Tag: Godini Gabriel Darah

  • On ASUU strike – By Prof G. G. Darah

    On ASUU strike – By Prof G. G. Darah

    The Federal and State governments established the universities. They have an obligation to pay salaries regularly and equip the institutions to meet global standards. It is not ASUU that compelled the government to set up universities. The staff and students should not be made victims of the government’s ineptitude, myopic and clueless administration. Let Nigerian…

  • Prof Godini Gabriel DARAH at 73: Town and gown in dialogue

    Prof Godini Gabriel DARAH at 73: Town and gown in dialogue

    By Ogheneochuko E. Arodovwe (M.A. Unilag) Days are days but some days hold more significance than others. This day, the 22nd of November is very special to the Darah dynasty because on it 73 years ago, a baby was born whose life-time voyage and achievements would transform the status of the family from the obscurity…

  • Tompolo, a true patriot of the Niger Delta – Muoboghare

    A former Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Primary School Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare has described ex-militant commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo as a true patriot of the Niger Delta region. Prof. Muoboghare made the remarks at a Colloquium/Book Presentation in honour of…

  • Prof. Darah: 13% derivation means 87% deprivation

    The struggle for resource control and discourse on derivation principle took centre stage as Niger Delta political heavyweights gathered in honour of Professor Godini Gabriel Darah at the Petroleum Training Institution (PTI) Conference Centre, Effurun, Delta state. TheNewsGuru reports Prof. Darah at the Colloquium/Book Presentation said the 13% derivation accruing to oil producing states means…

  • Resource control: We shall demand 100% derivation from FG – James Ibori

    Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori has changed the tone for resource control by declaring the Niger Delta region will no longer make demands for 30% derivation from the federal government (FG), but that the region will soon begin demanding 100% derivation. TheNewsGuru reports Ibori made the declaration at the Colloquium/Book Presentation in…