A BETTER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IS NOW IN PLACE [Part I]

A BETTER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IS NOW IN PLACE [Part I]

Okowanomics Fact Sheet No. 5, August-B 2022 1.0 INTRODUCTION Okowanomics Scorecard Series is a semi-monthly [twice-a-month] bulletin of evidence-based “Fact Sheets” showing Governor Okowa’s spectacular achievements in the social, infrastructural and economic development of Delta State. The Scorecard Series is a “book of chronicles” of Governor Okowa’s legacies and…

NDLEA arrests Lagos airport cleaner who leads drug syndicate

NDLEA arrests Lagos airport cleaner who leads drug syndicate

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Sunday Ohiagu, alleged to be the lead of a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport. A statement on Sunday…

NSCDC Performs Ground Breaking Ceremony of Housing Scheme for Personnel in Sokoto

NSCDC Performs Ground Breaking Ceremony of Housing Scheme for Personnel in Sokoto

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has performed the ground breaking ceremony of 550 housing scheme in Sokoto State for its officers and men. A statement on Monday by the spokesman of the Corps, Olusola Odumosu said the Commandant General…

Zulum in Monguno, enrolls 4,229 IDP orphans, others in mass school admissions

Zulum in Monguno, enrolls 4,229 IDP orphans, others in mass school admissions

… Targets 7,000 children in first phase… Orders more hostel, staff quarters for Fed Poly Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, traveled to Monguno on Sunday where he led the enrollment of 4,229 school-aged children, amongst them were many orphans whose…

KACRAN Calls on FG, ASUU to Sheathe Sword, End Strike

KACRAN Calls on FG, ASUU to Sheathe Sword, End Strike

Kulen Allah Cattle Rearer Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has called on the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to sheathe their swords and find immediately solution to the prolong strike by the latter in the interest of Nigeria’s development….

FG Renews War on Oil Bunkering, Commissions Eight Gunboats

FG Renews War on Oil Bunkering, Commissions Eight Gunboats

The federal government has commissioned eight gunboats to fight crude oil theft, illegal oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism in the country to a logical end. A press statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Olusola Odumosu…

United States, Nigerian Military Officers Confer on Techniques for Protecting Civilians  

United States, Nigerian Military Officers Confer on Techniques for Protecting Civilians  

Experts from the U.S. Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) worked with 14 officers from all three Nigerian military branches August 15-18 on issues involving human rights, the law of armed conflict, and the protection of civilians.  Through group discussions and…

Electronic Motorbikes Available In Nigeria By Q1 2023

Electronic Motorbikes Available In Nigeria By Q1 2023

Nigerians are to have the pleasure of having electronic motorbikes as Isreali and Japanese tech companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with NASENI PAN to assemble them in the country by the first quarter of 2023. The Isreali Ambassador to…

<strong>YAGEP </strong><strong>Made Life Easier for My Family, Says </strong><strong>Maile</strong>

YAGEP Made Life Easier for My Family, Says Maile

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu and Ese Laura Oghene: BLESSING MAILE hails from Ika North East Local Government Area. He holds an SSCE and enrolled under Green YAGEP in the 2015/2016 Cycle in Poultry Production. Like his counterparts in the pioneer set, she was established in YAGEP Farm…

Pilgrim Baptist Centenary Celebration Ends With Call For Sustenance of Rev. Dr. S.W. Martin’s Mission Works 

Pilgrim Baptist Centenary Celebration Ends With Call For Sustenance of Rev. Dr. S.W. Martin’s Mission Works 

The centenary celebration of the Pilgrim Baptist Mission, has ended with a call for the sustenance of the uncommon legacies of the founder of the Mission, Rev. Dr. S.W. Martin. Grand finale of the week-long event was held on Saturday August 27,…

Tricycle Plant to commence operations soon in Delta State – DIDA Boss

Tricycle Plant to commence operations soon in Delta State – DIDA Boss

–By Sylvester Iloba: The Delta State Investments Development Agency (DIDA) in line with its mandate of attracting investments to the State had finalized the process for operations to commence at the Stallion Auto Keke Ltd Plant in Delta State. The duo of the Chairman DIDA…

Delta@31: Delta Reps Caucus Celebrates, Felicitates Okowa, Deltans *Revels Peace, Unity, Progress

Delta@31: Delta Reps Caucus Celebrates, Felicitates Okowa, Deltans *Revels Peace, Unity, Progress

The Delta State Caucus in the House of Representatives has appreciated the unity, peace and progress that are evident in Delta State since its creation 31 years ago, despite obvious diversity in culture, linguistic, and politics. According to a statement jointly signed…

