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Global Maritime Academy to Hold Convocation, Passing out Parade, Wed, 31st January In Delta A foremost maritime institute that provides specialized Maritime Studies/Management, Technology, and shipping, Global Maritime Academy is set to hold a 15th Anniversary Celebration to mark its Giant strides in the Maritime Industry. In statement by the management of the institution on their official website, https://gma.edu.ng revealed that the institution Is set to "Celebrates 15 Years of Giant Strides in the Maritime industry and Convocation/Passing Out Parade of 2022 and 2023 Graduands" Global Maritime Academy is located at Secretariat Road, Agbowhiame, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. They are known for providing training for anyone who wishes to enter the vibrant maritime world. This time, they are ready to showcase their well-trained and groomed mariners as they invite stakeholders, Leaders, Government officials, prospective students, ...

Warri South-West Choice 2024: Akpodubakaye Reveals Who Should Lead Council in Delta The Vice Chairman of Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, High Chief Arthur Akpodubakaye on Monday, January 29th, 2024, declared that those who have been trained through grassroots leadership and council administration are best fit to take over leadership of the Local Government Councils in the State.  Speaking on Warri South-West LG Choice 2024 ahead of the polls,  during a chat with newsmen in Warri, Akpodubakaye recommends that those who want to be trained should come in as "Councillors". High Chief Akpodubakaye noted that the Local Government Council is a place where future leaders are trained.  According to him, "We all have a right to participate but I am making an experienced observation for our people who seeks to advance political carrier from the grassroot". He noted that he is trained to serve his people and that he had served in var...

We will not accept any assault, intimidation against members - IPF leadership warns The leadership of Ijaw Publishers Forum, IPF has warned against assault, intimation and harassments of members by suspected persons in the general public. Arising from a meeting on Sunday in Warri, the media professionals in a statement signed and issued by the group's president, Comrade Ozobo Austin, said they would defend and stand with members against assault, intimation and harassments by suspected individuals, no matter placed they may be in the society. This is coming on the heels of the recent assault and intimation of the group's spokesman, Mr Ezekiel Kagbala by suspected members of Ijaw Youths Council in the penultimate week. Lamenting on the sad incident, the media gurus said people should desist from assaulting and intimating journalists for doing their lawful business, adding that nobody had the monopoly of violence and that the body would react to every assault and intim...

Four feared dead, many injured in Delta accident Four persons were yesterday feared dead in a fatal crash involving a truck, an 18-seater bus and two motorcycles. The accident, which happened on the Benin-Onitsha expressway near Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area, left several others with various injuries. It was learnt some of the victims are in critical conditions at the Central Hospital, Agbor while the bodies were deposited at the mortuary. A source said the truck laden with merchandise lost control while descending slope by Orogodo River.  An eyewitness said: “As the driver struggled to control the truck, it crashed into a waiting bus which was parked by the roadside and the driver scouting for passengers. “Aside the bus, the truck also crushed two motorcycles just as the operator of one of the motorcycles was crushed beyond recognition.” Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Udeme Eshiet, confirmed the accident. He said four persons died.

Oborevwori still committed to be governor for all - Ahon  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborewori is still committed to be a governor for all Deltans, says Sir Festus Ahon, Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State Governor. Ahon who stated this during a Radio programme in Kpoko FM, Warri, monitored by our Correspondent, thanked the people of the State for their support during the elections and legal battles.  He assured that the Oborewori's administration would not take the support of the people for granted, noting that "the governor is fine and he is fast settling in for the business of governance, haven won 38 legal battles. Like he said in his M.O.R.E agenda, he is ready more than ever before to deliver the dividends of democracy to all Deltans.  "This is a government for every class of persons, nobody will be sidelined in this government. As you can see, projects are being executed across the state, in all senatorial districts, Local Government Ar...

