Archive for April 8th, 2012
Onyemaechi: Earning A Name In Fashion Designing
With IFEYINWA AWULOR THE name, Mrs. Ozue Sybil Onyemaechi, may not ring a bell. However, she is one of the few women who have written their names in gold in the fashion and design industry in Nigeria. This speaks volume in her high sense of colour and fabric selection and her competence with numerous tools which has placed her amongst the best in the sector. She sees fashion and designing as a skill that requires creativity and, to a large [...]
Continue ReadingWarri Wolves humble FC Kallon 2-0
FROM MICHAEL IKEOGWU, – WARRI. IT was celebration galore at the Warri City Stadium, as Warri Wolves beat FC Kallon of Sierra Leone 2-0 in the second leg of CAF Confederation Cup played on Friday. The crucial encounter that attracted a sizeable number of fans, started at exactly 4pm with warri wolves taking the pass. Just 9th minute of play came a heavy down pour that lasted throughout the first half. None of the sides could convert the ball into [...]
Continue ReadingShelter For All: Delta State Rising To The Occasion
BY KENNEDY BIENOSE THE day was Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The ocean of cars parked at the premises of the Ministry of Information on Summit Road, Asaba, was all that any passer-by needed to know that something positively unusual was going on in the ministry that fateful morning. In the bowels of the Conference Hall: Chief Paulius Akpeki, Commissioner for Housing, was briefing the press on the activities of his ministry in line with the on-going ministerial press briefing. Given [...]
Continue ReadingBeaming The Searchlight On Umeh
BY AUSTINE ETAGHENE UMEH is an agrarian community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. The area is blessed with fertile land, just as the indigenes specialize in the production of plantain. But, over the years, Umeh has suffered neglect from all tiers of government. Located in a largely marshy area, its only access to the outside world is a 20-kilometre road that links it with Ohoro, a strategic junction town on the Ughelli-Patani road. At best, the [...]
Continue ReadingGovt Donates Relief Materials To Rainstorm Victims
BY SUNDAY EGEDE DELTA State Government has presented relief materials worth millions of naira to 110 victims of rainstorm disaster at Owa-Alero in Ika North-East local government area of the state. The relief materials included 50 bundles of roofing sheets; 50 pieces of mattresses; 50 bags of rice; 50 bags of beans; 50 pieces of blanket; 50 pieces of plastic cups; 50 pieces of wax prints, eight cartons of zinc nails; eight cartons of roofing nails; 100 pieces of sleeping [...]
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