NATIONAL VIBES

 The immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has congratulated the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, on his victory at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which today upheld his election at the March 18, 2023 Governorship election in the State. Rt. Hon Elumelu in a congratulatory message to Governor Oborevwori today, said that the verdict of the Tribunal is a reinforcement of the Will of the people of Delta State who overwhelmingly voted for the Governor at the poll.  According to Elumelu, “this verdict of the Tribunal reinforces the triumph of the Will of the people of Delta State in their determination to ensure sustained good governance, peace, infrastructural development and economic prosperity in the State as epitomized in the election of Governor Oborevwori. “The reverberating jubilation across Delta State is a loud testimony of the fact that Governor Oborevwori’s election is a direct refle...

  By Oladimeji Fabiyi   A famous American political philosopher and former President,  Abraham Lincoln, once said that "you can fool all people some of the time and some people all the time. But you can never fool all people all the time." This evergreen statement of fact is apt as a pointer to the current wave of conflictual situation in Nigeria, where the integrity and academic credibility of the President of the largest Black Democracy is in grave doubt globally. The litany of unforced errors and avoidable lies about the persona and educational credentials of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, PBAT, leaves a sour taste in the mouths of patriotic Nigerians. Infact, parading a leader with questionable biodata and identity  deficit is worse than eating a rotten egg. This situation has turned our country into a butt of jokes, far worse than the many gaffes of incomprehensive Balabu doled out by the  APC  Presidential during his electioneering campaign.  Infac...

  (Published by the Sunday Tribune, September 24, 2023) When Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, amid a deluge of musical tributes in his honour, a line among those offerings stood out, evergreen. Sang by Fuji music lord, Kollington Ayinla, while extolling Awolowo’s panegyrics, he sang: “ookan ile l’osa gbe, Baba Yinka//eyin t’o funfun kii gbe koro enu.” This line profoundly articulated the open life of Awolowo, as well as his trackable history and pedigree. As short as the lines were, they drilled deep into the most granular of Yoruba’s concept of openness and transparency. Literally translated, it means that shrines that a people are proud of are erected in open family compounds and, it is a misnomer to cover a set of sparklingly white teeth with flabby duvet of lips. Shrines in Africa were held, partially or wholly, as reserved places for magico–religious or even ceremonial functions. Their traditional worshippers or priests consider them sacred and as groves where ancestors liv...

Immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, OON has sympathized with the Delta State Governor on the passage of  his Mother in-law, Madam Agnes Ayetoma. Elumelu in a statement on Monday said the news of the demise of Madam Agnes Ayetoma was a sad one, but with understanding of the fact that nothing happens without the knowledge of God. He  also sympathized with the wife of the Governor and the First Lady of the State, Deaconess Tobori Oborevwori and said the State as a whole has lost a great woman. He said no doubt, Madam Agnes Ayetoma would be greatly missed by the First Family, especially her motherly counsel, urging them to be consoled with the truth that she died fulfilled and accomplished. The Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu prayed to God to give the late Madam Agnes Ayetoma sweet repose and grant the Governor, the wife and the entire Ayetoma family the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable and irreparable loss. "On behalf of my beloved wif...

The ongoing construction work on the Issele-Uku Main Market road from Issele-Uku -Idumu - Ogo road, being handled by Diamond Leeds Ltd, Abuja, has progressed considerably. A visit to the site by a team of journalists on Thursday August 31, confirmed massive construction activities by workers under the supervision of two officials from Diamond Leeds Ltd , Mr. Alex Solomon, quantity survey and Mr. Maxwell Nwaogu, Site Engineer. As at the time of visit,  construction was on-going on the drains at the adjoining Street, Agwodugbo/Nnamdi Mohayem Street road, connecting the Issele-Uku NYSC National Orientation Camp road. Speaking with the site engineer, Mr, Maxwell Nwaogu, he said the project which commenced in mid-July is in two phases, and confirmed they started with the phase 1, which runs from the Issele-Uku -Idumu-Ogo road, with a stop at the junction of Agwodugbo/Nnamdi Mohayem Street, that runs through the whole length of the street to Issele-Uku NYSC Orientation Camp. Mr. Maxwell ...