Ahead of the scheduled Saturday local government Elections in Delta State, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, Dr. Sylvester Onoyona PhD, has charged all faithful of the party in the State not to relent nor dissuaded by what he described as showoff campaigns of the State ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Onoyona gave the charge in a statement circulated in Asaba on Thursday, noting that there was nothing new in their alleged makeshift campaigns. The APC chieftain who urged Deltans to vote for his Party that the APC was reliable at all times, charged…
Author: Spade Nigeria
Gbolahan Gbadamosi Is this proof that the old hand – Magu – refused to do what is right? Or is it that the new hand – Bawa – is now being pressured by unseen hands to do something urgently? Or is it that Bawa has a personal score or knows something we all don’t know which he now wants to investigate properly? Whatever is the case, I will argue that it doesn’t speak well of successive governments since 2007 that we are investigating a man who is not in office 14 years after he left office especially when such a…
By: Nelson Agbajor As part of efforts to make the Timber City, Sapele local government area of Delta State a more peaceful and crime free society, Military joint operation has invaded and destroyed some notorious criminal hideouts and other secret places where cult activities are being carried out in Sapele and its environs. The joint Operations which was carried out by men of the the Nigerian Army, Navy, DSS, Civil Defence Corp and Vigilante groups, saw men and officers of the various formations invading nooks and crannies of Sapele main town and interior settlements to fish out criminals in the…
Democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by the people. That is, it is the people (Electorates) who determine who lead them in any democratic setting. Delta APC, having it at the back of its mind that it is God and the electorates that give power, encouraged all its Candidates to transverse the length and breadth of the different Units and Wards in the different Local Government Areas of the State to solicit for votes. The Party states with all sense of responsibility and truism that information from the field shows that the Party’s Candidates have…
The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commended its candidates and campaign organizations in all the Local Government Areas of the State, for the peaceful, colourful and orderly manner they conducted their comprehensive campaigns, in preparation for the forthcoming Local Government elections and predicted a landslide victory for the party in the March 6, 2021 council polls. This assertion was contained in a Press Release by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, who further warned the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, and other political parties participating in the polls, to desist, in their own…
AS countdown begins for the March 31, 2021 Maris Public Service Lecture, the Unity Hall, Government House Asaba, Delta State has been announced as the new venue for the lecture. The lecture, with the theme “Effective Tax Administration For The Delivery Of Democratic Dividends”, was initially to hold at Orchid Hotel, also in Asaba. Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, Special Assistant, Media to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, who is also secretary to the lecture organising council, disclosed this on Tuesday in Asaba. He, however, noted that the choice of the Government House as the new venue for the lecture was…
BY SAM DUVWODE Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, (PIB) to enact a legislation that will encourage host Communities participation in the industry in the interest of peace, fairness, equity and justice. Governor Okowa made the call yesterday at the Governor’s Annex, Warri during the Town Hall meeting of National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill and Host Communities in Delta State. The governor who was represented by his Deputy, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, said the visit and meeting by the committee on PIB was most apt…
University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) Asaba Chapter’s Chairman and newly sworn-in Justice of Peace (JP), Dr. Mrs. Felicia Adun, has attributed her appointment as a Justice of the Peace to the solid platform put in place by the Delta State Government, especially the State Civil Service, for effective service delivery. Dr. Adun, who is the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Water Resources Development, made this known in Asaba while fielding questions from journalists shortly after taking the oat of office as a Justice of the Peace. While saying that she was elated to be considered for the…
Delta State Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Reginald Bayoko mni, was among prominent Deltans who were sworn-in as justices of the Peace (JPs) on Monday, March 1, 2021 in Asaba, the state capital. The Chief Judge of the state, Honourable Justice Marshal Umukoro, who was represented by Honourable Justice Theresa Diai, while administering the relevant oath of office on the newly appointed justices of the Peace, congratulated the JPs, drawn from various works of life, adding that their nomination was based on their impeccable records of community service and desire to promote peace in the state. The Chief Judge charged…
His Royal Majesty, King Monday Whiskey, Udurhie1, Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, Delta State Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Reginald Bayoko mni, were among prominent Deltans who were sworn-in as justices of the Peace (JPs) on Monday, March 1, 2021 in Asaba, the state capital. The Chief Judge of the state, Honourable Justice Marshal Umukoro, who was represented by Honourable Justice Theresa Diai, while administering the relevant oath of office on the newly appointed justices of the Peace, congratulated the JPs, drawn from various works of life, adding that their nomination was based on their impeccable records of community service and…