The newly constituted Board of the Delta State Waste Management Board has said it will intensify efforts at ensuring that all parts of the state are clean. The Chairman of the Board, Hon Emma Chinye, who stated this in a chat with this medium in Asaba, noted that though some …
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Rice price skyrockets as local production declines
Rice consumption in the country has been on a steady rise, beyond the reach of local supply, leading to a supply gap of about two million metric tonnes annually, a new report has disclosed. This has led to an over 37 per cent increase in the price of the commodity …
Read More »NAFDAC DG orders testing,market survey as fake Paracetamol floods market
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug and Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has ordered a market survey to sample and test paracetamol brands in Nigeria. According to recent investigations, nearly all of the paracetamol tablets sold in Nigeria fall short of the requirements …
Read More »I Will Not Allow CBN Encroach On our Land For Projects-Wike
Nyesom Wike,the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has cautioned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) management against encroaching on land designated for FCT projects. Wike said this on Thursday during inspection of ongoing infrastructure projects in FCT, where he expressed satisfaction with the progress of several projects but raised …
Read More »Customs FOU Zone C, Decorates Promoted Officers, Seizes Goods Worth Over N5B
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit FOU, Zone “C” Owerri, says it has decorated 46 newly promoted officers in the zone even as it also recorded seizures worth five billion, three hundred and fifty-one million, eight hundred and twenty six thousand, three hundred and ninety Naira (N5,351,826,390.00) only in …
Read More »Galloping Inflation Affecting Real Estate Development — REDAN, Oshimili North Chairman
By: Ike Philip Abiagom The new Chairman of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, Oshimili North Chapter, Engr. Emma Oshia, Chairman of Emmalix Trade and Investment Ltd, said rising inflation is one of the chief bane of the country’s real estate sector and is becoming a worrying trend. Engr. Oshia, …
Read More »Cooperative Society is a breeding ground for employers of labour and wealth creators- Okeze
The significance of the 15th Annual Lecture/Award Ceremony of the Association of Community Newspaper Publishers Of Nigeria (ACNPN),Delta State Council, was Co-operative Society, Model Palliative for Self -Reliance, Economic Growth and Industrialization. That was the subject matter as the Internal Auditor of Federal Cooperative College Oji-River, Enugu State, Pst. Okeze …
Read More »Why I was dumped into prison for one year and six days – Senator Nwaoboshi
By: Ike Philip Abiagom Former Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate Arm of the National Assembly and Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Most Distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi (SPON), our Dynamic Leader, the Oracle turned Miracle of Delta Politics was set free by the Supreme …
Read More »Oborevwori Meet with Community Newspaper Publishers, Call for Synergy Among Practitioners
By: Ike Philip Abiagom Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, the executive governor of Delta State,has urged members of Association of Community Newspapers Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN) to always share information to effectively reach people at the grassroots. Governor Oborevwori made the call when the executives of Delta State Council of members …
Read More »Mrs Akindele nee Elumelu lost a Majestic mother
By: Ike Philip Abiagom Mama Elumelu is a woman whose departure would be greatly missed. “She was so humble and a woman of wisdom, who brought up her children in a God fearing way”. In my last encounter with her last year, Mama gracefully and affectionately pronounced her daughter’s name …
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