dennis Guwor for making promotions workers in the Assembly a top priority. He said it was all smiles, jubilations…
Commercial activities and vehicular movement were halted for several hours in Ughelli on Wednesday, February 14, as protesters barricaded roads within the metropolis over alleged misconducts of Policemen and local security agents, (The Hunter Group) in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The protesters armed with placards displaying inscriptions such as, ‘Freeman is a Kidnapper he must go, ‘Police Brutality is getting too much, ‘Police in Ughelli are fighting the innocents instead of criminals, ‘Too much of police illegal activities in the land, ‘Ughelli Police should allow our people free movement’ amongst other, accused a team of the…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Delta State Internal Revenue Service, DSIRS, says it is not relenting on efforts to devise ways and means to meet the internally generated revenue projection for the 2024 fiscal year in the state. Executive Chairman, Delta State Internal Revenue Service, Hon (Chief) Solomon Ighrakpata, who stated this while addressing stakeholders at a meeting in Warri, said the informal sector remains the focal point towards achieving the set goals. Giving a breakdown of the successes recorded by the present board in 2023, Hon Ighrakpata said the Service achieved a milestone performance in respect of IGR collections…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye As Deltans, particularly the Christian Catholic faithfuls join the rest of the World to mark the beginning of lent, the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has sued for a stronger Walk and Work with God. The Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nkem Nwaeke also enjoined Christians in the State and beyond to leverage on the lent period to intensify their prayers for the state and country at large. While wishing the Catholic Christian family a fruitful lent period, Rt Hon Guwor, noted that it was…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has commiserated with the people of Asaba and, indeed Deltans and the traditional institution in Nigeria, over the passage of the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Prof Joseph Chike Edozie, CFR. Reacting to Tuesday’s evening announcement of the transition of the reverred traditional ruler by the Asagba-in- Council, Guwor said he was saddened by the news of passage of the Monarch when preparations for his centenary birthday celebration was at the concluding stage. The Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nkem Nwaeke, described the demise of…