Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has expressed shock at the demise of the Vice Chairman of Tribune Newspapers, Chief Oluwole Awolowo, stating that he has lost an elder brother. In a statement by Felix Ofou, his press secretary, the governor also noted with concern the impact of the death on the matriarch of the family, Mama H.I.D. ... Read More »
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Tribune issues official statement on Chief Wole Awolowo
Awolowo, Tribune Publisher, dies We announce the final home call of the Publisher/ Vice Chairman of the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Pls, Publishers of the Tribune titles, Chief Oluwole Awolowo. He was 70 years old. Chief Awolowo died this evening at Wellington hospital, St Johnswood, London following complications arising from a car crash that occurred on September 30, 2006. ... Read More »
OV UDUAGHAN DECRIES THE UNDER UTILIZATION OF WARRI STADIUM AS DELTA SHOWCASES WORLD CLASS FACILITIES AT THE AYAC
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has lamented the under utilization of the Warri Stadium in spite of boasting of the best of sporting facilities and acceptable modern equipment of international standards. Speaking after assessing the facilities in place for the AYAC which kicks off today(Wednesday, March 27, 2013) in Warri stadium, the Governor said that it ... Read More »
Wole Awolowo is dead
Wole Awolowo,Chief Awolowo first son is dead,he died few hours ago in a uk hosipital after being on admission for months,here is his profile while we get more details Oluwole Awolowo. The Prince. The Patriot. The Politician. The Publisher. The Peacemaker Born at Ibadan on the 3rd day of December, 1942 into the prestigious family of the ... Read More »
How sss Arrests Saved Lagos from Multiple Bomb Attacks
This is According to Thisday A raid carried out by security agents last Thursday on Ijora Badia, a Lagos neighbourhood, may have saved the nation’s commercial capital from possible multiple attacks by terrorists, investigations revealed Sunday. The raid, carried out by both operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) and Operation Mesa (OP Mesa), a combined security outfit comprising the ... Read More »
Gov Fayemi issues Official statement on Sick Deupty
Fayemi not under pressure to replace deputy The attention of the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has been drawn to false and misleading news items being published by some newspapers regarding the health condition of the State’s Deputy Governor, Mrs Funmi Olayinka as well as the misrepresentation of the meeting between the Governor and Mrs Olayinka’s elder ... Read More »
Alhaji Maitama Sule is not dead says Yerima
Alhaji Maitama Sule is not dead says Yerima Former minister in the First Republic and elder statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule is not dead, are being speculated in the social media and other places. The president of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) Alhaji Shettima Yerima, a very close ally of Sule, said the rumour of his dead making the ... Read More »
ACHEBE, NIGERIA’S LITERARY GIANT, PATRIOT, SAYS GOV UDUAGHAN
ACHEBE, NIGERIA’S LITERARY GIANT, PATRIOT, SAYS GOV UDUAGHAN Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has described the late essayist, poet and celebrated novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe who died early on Friday as a true patriot whose love and passion for Nigeria can not be doubted. In a statement by his press secretary, Felix Ofou, the governor said though there were moments ... Read More »
Nigerian Charged with Terrorism in Us
NEW YORK (AFP) – An alleged veteran of al-Qaeda’s fight against US soldiers in Afghanistan who went on to plot a bomb attack on US diplomatic facilities in Nigeria was charged Wednesday in New York. Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, also known as “Spin Ghul,” was charged by a grand jury with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to bomb American ... Read More »
EKITI DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON SICK LEAVE,Govt issues statement
This statement was released by the Comm for information Monday Ekiti State Government wishes to inform members of the public that the Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka, has taken leave to attend to issues relating to her health. We urge all well -meaning citizens of the state to remember her in their prayers. Signed: ... Read More »