Okungbowa Aiwerie

5 days ago | thenationonlineng.net | Okungbowa Aiwerie |Nwanosike Onu |Alao Abiodun

Fresh facts have emerged on how gunmen at the weekend, abducted a State High Court Judge, Justice E.G. Umokoro, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa Capital. Eyewitnesses said he was kidnapped in front of popular eatery along Chief Melford Okilo Expressway at about 7pm after a struggle. It was learnt the Judge was in company of his two daughters to buy bread from the eatery before the attack. The Nation gathered that he usually drives around town without designated security while off duty.

1 month ago | thenationonlineng.net | Okungbowa Aiwerie |Justina Asishana

Delta State  Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his Niger State counterpart Mohammed  Bago yesterday reeled out their achievements in office since they assumed office May 29, 2023. While Oborevwori attributed his success to his MORE agenda, Bago credited his to Niger residents support. Delta Governor spoke at the state House of Assembly in Asaba. Niger governor’s scorecard was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Bologi Ibrahim.

1 month ago | thenationonlineng.net | Tony Akowe |Bolaji Ogundele |Bisi Olaniyi |Okungbowa Aiwerie |Alao Abiodun

More defections from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a flurry of activities to seal last week’s “transplant” of PDP into APC in Delta State are highlights of events that transpired yesterday in Benin City, Asaba and Abuja. Delta State Governor Sheriff Francis Oborevwori visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Aso Villa for the first time after he defected along with the structure of PDP into the APC. He declined to speak with reporters.

2 months ago | thenationonlineng.net | Okungbowa Aiwerie |Jide Orintunsin |Jide Babalola |Gbenga Omokhunu |Alao Abiodun

A political tsunami swept through the landscape of Delta State yesterday. The entire political structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dissolved into the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Sheriff Oborevwori led the immediate-past Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, all political appointees, all elected public office holders and all party executives in a mass defection to the APC.

Mar 26, 2025 | thenationonlineng.net | Okungbowa Aiwerie |Chinyere Elizabeth Okoroafor

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has directed the establishment of a Primary Healthcare Centre(PHC) in Sauka, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for the containment of Tuberculosis (TB), a contagious bacterial infection affecting over 360,000 Nigerians, including children. The project execution will be overseen by Dolapo Fasawe, mandate secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Services and Environment Secretariat, It will be supported by FCT Minister  Nyesom Wike.