Archive for August 6th, 2012
Echoes Of 12th Ika Diocesan Women Conference
BY SUNDAY EGEDE THE Diocese of Ika which was created 12 years ago is one of the Dioceses in Bendel Province of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion. Recently, the Diocese had its 12 Diocesan Mothers’ Union and Women’s Guild Conference which took place at Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Boji-Boji Owa in Ika North-East local government area of Delta State. The four-day conference which started on Thursday, July 26, 2012 with the arrival of conference delegates and opening service by [...]
Continue ReadingDelta AG Lists Challenges To Business MoU
BY ANDREW IKEHI DELTA State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Mr. Charles Ajuyah (SAN) has identified insufficient information by parties and poor power supply as some of the challenges hampering speedy legal processes of MoU and other legal business documents in the state. Ajuyah disclosed this recently when the Economic Adviser to Delta State Governor, Mr. Afam Obiago led a delegation of officials of the Delta State One-Stop-Shop for Investors (DSOSSI) on a fact-finding mission to his office. The commissioner, [...]
Continue ReadingGovt Plans Massive Road Projects In Warri
DOMINIC OKONTA THE Delta State Government says it has concluded plans to embark on massive road and drainage rehabilitation and re-construction in the commercial city of Warri and environs. Commissioner for Works, Hon. Solomon Funkekeme, who gave the hint while inspecting bad roads marked for repair in Warri and environs at the weekend, expressed government’s readiness to create access roads in the oil city. According to our reporter, the commissioner inspected the access road to Tanker Park, Ekpan/Fasada Lane, NPA [...]
Continue ReadingJubilation, As Oghara Crowns New Monarch
BY ANDREW OWOBHOTEH THREE weeks after he emerged Ovie-elect of Oghara Kingdom in a rigorous selection process, Chief Christopher Ejeyabu Erijitomah, was at the weekend crowned as His Royal Majesty Orefe III, Uku Oghara Na-Ovo, amid pomp and ceremony. Our correspondent reports that the traditional installation ceremony was performed by the kingmakers of Ogharefe and Oghareki, the two sub-clans that constitute Oghara Kingdom. They were led by their Unugbrogodos (Traditional Speakers) – Chief Samuel Erubami of Ogharefe and his Oghareki [...]
Continue ReadingSenate Retreat On Constitution Review In Asaba
THE choice of Asaba as the venue for the Retreat on the Review of the Constitution was a huge statement regarding the inexorable need to return to the nation’s roots and historical antecedents in charting a way forward. The choice of the Delta State capital, according to Senate President, David Mark, was made with the city’s pride of place in the country’s political history in mind. It was, therefore, an acknowledgment of the historical importance of Asaba in the evolution [...]
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