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MEETING: From left;
Mr Tony Agenmonmen,
President and Chairman
of Council, National
Institute of Marketing of
Nigeria, [NIMN]; Prince
Femi Olyewole, 2nd Vice
President of NIMN and
Mr Sidney Ogodo,
Registrar/Secretary to
Council NIMN during
the 9th Annual General
Meeting of National
Institute of Marketing of
Nigeria in Port
Harcourt. Photo:
Nwankpa Chijioke.
Suspected herdsmen release female
victim after collecting N1m ransom
By Perez Brisibe
U D GHELLI—
E T A I L S
emerged yesterday of how
suspected herdsmen,
Monday shot a man
identified as Olu Kofi on
the neck at Ubulu-Uku
community of Aniocha
Local Government Area of
Delta State, abducted his
wife, Isioma and collected
the sum of N1 million as
ransom for her release.
The incident happened
the same day a chief from
the community identified as
Chikwe Ojinji was
reportedly killed in his farm
by the suspected
herdsmen.
Giving details of the
abduction of the lady, a
family member told
Vanguard that the
hoodlums had earlier
demanded the sum of N10
million for her release, but
later accepted N1 million
ransom.
The source who spoke
on condition of
anonymity, said: “Olu
drove in company of his
wife and a third occupant
in his Toyota car when the
hoodlums opened fire on
the car and he was hit on
the neck.
“However, in an attempt
to escape from the
Edo students give Obaseki 72 hours ultimatum
By Gabriel
Enogholase &
Alemma Aliu
B ENIN—NIGERIAN
Students and Youth
Association, NISAYA, Edo
State council has given 72
hours to the state
government to address its
members on the challenges
facing the state owned
tertiary institutions.
The students also want
the government to set up a
committee that would
look into the challenges
and proffer solutions to
By Onozure Dania
PEOPLES Democratic
Party, PDP, chieftain
and a former
governorship aspirant in
2007, Chief Sunny
Onuesoke has disclosed
that Governor Ifeanyi’s
Okowa’s development
end the problems.
They insisted that if their
demands were not met
within the time frame, “We
shall not hesitate to mobilise
the over 1.4 million
Nigerian students across
the State and South - South
zone in condemnation of
the poor state of tertiary
institutions and students’
welfare in Edo State.”
NISAYA, at press
conference by its state
Chairman, Osamudiamen
Ogbidi in Benin City, called
on the state government to
repeal the law
establishing Tayo Akpata
‘Okowa'll surpass past performance’
strides
and
empowerment
disposition in his first
term are but a litmus
test, as Deltans will
surely get 10 times more
of his past performance
Late Madam Dudun for burial
MADAM Omasan
Dudun of Jakpa
town, Warri North LGA,
Delta State, who died
recently will be buried
today. She was 100.
Service of songs held
yesterday at Kosini Street,
Warri. Interment is at
Orioke Big Warri.
Reception/entertainment
follows at Ikengbuwa
primary school opposite
Olu of Warri Palace, Warri.
She is survived by
children, grandchildren
and relations, among them,
Supol Humphrey Kweku.
Late Madam Dudun
University of Education.
The group said, “If the
government is interested
in a degree awarding
institution, the College
of Education, Ekiadolor
should be upgraded to a
dual mode status or
affiliated to a state
owned University like
Ambrose Alli University,
Ekpoma to be able to
award degrees.”
They condemned the
continuous closure of the
College of Education,
Ekiadolor, College of
Agriculture Iguoriakhi,
School of Nursing Benin
with his re-election.
He said, “In preparation
to launch his second term
development stride,
Okowa signed six bills into
law, and one of the bills
which has now become law
is the Warri/Uvwie and
Environs Special Area
Development Agency bill.
“With this bill, Warri and
its environs will see rapid
development and growth
for the betterment of their
people.
“I want to assure our
people and Deltans to
expect more dividends of
democracy from our
workaholic governor,
Okowa in his second term.
In the first tenure, he came
in during the economic
recession yet he was able
to achieve a lot for Deltans.
He was able to take the
state to where we are today.
hoodlums in company of
her husband and the third
occupant, the woman was
caught and taken away by
the herdsmen who later
made contact with the
family and demanded N10
million ransom.
“After much negotiation,
a ransom of N1million
was agreed upon, paid
and the woman was
eventually released on
Monday about 8p.m.”
and the non take off of
the Tayo Akpata University
of Education four years
after its establishment.
The students also
appealed to the
government to commence
the process of paying
bursary allowances to
indigenes of the state just
as they called on the
government to compel the
Edo State Oil and Gas
Producing Areas
Development Commission
to pay bursary or
scholarship to students of
oil producing local
government areas.
