Archive for July 10th, 2012
Prof Utuama Ageing Youthfully At 65
YOU might be tempted to ignore him and perhaps, brush him aside at your own peril in a crowd. He comes across as someone who is diminutively statured but Nature has so much endowed him with intelligence and brilliance that he had conquered all the academic laurels there is to obtain that he had reached the towering heights in his chosen field of legal matters ; with a an LLB law, LLM and a Phd into the bargain. Someone who [...]
Continue ReadingGovt To Revoke Sections Of Ughelli-Asaba Road Dualization Project -Ogeah
By Austine Etaghene IN line with its zero tolerance for shoddy jobs, the Delta State Government has commenced the process of revoking two sections of the Ughelli-Kwale-Asaba Road dualisation project. Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah (Esq.) disclosed this to Government House correspondents after this week’s State Executive Council meeting in Asaba yesterday. He named the affected parts of the 149 kilometre road as Section A, handled by Wokson Nig. Limited and Section awarded to ULO Construction Company. Joined at the [...]
Continue ReadingCar Assembly Plant, Issele-Uku To Create 5,000 Jobs –Obiago
delta State Government says it has concluded plans to partner with a Chinese firm to build a vehicle assembly plant at Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. Chief Afam Obiago, Economic Adviser to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who made the announcement in an interview with newsmen in Asaba, said the plant would create no fewer than 5,000 jobs when completed. Obiago said the government had secured some hectares of land in the community for the project, adding [...]
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July 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Delta, ECN Sign MoU
For Renewable Energy Devices BY AUSTINE ETAGHENE THE Delta State Government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) for Renewable Energy. The signing of the MOU took place at the opening of a three-day National Training Workshop on Application of Renewable Energy Devices and Climate Change Mitigation for Rural Women and Amnesty Youths in Asaba. The workshop was at the instance of the ECN, the Delta State Government and United Nations Education Scientific [...]
Continue ReadingUduaghan Decries Plateau killings, Mourns Senator Dantong, Others
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has decried the “unwarranted and cold-blooded murder of innocent Nigerians” by gunmen in the recent attack of some communities in Barkin Ladi area of Plateau State. The attack resulted in the death of Sen. Gyang Dantong; the Majority Leader of Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Gyang Fulani and others. In a condolence message released in Asaba by his Chief Press Secretary yesterday, Mr. Sunny Ogefere, Uduaghan said it was high time the mindless [...]
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