The Delta State Primary Health Care Development Agency (DSPHCDA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have pledged to collaborate and support the programmes of the You Matter Charity Foundation of Her Excellency, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori. The organizations which gave their solidarity to the pet project during separate visits to the First Lady’s office on Thursday, August 31, 2023, commended the foundation’s focus on creating a world where everyone is valued irrespective of their background. Speaking during the visit, the delegation of the Delta State Primary Health Care Development Agency led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Jude Winful-Orieke, said the essence…
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Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has ordered the audit of physical infrastructure in public schools. Oborevwori made the disclosure in an address read on his behalf by his Deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme at the handover to the state government, teachers and staff quarters by Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, at Olomoro Comprehensive High School, Olomoro, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday. He said, “We are carrying out comprehensive audit of physical infrastructure in our primary and secondary schools to enable us know where there are gaps and respond accordingly. “Towards addressing…
OBIARUKU/Nigeria: In what seems to be a display of political activism, the Egbaoma Peoples Assembly, an influential social-political entity operating within the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, has taken a bold stance on principles of fairness and strategic zoning within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming election for the Local Government Chairman. The assembly firmly asserts that this crucial office should be meticulously allocated to the Egbaoma political block, which encompasses wards 1 through 5. At an event attended by a diverse assembly of participants, including past and present political leaders, party officials, community representatives, as…
Wife of Delta Governor and Founder, You Matter Charity Foundation, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has reassured Deltans that the development plans of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as encapsulated in the MORE Agenda, will go round the state. Deaconess Oborevwori stated this on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 when she received on a courtesy visit, executives and members of Evwreni Clan Improvement Union, Asaba branch at the first lady’s office, government house, Asaba. She noted that, notwithstanding the large size of the state, Governor Oborevwori’s administration will deliver the dividends of democracy to Deltans through sustainable and realistic developments. While assuring…
The management of Dangote Cement Plc has said the price of a bag of cement from its factories across Nigeria (as at August 28, 2023) was N4,010 in Okpella and N4,640 in Ibese, Objana, and Gboko. Clarifying misinformation about the price its cement yesterday, the company said it could range from N5,000 to N5,300 per bag, including transportation costs and the location of delivery. The company said the clarification was necessary, in view of the misinformation that it sold cement in Nigeria at significantly higher prices relative to other countries, particularly the Republic of Benin, and other neighbouring countries. Dangote…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), inclusive of the following Board and Management team members: Mr. Chiedu Ebie – Chairman – Delta Dr. Samuel Ogbuku – Managing Director / CEO – Bayelsa Mr. Boma Iyaye – Executive Director (Finance and Admin) – Rivers Mr. Victor Antai – Executive Director (Projects) – Akwa-Ibom Ifedayo Abegunde – Executive Director (Corporate Services) – Ondo Sen. Dimaro Denyanbofa – State Representative – Bayelsa Mr. Abasi Ndikan Nkono – State Representative -…
Media professionals have called on the political class in Nigeria to shun violence, embrace peace, and exhibit the spirit of sportsmanship whenever they loose at the polls. This position was upheld at the just concluded Public Lecture of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) under the theme “Post Election Nigeria: Paths To National Restoration & Peace”, which held at the Combo Hall of LTV on Wednesday in Lagos. In his welcome remarks, the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos State Council, Mr. Adeleye Ajayi said: “The 2023 General Elections have brought different issues in its aftermath as a…
Niger Delta Security Ambassadors and Volunteers (NDSAV) has urged the Federal Government and NNPCL to renew the surveillance contract earlier awarded to Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited in order to consolidate on the gains already recorded so far. NDSAV is a grassroot network of professionals and activists who are past students leaders, youth leaders, oil and gas exploration and production experts, medical professionals,human rights and environmental rights activists from oil producing and Pipeline hosting communities across Niger Delta States who met in Warri, Delta State in November 2022 decided to collaborate with Tantita Security Services Nig Ltd after critically x-raying…
by Tagbarha Malcolm, FHNR Politics is a multifaceted phenomenon that involves a quest for power and influence. Politics without communication is like having blood without veins and arteries. For a better understanding of politics insociety, there are men and women, gifted in the art of communicating political activities to the people. Though political communication is dynamic and thus come in various forms, the centre of gravity of effective political communication, is along the borderline and overlap between propaganda and rhetoric. Therefore, It takes a well grounded strategic political communicator to effective disseminate political information based on his understanding of the…
Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has called for greater cooperation between Delta and Edo States to ensure speedy development of the two states. Oborevwori made the call on Monday at a colloquium to mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Midwestern Region of Nigeria, later renamed Bendel State. The colloquium with the theme, ‘60 Years After the Referendum, Which Way Midwest?’ took place at Benin City, Edo State. Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, read the address of Oborevwori at the ceremony that had in attendance, the Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin…