We have read with utter disbelief, the provocative interview granted by a highly respected Isoko cultural leader and the immediate past President General of the Isoko Development Union (IDU), High Chief Iduh Amadhe, titled “2023 HOR: Save Us From Looming Danger, Isoko Nation Cries Out To Okowa” and published in a section of the social and online media platforms. In disputing Chief Amadhe’s false claim and misleading facts that the present member representing Isoko Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives is from Isoko North, WE make bold to state very clearly that, the present member, Hon Leo Okuweh Ogor…
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The widely revered monarch who is the 21st Olu of Warri was born on April 2, 1984 to late Ogiame Atuwatse II and Gladys Durorike Emiko. Ogiame Atuwatse III ascended to the throne of his forebears on August 21st 2021. Ogiame Atuwatse III is married to his beautiful and ever elegance looking Queen, Olori Atuwatse III and they are blessed with three kids. Recall that the monarch (then Tsola Emiko) was affirmed by Ife and the entire Itsekiri people on April 1, 2021, a day before he celebrated his 37th birthday anniversary and formally presented to the (then Olu…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has cautioned against continual face-off between oil companies and host communities, saying it could lead to further divestment in the oil sector. The governor gave the advice while inaugurating the 2.1-kilometre Obitobon-Elolo-AjaokurreOgbo-Orubu roads in Ogidigben and 2.3-kilometre roads in Benikrukru, both in Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. He stated that Nigeria was producing only 60 per cent of its oil production quota because of the recent divestments from the nation’s oil and gas sector. He said that communities were at liberty to protest but warned against…
Justices P. M. Ayuba and S. D. Pam, both of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have convicted and sentenced five oil thieves to various jail terms, for illegal dealing in petroleum products without requisite licences. The convicts are: Wei Ibolo, Mudashiru Toaheed, Etim Edet, Martins Savior and Tope Alani. They were all jailed after pleading “guilty” to one- count separate charge preferred against them by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, upon their arraignment on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The lone count charge read: “That you Owei Ibolo…
By Ifado Atameyo In the Vanguard Newspaper Viewpoint features published on December 7, 2020, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Special Assistant on Media, Nobert Chiazor, by the approval of Governor Okowa himself, revealed the following about David Edevbie: “Ever courteous and self-respecting, he is not given to vulgarity or imprudent crudity that are common mannerisms of most political office holders in Nigeria. Far from a stormy petrel, Edevbie is neither a die-hard troublesome politician nor a bullish power monger. He acts more like a genial player, a gentleman in government. “An affable image refined by disciplined parental nurture and cultured…
By Ifado Ifado ATAMEYO. As the political race to Dennis OSADEBE House gathers momentum, riverine communities have their hope for a better tommorow rekindled by Olorogun David EDEVBIE. Olorogun David EDEBVIE’s governorship policies and humanistic traits present a brighter future and greater comfort for the riverine communities than any other contender. Undoubtedly, Olorogun David EDEBVIE’s quest for a reformed society away from the discrimination and unfair imbalance between urban and riverine dwellers had earlier been demonstrated when he pragmatically ensured the establishment of the interventionist Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs while working at the Presidency as Principal Secretary to late…
Now that the din over endorsement, non endorsement, and lack of endorsement claims and allegations have been stilled and over, the Movement for Stronger Delta, (MSD) is calling on governorship aspirants to come out with what they have in stock that Deltans should expect from them. Of course, we understand perfectly that the primaries will be a delegates election, especially since the expected mode will be indirect primaries and this is usually the season of windfall and harvest for identified delegates, we also wish to implore, appeal and charge statutory and other delegates to equally task the aspirants on what…
The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hereby confirms that we have fully complied with Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, as it relates to our party members, who are political appointees as well as statutory delegates, for the forthcoming 2023 general elections primaries. For the avoidance of doubt, and to set the records straight, we hereby state categorically that all political appointees with the Delta State Government, who are also statutory delegates of our party for the primary elections at all levels, officially tendered their notices of resignation from their respective offices, on or before March 1st, 2022.…
The former APC Delta State Publicity Secretary, now a Chieftain of the PDP in Delta State, Sylvester Imonina, Esq. has called on PDP Leaders, Delegates and Deltans to give Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori the mandate to fly the PDP flag in the 2023 Governorship election. The PDP Chieftain from Ozoro in Isoko North Local Goverment Area of Delta State made this call in a press statement personally signed by him. According to him, “Rt. Hon. Oborevwori is a man who by virtue of the position he presently occupies in the State, is well versed with the knowledge of what every…
Delta Governor, Senator, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended church leaders for awakening interest of Christians to participate actively in politics and governance in Nigeria. Okowa spoke on Wednesday at the First Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN)’s Directorate of Politics and Governance (DPG) Regional Conference at PFN’s Alpha and Omega City, Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. The Conference with “Project Nigeria: The Church, A Panacea For The Right Leadership” as theme had in attendance delegates from Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Cross-River, Edo, Delta as well as Yobe, Adamawa and Zamfara states. Okowa said that the church must first…