…..RATTAWU Failed To Follow Constitutional Process For Electing National Officers…. Ngige The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has declared the Quadrennial National Delegate Conference NDC of the Radio Television Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria RATTAWU which held on July 16,2021 in Zamfara State as null and void. The Minister of Labour and Employment,Senator Chris Ngige in a letter to the Secretary General of RATTAWU titled “Re:Hosting of National Delegate Conference in Flagrant Disobedience to the Directive of the Federal Government Via The Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment:An Official Report” signed by the Director of…
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The Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has called on Nigerians to emulate the good virtues of Late Chief Arthur Okowa, saying that he left a legacy of discipline, uprightness and purposeful leadership. Comrade Ikeogwu made the call while speaking with newsmen at the reception ground of the Celebration of the passage of Late Chief Artur Okowa held at Federal Road Safety Corps Training Centre at Owa-Alero, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State Ikeogwu said that Pa Okowa, aside being the biological father of the number one citizen of Delte State, Governor…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has described the late Pa Arthur Okowa, as a foremost educationist and committed public servant who contributed to the growth and development of education in the country. Osinbajo spoke on Saturday at St Michael’s Anglican Church, Owa-Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta at the thanksgiving service marking the celebration of life of Pa Okowa, father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta. Osinbajo said the late Pa Okowa was an outstanding teacher, pioneer educationist and committed public servant. He noted that the story of educational development of many communities in Delta and Edo…
By FEMI ADESINA The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That legislation has now become Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). President Muhammadu Buhari has done what Napoleon couldn’t do. Again and again. The Bill had defied Olusegun Obasanjo who introduced it, got the better of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (God rest his soul), worsted Goodluck Jonathan, but has finally been subdued by Buhari. The man has proven to be adept at concluding things that had long trounced and vanquished many leaders before him. The PIB overwhelmed the first…
Delta State Government on Thursday said it would partner with the World Bank in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa stated this when he inaugurated the Delta State Project Steering Committee of the Nigeria COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project (Co-PREP), at the Government House, Asaba. The governor, represented by his Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, said that the committee will oversee the implementation of Co-PREP projects at the state level. Otuaro said the steering committee headed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye, will also review progress reports and oversee…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Delta State Deputy Governor, Dcn. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has maintained that the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s led administration was committed to adhere to the Federal Government’s guidelines and International best practices in the fight against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Otuaro stated this when he inaugurated Members of the Delta State Project Steering Coordinating Committee of the Nigeria COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project (Co-PREP), in Asaba. While praying for a quick end of Covid-19, Otuaro noted that the heartbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the early part of the year 2020 was an ill wind that blew the world…
By SHARON IVOVI In a bid to improve professionalism and enhance the capacity of educational managers in the Delta State Basic Educational Sector towards the effective implementation of Teacher Professional Development (TPD) Programmes, not fewer than fifty four Educational Managers in the state have been trained by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in collaboration with the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). Declaring the four day training workshop opened with the theme “The Role of Educational Managers in the Implementation of Teacher Professional Development (TPD) Programmes”, the Executive Chairman Delta State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hon. Sunny…
THE people of Ushie in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State, has debunked claims that they have a King. In a rejoinder to a news report titled, “Excitement As The Uloko Of Ushie Returns,” the people observed that the sponsored story was designed to cause intra-communal crises and gave newspaper houses that published the news item seven days to publish a retraction or face legal actions. According to the rejoinder which was signed by Goddy Emeli, the Okpara-Uku of Ushie, Mr Felix Opute, President-General of Ushie community, Chief Jacob Okpufe, the Odogwu-Ebi of Ushie, Chief John…
A popular medical doctor and founder of UFOR Hospital in Ughelli, Delta State, Dr. Peter Claver Obakponovwe, is dead.The renowned medical doctor who had been sick reportedly died on Wednesday morning. He’s one of the first Urhobo trained medical doctors in Urhobo to establish a private hospital in Delta State. The deceased hailed from Ufor, a satellite village of Okpara Town in Agbon Kingdom, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. Culled from Urhobo Messenger
By Ndutimi Alaibe We have been in this season of bad news for too long. When are we getting out of it? When will death give up on us? Who can stop death from claiming our best in business, in politics, in leadership, in the military, in sports, in everything? Where did we go wrong? No death is good news. Every life has its value. God created everyone for certain divine plans and purposes. Why should death keep us in constant tears? You never know who is next on the line until the phone rings at an ungodly…