The disaster had since thrown members of the state chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association into sorrow
Browsing: Delta State
It was indeed a night of fun and razzamatazz for movie buffs and all other stakeholders in the Nollywood industry as many of them in their hundreds thronged the oil rich city and hub of home videos to witness the 2013 edition of the awards
Uduaghan said this in Asaba at the 5th Best of Nollywood award night where 36 actors and actresses, including star actor, Pete Edochie and Lanre Hassan, popularly known as Iya Wero, were rewarded
The court averred that the bombardment of communities in May 2009 by the Joint Task Force was “illegal and unconstitutional
The SSG expressed concern that some people in the community were taking advantage of their relationship with some media houses in the country to distort the reason for drafting security men to the community
Trouble, The Eagle Online, recalled that trouble erupted when the election that was to usher in peace was botched, after an alleged doctored list of officers was imposed on them
The victims, The Eagle Online gathered, have been taken to the General Hospital, Obiaruku, in Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state, where they were said to have been revived by medical experts
He said: “Piling the seashore around the Ugborodo is a major concern to the community to prevent further loss of land to the sea
He said: “What I see here is a lot of attention being given to issues in the cities and urbanization, which is important but I will like to see some attention paid to the lives of the people in the rural communities
Besides Ogidigben, other communities to benefit from the project include Itsekiri, Ijaw in Delta State and and Ilaje in the neighbouring Ondo State
By the arrangement hammered out in a meeting between the governor and members of the organised labour union, government would in the next four months pay N500 million monthly, amounting to N2 billion, to gradually clear the backlog of pension arrears
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, Lucky Uyabeme, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident, however, said there was an ulterior motive to the tussle for land
The state requires about 1008 megawatts of electricity to meet its daily needs but about 100MW, representing 10 per cent of its requirement, is available from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria.
The speaker last week Friday in Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state narrowly escaped an explosion that would have allegedly ended his political ambition to succeed Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2015
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Sir Jackson Adjogri at Agbarho on Tuesday, described him as a thorough, efficient, hardworking and disciplined civil servant
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Tony Nwaka, said in Asaba on Tuesday during the Mid-Term Ministerial briefing that the property destroyed in five years of his boss’ administration has been put at N7,804,157,056.00
While Ibori has told those who care to listen and reacted to every charge and accusation preffered against him by Ribadu, through his Senior Special Assistant on Media Matters, Tony Eluemunor, that he did not bribe him, Ribadu remained undeterred as he kept reeling out in sequential order all Ibori’s administrative misdemeanour
Uduaghan spoke at the maiden Pan Urhobo International Conference, organized by Atamu Social Club of Nigeria, at Effurun at the weekend.
He asserted that the Urhobo nation, being the fifth largest ethnic group in the country through unity, could promote more sustainable development
Uduaghan said that the centre was built in honour of the late Maryam Babangida, wife of former President Ibrahim Babangida, whose pet project, Better Life for Rural Women, was aimed at promoting the wellbeing of women
Winful-Orieke told the News Agency of Nigeria in Asaba on Sunday that the vaccines supplied from the National Strategic cold store in Abuja, had been adequately preserved