By FUNKE EGBEMODE (egbemode3@gmail.com) When Debola and Akin got married, Akin was not in a good place financially. He was living from hand to mouth, struggling to pay his rent and generally depending on salary advance to get through the month. He was getting on in years and his parents were permanently on his case to get married. He was reluctant to commit to any serious relationship. How was he expected to feed two mouths when he couldn’t feed himself? How can you tell a new bride not to get pregnant because his tiny room-and-parlour could and would not…
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By Funke Egbemode (egbemode3@gmail.com) The other room is the most important room in the home and in any woman’s life. Every woman knows that. So, don’t mind those who are pretending to be holier than the sacred sanctuary. It’s okay to have powers in and over the other rooms, but a woman who does not know how to wield the influence derivable and derived from the other room is indeed a powerless woman. Yes, the powers of the boardroom is plenty power. But what is the power of the boardroom without the power of the bedroom? At best, the power…
By Victor Bieni Kingmakers of Igbide kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State have crowned His Royal Majesty (HRM) Agre Okpomor Patrick as the new traditional ruler after undergoing a rigorous selection process. The newly crowned monarch of Igbide, yesterday, Saturday 24, February, 2024, promised to further promote peace, unity and development in the Kingdom. The processes that culminated to the coronation of a new King were duly followed by the Kingmakers in Igbide Kingdom. The coronation event witnessed a great celebration, the gathering of Who is Who in Isoko Nation, Delta State. Speaking to Newsmen shortly…
Governor Sheriff Oborovweri’s decision to relocate Faculty of Management Sciences of Delta State University of Science and Technology, DSUST, Ozoro to Orerokpe “is in tandem with existing “government policy” of providing easy access to education for all Deltans”. National Coordinator of Niger Delta Grassroots Organization, NDGO, Comrade Weyinmi Olley, who spoke to newsmen in Warri, said Oborevwori’s action, very early in the tenure will enable him nurture the Orerokpe campus and others to maturity. He dismissed reasons for protests by some sections of the Isoko people as unfortunate. “I know a lot of Isoko men and women who are broadminded…
By DENNIS OTU The initial news of your illness that fateful Sunday struck me, yet I harbored no thought it would be our final farewell. From that moment, efforts to secure the best medical care for you were relentless. Despite your admission to Warri Central Hospital on Monday showing no immediate cause for alarm, your subsequent transfer to Specialist Hospital Irhua, Edo State, filled me with dread. Still, I clung to hope, a hope shattered by a call from your son, Vetah Dafe at 3:26 am, plunging me into a reality I wished was merely a nightmare. Your departure to…
The Delta State Chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) Prince Henry Eze, has been elected Chairman of the Delta State chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). Prince Eze polled eleven votes to defeat Okorakpa Omowara who garnered six votes in a free and fair election conducted at the State INEC headquarters in Asaba by the National Electoral Committee of IPAC, led by the National Chairman, Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle. Other officers returned unopposed were Ebewore Simeon, Deputy Chairman; Okaegwu Peter, Secretary; Okproma Joseph, Deputy Secretary; Oghenejabor Onome, Financial Secretary; Engr Okolie Austine, Treasurer; Barr Hessington Okolo, Organizing Secretary; Umudjone…
By Ese Obote-Ogwu The Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Delta State Chapter, Mr. Godfrey Osakwe, has affirmed that Public Relations is about reputation, relationship management, inculcating healthy work ethics in the discharge of ones duty for nation building, as well as interpreting government policies and programmes, which helps in the development of a state or a nation. Mr. Osakwe made this affirmation when he led some Executive Members of Delta State Chapter of NIPR on a courtesy visit to the Honourable Commissioner for Information, Delta State. Mr Osakwe said that the visit was to congratulate the Honourable…
Advocate Publication Lecture Series Board of Council (ALSBC), Chaired by Mr. Abraham Ogbodo, former Editor of Guardian has instituted a public lecture series as part activities marking Advocate Newspaper 10th year in business. The Advocate Lecture Board of Council parades other seasoned journalists including Mr Yafugborhi Egufe (Vanguard Newspaper) – Head, Planning; Mr Onojeghen Okpare Theophilu, Anipri, (CEO, Niger Delta Today Online) – Head, Contacts and Logistics; Akpobaro Umukoro Esq. (Former Station Manager, AIT) – Head, Legal; Hon. Justice Iyasere (Independent Newspaper) – Head, Research and Documentation. Other members of the board are; Mr Emmanuel Enebeli, Anipri, (CEO of Bell…
Executive Assistant on Communications to Delta State Governor and Head of State Orientation Bureau, DSOB, Dr Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq, has said that the establishment of Orerokpe Campus of Delta State University of Science and Technology Ozoro, is lawful, a reality, commendable and within approved guidelines of the National Universities Commission, NUC. Oghenesivbe made the assertion on Thursday during live radio programmes on Delta Broadcasting Service, Asaba and Warri Stations, saying that the establishment of University campus outside the main campus is a well known tradition in the global academic community, designed to upscale the advancement of formal education, and to…
The National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), presided over by the National President, Chief Chris Isiguzo, deliberated on a wide range of issues and concluded on a communique as follows: STATE OF THE NATION 1. NEC sympathies with Nigerians over the current hardship they are going through and appeals to President Bola Tinubu and his economic team to expedite action in reversing the trend of hunger in the country by addressing the rising cost of food items and other consumables. 2. NEC appeals to the Federal Government of Nigeria to put in measures to…