President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday renamed the National Stadium Abuja to Moshood Abiola National Stadium as mark of honour to the late winner of the June 12 1993, Presidential Election. This was announced by the president while delivering his 2019 June 12…
List of Senate Presidents from 1999 till date 1• Evan Enwerem PDP 1999-1999 2• Chuba Okadigbo PDP 1999-2000 3• Anyim Pius Anyim PDP 2000-2003 4• Adolphus Wabara PDP 2003-2005 5• Ken Nnamani PDP 2005-2007 6• David Mark PDP 2007-2011 7• David Mark…
By Albert OGRAKA: It is no longer news that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Tuesday issued the certificate of return to former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, who was hitherto denied issuance of the certificate, until the Commission…
By Wole Soyinka: This year’s recall of an uplifting day in the year 1993 comes up against a background of its most shameful disavowal: the 2019 elections – still under judicial contestation – an event that would be more accurately described as…
…Okowa Seeks Executive, Legislative Co-operation For Stronger Delta …Bashorun Congratulates Owefere, Ogba, Onwo, Others By Albert OGRAKA: Following the formal inauguration of the 7th Delta State House of Assembly on Monday, June 10, Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and other notable…
“I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; I was father to the poor.” -Job 29: 15-16 -By Albert OGRAKA: Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa and Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro have been successfully inaugurated for a second…
From SUNNY A. DAVID / ONITSHA About 10 persons were trapped while two people were rescued as three storey building under construction collapse in Onitsha. The building collapse took place at about 1.30 pm on Tuesday when workers were busy carrying out…
BIDS for the concessioining of the Asaba International Airporweas been opened. The bids were opened on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 with two consortia, FIDMA/MA and AIMS becoming the favourite bidderAt At the opening of the bids by the transaction adviser on the…
From Mike SOGBOLA (Maiduguri): Eighty (80) million people, representing over 40 percent of Nigeria’s population still defecate unhygienically, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented. Speaking during a workshop to intimate journalists on the danger of open defecation in the country,…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oando Plc, one of Nigeria’s largest indigenous energy companies, Mr. Wale Tinubu on Tuesday said the humanitarian needs of crisis ridden North East is beyond the Nigerian government and any international agencies. Tinubu, who led other…
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the Federal Government to ensure that reports from studies, especially, those from the National Institutes of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru are made available to respective states of the country for implementation….
From Mike Sogbola- The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned stakeholders in the humanitarian aid support to the North East against duplicating interventions. The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja told a meeting of the stakeholders on Wednesday in Maiduguri…
-BY MICHAEL EKOKORUWE: Isoko women in their numbers from Isoko communities clusters of OML 30 community Development Board (CDB), has stage a peaceful protest against Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited at Oleh / Olomoro flow station, Uzere flow station, Igbide flow station…
Abuja, Nigeria, 25 April, 2019 – At a meeting with the African Development Bank President in Abuja, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari commended the Bank for its successes and pledged Nigeria’s continuous support for the institution. “I want to recognize the support that…
MEMBERS of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have said the topic, MANAGING POST-ELECTION CHALLENGES: Nigeria As Case Study, chosen for discussion at the first Maris Annual Lecture is “apt, relevant to strengthen peace and unity of Delta…
Journalists in Abuja gather on March 9 during Nigeria’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections to report on a press briefing at the Civil Society Situation Room, which collected information from thousands of election observers, including on attacks against the press. (Jonathan Rozen/CPJ) Abuja,…
-From Sunny A. DAVID: AWKA- The Chairman of the National Peace Commitee, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has urged Candidates in the State Assembly elections to remain committed to ensuring peaceful conduct of the March 9 elections. The Former Military Head of State made…
Nigerian authorities should immediately drop charges against journalist Obinna Don Norman, release him from prison, and reform the 2015 cybercrime act to ensure it is not used to prosecute journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Norman, owner and editor-in-chief of…
-By Albert OGRAKA: AS Deltans prepare to go to the polls this Saturday, March 09, 2019 for the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh JP, has…
“We totally condemn Mr. President’s moves and schemes and say that they are mean and uncomplimentary….. We warn that he should not do anything that would be seen as his interference in the process that will make Saturday’s election not to be…
Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential Election Results At A Glance as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Deltans have continued to count their losses through alleged denial of their legitimate civic duties by the Nigerian military during last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls. More than 400 electorates were allegedly disenfranchised at ward 13 unit 3 of Owhelogbo in…
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARION FRIDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2019 Dear Nigerians, Finally, we have reached the eve of the rescheduled first round of this year’s general elections. 2. Tomorrow, the polls open. Tomorrow, we affirm that Nigeria stands as a democracy…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, may have perfected plans for President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, having accused him of colluding with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in…
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has doled out cash rewards worth more than N403 million to athletes who participated in the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival tagged, Abuja 2018.In a colourful event on Monday, February 11, 2019, attended…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, held its monthly congress on Thursday, 7th February, 2019 at its temporary Secretariat, Labour House, Asaba. The well attended congress deliberated on sundry issues affecting the welfare of its members, professional practice and…
From SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA Residents of Asaba, capital city of Delta State and their counterparts in Awka, Anambra state are now living in fear over raging bloody cult mayhems that have claimed lives in both cities.Orient Daily gathered that no less than 10…
One of the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been gutted by fire. The incident occurred on Saturday night while the office was completely burnt down with all its content comprising ballot boxes, generators filled with fuel, cubicles, newly…
Less than 22-days to the governorship election and after about four years of suspension of 2015 recruitment exercise by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, over alleged irregularities, the Delta state government has set up new strategies to ensure the governor’s return to office. Recall…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday suspended its nationwide strike after three months. ASUU National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who announced the suspension of the individual strike action at a press conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital, disclosed that…
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Delta State Ministry of Justice has raised alarm over the high cases of defilement of minors in the State.Barr. Mrs. Uche Akamagwuna, Director, Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Ministry disclosed…
BY SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA The Commissioner for Trade, Market and Wealth Creation, Dr. Christian Madubuko, says the state is losing over six billion naira to revenue extortioners yearly. Dr. Mmadubuko, disclosed this in Awka when his men apprehended some illegal…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will probe the TraderMoni micro-credit scheme of the Federal Government. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this to reporters on Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. While the preparations for the coming elections were…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili as presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). INEC insists that “the deadline for Ezekwesili or any candidate in that category to withdraw or be replaced…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, presided over by Justice Abdul Aboki, has barred the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from proceeding with hearing in the false assets declaration filed against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Walter Onnoghen. At the resumed…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday granted an order of interim injunction restraining President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF from removing the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen, from office. Justice Inyang…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated an advisory technical committee on the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage. The committee which is made up of experienced economists and administrators is to be headed by a popular economist, Bismark Rewane. Buhari while inauguration the committee…
°°°Strike May End Soon The Federal Government has approved over N35.4 billion for the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union and the federal government reached the agreement on Monday, after a two-hour meeting in Abuja. The government agreed to…
-By Michael EKOKORUWE: The president of the women wing of Isoko Development Union, Chief Mrs. Felicia Suleiman, has urged Nigerians to avoid hate speeches as it is retrogressive to the development of the society especially as the 2019 general election gets closer….
-By Ifeanyi OLANNYE: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited Warri and Asaba on Friday to inaugurate the TraderMoni programme as well as felicitate and enlighten traders on the government’s Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP). Osinbajo who was heralded into the cities with warm…
