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3 weeks ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor |Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga
The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State, has lauded the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) established by President Bola Tinubu, saying it has alleviated financial burdens for many students.
Speaking during the institute’s matriculation ceremony at the weekend, the Principal and Chief Executive, Dr. Samuel Onoji, urged newly admitted students to take advantage of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as the institute matriculated 1,625 freshers.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor |Segun Adewole
The Ijaw ethnic nationality on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu to suspend the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for denigrating the entire Ijaw nation as well as insulting the late Pa Edwin Clark.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor |Kareem Itunu Azeez
President Bola Tinubu has tasked the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State, with developing sustainable and innovative research that would help drive his administration’s promised economic prosperity by creating opportunities.
Tinubu, who is the Visitor to the university, spoke during the 4th convocation of the university. He said specialised institutions such as FUPRE are critical to the oil sector and Nigeria’s economic growth.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor
By Chido Okafor, Warri 13 March 2025 | 11:59 pm European Union (EU) funded non-governmental organisation, Stakeholder Democratic Network (SDN), has urged Delta communities to deploy robust conflict management strategies to tackle the perennial herdsmen-farmers’ clashes in the state.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor |Jimisayo Opanuga
Leaders of the Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday evening welcomed Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru into the party along with thousands of his supporters, just as the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, vowed that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will make no impact in the 2027 elections.
Addressing a large gathering of APC faithful in Ughelli, Delta State, Ogboru thanked party members and leaders for welcoming him back to the APC.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor
The Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State, will showcase its inventions and patents at its first research and innovation fair as part of activities to herald its 4th convocation ceremony.
According to the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor
I tried to save them, says Ethiope-West Council bossTension has engulfed Oghara Kingdom and the neighbouring Mosogar town in Ethiope-West Local Council of Delta State following the alleged extra-judicial killing of two youths by a vigilante group from Mosogar.
Two other young men, reportedly shot during the vigilante group’s operation in the Ijomi community of Oghara, were confirmed dead at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor
The family of the late former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Moses Oisakede, has received a four-bedroom bungalow 25 years after his tragic death.
Oisakede died in a motor accident on September 1, 1999, while travelling to the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State. He was on a mission to address the expulsion of 104 students protesting poor school conditions. The project, facilitated by the Foostodey Foundation, cost N52.5 million.
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2 months ago | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor |Segun Adewole
On September 1, 1999, Comrade Moses Oisakede, former President of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), died in a fatal motor accident.
Oisakede met his untimely death on his way to the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, to resolve the expulsion of 104 students who were protesting the poor condition of their school.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
guardian.ng | Chido Okafor |Kareem Itunu Azeez
The Southern Youth Movement (SYM) on Thursday declared support for Seyi Tinubu’s governorship ambition and ‘gave 101 reasons’ why he should be the governor of Lagos State. In a statement by the National President, High Chief Promise Lawuru, the group stated that Seyi Tinubu is smart, hardworking, and would bring his modern youthful ideas to take Lagos State to the next level.
