Delta govt engages Julius Berger to construct flyovers in Warri, Effurun

Delta govt engages Julius Berger to construct flyovers in Warri, Effurun 

Asaba_____ Delta State Government has approved the award of contracts worth N78 billion to Julius Berger Nigeria Limited for the construction of three flyover bridges and road expansion in the Warri/Effurun megalopolis. 

This was part of decisions reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Tuesday in Asaba.  

Briefing journalists at the end of the Exco meeting, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Engr Fred Edafiogho said approval of the contracts were aimed at solving the gridlock often experienced in the twin cities. 

He said the contracts included the design and construction of flyover bridge at Enerhen junction to Marine Gate; study, design and construction of road expansion and improvement works on the section of the DSC/NPA Expressway from Effurun roundabout to DSC roundabout including construction of a 3/4 Cloverleaf interchange at the existing Effurun Flyover Bridge as well as two pedestrian.

Oborevwori Assigns Portfolios to Oromoni, Clark as they Sworn ln as Special Advisers

Oborevwori Assigns Portfolios to Oromoni, Clark as they Sworn ln as Special Advisers 

The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has approved the assigning of portfolios to the newly sworn-in Special Advisers in the state.

According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, the Special Advisers and their portfolios are:

Barr Charles Whomrowho Oniyere - Legislative Matters, Barr. Michael Ogboru- Petroleum Resources, Hon. Ebikeme Clark- Youth Development,

Mr. Sylvester Oromoni- Environment, Hon. Shedrack Ekene Rapu-Housing Development.

Other Special Advisers assigned portfolios are Dr.  Donald Onyibe Peterson-Entrepreneurship Development, Dr. GoodNews G. Agbi-Project Monitoring, Hon. Peter Uviejitobor- Government Affairs and Chief Nath Azuka Igbadi - Infrastructure.

The statement further added that their appointment letters are ready and can be picked up from the office of the Secretary to the State Government.

Tantita mgt rejoices with Tinubu over Tribunal victory, 100 days in office

Tantita mgt rejoices with Tinubu over Tribunal victory, 100 days in office 

Renewed commitment to the war against oil theft Management and the entire team of Tantita Security Services Limited congratulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his well-deserved victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal and administration’s 100 days in office. 

The security firm in a press statement to congratulate the President on his 100 days in office, said that though the first 100-day were gusty and breathe, they, however, set the nation on the path of economic recovery, restoration, and an assurance to citizens that better days are ahead.

They added that the landmark tribunal victory has conferred confidence and legitimacy on the mandate freely given to President Bola Tinubu by Nigerians on the 25th of February 2023. 

It added “Tantita Security Services Limited has implicit trust and faith in his administration’s capacity to galvanize the nation to greater heights and abundance for Nigerians.

Read the full statement below:

DOUBLE CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU GCFR, ON YOUR 100 DAYS IN OFFICE AND VICTORY AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITIONS TRIBUNAL 

The management and entire team of Tantita Security Services Limited wish to congratulate His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on his administration’s 100 days in office and his well-deserved victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. Though, the 100 days were gusty and breathtaking, they, however, set the nation on the path of economic recovery, restoration, and an assurance to citizens that better days are ahead. The landmark tribunal victory additionally conferred confidence and legitimacy on the mandate freely given to you by Nigerians on the 25th of February 2023.

Tantita Security Services Limited has implicit trust and faith in the administration’s capacity to galvanize the nation to greater heights and abundance for Nigerians.

Tantita Security Services Limited assures the government that it will not rest on its oars to apprehend ships, vessels, and persons involved in the illegal crude oil bunkering business that had economically retarded the nation in real-time in the past years.

Tantita Security Services Limited will continue to work in support of the administration by ensuring zero tolerance for oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta. 

We will perform our assigned duties with renewed enthusiasm and to the best of our ability. The spillover effect would be the boost in oil production, which in turn will exponentially lead to increased revenue earnings of the nation, which will enable your administration to fulfill its campaign promises to Nigerians. 

To this end, Tantita endorses and fully key into the Renewed Hope mantra of the government. We guarantee a tough time for oil thieves in the creeks and waterways of the littoral states of the Niger Delta Region.

Finally, Tantita Security Services Limited once again congratulates you on the 100 days of your administration and the Tribunal judgment that reaffirmed the mandate freely given to you by Nigerians in the Presidential Election.

The good Lord grants you more wisdom and sound health to steer the affairs of the nation for the well-being of all citizens and to the envy of other nations. 

Signed:  

SIGNED: MANAGEMENT: TANTITA SECURITY SERVICES NIGERIA LIMITED.

Delta Guber: Oborevwori heads to Supreme Court over Judgment

Delta Guber: Oborevwori heads to Supreme Court over Judgment

Asaba____ Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, of Delta State has filed a Notice of Appeal at the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which ordered the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to hear, on merit, the petition filed by the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Ken Pela, challenging his election as governor.

Oborevwori, in the Notice of Appeal filed by his lead counsel, Mr. Damian Dodo (SAN), listed three grounds upon which he would argue that the appellate court erred in making an order for a retrial in the Labour Party’s petition.

