Zenith Bank Builds ICT Centre in Asaba

AS part of its corporate social responsibility, Zenith Bank Plc has handed-over a state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology, ICT, centre to the Delta State government. The facility, which is located in Asaba, the state capital, was built and equipped with the latest technology to …

Uduaghan Commissions First Flyover in Asaba

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Thursday, April 9, commissioned a N3.5 billion 120 metre-long six span flyover bridge, the first ever constructed by the state government. At the colourful ceremony in Asaba, capital of the state, Uduaghan said that the project was part of his …

PDP Governors Visit President Jonathan #Nigeriadecides

GOVERNORS under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors’ forum, on Wednesday, April 1, paid a solidarity visit to President Goodluck Jonathan. The governors led by its chairman Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state, said the PDP would still retains its number of seats as governors …

Uduaghan Drums Support for Okowa

EMMANUEL Uduaghan, Delta State Governor, has appealed to Deltans in the diaspora to support his administration’s effort to develop every facet of the economy of the state. Uduaghan spoke on Thursday at an interactive session between Ifeanyi Okowa, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship flag …

NIPPs Contribute 2500 Megawatts to National Grid

THE federal government has said some of the power plants constructed under the National Integrated Power Projects, NIPPs, are contributing 2500 megawatts, MW, of electricity to the national grid. Chinedu Nebo, minister of power, stated this during the inauguration of the 750 megawatts Olorunsogo …

EFCC Declares Nyako, Son Wanted

FORMER Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State and Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako, his son, have been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offences on economic crimes. Wilson Uwujaren, head of media and publicity, EFCC, in a statement issued on Wednesday, … …

Akpabio’s Phobia: Is It Claustrophobia or Dikephobia?

THE recent utterance of Governor Godswill Akpabio leaves much to be desired and has instigated in me a desire to investigate his reasons for this his state of mind as a Sociologist. This has led me to pontificate and adumbrate on this situation lately. He recently has expressed great concern about what …

Uduaghan Drums Support for Okowa

EMMANUEL Uduaghan, Delta State Governor, has appealed to Deltans in the diaspora to support his administration’s effort to develop every facet of the economy of the state. Uduaghan spoke on Thursday at an interactive session between Ifeanyi Okowa, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship flag …

Year of Mixed Fortunes for Media

THE media had mixed fortunes in 2014. It won and lost. The bad fortune started with Ebere Wabara, associate editor of The Sun newspaper, being abducted from his Surulere, Lagos home on March 28, by men of the Abia State Police Command, who later took him to Umuahia, Abia State, in …

PDP Governorship Ticket Intrigues

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party elects candidates for the governorship elections amid protests, but the biggest losers appear to be former ministers who left the President Goodluck Jonathan administration to contest the party primaries filled with intrigues …