STEP Gave Me Good Foundation to Start-Up,    Says Eruvwedede

STEP Gave Me Good Foundation to Start-Up, Says Eruvwedede

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ese Laura Oghene Paul Eruvwedede hails from Patani LGA and has a B.Sc. in Physics. He is the CEO of Talux Paints, producer of all kinds of high-quality paints. Paul enrolled under Brown STEP and trained in Paint Manufacturing in the 2018/2019 cycle. He shares his success story after…

RE: Crisis Hits Labour Party; Obi And Utomi Fight Dirty Over Campaign Money

RE: Crisis Hits Labour Party; Obi And Utomi Fight Dirty Over Campaign Money

THE EPISTLE OF PERSONAL BITTERNESS AND IGNORANCE BY AGENTS OF THE GROSSLY INCOMPETENT APC LED ADMINISTRATION The attention of Labour party was drawn to the coordinated attacked launched by agents, miscreants and misfits political characters loyal to the would soon defunct APC…

CSO backs award of crude oil surveillance contract to Tompolo

CSO backs award of crude oil surveillance contract to Tompolo

*** As DYC Boss Lauds FG’s Engagement Of Tompolo In Pipelines Surveillance A Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Groups has thrown its support behind the Federal Government over the crude oil surveillance contract awarded to Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) through the NNPC. The…

Nigeria to host ESEF 2022

Nigeria to host ESEF 2022

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) in collaboration with the Ministry of Power of Nigeria, will host the 7th Edition of the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF 2022) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja, Nigeria from the 31 October…

Nigeria, India Launch Forum To Expand Trade, Investment

Nigeria, India Launch Forum To Expand Trade, Investment

Nigeria and India have inaugurated the Nigeria India Business Council (NIBC) to serve as a fulcrum for the expansion of trade and investment between the two countries in new areas such as fintech, Artificial intelligence, renewable energy and technology among others. Nigeria’s…

UK donates £15m to tackle food insecurity, malnutrition in N-East Nigeria

UK donates £15m to tackle food insecurity, malnutrition in N-East Nigeria

The United Kingdom (UK) said she will be spending £15 million of emergency humanitarian funding to provide vital food and nutrition assistance for vulnerable people in North-East Nigerian states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. According to a statement on Wednesday, the money…

Yobe to Unravel Killers of Islamic Cleric

Yobe to Unravel Killers of Islamic Cleric

Yobe State Government has promised to unravel those behind the killing of an Islamic cleric, Shiek Goni Aisami. Aishami was gruesome killed last Friday near Gashua, one of the major towns in Yobe State. He was alleged to have been killed by…

DYC Boss Lauds FG’s Engagement Of Tompolo In Pipelines Surveillance

DYC Boss Lauds FG’s Engagement Of Tompolo In Pipelines Surveillance

-By Albert OGRAKA: President General of Delta Youth Coalition (DYC), a frontline political pressure group in Nigeria, Mr. Chibuzor Agunwa (aka Mr. Dash), has lauded the move by the federal government to award surveillance contract to High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo,…

Delta Govt Holds Workshop for 135 STEP Trainers *Parley Good For Progress -Prof Eboh

Delta Govt Holds Workshop for 135 STEP Trainers *Parley Good For Progress -Prof Eboh

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ese Laura Oghene: In preparation for the smooth take-off of the of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) 2022 cycle, a workshop has been organized for STEP trainers. The Trainers’ Workshop which took place…

Yagep Took Me from Grass to Grace, Says Ejomafuvwe

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Laura Ese Oghene: Ejomafuvwe Oghenero Vincent is the CEO of Vincent Ejoafuvwe Farm located at Aghalokpe. He is an SSCE holder. He hails from Okpe Local Government Area. He had no money to further his education, but took advantage of the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2019/2020 cycle to be enrolled in Poultry Production. He shares his experience after three years. Hear him. “I was…

<strong>Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi Visits Soludo At Amawbia</strong>

Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi Visits Soludo At Amawbia

–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo says Nigerians have the option of choosing between two Anambra sons in the forthcoming Presidential election in 2023. The Governor stated this after the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi met…

NIGERIAN COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY IN CANADA —James Christoff

NIGERIAN COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY IN CANADA —James Christoff

The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria Mr James Christoff says the Nigerian community in Canada is taking up its own place and really contributing in all aspects: economically, culturally, politically and socially in Canada. Mr Christoff stated this when he paid a…

2023 ELECTION AND THE DANGER OF IDENTITY POLITICS IN NIGERIA (2)

2023 ELECTION AND THE DANGER OF IDENTITY POLITICS IN NIGERIA (2)

-By Austen Akhagbeme: In the first part of this essay, I have attempted to lay a foundation for the subject matter by taking a trip through the shenaniganry of the early post-colonial politics of personalities and identity in Nigeria which characterised the…

