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27 years after the trial and hanging of their husbands on November 10, 1995, under the military regime of General Sani Abacha, four widows out of the wives of the 9 executed men, have discontinued the pursuit of their case against multinational oil company, Shell. The women had initiated a suit in 2017 which sought to affirm the complicity in the events surrounding the trial, which led to the hanging of their husbands. The executed men include writer, dramatist and minority rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa . The other men who were Ogoni rights activists on the platform of the Movement…

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The fate of over 300 final year students of the Delta State School of Nursing from Warri, Eku and Agbor is hanging in the balance and that has resulted in a protest by the affected in Asaba, Delta State. The students, who were billed to commence their final National Nursing Council Examination today, were informed early Tuesday morning that they were not registered for the examination by the director of the School of Nursing in the state despite paying all necessary fees. It was learnt that the director, School of Nursing, Mrs. Gloria Igumbor, communicated the sad development to the…

Delta State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Isaiah Bozimo has said the three proposed bills to the Delta State House of Assembly will enhance the administration of civil justice and deepen democracy in the state.  Bozimo stated this in an interview with journalists immediately after the public hearing on the proposed bill at the state House of Assembly. The attorney general listed the proposed bills as, Delta State Good Governance and Accountability Commission Bill 2022, Administration of Civil Justice Bill 2022, and Administration of Criminal Justice Bill 2022. He noted that the purpose of the public hearing was to get…

The chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu has commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for successfully completing the council’s Press Centre which started since 2014. Ikeogwu gave this commendation at the inauguration of the well-furnished journalists’ house on Friday, October 28, 2022 by Governor Okowa. The highly elated NUJ chairman said the project coming 31 years after the creation of the state has given the union an identity. Said he: “This day will forever remain indelible in the minds of practicing journalists here in Delta State and beyond. Let me first appreciate God Almighty, the maker…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State inaugurated the Campaign Committee of the party in Asaba last Thursday with many party bigwigs staying away. This is a clear signal that the crisis rocking the state chapter of the party is far from over as the party’s national leader, Chief James Ibori, the immediate past governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, and other party bigwigs shunned the inauguration of the Campaign Management Committee. Other notable party chieftains that snubbed the inauguration of the campaign council to support the governorship aspiration of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori were the lawmaker representing Delta South Senatorial…

Members of the Nigeria Association of the Blind, Edo State Chapter, have called on all tiers of  government to make education free and create conducive environment for them to move around and do their legitimate business. The members who embarked on a road walk to the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State Council in celebration of National White Cane Day, urged the Edo State government to assent to the Disability Bill that has been passed by the Edo State House of Assembly. Chairman of the association, Evangelist Lucky Imafidon, expressed gratitude to the Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki…

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools(NAPPS), Edo State chapter has frowned at some of the policies enacted by the Obaseki-led government arguing the policies would make students to be idle and redundant at home. They are also pleading with the governor, Godwin Obaseki not to allow primary six and the Junior Secondary School examinations to be written in March, the second term in the school calendar, stressing that it would make the students to stay long at home thereby make some lazy and likely to resort to various types of negative social vices. NAPPS at an enlarged meeting…

The assistant superintendent of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Danladi Wosha, has disclosed that 90 per cent Nigerians deported from aboard are from Edo State with a promise that the NIS will intensify  awareness and sensitization to various communities to educate the grassroots people about the dangers of illegal smuggling and migration. Wosha who made the disclosures at a sensitization programmeorganized Benin City by the Nigeria Immigration Service with theme:” No Japa Enter Smuggler Hand: Shine Your Eye,” said the end purpose of smuggling is for financial and material gains. He stated that smuggling of migrant comes with the consent of…

Niger Delta women have called on the federal government to putin place immediate measures to address the flooding which has consistently ravaged the country with crippling impacts on both livelihood and infrastructure in the region. Presenting the Niger Delta demand at the recent African Women Assembly tagged, ‘African Women Unite on the Frontline of Climate Crisis’, Dr. Patience Osaro-Ejiji stated that Niger Delta women are tired of facing unending disaster emanating from flooding which fall-out, forces them into a cycle of poverty. The women called on the federal government to end the pains faced by internally displaced persons who suffer…