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By Wilson Macaulay Ore  Managing Director of the Ore Industrial Park, Dr. Femi Akinkuebi, has reiterated the need for the Nigerian Government and its people to take pride in massively investing in locally made products as a way of boosting the nation’s income.  The Managing Director made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo State Capital. According to him, the Nation is richly endowed with the much needed raw materials as well as the skill set to globally promote made in Nigeria goods for viable economic gains.  Dr. Akinkuebi identified the textile industry as a huge sector which holds great economic potential.  He noted that Nigerian textile industry is a departure from the ideal, owing to challenges of huge appetite for importation, poor patronage, policy implementation and a broken value-chain. He stressed that if only 10 per cent of the yearly import bill of $4 billion textile fabrics was re-invested into the textile industry, th...

Igoniko Oduma Yenagoa  The purported recommendation of a part-time board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the forensic audit report has been kicked against by Ijaw youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC). In statement on Sunday, the council's spokesman, Ebilade Ekerefe faulted the recommendation and described it as unacceptable, saying it was a violation of the law establishing the NDDC. Ekerefe vowed that the IYC would resist a part-time board "at all cost", stressing that the recommendation was "the handiwork of self-styled politicians who desire to turn the NDDC into their own personal enterprise." He also berated the President Muhammadu Buhari for his refusal to constitute and inaugurate a substantive board for the commission, despite the submission of the report of the audit exercise. He noted that the speed with which Buhari inaugurated the boards of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian ...

 By Wilson Macaulay Warri A member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NINA, and Executive Assistant to Delta State Governor on Communications, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has said that bad leadership by the political class is responsible for recent wave of coup d'etat in the continent of Africa. He made the assertion while speaking as a guest of Galaxy TV public affairs live programme - Democracy And the Rule of Law, monitored on Sunday 26th September, 2021, in Lagos. Oghenesivbe posited that some African presidents are still engulfed in looting, nepotism, ethnic colouration, religious sentiments and tribal bigotry, saying that such primitive mind set of leaders is regrettably impacting negatively on socioeconomic advancement and infrastructure development needed in the continent to alleviate poverty and raise the standard of living of the people. Okowa's EAC further asserted that the APC national government under President Mohammadu Buhari, has been adjudged...

 Obule Scores Oborevwori High As Speaker DTHA By Wilson Macaulay Warri A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sapele Local Government Area of  Delta state, Hon. Francis Obule (JP) says that the Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) Speaker,  Rt. Hon. Chief Sheriff Oborevwori has performed beyond the expectations of Deltans, stressing  that Oborevwori is a blessing to Urhobo nation and Delta State. Speaking to newsmen in Warri after he returned from Cross River State for the proposed  PDP Mobilizers Mega Rally at Calabar, Hon. Obule said that Oborevwori leadership skill and  acumen as a speaker has brought peace among the legislative members and quick response in passing bills into law and budget which helped in facilitating development in Delta State. He noted that Oborevwori has made remarkable impact in his service to the people with  his effective performance which cut-across the 36 states of Nigeria including the FCT which has  ma...

      HOSCON Youths   Extols  The   Developmental Strides of  President Buhari   By Wilson Macaulay Warri The Entire Exco and leadership of HOSCON  Youth Wing in tandem with the National Leadership of the Organization, led by the indifatigable and visionary  Chairman, Prince Dr Mike Emuh, has  passed  a vote of confidence on  the  Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari , for his fatherly love towards the host Communities  as  well as his timely  political resolved  to bring to bear, the long awaited petroleum Industrial Act.   The HOSCON Youth  in statement  signed and Issued on Sunday 26th September 2021  by Comrade Emmanuel Bipi International/National Youth Leader, Comrade Samuel Success Youth Coordinator, National ,State,and Local Government, Comrade Onyewenu lsioma, National Youth Secretary and Comra...

By Wilson Macaulay The leadership of Ijaw Advancement Movement yesterday throw  their weight behind the Delta State Governorship aspiration of Comrade High Chief Sheriff Mulade the Ebe Serimowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, come 2023. Speaking at a well attended meeting, the President of the  Ijaw Advancement Movement, Comrade Edward E Tombrapaide stated that Comrade High Chief Mulade is a credible man of dignity who can be trusted if given the mantle of Governor to close the gap of the plight of the youths and other areas that are essential in the state economy. Comrade Edward Tombrapaide the Group President posited that he is convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that if High Chief Mulade is given the opportunity to be Governor of Delta State, he will take the State to enviable heights through his political sagacity. According to the Group President, Mulade is a politically savvy man with a pedigree of practical love for the masses developed over time from his activism that spans...

  Wilson Macaulay Warri A High Court sitting in Effurun, Delta State, has dismissed infringement suit seeking the enforcement of fundamental rights filed by Okiemute Diaghwarhe against Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi, a 2023 governorship hopeful. It can be recalled that Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi was charged to court for allegedly stripping four of his staff naked for stealing a sum of N 5, 000.  While delivering his judgement, the Presiding Judge, Justice Emmanuel Z. Dolor, said that the suit with Reg. No. EHC/FHR/79/2020, lacked merit, and could not hold water. Justice Dolor revealed that the legal battle started on October 5, 2020 as an originating motion on notice. The Judge said that what must be appreciated by all and sundry, "is that the spirit and driving principles of the fundamental rights enforcement regime in Nigeria, may be liberal but they are by so means laissez faire or wishy-washy, for were they so, constitutional liberties themselves would be imperilled and could no...