By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The desperation of Hon. Solomon Awhinawhin of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, to take over the Ughelli North/South and Udu Federal Constituency Seat has been dashed following the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Wednesday, November 1, which set aside the judgement of the National Assembly Elections Tribunal Asaba and affirmed the victory of Rt. Hon. Rev. Francis Ejiroghene Waive as the rightful winner. Recall that the lower court had ruled that Waive was not qualified to contest the 2023 general elections because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to publish Waive’s educational…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a registered Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focus more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration 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.
** Says An injustice To One Ijaw Man Is An injustice To Forty million Ijaw People Across The World The Ijaw National Congress ( INC), has threatened a reign of anarchy should lawmakers in Rivers State allowed themselves to be used to impeach the State Governor, His Excellency Similaye Fubara. The INC noted with dismay that the development in Rivers State was worrisome and capable of generating an unwarranted state of insecurity and instability that can throw the entire Niger Delta and the Nigerian economy into serious crisis and warned that enough was enough. The President, Ijaw National Congress,…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Leaders and members of the Federated Movement Of Urhobo Youth Leaders led by Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon, JP, has congratulated Rt. Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive, representing Ughelli South, North and Udu Federal Constituency, Senator Joel Onowakpor representing Delta South Senatorial District, Senator Ede Dafinone of Delta Central and Hon. Egbetema representing Udu State constituency and all other APC leaders for their successes in the 2023 elections tribunal which upheld their well deserved victories. Addressing journalists moment after the declaration of Rt. Hon. Waive’s victory, Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon, JP, said if not for the conscienceless nature of…
… As Institution Graduates Pioneer Post Graduates, 414 Undergraduates Students By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Vice Chancellor of Edo State University Uzairue , Engr. Prof Emmanuel Aluyor, has disclosed that the the Director General of the National Youth Service Corp, Brig. Gen. Yushau Dogara Ahmed will deliver the 5th convocation lecture of the institution titled; Harnessing The Potentials of Nigerian Youth for National Unity And Development. Addressing journalists during a press briefing held as part of activities marking the event, the VC, Engr. Prof Emmanuel Aluyor said, the University convocation will hold on Saturday, November 4, 2023, with a total of 414 undergraduate and pioneer postgraduate students…
The Niger State Police Command has through a statement issued and signed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun, disclosed that the prime suspect in the murder of a lecturer of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Dr. Funmilola Adefolalu has been arrested. DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun said, the prime suspect, a 14 year old teenager, Joy Afekafe, is currently being interrogated by the police as the prime suspect for the culpable homicide of the FUT Minna lecturer. Late Funmilola, who is also a Pastor with Voice of Mercy Ministry was discovered inside her residence in…
Says Nigeria Will Be Wiped Off The Map If… Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno State has called on the Federal Government to rise up to the tasks and stopped terrorists from recruiting Nigerian youths into Boko Haram and ISWAP. Adding that if the Nigerian government, across boards, does not take proactive measures to stop young people and children from being recruited by the terrorists, the country’s safety will remain at risk. He stated this while hosting the reconstituted management board of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) at the council chambers of the Borno State Government House in Maiduguri on Monday,…
One Abdullah Abiodun has been arraigned for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter and subsequently caught in he act by his own son Usman, a younger brother to the victim in Lagos. Police prosecution witness Inspector Glory Eyo, on Monday, October 30, narrated to an Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court how Abdullah Abiodun allegedly defiled his 12 year old daughter. Led in evidence by the state prosecuting counsel, Olushola Sholeye, Inspector Eyo told the court that the minor was defiled by her father in the Badagry area of the state. The police told Justice Abiola Soladoye that it was…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that no fewer than 50 decomposing corpses, including 20 headless ones, as well as countless skeletons were discovered by the state security operatives during a raid of the forest around the Lokpanta Cattle Market in the Umunneochi axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Otti disclosed this on Sunday, October 29, during the second edition of his monthly media chat in Umauahia, Abia state Capital. According to the Governor the cattle market was used by kidnappers as ransom-collection point. He also vowed that no inch of the state land mass would be left to…
The report of alleged forceful sales of the portrait of the Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to secondary school principals and Chief Inspectors of Education (CIEs), by his Commissioner for secondary education, Mrs Rose Ezewu, has not only rattled her but upset the State government. Sources close to the corridor of power, disclosed that the report caused stirs in the cabinet of the governor who was visibly miffed with the ugly development. Mrs. Ezewu, was accused of allegedly forcing secondary school principals in the State to purchase the portrait of the State governor, Rt. Hon. Oborevwori for the…
Delta Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Chairman of the State Traditional Rulers’ Council and Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, HRM Maj. Gen. Felix Mujakperuo (rtd), Orhue 1, on his installation as the pioneer Chancellor of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State. Governor Oborevwori, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, also congratulated the revered monarch on his conferment with the Honorary Doctor of Law Degree of the university. The Governor, in his congratulatory message to the royal father, pointed out that his “astute leadership qualities and robust experience as a retired…