Archive for August 1st, 2012
Oghara Traditional Council Unveils Ovie-Elect
BY ANDREW OHWOBETEHE/OGHARA OGHARA kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State was recently agog as its council of kingmakers formally presented the Ovie-elect, Chief Christopher Erijitomah to the Oguedion (Council of Chiefs) and the entire people of Oghareki. Oghareki is one of the two major communities that constitute Oghara Kingdom. It maintains a separate Oguedion from its sister community, Ogharefe. Both communities produce the Ovie (traditional ruler) on rotational basis. The immediate past monarch, late Oreki II [...]
Continue ReadingGovt Seeks Private School Owners’ Partnership On Education Devt
PRIVATE school proprietors in Delta State have been called upon to partner with the state government in its bid to take education to greater heights in the state. Commissioner for Basic Secondary Education, Prof. Patrick Mouboghare made the appeal during an interactive session with the newly elected state Executive Committee of the Association of Private School Owners in Nigeria (APSON) and Chief Inspectors of Education. Muoboghare stated that the state government could not do it all alone in providing education [...]
Continue ReadingTeachers And Planned Mass Transfer
A AHEAD of a new academic session in September, the Delta State Government has put necessary machinery in motion to effect a mass transfer of teachers in public schools. According to the Commissioner for Education (Basic and Secondary), Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, the exercise which is coming on the heels of a similar one involving the mass transfer/deployment of principals of secondary schools in the state, is aimed at checking the imbalance in the number of teachers in the rural and [...]
Continue ReadingTraders Praise LG Boss For Completion Of Ibusa Eke Market
ASSOCIATION of Traders drawn from different parts of Delta State have applauded the chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Council, Hon. Christopher Okafor for ensuring completion of the ultra modern Eke market in Ibusa abandoned by previous administrations. The representatives of the Igbo Traders, Chief Peter Onyeador, Chief Dele Olaiya representing Yoruba traders and Alhaji Inua Sambo representing the Hausa traders, in a joint statement at the end of their meeting, in Ibusa remarked that the difficulties they have encountered [...]
Continue ReadingA New Dawn At St Patrick’s College, Asaba
BY TONY ODIADI THE famous Saint Patrick’s College, is wearing a new look. This is the outcome of a transformation initiative carried out by the Uduaghan administration. A familiar visitor arriving the school’s gate today would be slightly confused at the new picture of the school which has placed it in the league institutions in Nigeria parading one or more architectural masterpieces that are akin to a mini-university of sorts. Yours sincerely a proud old boy, was in Asaba a [...]
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