A socio-political pressure group, Concerned Ute-Okpu Elites, has commended the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, for the repudiation and subsequent approval for construction, the 10.85km Owerre/Enugu Road, Ute-Okpu, Ika North East Local Government Area. The commendation is contained in a statement by Concerned Ute-Okpu Elites, signed by Mr Monday Odigwe and Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, Secretary and Spokesman, respectively, saying that the long suffering of commuters plying the road will soon be over. Stressing the strategic importance of the road to the people of the state, the group noted that it remains one of the busiest roads in Ika Nation…
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By Bulou Kosin Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, Wednesday, appealed to the Barr. Kingsley Esiso-led Peoples Democratic Party Exco to provide level playing ground to all aspirants in the forthcoming guber primary election. Otuaro, who was at the State PDP Secretariat, Asaba, to formally inform the party leaders of his intention to contest the 2023 gubernatorial election, commended the party Exco for posting a winning streak for the PDP at general elections and urged them to sustain same. Explaining need for fair polls, Otuaro relied on the wisdom of an Ijaw proverb that says “no father…
The Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD, has read and followed with keen interest, the avalanche of reactions, responses, admonitions, rejoinders, chargrins and exuberances, applause and consternations, arguments and counterarguments and even threats, ultimatums and indeed unflinching vows from sundry quarters, since the adoption of Olorogun David Edevbie, by the Urhobo Progressive Union, UPU, as its sole PDP Guber candidate for the anticipated May 21st, 2022, Delta Governorship Primary of the party. Of course, we do not know and cannot claim for sure, if this David Edevbie endorsement, also covers him for the substantive Governorship election next year, when the likelihood…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents bent on causing breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group will be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. ‘‘We have the land, we have the resources, and we have the people. But I do not know why people will allow themselves to be successfully subverted to destabilise their own country,’’ the President said at an Iftar dinner with Governors, Ministers and Heads of Government Agencies. President Buhari, who thanked the Governors and Ministers for honouring his invitation to break the Ramadan fast,…
His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, the Olu of Warri, has commended Olorogun David Edevbie’s presentation of his vision for the development of Delta State. Atuwatse III made the commendation in his palace in Warri on Tuesday when the frontline PDP Governorship aspirant and his team visited him to seek his royal blessings. Edevbie who has proposed a modernisation agenda for the state informed the Olu and his Chiefs that his key drivers towards engineering a robust state economy include the provision of 24 hours power supply, industrialisation, diversification of the state economic base, improvement of the security…
2023 election will be the most competitive election ever in the history of Nigeria due to the calibre of people coming out to declare their intentions. The projection of those who have and intend to declare shows that, it shall be an election of betrayer, players and thrillers. But I will describe each of the candidates using different analysis of soccer appraisal. 1. Ahmed Tinubu : A tactician and strategist. A master planner who read the heart of politics and it’s intricacies. He is just like PEP Guadiola, he knows what to do, to achieve winning. Tinubu has the structure…
Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) has announced scholarships and cash prizes to the finalists of the 19th Annual National Mathematics Competition (ANMC). The awardees are the outstanding students from the junior and senior categories who have made it to the second round, which commenced on the 4th -8th for the JSS 3 categories and 6th-8th for the Primary 5 and 6 category. LEADERSHIP reports that twenty students from Primary 5 and 6 and twenty students from JSS 3 have been awarded a 100% tuition fee scholarship. The second-round qualifiers were invited for the second round and award ceremony at NTIC…
The Chief Executive Officer of Lym Consults Nigeria Limited, Mr Larry Otu has rained heavy knocks on the leadership of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) over the endorsement of Olorogun David Edevbie of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the choice of the Union for the Governorship position in 2023 governorship election in Delta State and threatened lawsuit against the UPU if the alleged endorsement is not withdrawn within 7 days. In a Press Statement issued Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 in Asaba, the Delta State capital and made available to newsmen, the businessman, described the action of the t UPU…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Affirming the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) “On Edevbie we Stand”, the Urhobo Grassroots Awareness Association, UGAA, have disclosed that it was Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State who advised the UPU, at their 90th anniversary celebration last year, to prune down the number of aspirants from Delta Central. UGAA stated the above in a Press Statement signed by the groups President, Oghenedoro Erhue, and made available to journalists in Asaba today. According to the Press Statement “We have read with consternation the public statements by Delta Central PDP Executives and Local Government Council…
By Patrick Ochei Governor of Delta State and Special Guest of Honour to the 17th edition of Anioma Cultural Festival, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the organisers of the annual cultural fiesta – the Organisation For the Advancement of Anioma Culture (OFAAC) to continue to sustain its bridge building and unity efforts across Delta North Senatorial District (Anioma Nation) and even beyond. He made this assertion on Easter Monday, 18th April, 2022, at the Oshimili North Arcade, Asaba, venue of the 17th edition of Anioma Cultural Festival. The Governor who was ably represented by the Secretary to Delta State Government,…