Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the people of Isoko in the state to bury their differences and unite for the peace and development of the area. Okowa made the call on Saturday at the funeral of late Tim Owhefere, Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly which held at Akiewhe-Owhe, Isoko North Local Government Area. He said that late Owhefere was a bridge-builder and worthy son of the Isoko nation, who contributed immensely to the growth and development of the state through his many accomplishments in law-making. The governor stated that the deceased was a…
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By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and it’s initiative, the Board of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF), presented the “Best Farmer Award of the Year 2020“ to three recipients in Delta State. The award presentation which were given to farmers who borrowed and repaid their loans to encourage and motivate participating farmers under the ACGSF, took place today, at the Conference Hall of the Asaba Branch of CBN. The CBN ACGSF Best Farmer of the Year Award recognizes selected farmers that borrowed and repaid loans under the scheme. While speaking, the Delta State Governor, Senator…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday presided over the virtual Commissioning of the Newly Completed 13 Floor Twin Tower Ultra Modern Headquarters Building of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt, River State, at the State House, Abuja. Recall that until the completion of the project, the NDDC was paying 200 million naira annually for its rented headquarters. In 1994, the Groundbreaking for the NDDC Headquarters was carried out – it was OMPADEC at the time. Twenty six (26) years, and 17 CEOs later, it has fallen on President Buhari to COMPLETE and COMMISSION the #NDDCHQ building. “Mr. President gave…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned the headquarters building of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), 26 years after the groundbreaking ceremony, commending the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, for steadfastness in ending many years of renting by the commission, and the attendant profligacy. The President, who virtually commissioned the building from the Council Chamber of the State House, said the land was acquired by the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) in 1996, and was abandoned after series of design amendments. “In 2015, as part of our Administration’s cardinal objectives to kill corruption, some critical reforms…
The family of Late Hon. Elliot Ofa, has called on the Inspector General of Police, to use his good offices to ensure that justice is delivered , as they alleged that some politicians in Delta State were making frantic efforts to ensure the case was swept under the carpet. Elliot Ofa, a former cohncillorship candidate in the just concluded local government election in Delta State was allegedly murdered on Monday January 11, 21, along Jesse/Oben Road on his way to attend screening exercise at Asaba, the Delta State Capital. The family in a statement addressed to the Inspector General of…
The group known as Delta Smart Ladies and other women in Delta State have expressed profound and sincere gratitude to His Excellency, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa (Ekwueme), for providing the platform which ensured that 17 Women emerged as Vice-Chairmen, in the March 6, 2021, Delta State Local Government Elections. The appreciation was contained in a statement signed by Dame Patience Nkem Okwuofu, the Chairman of Delta State Civil Service Commission and National Coordinator of Delta Smart Ladies that was released to Pressmen in Asaba today. According to the Delta Smart Ladies press statement, it was unprecedented in the Political…
The Acting Director Health Services, Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr Clarkson Agagha has said that the management of the Institution never abandoned a 100 level civil engineering student of the Institution Okpeku Emmanuel Oyi Osalobuah to die. Dr Agagha said on Wednesday that the clarifications on behalf of the Management became necessary as members of the Public were being made to believe that the death of the cadet of the institution, Okpeku Emmanuel Oyi Osalobuah was as a result of neglect by the University, making it clear that necessary steps were…
Nigerian women will continue to have pride of place in the current administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Mrs Winnie Byanyima. “Women hold strategic positions in this administration. The Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning is headed by a woman. The Civil Service of the Federation is headed by a woman. And many others like that. We will continue to do our best to empower our women,” President Buhari said. On infrastructure renewal, he noted…
The management of Nigeria Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko have reacted over the news trending on social media and other Media outlets over the death of a cadet of the institution named Mr Emmanuel Uhi, a 100 level student from the department of civil engineering. This was contained in a statement released to the Press yesterday, from the Public Relations Department of the NMU Okerenkoko. The management have debunked the alleged report calling on the general public to disregard the information trending on social media and other Media outlets that the said student died in the school health facility and that…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Hispaniola X Deck of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) aka Pyrates Confraternity, discourse has maintained that the negative impact of religion and culture are the key instruments that makes the woman look inferior to its male counterpart. The Pyrates Confraternity discourse disclosed this on Monday, 8th March, 2021, in a lecture titled “Challenges of the 21st Century Woman”, one of the Group’s activities for the Celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day in Lekki, Lagos. The highly respected humanity Association added that these two factors also use fellow women to enforce these discriminatory practices…