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Otaru stool: Litigation stalled over govt’s failure to file processes
LEGAL fireworks in Auchi, Edo State chieftaincy dispute were stalled following the inability of the state government to file its process consequential to the amended writ of summons by the claimants.The suit by the Ikharo and two other…
NDDC donates Lassa fever kits to Delta govt
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated Lassa Fever protective kits and drugs to support the Delta State government in its efforts to check the disease in the state.Presenting the kits and drugs at the Ministry of…
Don’t let criminals from South-West take over your region, UPU warns S/South govs
The apex socio-cultural umbrella body of the Urhobo people, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide has warned South-South governors to prepare to battle worsened insecurity when criminals that’ll be flushed out by Operation Amotekun from the…
NDDC audit: Women back acting MD, ask her to accomplish presidential directive
A group of well-meaning Nigerian women, under the aegis of Greater Nigeria Ambassador Forum (GNAF), has thrown its weight behind Joi Nunieh, acting managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).On resumption of office…
NDDC acting MD admits fake payment claims by contractors
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Joi Nunieh, has disclosed that there are many fake payment claims by some contractors of the interventionist agency.The NDDC boss vowed to remain unrelenting…
Amotekun: DELSU don urges South-South govs to take a cue
Following the floating of a regional security outfit by governors of the South-West to checkmate insecurity, an Associate Professor with the Delta State University, Abraka, Dr Emmanuel Ufuophu-Biri, has urged governors of the South-South…
PTI governing council appoints Adimula as vice principal
The Governing Council of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State has approved the appointment of Dr. Adebowale Adimula as vice principal of the institute.This was conveyed in a letter with Reference No.…
Oba of Benin wants memorial site for Ovonramwen in Calabar
ALMOST 116 years after Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi joined his ancestors in Calabar, Cross River State, where he was exiled after the invasion of Benin Kingdom by Britain, the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, has made a case for the…
Number of unsound minded prisoners on the increase in Delta—Controller
The Controller of Prisons in Delta State, Mr Sam Iyakoregha, has decried the rising number of persons with unsound minds in prisons in the state.The prison boss was speaking at a meeting of stakeholders in the administration of…
Benin descendants seek cross-cultural, historical interactions with Itsekiri
Descendants of Benin Kingdom in Edo State have solicited historical and cultural interactions with their filial Itsekiri brothers in Delta State through a synergy between the Institute for Benin Studies and Itsekiri Historical Group.The…