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Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, representing Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal. The court also ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construct-ion Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, owned by the politician also called Oracle by admirers, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021. The Appellate Court’s ruling followed the success of the appeal challenging the judgment of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court which on June 18, 2021 discharged and…

Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa Delta State governor, and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday debunked reports that he had no West Africa School Certificate (WASC), saying he made the second best result in his set in the country in 1976. Okowa said the issue around the certificate was a deliberate wrong perception and unnecessary politics, and explained that virtually all universities in the country offered him admission based on his outstanding performance in WASC and Higher School Certificate (HSC) examinations. Okowa made this known while speaking to journalists after inspecting ongoing projects at the Delta State University…

All Progressives Congress APC woman leader in Imo State, Hon. Chief (Mrs.) Nneoma Ifeoma Ndukwu has charged women in the country not to sell their conscience and rights because of money. She reminds the women that, conscience is an open wound and only truth can heal it. Hon. Chief (Mrs.) Ndukwu gave this charge in an exclusive chat with National Point recently in Owerri. According to her, ahead of the 2023 general elections, ‘I want to tell our women not to sell their votes or rights during this electioneering period. In fact, Nigerians women should not sell their conscience or…

The road to political office has never been easy for women. Hon. Bisi was among contestants for the Edo State House of Assembly Akoko-Edo Constituency II Seat. She narrates her experience in this chat with Paul Idouzee our Edo State Correspondent. Please tell us your experience contesting for an Assembly seat in the recent primaries “My name is Hon. Bisi Akpaida, I ran for election in the Edo State House of Assembly from Akoko-Edo Constituency II. I was the only Lady that ran for the race among 11 men. It was very interesting. Naturally, since I am the only woman…

The Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Akwa has attributed an award he got from the African Union Commission as a testimony that the NDDC despite its challenges has over the years impacted positively on the livelihood and economic empowerment of Niger Delta. In its first Africa SME annual forum held in Cairo, Egypt, at the weekend, the African Union awarded the NDDC as the best “intervention agency for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and livelihood support. Dedicating the award to President Muhammadu Buhari, Akwa who was represented at the award ceremony by his special adviser, youths,…

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has cancelled contracts awarded to the Express Concern International (ECN) for the training of ex-agitators in its novel Train, Employ and Mentor (TEM) scheme. PAP in a statement signed by Neotabase Egbe, the special adviser on media to the interim administrator, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd.), confirmed that the firm’s job was terminated for breaching the terms contained in the contract. A group, Concerned Indigenes of Oil Mineral Producing States Forum (CIOMPSF), had alleged through a statement, that the company diverted funds it received from PAP. But Egbe said even before the group issued its…

Bayelsa State deputy governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has frowned at the level of impunity with which natural endowments in the country are being despoiled, emphasizing that if deliberate steps are not taken to check the unwholesome trend, the present generation would not be able to bequeath a viable and healthy environment to posterity. The deputy governor expressed this concern at a tree planting ceremony organized by the Ethan-Rose Foundation in collaboration with Lirio-Wylls Gardens and Park, and Rotary District 9141at the Peace Park in Yenagoa. Ewhrudjakpo, in a statement issued by his senior special assistant on media, Doubara Atasi, stressed the…

The fifth of July of every year has over the years been a special day in the calendar of the people of Unyeada in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The period around July and August, according to their history, marks the end of the fishing season, when the people, who were migrant fishermen return home from all over the world where they had gone to do fishing to rest and prepare for the next season. To mark the period, the people set aside July 5 to celebrate the season, thank God and feast guests and family alike. But…

Some armed bandits terrorizing the Warri Garage, Lower Erejuwa Road and environs in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State met their waterloo as they were gunned down by the police. Three of the alleged criminals were gunned down by police men who later proceeded to their hideouts where another two suspected armed robbers were killed. The police team from B Division Warri recovered some cut to size guns, live ammunitions and long sharp daggers from the hideouts of the alleged criminals. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Delta State Police headquarters, Asaba, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident.…

Ahead of the 2023 election, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Rivers State Chapter, declared Sunday, June 26, 2022, a Permanent Voters Card Sunday (PVCS) to create more awareness on the need for all Christians of Pentecostal churches to register and collect their PVCs in the ongoing nationwide voters registration exercise. Chairman of PFN in Rivers State, Bishop Minaibi Dagogo Jack made this known while addressing newsmen in the Port Harcourt, saying that the decision was taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Lagos. Bishop Dagogo Jack said PFN leadership frowned at the…