Tag: Francis Ewherido
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Motor insurance simplified – By Francis Ewherido
In the article marking the International Day for Tolerance on Saturday, November 16, I promised to break down and simplify motor insurance. With the festive season and the attendant increase in vehicular movement and associated risks, it has become all the more important.
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NDDC lights up Okuama IDP camp – By Francis Ewherido
“Light up” in the heading is figurative because the Okuama IDP Camp in Ewu, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, was not in pitch darkness. They have a generating set and solar providing electricity.
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What has Taiga got to do with it? – By Francis Ewherido
My interest today is the dragging in of Olorogun Moses Taiga’s name into a visit that has nothing to do with him.
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Deltans, here we go – By Francis Ewherido
On March 17, 2023, former President Muhammadu Buhari, signed a historic amendment bill, moving electricity from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list.
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International Day for Tolerance – By Francis Ewherido
Today is the International Day for Tolerance. “The International Day for Tolerance is an annual observance day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. It is observed on November 16” every year.
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The beauty of WhatsApp – By Francis Ewherido
WhatsApp is one of the comparatively new means of mass communication I use a lot. The reasons are multiple. One, it is “free.” Once I make my internet subscription, I am good to go. Happily, the internet subscription allows me to have access to both old and new means of mass communication and much more…
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Bravo, JAMB but… – By Francis Ewherido
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently announced a change in the minimum age requirement for admission for the 2024/2025 academic session. The immediate past Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, had insisted that from 2024/2025 session, the minimum age for admission into Nigerian universities will be 18 years. I was one of those…
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Let the will and wishes of the dead be – By Francis Ewherido
Last week, I focussed on male siblings changing or trying to change their fathers’ wills to disinherit their female siblings. But it goes beyond siblings. Sometimes the whole family is involved. Once a relative dies, they use fraudulent culture and tradition to set aside the late relative’s will. Some people used to feel that once…
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Greedy ‘sons of David,’ Omotejohwo – By Francis Ewherido
King David was a man of means with many wives, and according to God, He would have allowed him have more if he so wished. While the Israelites were at war, as Israel currently is, David was having a walk in the roof of his palace late one afternoon. Then his eyes caught a beautiful…
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Peace at last between Okuama and Okoloba? – By Francis Ewherido
Until the killing of 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, many people never knew about the tensions and skirmishes between Okuama, an Urhobo community in Ewu Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okoloba, an Ijaw community in Bomadi Local Government Area, all in Delta State. Both communities have lived side by side…