My Nightmare Returned.
By Ike Okonta Okonta is a writer, scholar and journalist. In 2005, he earned a D.Phil from the University of Oxford where he has also taught. He was shortlisted by …
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The Case for Anioma State
In Nigeria today there are 36 States. 19 of them are in the North while 17 are in the South. In a country that has in its Constitution provisions for quota system and a political system that professes the South and North dichotomy, why can’t we have equal number of States in the South as in the North?
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Monsignor Chukwumah (Fada Chukwuma) Buried in Asaba
It is a week to remember as Asaba people buried one of it’s most famous and controversal citizens. Just like he lived, his burial was a mix of Catholic Church burial and good old Asaba Tradition. Just as he lived, Father Ahaba wouldn’t have had it any other way.
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Remembering Chief Dennis Osadebay!
As a politician, he detested party politics and tried to form unbiased opinions on important matters of the period. He was also a leader of the movement to create a Mid-Western region during the Nigerian First Republic.
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Asaba getting a Shopping Mall?
A shopping mall valued at $100 million (about N15 billion) will soon berth in Asaba, capital of Delta State.New City Mall Limited, the company behind the investment has disclosed. According …
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20 suspected armed robbers nabbed in Asaba markets
ASABA — DELTA State police command has arrested twenty suspected armed robbers that had been operating between Lagos, Osun, Edo, Delta, Anambra and Abia states visiting terror on motorists.
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The Presure for creation of Anioma State is still on
The Anioma National Council, ANC, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to actualise the dreams of the Anioma people of Delta State by creating an Anioma State for them.
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Asaba – A perfect host for Nollywood movies
It’s no longer news that the ancient city of Asaba has transformed into the hobnob for film production in the country. But what is news instead, is the fact that …
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The International Fugitive, James Ibori Hospitalized in Dubai
Mrs Waziri said that there had been a lot of obsession with the leadership of the EFCC, because the 2011 elections were fast approaching. She advised the public to discountenance such reports, saying, “They are not to be taken seriously.”
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Second Niger Bridge. Will it ever be built?
The federal executive council, yesterday, cancelled the N58billion second Niger Bridge project which was awarded in 2007 by the federal government. It further approved that the ministry of works should …
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