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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…

As support for persons internally displaced by flood continue to flow in, the All Progressives Congress whose presidential candidate Bola Tinubu has donated N150million boosted by another N50million from its governorship candidate Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has released a guide for ensuring the donated sun trickles down to all the affected flood victims. Delta State is among the highly impacted states with 20 states flooded.   According to the just released guidelines made available to journalists, the distribution will be led by the candidates of the party for the senatorial, House of Representatives and state Assembly in the 2023 general elections…

It has been tales of neglect as hunger, want, anxiety trails internally displaced persons, IDPs, in the camps where they have been forced into by the now receding 2022 flood which has caused so much damage across the country with much heavier impact in the Niger Delta region. Even though Niemeth warned repeatedly months before the flood came ravaging, the government, from federal to states, did nothing to prepare the people and put up measures to stem the effect when it finally came. The Niger Delta states especially,the areas around the bank and tributaries of the River Niger, are flood…

Stakeholders in Duburo and Wiiyaakara communities, in Khana Local Government Area have called on the Rivers State government to provide and upgrade where necessary, social amenities in the area to help improve living conditions. The call was part outcome of a Connected Development, CODE townhall meeting held with stakeholders to access the state of health care delivery and other services provided by the state government. The meeting revealed lack of functional heath care services there with negative health implications especially for women and children.  Woman Leader of Duburo Community, Mrs Barikpemom Peter shared the challenges faced by pregnant women and…

Ogoni is at a crossroads, 27, years down the line, our achievement is huge to those that think it so, while our hope is not yet lost to those that believe in Ogoni struggles. Yes, we might think nothing has changed, but the death of our heroes gave us another rebirth to freedom. As a chief from one of the oil-producing communities ( kwawa), the reason why Ken was killed was because of our oil, which by today Shell is still on trial as ken prophesied. Let us do more to better our ethnic nationality which will bring joy…

Tanisha Harris left her bank job for lunch in January 2018 and never returned. In August, her former husband, Robert Lee Harris, was convicted of her murder. A former Kansas City church elder will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his wife 18 months after they were married. According to The Kansas City Star, Robert Lee Harris, 35, was convicted in August of first-degree murder in the 2018 strangling of Tanisha Harris, 38. He was sentenced on Thursday to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole. The Harrises both attended a non-denominational south Kansas…