PERSPECTIVE – Humour among thieves
mr. Bashir Abubakar. Mr. Felis Oboagwina. By Felix Oboagwina Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACG) Bashir Abubakar has learnt in the hardest way that two rights can turn into a wrong. Just in 2018, the…
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PERSPECTIVE – Isolating Nigerian workers with hunger
President Muhammadu Buhari. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa. TWO meteors hit humanity early this year. The coronavirus variant called COVID-19 which has so far claimed some 640,000 lives. The virus forced humanity into physical…
COVID-19: Delta adopts interim fiscal measures to sustain public spending
From Right: Secretary to Delta State Government (SSG), Barr. Chiedu Ebie, the State Head of Service, Mr. Reginald Bayoko, and the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu during a press briefing on the review of…
Proposed salary cut: Delta’s Finance Commissioner urges Civil Servants to make sacrifice
Sir Fidelis Tilije, Delta's Finance commissioner. The Delta State Commissioner of Finance, Sir Okenmor Fidelis Tilije has appealed to Civil Servants in the state to assist government in the development of the state by making…
PERSPECTIVE – The fruitlessness of an Okonjo-Iweala leadership of WTO
Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Comrade Owei Lakenfa. By Owei Lakemfa. I first met Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during the Obasanjo administration at a conference organised by the newly emergent Due Process Office headed by Mrs. Obiageli…
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WTO Director General: House of Reps endorse Okonjo-Iweala for position in a motion moved by Elumelu
Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The House of Representatives has unanimously endorsed the candidature of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO. This was sequel to the adoption…
NEC, PTF to have further discussions on reopening of economy, schools
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. By Chijioke Okoronkwo The National Economic Council (NEC) says it will hold further discussions with the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF) on reopening of the economy and schools. Gov.…
Delta govt. to establish modular refinery
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Determined to create more jobs for citizens, Delta State Executive Council (EXCO) today, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 approved the setting up of a modular refinery and commencement of work at an agro-industrial…
13 vessels expected at Delta ports, says NPA
Warri sea port. By Edeki Igafe The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 13 ships laden with various products are expected at Delta ports. The NPA made this known in its daily publication “Shipping Position”, a…
How we stemmed militancy in Delta with development, by Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said panacea for hostilities in coastal communities in Niger Delta were infrastructural transformation and youth empowerment. Okowa disclosed this while speaking via Skype on…