The oil theft situation assessment delegation deployed in the Niger Delta by President Bola Tinubu discovered an illegal oil connection on Saturday where Nigeria loses an average of 7.2 million dollars monthly. The delegation, led by the Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, has service chiefs and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, as members. Other members are the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperipe Ekpo, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari. The team visited the Trans-Niger Pipeline Right of Way in Owaza, Abia, where…
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Immediate past Executive Assistant on Communications to Delta State Governor, Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq, has commended Delta State government under the immediate past governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, CON, for making huge investments in human capacity development from 2015 to May 29, 2023. He made the commendation while receiving the “Most performing media personality in Political Communication Strategy and Media Politics” organised by Top Flyers International Magazine in Abuja, on Saturday, noting that over twenty five thousands youth, girls and women acquired relevant skills, starter packs and funding, thereby raising a new generation of young entrepreneurs in the state.…
The Chairman, Delta State Local Government Secretary Forum and Secretary to the Ndokwa West LGA, Hon. Augustine Ogochukwu Okom has felicitated with the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sherriff Oborevwori, the government and people of the state on the 32nd anniversary of its creation. In a goodwill message, Okom, said the state has been able to achieve stability in it steps in the last 32 formative years to a strong state where the principles of equity, fair play and friendship have created the ambience for peace, tranquillity and development. “The adoption and successful execution of the rotation at both state…
By Barth Ozah The Integrity Group of Delta State and the MORE ambassadors, have felicitated with the founding fathers, stakeholders, religion and political leaders as well as all Deltans on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of creation of Delta State. The Convener of Integrity Group, Dr. Oke Idawene in a press release expressed gratitude to the former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, for the creation of the State 32 years ago. He felicitated with the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sherriff Oborevwori and all his appointees for witnessing Delta state at 32 even as he prayed that God who brought…
By Fred Edoreh From creation on August 27, 1991, Delta State has grown rapidly in national and global socio-economic prominence. With successive governmental leadership having contributed considerable quota, the state has progressed in filling the infrastructural deficit inherited on separation from the defunct Bendel State and incumbent Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, is poised to advance the frontiers even greater with his MORE Agenda. After surmounting the initial challenge of establishing a new work force for its public service, the state now boosts of not just the most modern and highly integrated State Secretariat but ranks among the best in…
Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme on Saturday, met the Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the state, Mr Ken Pela. Onyeme had a joint ticket with the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2023 general elections. Also in the gathering were the leader of LP, South South region, Dr Kenneth Olise, Secretary, PDP, Delta State, Engr. Dan Ossai and the House of Representatives candidate of the Labour Party for Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency, in the last general elections, Dr Gift Okwuolise. They met at the burial…
By abiodun KOMOLAFE In an interview with journalists recently, the _Elegboro of Ijebu-Jesa_ in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Moses Oluwafemi Agunsoye stated that _“no one can sit on the throne as a monarch nowadays without having good money”._ According to the first class monarch, _“gone are those days when people brought things to the palace, where the Kabiyesi would sit down and expect manna from heaven. Now, it is the palace that is giving out … So, an Oba must be up and doing, must have a job, or source of handsome income and he…
The Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Thursday, reserved judgement on the petition brought before it by the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Omo-Agege, in his petition, is challenging the declaration of the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, as winner of the March 18, 2023 gubernatorial election in the State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The three-man tribunal headed by Justice C.O Ahuchaogu adjourned for judgement after parties had adopted their final written addresses. Ahuchaogu said the date for the judgment would be communicated to the parties and their counsels. Counsel…
Asiwaju just appointed her the acting DG/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) after the substantive head of the Commission, Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, was directed to proceed on terminal leave. Bisoye Coker-Odusote was until her new appointment, the General Manager/CEO of the Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA), a state body charged with oversight of utility (telecommunications, electrical, gas, and water (over and under the ground) infrastructure within Lagos State, and had previously worked as a Special Adviser on Technology to Mr President while he was Lagos state governor Coker-Odusote was once Head of Information Technology…
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has called on communities in the state to key into government policies and programmes to ensure speedy development of the state. He made the call on Wednesday when he received on courtesy call, His Royal Majesty, Dr Evang R. C Osanwuta the Ezhie 1 of Ezhionum Kingdom and his Council of Chiefs at his office in Asaba. Onyeme, assured the people that the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori-led administration is determined to bring development closer to the people through the MORE Agenda adding that no area would be neglected. “I am…