Immediate past national president of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Osahon Enabulele has carpeted Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for what he described as the “cavalier attitude” with which the memory of Stella Ameyo Adadevoh and other health workers who died in the line of duty as a result of the outbreak of the Ebola…
Shut Up, Mind Your Business, Muazu Tells Opposition
Amidst strong criticism by the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, of the adoption of the President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the sole candidate of the party in the 2015 presidential election, the party has told the opposition party to shut up and mind it’s business. Speaking at what was evidently the mother of…
The Ikimi Phenomenon
Despite attempts to play down the political stature of Tom Ikimi, former leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the moves and political consultations by leaders of the party indicate that the politician may not be a complete pushover after all Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State, visited Ugueben, home of Tom Ikimi, a former…
End of Political Union
The war of words between Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, and Tom Ikimi, erstwhile power broker within the party hierarchy, over the latter’s controversial letter of resignation from the party is far from abating On April 10, 2014, Tom Ikimi, former foreign affairs minister and erstwhile chieftain of the All Progressives…
Asaba International Airport: From Cynicism to Admiration
The Asaba International Airport is considered by many as the flagship achievement of the Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s administration though in his humility and good nature, he believes bringing smiles to the faces of majority of Deltans through his free maternal and infant health care programme as well as the free education programme, gives him more…
Free And Qualitative Education Programme:Taking Care of Future Leaders
It is the belief in some quarters that anything free cannot be qualitative. It is believed that quality is often sacrificed on the altar of quantity. But this is not true as far as the free education policy of the Delta State government is concerned. In the 15 years of democratic governance in the state,…
Unity Bridges: Bridges of Hope and Ethnic Unification
If there is any achievement of James Onanefe Ibori the people of Delta State will not forget in a hurry, it is the construction of four bridges in different parts of the state to link the creeks to the upland. The Bomadi, Omadino, Ase and Olomu bridges were completed and made functional within his eight…
Nine Tertiary Institutions In 15 Years: Creating Opportunities for Higher Education
The sheer number of higher institutions that had been established in Delta State since the inception of democracy in 1999, is a positive commentary on the importance successive administrations attach to acquisition of knowledge especially at the tertiary level. From the administration of former governor, James Onanefe Ibori, (1999 to 2007) to incumbent governor, Emmanuel…
Unbeatable Record in Healthcare Delivery
With series of medical feats by the state-owned Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, and the attainment of Goal 5 of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, ahead of the 2015 target date, Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has set an enviable record and demonstrated that with a combination of will and commitment, quality healthcare can…
Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan: A Governor Who Dared to Dream Big
The aphorism ‘charity begins at home’ is indeed a wise saying. It is a product of an imaginative and constructive mind. The story of Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan manifestly lends credence to this dictum. As the governor of Delta State, leadership was not just thrust upon him. No, it was not by happenstance nor fortuitous.…
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