I Was a Private School Teacher till STEP Transformed Me to a CEO- Pupu

I Was a Private School Teacher till STEP Transformed Me to a CEO- Pupu

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-UTEH: PUPU BLESSING, the CEO of NefeWorld Creativity, holds a B.Sc./Ed in Physics. She hails from Okpe Local Government Area. For lack of job, she enrolled and trained in Fashion and Textile Design in the 2017/2018 cycle of the Delta…

2023: Isoko Monarchs Endorse Bashorun Askia Ogieh For Federal House Of Reps, Say He’s Best

2023: Isoko Monarchs Endorse Bashorun Askia Ogieh For Federal House Of Reps, Say He’s Best

#IsokoFirst Traditional rulers in Isoko Land have thrown their weights behind the aspiration of a formidable political leader in Isoko with wealth of experience in grassroots politics, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, in clinching the ticket to contest for the Isoko Federal Constituency seat…

Dr. Onoriode’s Late Mother, Mrs. Maria Etatsemi For Burial April 9

Dr. Onoriode’s Late Mother, Mrs. Maria Etatsemi For Burial April 9

The burial ceremony of late Mrs. Maria Etatsemi, mother of an Assistant Director of Information in the Delta State Ministry of Information and the Public Relations Officer in Ministry of Justice, Dr. Onoriode Etatsemi will hold on Saturday, April 9 , 2022….

From Proceeds, I Contribute My Quota to Upkeep of My Home, Children’s Education -YAGEPreneur Stella Awulor

From Proceeds, I Contribute My Quota to Upkeep of My Home, Children’s Education -YAGEPreneur Stella Awulor

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-UTEH: STELLA AWULOR hails from Ika North East Local Government Area and is the CEO of AkaChukwu Fish Farm located at Egbokodo-Itsekiri in Warri South West Local Government Area. She is four years in business, having enrolled in the 2016/2017 Cycle…

GOV BELLO MATAWALLE: CADILLACS IN THE MIDST OF LACK

GOV BELLO MATAWALLE: CADILLACS IN THE MIDST OF LACK

For a state that is plagued with extreme privation, hunger, humanitarian crisis and lack, one would have thought that Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state will be more frugal with expenditures than he unabashedly displayed recently. His warped decision to procure brand…

Russia-Ukraine War: Poland Accommodates Over  2M Refugees, Including 2,000 Fleeing Nigerians

Russia-Ukraine War: Poland Accommodates Over 2M Refugees, Including 2,000 Fleeing Nigerians

Government of Poland has said over two million refugees from Ukraine including over two thousand Nigeria fleeing the Russia-Ukraine War have been allowed passage into Poland. A statement on Wednesday by the Embassy of Poland in Nigeria titled: “Poland stands with Ukraine…

2023: ISOKO CONSULTATIVE FORUM SUPPORTS OTHIHIWA SENATORIAL AMBITION

2023: ISOKO CONSULTATIVE FORUM SUPPORTS OTHIHIWA SENATORIAL AMBITION

Says Forum will Support Winners of House of Assembly, House of Representatives Candidates after Primaries -From Michael J. EKOKORUWE (OLEH): Isoko Consultative Forum (ICF) at the weekend supported the Delta South Senatorial candidate, Sir Ayodele Othihiwa and promised to support State House…

UNODC Begins Assessment Work on Rehab of Lagos, P/Harcourt Correctional Facilities

UNODC Begins Assessment Work on Rehab of Lagos, P/Harcourt Correctional Facilities

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has began assessment work on rehabilitation of principal correctional facilities in Port Harcourt and Lagos. The United Nations body is targeting the rehabilitation of correctional facilities in both Part Harcourt and Lagos after…

Ramadan: Zulum gifts food-bags, cloth, N5.7m to 285 Govt House cleaners 

Ramadan: Zulum gifts food-bags, cloth, N5.7m to 285 Govt House cleaners 

Borno Governor,  Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday, distributed food items, cloth and combined cash of five million, seven hundred thousand to 285 cleaners, messengers and others at  the lowest rank, working at the Government House in Maiduguri.  Each of them received…

Insecurity: EU delivers 30 boats, forensic equipment to Nigeria, others

Insecurity: EU delivers 30 boats, forensic equipment to Nigeria, others

The European Union is to deliver an array of security hardware including 30 rigid-hull inflatable boats and forensic equipment to the Economic Community of West African States to tackle maritime crime and other security challenges in West Africa. The issue of piracy…

USAID Launches $9.5Mn Advancing Nutrition Activity to Fight Malnutrition

USAID Launches $9.5Mn Advancing Nutrition Activity to Fight Malnutrition

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched its two-year $9.5 million Advancing Nutrition Activity to improve the nutritional health of citizens in Bauchi, Kebbi, and Sokoto states. A statement on Monday by the United States Embassy said the activity will…

Living in Unity, Love Will Aid Nigeria’s Unimpeded Dev, Says Nasarawa Gov

Living in Unity, Love Will Aid Nigeria’s Unimpeded Dev, Says Nasarawa Gov

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has said the country would have unimpeded development when Nigerians learn to live in unity and love. The Governor gave this admonition at the Second Phase of the Zumunta Association USA Inc. Benevolent Palliative Project held in…

