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…Seek Removal Of NIS From Ministry Of Interior Over Institutional Manhandling   A Transparency group known as Action against Corruption and Institutional Fraud (ACIF) has raised an alarm over an allege institutional fraud and corruption in the the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), claiming it has led to huge loss of revenue for the country. According to the ACIF, the present administration of President Bola Tinubu should direct the relevant agencies including the EFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Bureau and the Federal Civil Service Commission to nvestigate the Nigeria Immigration Service leadership from 2021 till date on allege auctioning of functional…

Stakeholders from the Six States of the Niger Delta region have welcomed the position of the Bayelsa State Government under the leadership of Senator Douye Diri on the need to review and decentralise the crude oil and gas pipeline surveillance contracts awarded by the federal government across states in the Niger Delta. According to the Stakeholders, made up of Traditional Rulers, Community leaders, Women and Youth leaders and under the aegis of the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta MSDND, said the position of the Bayelsa State Government and other State Governors from the region on the…

  By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Speaker, Delta State Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has assured that the House will continue to work closely with the Executive at meeting the yearnings and aspirations of Deltans. Reflecting on the activities of the 8th Delta Assembly in the last seven months, Rt Hon Guwor said members of the Delta State Legislature would meet before the end of the month to set legislative agenda for 2024.   Guwor stated that the proposed legislative framework will be designed in line with the MORE Agenda of the State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, which he said…

A Delta State High Court 1, sitting in Ughelli, on Thursday January 11, 2023, and presided by Hon. Justice A. A. Onojovwo, has adjourned a suit filed against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun,  Police Service Commission, Commissioner of Police Delta State, Wale Abass, Ughelli Area Commander, Ademola Adebayo and one Inspector Godspower, over unlawful seizure and detention of a Toyota RAV4 car belonging to Mr Bidemi Omiunu to February 7, 2024. The case with suit with no: UCH/FR/266/2023, was brought by Mr. E.O.Erhirhi Esq, Counsel to the applicant, Mr. Omiunu Bidemi for arresting and detaining his Toyota…

The initiator of the annual Haven of Refuge Foundation Crusade and Empowerment programme, Pastor (Mrs) Florence Izagbo has pledged avowed commitment to impacting lives positively through her project. She affirmed this, while interacting with journalists at the fifth stanza in the series of the annual soul lifting and empowerment scheme recently held at Ibusa in Delta State. According to her, the crusade and empowerment scheme reminds us of our Lord Jesus provision of succor by feeding the multitude spiritually and materially. “This project was conceptualized and designed to provide relief to widows, the vulnerable and less privileged in the…

***Family Blamed DPO For Death  ***Vows To Seek Legal Redress ***Police Allegedly Conducted Autopsy Without Family Members By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Tension is gradually building at Unenurhie Community of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, following the suspicious death of the community youth leader, Mr. Oyibo Diamond, in police custody at the Ughelli ‘A’ Division on December 23, 2023. Late Mr Oyibo Diamond, father of five with his last child barely two months old, was arrested and detained on December 20, 2023, by the Ughelli Police ‘A’ Division, but allegedly died on 23rd of same month while in police detention.…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye In its avowed commitment to advancing quality of Primary Education in Public Schools in Delta State, the State Government has announced a one week Based Model Training for Public Primary School Teachers across the twenty five local government areas of the State. Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Hon (Chief) Samuel Mariere who disclosed this in an interview in his office in Asaba, said the programme is scheduled to commence on Monday, January 22, 2024, and a total of One Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Teachers have been selected for the training. Mariere…

Indigenous Correspondents Chapel (ICC), Asaba, Congratulates one of its very own, Comrade Patrick Ochei, who was recently appointed as Private Secretary to the Member representing Aniocha North Constituency, Hon Engr. Emeka Nwaobi, who doubles as the Majority Leader, Delta State House of Assembly DTHA. We thank the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and the Majority Leader DTHA for finding one of our own worthy for the task. Comrade Patrick Ochei, is Currently a Life Leader of Indigenous Correspondence Chapel, Asaba 

• Interrogators grill Edu, Umar-Farouq, banks’ chiefs • N438m contract scandal: Tunji-Ojo in Aso Villa, says ‘It’s all good’ • Edu’s suspension commendable but not enough – Atiku • Why Tinubu acted swiftly on fraud allegations — APC • Afenifere, CUPP back Tinubu on fight against corruption Many Nigerians are calling for the expansion of investigation into various poverty eradication schemes that have failed to lift at least 133 million multidimensionally poor citizens despite billions of naira invested in the schemes. According to them, the recent revelation and probe into activities of the past and current…

Delta State Government, Tuesday, presented Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) for 3,747 hectares of land to the Nigerian Navy for its forward operation base in Escravos, Warri South West Local Government Area of the state. The State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori made the presentation to the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla and his delegation at Government House, Asaba. Speaking during the courtesy visit, Governor Oborevwori commended the Nigerian Navy and other security agencies for their support and cooperation to the government and people of the state. He noted that the state has been experiencing peace…