Archive for August 5th, 2012
Emergency Delivery: Baby Falls Into Pit Toilet
By FAITH AJUWA S URPRISE and joy were the expression on the faces of witnesses last weekend when a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Chinwe Amoloku delivered a baby inside a pit toilet at Umusan Ogbe, Kwale, Delta State. The woman was reportedly pressed and decided to go to defecate but in the process, and unknown to her she delivered the baby who fell inside the pit toilet. The alarm she raised, in a state of fatigue, attracted neighbours who used a [...]
Continue ReadingOruere Charges MonarchsTo Embrace Christ
The Bishop of Irri Province of Bethesida Gospel Mission International Rt Rev. Benjamin O. Oruere, JP, has expressed gratitude to members of the over 120 branches of the mission, who graced his enthronement as Bishop of Irri Province of the church on Sunday. In his exhortation, Bishop Oruere who took his sermon entitled “The Lord Reigns” from Psalm 98:1-5, urged christians everywhere to worship God by acknowledging his majesty as displayed in creation. The bishop stressed that God reigns forever [...]
Continue ReadingDelta Students Participate in SIFE Programme
By FAITH AJUWA Eleven students of Delta State origin were among more than 500 that participated in the just concluded Students In-free Enterprise (SIFE), organized by the Board of SIFE, Nigeria in Lagos. The students, led by Odili Ifeanyi, were selected from Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka and Novena University, Ogume. The SIFE is an international organization that brings a diverse network of university students, academic professionals and industry leaders together to discuss ideas that will improve the lives of [...]
Continue ReadingDeflooding Delta Communities
R ECENT incidences of flooding leave much to be desired in terms of the attitudes of some persons to issues concerning the environment, which with humans, is bearing the brunt of practices such as erection of illegal structures, blockage of waterways and poor environmental sanitation. It typifies the fact that the global warning against climate change was not alarmist and that deaf ears may have been paid to such warnings by the culprits at their own peril. However, the profound [...]
Continue ReadingWhen South-South NAWOJians Converged In Asaba
By KENNEDY BIENOSE Had the band boys seen it coming, perhaps, they would have asked for more pay. The prolonged waiting game tasked both their skills and stamina. As the event which coincided with the visit of the Senate Committee on the 1999 Constitution Review which held a four-day retreat in Asaba, had to start at about 1.30pm as against the 10 am stipulated, they (entertainers) sang, swinging like a pendulum from reggae R and B and to gospel, until [...]
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