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Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, raised the alarm on the growing incidence of hard drug abuse in the country, saying it had become a global public health that needed to be tackled by all stakeholders. Oborevwori stated this when the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) and his delegation visited him at Government House, Asaba. He commended the NDLEA and other stakeholders for the fight against hard drug abuse but urged that the momentum must be sustained if the nation was to win the…
Dr. Ovie Edomi, a journalist was on Tuesday elected Chairman of the federated maritime media chapel, FMMC- a chapel under the NUJ, along with others at the NUJ, Lagos Council’s Press Center in Lagos. Dr Edomi who worked with TELL magazine for over a decade before becoming the Business/Maritime Editor of Money Post, established South South International magazine in 2006.He was equally a former publicity Secretary of Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria, former president of League of Maritime Editors and former media Consultant to Maritime Academy of Nigeria. Edomi, who hails from Eku, Delta State promised to…
Sequel to advancing the frontiers of trade facilitation, the Port Management Association of West & Central Africa (PMAWCA) has conferred the hosting right of its 43rd Annual Council and 18th Managing Directors’ Roundtable on the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) The gathering of twenty-four (24) littoral African countries scheduled to hold from 6th to the 9th of November 2023 at the Lagos Continental Hotel Victoria Island Lagos and is expected to be declared open by His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been themed“The Role of Ports in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)” It is a platform for cross-fertilisation…
Recently appointed helmsman of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Munirudeen Oyebamiji, has enjoined workers of the authority to embrace efficiency, doggedness for Nation’s progress In his address made available to TheNiche during the take over at the agency’s headquarters in Lokoja, Oyebamiji said, for the nation to acheive its full economic potentials, all sectors including the Inland Waterways must ensure effective and efficient service delivery. He pleaded for workers’ cooperation, dedication and doggedness to acheive the task of providing safe and secured inland Waterways for Nigerians. “We just must begin to do things differently if we hope to achieve…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has commenced an impeachment process against the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.According to TVC News, the members of the House of Assembly commenced the impeachment process around 8:00 a.m. on Monday at the legislative building.Also, the assembly has suspended the Leader of the House, Hon. Edison Ehie, and four other lawmakers over the arson attack on the House.It was gathered that 24 out of 32 lawmakers removed Ehie and four others from their positions.
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the assignment of the supervision of Enerhen Junction to 1st Marine Gate Flyover Project construction to the Commissioner for Special Projects, Barr. Funyei Manager. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary ( CPS) to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, on Monday in Asaba, said Manager is to take charge of the project supervision to completion. The Governor charged the Commissioner to be diligent in the supervision to ensure that the contractor delivers world – class standard project for the use of Deltans, residents and visitors to the oil-rich city. The…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as a serial loser. APC spokesman, Felix Morka, said Nigeria was greater than Atiku’s unrealised presidential ambition.Morka was responding to Atiku’s world press conference on Monday, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election.Following his defeat at the apex court, Atiku said the judiciary has become the “lost hope” of the common man. He also claimed that incontrovertible evidence showed that Tinubu broke the law by submitting a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
The Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Port Command, has conducted training for Deputy and Assistant Comptrollers within the Command in an effort to optimize the performance of officers and keep them informed about the latest developments in port operations. The training, which occurred at the Command Headquarters on Monday, 30th October 2023, focused on developments and challenges in the port environment, particularly at the Tin Can Island Port. Comptroller Dera Nnadi, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), presented a paper titled “An Insight into Customs Clearance Challenges and Breach of Extant Customs Procedures.”He emphasized the dynamic nature of the import…
The former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has finally broken his silence concerning the political crisis in his state. This is coming after he met with his successor, Sim Fubara.Nyesom Wike in a chat revealed that the PDP is already working on the issue and that it isn’t an ethnic crisis as it is being peddled in the media.
Nigerian Man Charged To Court For Sending “Good Morning Babe” To A Married Woman On WhatsApp The police command in Ogun has filed criminal charges against a man, Sikiru Jamiu, at the Ijebu Ode magisterial district for addressing a married woman, Opeyemi Adegbesan as “babe” in a WhatsApp chat. According to the case filed on October 20, Mr Jamiu, a resident of Ijebu Ode, committed the offence at 08:02 a.m. on September 19.Mr Jamiu is accused of conduct likely to cause a breach of peace in Mrs Opeyemi’s marriage to her husband, Akintunde Adegbesan. He risks one-month imprisonment under the…