DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan on Sunday warned employees of the State Government, contractors and other officials in the line of service delivery to stop acts scuttling his administration’s people-oriented programmes or be prepared to face the consequence of their actions. Speaking at the Iwere Kingdom 2013 Annual Thanksgiving Service held at the Foursqure Gospel Church, Olu Palace Ground, Warri, Uduaghan observed that his administration has done a lot at improving the welfare of the people but that some unpatriotic personnel and contractors were undermining some of such efforts. The Governor explained that his administration established the State’s Urban…
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The naming of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State as The Sun man of the Year has been described as an apt reward for the audacity of vision by Chike C. Ogeah, Delta State Commissioner for Information. In its story announcing the choice of Uduaghan by the Board of Editors, The Sun dubbed him “the man who saw tomorrow” following his conceptualization of “Delta Beyond Oil” initiative with which he has charted a fresh course for the development of the state’s economy. Noting that leadership is all about vision and laying a roadmap for structured and sustainable development, Ogeah…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Kano State counterpart, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso have emerged joint winners of The Sun Man of the Year 2013. The Sun Board of Editors voted the two Governors as winners of the flagship prize in the 11th edition of The Sun Awards after considering their outstanding performances and unique contributions to the sustenance of the nation’s fledgling democracy and good governance. Dr. Uduaghan got the winning votes for envisioning Nigeria beyond oil (Delta beyond oil) and taking practical steps about it in Delta State. Governor Kwankwaso’s development strides within two years of his…
A post on the Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog reports that LG, electronics manufacturer and chief Samsung rival (behind Apple, of course) is gearing up to revive webOS, the mobile operating system built by the now-defunct Palm corporation for its…
Israel released early Tuesday 26 Palestinian prisoners, a Palestinian official told AFP, in accordance with commitments made to revive US-brokered peace talks. “Two vans carrying (18) prisoners left Ofer prison and were headed to Ramallah” in the West…
Some 108 journalists and media professionals were killed around the world doing their jobs this year, with conflict-torn Syria the deadliest country ahead of Iraq, the International Federation of Journalists said Tuesday. The death toll is down 10 percent…
Microsoft’s Games With Gold promotion, which gives away two Xbox 360 games a month to Xbox Live subscribers, has been widely criticized for its lack of new titles. There’s no arguing that titles like Halo 3, Gears of War and Assassin’s Creed…
At least 14 people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up on a packed trolleybus in Volgograd, raising new concerns about security at the Sochi Olympics a day after a deadly attack on the southern Russian city’s train station. President…
A sanitation court in Sokoto on Saturday sealed six filling stations for flouting the end of the month sanitation exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected filling stations included those of major and independent marketers. The court presided over by Magistrate Shu’aibu Ahmad sentenced the operators of the six filling stations to three months imprisonment each with an option of N10,000 fine. In the same vein, the court also sentenced 20 motorists arrested to three weeks imprisonment each with an option of N2,000 fine. Similarly, six shop owners found wanting by the court were sentenced to…
Arik Airlines says it has introduced a mobile and tablet booking app that can provide the airline with booking service. A statement released in Lagos on Thursday by the airline’s Spokesman, Mr Ola Adebanji, said the app would present consumers with an `easy-to-use interface’. It added that it was introduced in a bid to enhance customer experience. The statement explained that customers would enter their preferred dates and number of passengers, then select the flight or flights from their desired schedule. “Payment is similarly simple, because the app is unique to Arik; there are no fees levied by third-party booking…