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It never rains, but pours for Nigeria! Many have argued that the postcolonial state remains in constant flux until it is able to sort itself out and that the sorting out is the product of time and critical self-review and eventual pointing at the way forward. Nigeria is the handwork of British colonizers who deriving impetus from the Berlin Conference of 1884/85 seized the vast territories that were later amalgamated and christened Nigeria by the girlfriend of Lord Lugard who enjoyed the dubious ascription of subjugating the indigenous people for the greed of Great Britain. Colonialism was not…

*Demands Public Apologies From Police Police operatives attached to the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Police has invaded a Television Station and arrested a TV guest from a Live TV show. The incident occured on Tuesday, January 16, in Umuahia during a programme, ‘Youth Rendezvous’ anchored by Grace Onyekachi. Reacting, the director of the Radio and TV station, Ifeanyi Okali, in a statement on Wednesday, said the management was “worried by the invasion of our broadcast station” by the police operatives and demanded an open apologies to the barbaric behavior of the operatives. Mr Okali said the incident happened…

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Majority Leader of the State House of Assembly, Hon (Engr) Emmanuel Emeka Nwaobi as he clocked 49 years on Wednesday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, Governor Oborevwori extolled Nwaobi, who is the Chairman, Nigerian Majority Leaders’ Forum, as an astute lawmaker of repute, whose representation has brought honour and goodwill to his people of Aniocha North State Constituency and beyond. The Governor commended Nwaobi for demonstrating exceptional capacity, humility and patriotism in handling the affairs of the Assembly as House…

Speaker Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has felicitated with the House Majority Leader, Hon (Engr) Emmanuel Emeka Nwaobi on his birthday anniversary. The Speaker described Nwaobi as an intelligent, experienced and hardworking legislator whose emergence as the House Leader of the Delta State Assembly has brought lots of positive vibes to the State Legislature. Guwor who is the National Treasurer, Conference of Speakers of States Houses of Assembly in Nigeria, stated this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nkem Nwaeke in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The Speaker noted that Hon…

It was gory and dumbfounding scene as a middle aged shop owner was shot dead in her shop by suspected assassins at Ovwor-Olomu community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State penultimate Monday.    The deceased who was in her late 40’s and only identified as Judith, was sitting in front of her shop, few meters away from a police check point along Oteri-Ughelli/ Ovwor road.   It was reported that the gunmen who stormed the shop had requested her to follow them to their awaiting vehicle.   But a source at the scene who spoke on anonymous condition…

The Ogbe-Ozoma people of Okpanam community in Oshimili North LGA of Delta State, have alleged that officers of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS of the Delta State Police Command, had attempted to assassinate one Mr. Chinedu Ofuani, an indigene of Ogbe-Ozoma Village in Okpanam, in a ploy to cover up their track and rope him with the murder of two policemen in a disputed land in Okpanam. They said Ofuani who was brutally arrested in what seemed like a case of kidnap, narrowly escaped death, but he was shot in the leg before intervention came from the Police Force Headquarters…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye  The Delta State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB, has insisted that before contractors are paid by the Board, projects executed must be verified.  Following the decision, the board was at some schools in Oshimilli South and North, Ika South, Ika NorthEast and Ndokwa West LGA to inspect and verify the various projects executed in the areas by the board, including school desks, class room blocks building, among others.   Chairman SUBEB, Barr Samuel Mariere, represented by the 2nd member of the board and Chairman Project Monitoring Committee, Comrade Onome Akpoghere,  said the purpose of the verification exercise…

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*** Those Fighting Private Security Providers Are Criminals, Enemies Of Our Nation— TANTITA The Captain of the ill-fated ocean-going Vessel, MT Kali impounded over crude oil theft in Bayelsa State, on Thursday David Adeboye, has disclosed that 119 tonnes of crude oil have been siphoned into the vessel before they ran out of luck. He revealed that 119 tonnes of crude oil have been siphoned into one of the manifolds of the vessel, MT Kali before they were nabbed by the security team. Adeboye and the engineer attached to the vessel, Promise Eze, were paraded before newsmen, on…

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Delta State, Sir Festus Ahon has congratulated the Executive Director Projects, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Olorogun Taleb Tebite on his birth anniversary. Ahon in a statement in Asaba described Tebite as a grassroot politician and businessman of repute and lauded his contributions to the growth and development of Ughelli South and Delta State. The Governor’s image maker acknowledged Tebite’s sterling activities as a politician and man-of-the-people, remarking that the Olomu-born political tactician had brought his wealth of experience to bear on his office as ED (Projects), DESOPADEC. He…