Mr Femi Adesina, former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, disclosed how his principal told him he did not know where he was when he was seriously ill. In his book titled ‘Working with Buhari: Reflections of a Special Adviser, Media and Publicity (2015 – 2023)’, Adesina recounts a visit to Buhari in London in 2017, during which the former president admitted to not knowing his whereabouts at a point due to his illness. Adesina revealed that there were demands for him to declare the president incapacitated and unfit for office. The visit, which was organized by Aisha Buhari, the former first lady, was aimed at providing clarity and firsthand information about Buhari’s condition. Adesina said: “I was under a lot of barrage, particularly from the media, which expected me to declare the President either incapacitated, or dead. Waoh!. “There was this significant development, which saw us visiting the President in London, August 12,...

LAGOS – PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, yesterday, acknowledged that the impact of the removal of fuel subsidy was very tough on Nigerians, and has affected every sector of the economy, including education, but assured that the future remained bright. Tinubu, who is a Visitor to the University of Lagos, UNILAG, spoke at the 54th convocation ceremony of the university. The president spoke as Catholic Bishops of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province lamented that the removal of petroleum subsidy, current naira scarcity and declining value of the nation’s currency, had raised the cost of living, created dismay and panic among the citizenry. The Bishops also urged improved security and kicked against the blessing of homosexual or same-sex marriages. This is even as the Chariah Council yesterday tasked the President to expedite action to cushion the hard economic decisions made by his government, in addition to tackling insecurity headlong. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Edu...

Gbagi at it Again, Boost Education For Oginibo, Ughievwien Children, Students in Delta  What manner of man is this that God is using to bless Oginibo and Ughievwien children/People.Kenneth Gbagi has done it again for SS3 and JSS3 Students in Oginibo Secondary School,Oginibo.Your Coast will be so large in Heaven,a lover of children and one who does not have an enemy in the face of the present Oginibo/Oginibu situation.  He paid the enrollment fees for all,no selection,no filtering.Check the name of your child/Children and ward above and say thank you to him and pray for more blessings to be released to him so that he continuously bless the our land. He is a philanthropist to the core,nor bi money miss road. Oga, We say thank you ooo. well done.

Time to restructure Nigeria is now (1) ALTHOUGH the entire Southern Nigeria, the Middle Belt, and some Northerners have been strident in calling for the restructuring of Nigeria, the South-West, or specifically the Yorubas, to their credit, can be said to be the greatest advocates of a restructured Nigeria. It began from Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the political father of the Yorubas who can also be called the father of true federalism in Nigeria. Awo, as he was fondly called, faithfully advocated for a federal socialist democratic system of government, a system that would bequeath each region autonomy and the freedom to adopt policies best suited for its people without unnecessary interference from a central government. Awo’s Path to Nigerian Freedom, published in 1947, is said to be the first systematic federalist manifesto expounded by a Nigerian politician. He propounded federalism as the only pathway for equitable national integration. Subsequently, Chief Awolowo wrote many...

It was former President Goodluck Jonathan, among recent leaders of Nigeria, who made sincere efforts to facilitate a restructured Nigeria. In recognition of the fact that the issue was beyond elected lawmakers; that the inputs by the ethnic nationalities and leaders of thought were sine qua non, he convened the 494-member 2014 National Conference headed by the late Justice Idris Kutigi. But Jonathan lost the opportunity to implement the report of the conference as he failed to win the 2015 presidential election. As he confessed, winning the election would have given him enough time to execute the recommendations of the conference by involving the National Assembly and state assemblies that have powers to alter the Constitution. Some people have argued that restructuring Nigeria is a long-term endeavour that will require sustained commitment from all stakeholders. But they also agree that although it may be a long, arduous journey, it is one that is necessary for Nigeria to move towards...