So I know he is going to do
more this time around.”
He maintained that
Okowa remains a hero,
considering the fact that his
achievements cut across
the three senatorial districts
of the state and beyond.
The PDP chieftain
pointed out that the
governor’s astute style of
leadership coupled with his
prudent management of
resources had placed the
state in an enviable
position, adding that he has
delivered the dividends of
democracy not only through
infrastructural
development to the masses,
but also through health-care
delivery by way of free
medical care to Deltans,
quality education,
construction of good road
network and provision of
security among others.
Ex-DELSU VC warns against evil
of globalisation
By Festus Ahon
AVice SABA—FORMER
Chancellor of
Delta State University,
DELSU, Abraka, Prof Uvie
Igun has warned Nigerian
leaders against adapting
globalisation without
jettison the bad aspect of it.
Delivering the third
Distinguished Lecture of
Edwin Clark University,
Kiagbodo, Delta State on
Globalisation And The
Coming Age Of Legalised
Lawlessness: A Focus On
Societal Foundation
Values And Ethics, Igun
said that Nigerian leaders
must choose and adapt the
technology of globalisation,
but reject it’s evil.
He said: “In order to do
so, Nigerian leaders must
be proactive and sharpen
strategies of adaptation
without
being
overwhelmed as some
African countries are
already being ‘held’. The
very recent pressure from
the US for Nigeria to
legalise same sex marriage
or forgo US aid, is a lesson
to the point.”
Insisting that the idea of
developing a society
without God was a descent
into the darkness of
legalised lawlessness, he
said the ongoing process of
globalisation would
inexorably lead to
development worldwide,
and age of legalised
lawlessness built on the
Western derived ethical
foundations of secular
individualism.
Igun said: “And
recognising that the
technological dimensions
of globalisation is neutral,
and desirable, developing
nations must carefully
choose their responses.
Rapid transmission of
cultural ideas and images,
cultures of different
countries and diverse
people are being brought
daily into contact at rates
unprecedented in human
history.”
Earlier in his remarks,
Vice Chancellor of Edwin
Clark University, Prof T.O.
Olagbemiro, said the
University was founded on
Christian principles and
values with focus on
imparting academic and
moral values that would
give students the desired
guidance in areas of
entrepreneurship, selfreliance
and selfemployment
graduation.
Appoint Ndokwa descent as
minister, group begs Buhari
By Ochuko Akuopha
KWALE—A
group,
Ndokwa Study
Group, has urged President
Mohammadu Buhari, to
appoint an Ndokwa descent
as minister from Delta State
in his second term in office.
It lamented that that no
Ndokwa indigene has “Ever
held the position of a
Minister in the Federal
Executive Council since the
amalgamation of Nigeria in
1914, despite the
abundance of eminent
personalities of Ndokwa
extraction who have
distinguished themselves in
virtually all fields of human
endeavour.”
The group, in a statement
by its President Dr. Norris
Ovili and Secretary, Mr
Azubuike Uti, noted that the
Ndokwa nation had
contributed greatly to the
upon
economic development of
the country, decrying that
the people have nothing to
show for their contribution
in terms of federal
infrastructure.
Urging the Federal
Government to address
what it described as the
agelong neglect, the group
reiterated that the peaceful
disposition of the Ndokwa
people was being
undermined by successive
governments.
It appealed to Buhari to
reverse the ugly trend by
ensuring that the coastal
road network from Oko in
Oshimili South Local
Government Area to Okpai
to Aboh to Onyah to Asaba-
Ase to Patani in Patani Local
Government Area was
constructed without
further delay as a way of
boosting economic
activities in the area.
Foundation to provide free medical
service in Edo community
THE
Imalu
Airiemhionkha
Ebhoaye Memorial
Foundation is to provide
free medical services to no
fewer than 1,000 persons in
Igueben Local Government
Area of Edo State under the
foundation’s free medical
care for 12 months.
Chief Frederick
Airiemhionkha, founder of
the Foundation, disclosed
this in Igueben, Igueben
council of the state while
speaking with journalists.
He said, “The Foundation
was established to continue
with my late mother’s
legacy of preaching the
gospel of Jesus Christ as
well as rendering
humanitarian services.
“The free medical care
was designed to assist poor
Igueben citizens, especially
residents, who do not have
the means to access medical
care in order to improve
their standard of living.
“We have an
understanding with
integrated insurance
scheme and Igueben
General hospital, we have
professionals in various
fields and let me also
disclose to you that this
programme has been on
ground and hundreds of
persons have enjoyed
this scheme.''