<strong>Dame Okowa Flags Off </strong>Maternal/Children Micro nutrients Supplementation, Mass Deworming Prog In Delta

Dame Okowa Flags Off Maternal/Children Micro nutrients Supplementation, Mass Deworming Prog In Delta

Wife of Delta State Governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dame Edith Okowa has formally flagged off the Maternal and Children Micro Nutrient Supplementation and Mass Deworming programme. The event took place Thursday August 18th 2022, at…

<strong>STEP Opened My Eyes to</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Opportunities </strong><strong>i</strong><strong>n Electrical Works </strong><strong>–</strong><strong>Okonicha</strong>

STEP Opened My Eyes to Opportunities in Electrical Works Okonicha

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ese Laura Oghene: Henry Okonicha, a Public Administration graduate, hails from Oshimili North LGA. He enrolled and trained in Electrical Installation and maintenance in the 2015/2016 STEP cycle. He is the CEO of God First Cable Network, a fast-growing electrical cable shop in…

Okowanomics: UNPRECEDENTED NETWORK OF ROADS, URBAN RENEWAL 

Okowanomics: UNPRECEDENTED NETWORK OF ROADS, URBAN RENEWAL 

AND BOOST OF THE SERVICES SECTOR Okowanomics Fact Sheet No. 4, August-A 2022 Introduction Okowanomics Scorecard Series is a semi-monthly bulletin of evidence-based “Fact Sheets” showing Governor Okowa’s spectacular achievements in the social, infrastructural and economic development of Delta State. The Scorecard Series is a “book…

Pilgrim Baptist Mission/Association Set For Centenary Celebration

Pilgrim Baptist Mission/Association Set For Centenary Celebration

Pilgrim Baptist Mission/Association of the Anioma Delta Baptist Conference, with its headquarters in Issele-Uku, in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, is set for the Centenary Celebration of the Mission, founded in 1922, by the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Nwadiei Martin….

NSCDC Trains Female Squad on Sustainable Safe School Strategies

NSCDC Trains Female Squad on Sustainable Safe School Strategies

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has declared a state of emergency in schools across the country, even as it conducted conducted training for Female Squad on sustainable safe school strategies. A press statement on Tuesday signed by the Director,…

PROTECTION OF CRITICAL NAT’L ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE -Delta NSCDC Boss, Commdt Akinsanya

PROTECTION OF CRITICAL NAT’L ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE -Delta NSCDC Boss, Commdt Akinsanya

Life is expected to be enjoyed by the living and not being endured in the scale of balance. Provision of social and basic amenities are essential for life to be worthy of living. In recent past and present, successive governments in their…

<em>2023 ELECTION AND THE DANGER OF IDENTITY POLITICS IN NIGERIA (1)</em>

2023 ELECTION AND THE DANGER OF IDENTITY POLITICS IN NIGERIA (1)

-By Austen Akhagbeme: One of my many concerns as we prepare for the 2023 General election, is the wanton amplification of our fault-lines by the deliberate glorification of identity politics in our already fatigued polity today. It has become a norm even…

<strong>YAGEP has impacted my life positively</strong><strong>, Says Isede</strong>

YAGEP has impacted my life positively, Says Isede

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ese Laura Oghene: NKECHI ISEDE is the CEO of Vicchs Nk located at YAGEP Farm Cluster, Owa-Alero. She is an SSCE holder who enrolled into the 2018/2019 Cycle as a Brown YAGEPreneur in poultry production. She shares the impact of this…

Soludo Tells Youth To Take Back Anambra From Gunmen

Soludo Tells Youth To Take Back Anambra From Gunmen

From SUNNY A. DAVID, in Awka: The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, on Sunday, charged youths to support the battle to reclaim the State from gunmen and other criminals terrorizing the State, our correspondent reports. The charge is coming on the…

<strong>STEP Is </strong><strong>My</strong><strong> Dream Come True, Says Ekene</strong>

STEP Is My Dream Come True, Says Ekene

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ese :Laura Oghene Solomon Ekene has an HND in Electrical Electronics. He hails from Aniocha South Local Government Area.He is the CEO of Ekso Electrical Enterprises. He was trained and established in Electrical Installation and Maintenance in the Delta State Skills Training and Entrepreneurship…

Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan: Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu Speaks Out

Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan: Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu Speaks Out

On 9 August 2022, Vice Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu took questions from China Central Television and China Global Television Network on Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Q1. Over the past few days, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s…