Obi Of Onitsha Not In Ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna Train –Council

Obi Of Onitsha Not In Ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna Train –Council

The Onitsha Traditional Council has described as false the media report that its traditional ruler, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha was in the train bombed last Monday by bandits on Abuja-Kaduna rail line. A statement signed by Chinyelugo Anionwu,…

ANAMBRA: EFCC May Declare Obiano’s Chief Of Staff, Primus Odili Wanted

ANAMBRA: EFCC May Declare Obiano’s Chief Of Staff, Primus Odili Wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been compiling reports of alleged mismanagement of public funds by the immediate past Chief of Staff to Ex-governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Mr. Odili and could pick him up anytime soon, credible sources…

THE SERMON AND SALVO OF SHEIKH KHALID

THE SERMON AND SALVO OF SHEIKH KHALID

There’s no denying the fact that hypocrisy, political myopia and deception are walking on all four in Nigeria today. The recent sack of Imam Sheikh Nuru Khalid by the management of the Friday mosque at the Legislative Quarters, Apo-Abuja laid credence to…

“Don’t Use Your Personal Political Ambition To Disintegrate Isoko Nationality” -Prof Akpotu

“Don’t Use Your Personal Political Ambition To Disintegrate Isoko Nationality” -Prof Akpotu

-By Michael J. EKOKORUWE: The president general of the Apex body and social cultural organization of Isoko ethnic nationality, Isoko Development Union (IDU), Prof. Chris Akpotu has warned politicians not to use their personal political ambition to disintegrate Isoko nationality. Prof. Akpotu…

STEP Offered Me Opportunity to Acquire Knowledge in Biz Mgnt, Says STEPreneur Onogide

STEP Offered Me Opportunity to Acquire Knowledge in Biz Mgnt, Says STEPreneur Onogide

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-UTEH: ONOGIDE HENRY hails from Ughelli North Local Government Area and is the CEO of Henryome Constructions Nig Enterprise, Ughelli. He is a Political Science graduate. Life situations and passion for self-employment motivated him to enroll for Welding and Fabrication in the Delta…

Measures are in place to return peace to Nigeria, Says NSCDC

Measures are in place to return peace to Nigeria, Says NSCDC

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said measures have been put in place to ensure return of peace to troubled areas of the country. Speaking at the weekend during the 1st quarter Commandant General’s Conference for year 2022 held…

Over N5 billion drugs seized by NDLEA, NCS at Lagos Airport, Abuja, Edo

Over N5 billion drugs seized by NDLEA, NCS at Lagos Airport, Abuja, Edo

Over N5 billion worth of pharmaceutical opioids (drugs) have been seized in the last one week by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Capital…

BANDITRY: IGP PATROLS ABUJA KADUNA EXPRESSWAY

BANDITRY: IGP PATROLS ABUJA KADUNA EXPRESSWAY

• Deploys Heavily Armed Tactical Squads, UAVs The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, today patrolled the entire 163km stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway for hands-on assessment of the security challenges and to personally supervise the operational deployment…

Deployment of ICT in Border is Inevitable – Acting Comptroller General of Immigration

Deployment of ICT in Border is Inevitable – Acting Comptroller General of Immigration

The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Idris has said that the deployment of ICT solutions in border security has become inevitable for the country and called for enhanced funding. He said there is urgent need for some deliberate actions to improve…

Tambuwal Denies Diversion Of N189 Billion By Sokoto Government

Tambuwal Denies Diversion Of N189 Billion By Sokoto Government

SOKOTO State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal has denied the alleged diversion of N189 billion by the State Government. The governor, who in a press statement by his spokesman, Muhammad Bello, alleged that the media report is an orchestrated effort by his political…

INL Works With Multiple Partners, Agencies to Strengthen Rule of Law in Nigeria

INL Works With Multiple Partners, Agencies to Strengthen Rule of Law in Nigeria

U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Kathleen FitzGibbons has applauded the efforts of the Nigerian Correctional Service to implement the 2019 Nigerian Correctional Service Act and recognized the importance of the Act to ensure that justice is carried out in proportion to criminal…

Borno Speaker Calls for Recapture of Guzamala, Kukawa LGAs from Boko Haram

Borno Speaker Calls for Recapture of Guzamala, Kukawa LGAs from Boko Haram

The Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abdulkarim Lawan has lamented that his local government is still under Boko Haram occupation, while appealing to the Federal Government and the military authorities to ensure the recapture of Guzamala and Kukawa local…

More Youths Should Be Engaged in Fish Production to Meet Market Demand for Fish, Says YAGEPreneur Odu

More Youths Should Be Engaged in Fish Production to Meet Market Demand for Fish, Says YAGEPreneur Odu

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-UTEH: ODU UNUAKPOREGBETAYE SUNDAY began his farm business as a local farmer before his enrolment in the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2017/2018 cycle. He hails from Okpe Local Government Area and is the Chairman…

Bashorun Askia Ogieh Unveils More Projects In Isoko Nation

Bashorun Askia Ogieh Unveils More Projects In Isoko Nation

The commissioning train of the MD/CEO, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh proceeded yesterday, 31st March, 2022, starting with the harvest of projects unveiling at Oyede, where an ultra modern town hall, tastily furnished and equipped with soundproof generator was handed over to the…