Category: Other StatesJACKSON, Mississippi — Mississippi’s teacher training programs are mediocre at best, according to a group pushing for changes in how the nation trains teachers. The report from the National Council on Teacher Quality is backed by Mississippi groups pushing for educational improvements. However, leaders of some colleges of education said the council’s report either misconstrues [...]
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu Tobi Soniyi A Federal High Court in Abuja will on July 10 hear an application by the Delta State Government on the $15million bribe allegedly offered former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, by a former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, to be paid to the [...]
The presiding judge on the case, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, has set the 10th July for the Federal and Delta state governments to argue which side should claim the $15 million recovered from former governor of Delta state, Mr. James Ibori. At a resumed sitting of the court, Justice Kolawole adjourned the case for hearing for [...]
Several opposing groups have filed lawsuits against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that was adopted in May. The four suits, filed over the course of the past month by environmental groups and water users, argue the Delta Plan does not fulfill its two co-equal goals of providing a [...]
Authorities of the United Nations (UN) yesterday said it has commenced negotiations with the management of World Bank to provide financial assistance to Delta State to rebuild its infrastructure destroyed last year by floods. Valerie Amos, the UN under secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, gave the hint in Asaba at a town [...]
Gang Rape: Two Bag Life Imprisonment in Delta State Nigeria Category: Nigeria News Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 15:31 Written by Agency Reporter Hits: 133 A Delta State High Court at Ughelli has convicted two persons for gang-raping a 17-year old girl after robbing her parents of valuables, and thereby sentenced them to life [...]
DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, broke his silence since the State House of Assembly passed the anti-kidnapping Bill into law which overrode his executive veto, saying that the action however never affected what he described as, “the robust relationship” between him and the House. The governor stated this in Asaba, yesterday during a [...]
Justice Gabriel Kolawole has set July 10 for the Federal and Delta State Governments to argue the case involving $15 million recovered from convicted former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori. At a resumed sitting of the court, Justice Kolawole adjourned the case for hearing for the claimant, Delta State, to make its case [...]
Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has restated his administration readiness to collaborate with the United Nations in the effective management of the post flood challenges facing displaced persons in the state. Dr. Uduaghan who stated this during a Town Hall meeting in Asaba, organised by the state government as part of official visit of [...]
The Delta Beyond Oil Goddy Egene writes that the inauguration of roads, school projects by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to mark democracy day across the state is in line with efforts to realise the administration’s Delta Beyond Oil’ vision Since he assumed office as the Governor of Delta State, six years ago, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has [...]
SOME States in the Niger Delta have been observed not to have public procurement and fiscal responsibility laws, while those that have do not have appropriate civil society component, which ought to enhance monitoring and evaluation. This was the observation from a two-day training on budget tracking organised by the Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group [...]
• Consider Rumour Mongering Law ON the second anniversary of the fifth Assembly of the Delta State House of Assembly, the Speaker, Victor Ochei, listed the achievements and challenges confronting the lawmakers. Speaking with reporters at the Assembly complex on Okpanam Road, Ochei said the lawmakers have recorded some achievements by passing six bills out [...]
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Delta State government, recentlty disclosed that it had taken over the N3.5 billion Ashaka-Aboh Road project, abandoned by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission in 2007. The State Commissioner for Works, Chief Funkekeme Solomon, disclosed this in Aboh when he briefed the traditional ruler of the community, Obi Imegwu II, on the project, [...]
THE Committee on Management of Federal Government Funds on Flood Disaster in Delta State says it has given N18 million grant to churches affected by the 2012 flood in the state. The committee’s chairman, Justice Francis Tabai (retd), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba that the grants were disbursed through the state [...]
NIGERIA: Delta State University Lecturer Thrown Out Naked After He Tried Molesting A Female Student Category: Nigeria News Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:02 Written by Agency Reporter Hits: 424 lecturer The naked man in the picture you see above is supposedly a lecturer in Delta State University, Theatre Arts department. According to my [...]
EFFURUN (DELTA STATE) – The traditional ruler of UVWIE Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Emmanuel Sideso, Abe 1, the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, has called on Deltans both at home and in the diaspora to support the Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan vision of building a Delta State not dependent on oil revenue. Abe 1, made the call [...]
The attention of the Delta State Ministry of Information has been drawn to a publication posted on Saharareporters web journal of June 11, 2013 with the above title. Earlier in May this year, a community newspaper publisher had sought explanation from the Honourable Commissioner for Economic Planning on what he thought was the expenditure profile [...]
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It was learnt that the lecturer had insisted on having sex with the student without which she will continue to fail the 200 level course. According to information made available to DailyPost, the student’s refusal to accede to her lecturer’s amorous desire was the reason she has been failing the course since her second year. [...]
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UK Prime Minister to Lobby President GoodLuck for Gay People in Nigeria
The Britain Prime Minister, Mr David Cameroon whilst reacting to questions from a Nigerian, Name, Bisi, living in Britain, who asked for his reaction to a bill approved by Nigerian lawmakers last month banning same-sex marriage – setting jail terms of up to 14 years for offenders – and making it illegal to form gay [...]
Death Of Nans Senate President And Four Others In Auto Crash Erc Condoles With Nans And Students
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Taming the Ghost Workers Abdullahi M. Seidu For years, ghosts’ workers in Nigeria are not meant to be seen on their duty post but clearly visible on the payroll. They crawl under the shadow of darkness to suck dry our common wealth. They are reapers where they have not sown anything! Going by the [...]
Condoms, narcotic drugs flood Boko Haram camps
More of the dirty sides of the insurgents’ lifestyle are being revealed as troops continue to stumble on strange and bizarre objects such as several used and unused condoms as well as charms and amulets of various shapes in the captured terrorists camps. Defence spokesman, Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade, who made the revelation, said that [...]
Clarifying Nigeria’s Debt Position
Clarifying Nigeria’s Debt Position There has recently been a lot of misinformation and misconception in our public debate on debt. My goal in this article is to shed some light on the public debt, to clarify the real state of Nigeria’s debt position, and hopefully, provide a knowledge platform for constructive debate. Let me say [...]
Governor Yari: An Excellent Performer in search of “Result-Oriented SSG”
Governor Yari: An Excellent Performer in search of “Result-Oriented SSG” I do not live in Zamfara but passively at the moment, so my view is shaped from what opinions of pundits gathered and my research. As I moved round, the enormity of work done was not only amazing and revealing but very exciting to behold. Good networking, expansion [...]
Africa’s mobile youths drive change Cell phones reshape youth cultures
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