Ozobo doles out 50 forms for Burutu Youths On NDA, Navy Special Enlistment, Fire Service Recruitment  Renowned Niger Delta rights activist and a frontline chairmanship aspirant of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has disclosed that he will be sponsoring 50 free forms for NDA, Navy Special Enlistment and fire service recruitment for Burutu LGA youths. Giving a breakdown, he said Nigeria Defence Academic, NDA, registration forms are 10,  Burutu South 5 and North 5. He further emphasised that Navy short service forms are 20 Altogether, Burutu South 10 and North 10 as well. Ozobo further maintained that the Fire service forms are 20, 10 for Burutu South and 10 for the North, adding that only eligible and qualified youths with the basic requirements should apply. He gave requirements of the NDA registration as follows; the NDA 76RC starts on Monday, 23rd October 2023 and ends on Tuesday, 19th March 2024. All the applicants should log in to the NDA 76RC applic...

Okubor Should Bury His Head In Shame The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the March 18th 2023, election in Delta State, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi FNIM, OON, has taken the Chief Strategist to the State Governor, Festus Goziem Okubor,  to the cleaner for attempting to challenge his education credentials. A write-up credited to Okubor, titled: "LIKE GBAGI, LIKE TRUMP. GAG GBAGI", casted aspersion on the sacred and cherished certificate Gbagi obtained from Manuel L. Quezon University in the Philippines many years ago. In the write-up, Okubor said: "at this moment of doubt about foreign degrees, Gbagi might need to really give us information on his academic antecedents". While the above statement is not only insulting but demeaning of a man dreaded by no less a person of Air Commodore (retired) Ibrahim Kefas, one time military administrator of the State, who wanted him to share humongous N940 million proceeds of Delta Developm...

Ozobo shuts down Ayakoromo as he officially declares to run for Burutu LG chairmanship race In a bid to intensify the moves to occupy the seat of Burutu LG chairman, Comrade Ozobo Austin who hailed from Ayakoromo community has finally declared his ambition in his ward to flag off his campaigns for the forthcoming Delta State LG polls. Congress learnt that his bold step was applauded by the PDP ward leadership and the community, noting that his declaration beats the imagination of his kinsmen. He was received by his people and his top notch blueprint was unveiled, as elders and the PDP ward leadership prayed for him.  The community was agog and overwhelmed with Ozobo's declaration following the inability of the ward 7 to produce an elected LG chairman for two decades. It was gathered that the community throwed massive support on him following his commitment, passion and dedication to represent the community at the LG level. While speaking, he promised to prov...

LG Poll: Ozobo meets Burutu PDP Exco, ward chairmen, seeks blessings    In a bid to seek support and blessings, a leading chairmanship aspirant in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Ozobo Austin has paid a consultative visit to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the party's ward chairmen in Burutu Local Government Area. The meeting which was held at about 1:30 pm at Lakeside Hotel, Ebrumede, Effurun, Warri on Sunday was attended by the Burutu PDP LG executives, ward chairmen and others. The meeting was presided over by the party's vice chairman, Hon. Lawson Ogei, in the instance of the party's executive and ward chairmen of the party in the local government. The chairmanship aspirant, Ozobo was flanked by the party's ward 4 assistant secretary, Mr Afore Theodore, Comrade (Hon.) Monday Enudi, chairman of Ozobo Matrix support group for Burutu LGA poll, Barr Omes Ogedegbe, national DG Conference For the Actuali...

Gbagi Raises Hope Of Deltans In His New Year Message The gubernatorial candidate under the auspices of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the March 18th election in Delta State, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi FNIM, OON has urged Nigerians to see the New Year, 2024, as an opportunity to brace up for a better country. Gbagi said this in his New Year message to Nigerians, particularly Deltans, contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Kenneth Orusi, on Sunday December 31st 2023. He further urged the people  to hope for a better country and State, urging them to have a renewed hope and  positive mindset in the new year. The former Minister of State for Education, who felicitated with Deltans and all Nigerians as they stepped into 2024, charged them to show gratitude to God for the grace granted them and their families in 2023. The largest private investor in the State, said the New Year, is the beginning of a new journey, a new chapter, a fresh opp...