A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice M L Shuaibu had in a judgment delivered on August 31, faulted the decision of the tribunal to dismiss the case of the petitioners on claims that the petition was abandoned because the petitioners’ application for pre-hearing session was not properly filed.

Subsequently, the appellate court ordered that the petition be taken back to the tribunal for hearing within the time stipulated in the Electoral Act.

Dissatisfied with the decision of the Court of Appeal, the governor has now filed a Notice of Appeal at the Supreme Court where he is seeking an order of the court allowing the appeal.

He also asked the court to set aside the judgment of the Appeal Court delivered on August 31, 2023, and affirmed the decision of the tribunal delivered on July 6, 2023.In ground one of the Notice of Appeal, Oborevwori stated that “the lower court erred in law when, despite its findings that the respondents’ application for issuance of pre-hearing notice filed on May 19, 2023 was pre-mature, having been filed before the close of pleadings, and the respondents’ admission that the said application was indeed pre-mature, it proceeded to hold that the procedure adopted by the respondents, albeit wrong, did not matter as issues in contention had been brought to focus, and thereby occasioned a grave miscarriage of justice.”

While observing that Paragraph 18 of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act, 2022 requires a petitioner to apply for the issuance of Pre-Hearing Notice as in Form TF 007 within seven days after the filing and service of the petitioner’s reply or seven days after the filing and service of the respondent’s reply, whichever the case may be, the appellant pointed out that “pleadings” in the instant petition closed with the filing and service of the 1st and 2nd respondents’ reply to the appellants’ reply to the petition on June 9, 2023.

Prior to the close of pleadings, the 1st and 2nd respondents filed an Application for the Issuance of Pre-Hearing Notice on May 19, 2023.“On June 5, 2023, when the petition came up for commencement of pre-trial, the 1st and 2nd respondents by their admission, informed the tribunal that the petition was not ripe for pre-hearing as they have only just been served with appellants’ reply to the petition.“In a bid to cure this defect, the 1st and 2nd respondents filed another application for Issuance of Pre-Hearing Notice on June 21, 2023, 13 days after the close of pleadings.

The first and second respondents proceeded to orally withdraw their second Application for Issuance of Pre-Hearing Notice on June 24, 2023, while replying to the 2nd and third respondents’ motion on notice seeking the dismissal of the petition for being abandoned.“The lower court, despite finding that the application for issuance of Pre-Hearing Notice as in Form TF001 was premature, proceeded to set aside the decision of the trial tribunal dismissing the petition.

“Paragraph 18 of the First Schedule is of a unique and sui generis nature, and its provisions are mandatory.“Failure to comply with the rules as to the procedure therein is fatal to the fate of any petition”, Oborevwori stated.Similarly, in ground two of the Notice of Appeal, the appellant argued that the lower court below erred in law when having held that pleadings will be deemed to have closed when all the respondents file their respective replies to the petition, it proceeded to allow the appeal, even though the 1st and 2nd respondents’ application was for issuance of Pre-Hearing Notice was pre-mature, having been filed before the close of pleadings.

Oborevwori further submitted in ground three that the, “lower court erred in law when it failed to be bound by the latest decision of the apex court in Maku & Anor v. Sule & Ors (2019) LPELR- 58513 (SC); (2022) 3 NWLR (PT. 1817) 231 and proceeded to set aside the trial tribunal’s decision which had followed the said decision of this honourable court.”In addition, he submitted that by the doctrine of stare decisis, the lower court ought to have followed the decision of the Supreme Court in determining the 1st and 2nd respondents’ appeal before it.

Biggy Appreciates Gov Diri, others on Appointment as Technical Assistant on Special Duty

Biggy Appreciates Gov Diri, others on Appointment as Technical Assistant on Special Duty 

Francis Tayor

Yenagoa _____ A youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from Southern ljaw LGA, Double Chief. Ebi Wilson Pinapinawei, popularly known as Commander Biggy has appreciated the miracle governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Sen. Douye Diri in finding him worthy for his recent appointment as Technical Assistant (TA) on Special Duties to the Governor.

In the appreciation message released on Monday at Yenagoa, the state capital, Commander Biggy also extended his heartfelt appreciation to his political leaders, Dr. Michael Amaegberi, ( the Executive Secretary of Bayelsa State Higher Education Students Loan Board) and the distinguished honourable Commissioner for Power, Hon. Ebite Toyon Robert for their amazing contributions to ensure the success of his appointment.

Speaking further, the Ekeni born youth ambassador has pledge his unalloyed commitment with his boys to faithfully serve and support Gov. Douye Diri's prosperity government in order to catapult Bayelsa State to the envy of other states in Nigeria.

He concluded by saying; on behalf of his immediate family, especially his two beautiful wives, first lady Mrs. Abigail Pinapinawei, second lady Mrs. Lawrenta Pinapinawei, Mr. Amamuladei Frank Dubakeme, Mr. Jephthah Timothy Jephthah and Chief. Brisibei Braladei Wuka that he is extremely grateful to God, the Bayelsa State Government and his political leaders for the rare privilege given him to serve the good people of the glory of all land.