By JOHNSON EBIGIDE. Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, and the Police commands in Delta and Edo states to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder of a rising politician, Elliot Ofa, in Delta State. The union made the call through the state council Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, when he led members of his exco and some journalists in the state to pay a condolence visit to Dr Henry Ofa, the elder brother of the murdered politician, in his country home at Oghara in Ethiope West…
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Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has cancelled the recent transfer of over 4,500 secondary school teachers across the state by the Post Primary Education Board (PPEB). The Commissioner in charge of the ministry, Mr. Patrick Ukah, in a statement in Asaba today (17/01/2021) said that with the increasing rate of COVID-19 infections across the country, which have already affected the adjusted academic calendar, transferring teacher at this time will lead to further loss of academic hours as the affected teachers will need time to adjust and settle down in their new schools. He therefore directed the PPEB…
War, they say, has been a constant with humanity, but it also indicates the weakness of leaderships. While the US and USSR invested in atomic and nuclear armament to show their strength we must also see that they have not shot a single missile at each other. They only engaged in cold war, being careful about aggression because they well understand that war will only bring heavy suffering and destruction upon their peoples and nations. Simply put, they know that war is foolish. After the destructions of the First and Second World Wars, various Super Powers resorted to bilateral and…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has assured investors that his administration would continue to provide an enabling environment, including infrastructure, for industries to thrive in the state. Okowa gave the assurance on Thursday at the ground-breaking of DELFRASCO Industries Limited, Tower Manufacturing and Testing, Industrial Fabrication and Hot Dip Galvanising Facility in Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. He lauded Issele-Uku community for its support and cooperation with the state government, and commended the project partners, Delta Investment and Development Agency (DIDA) for commitment and tenacity. “The location of this industry demonstrates your confidence in Project…
Delta Government on Wednesday presented 378 Special Constabularies who recently graduated from training to the people of the state as part of efforts towards establishing community policing in the state. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa made the presentation at the Community Policing Sensitisation Awareness Campaign held at the Events Centre Asaba. He said that with the overwhelming increase in crime rate, the approach to community policing has become inevitable. Represented by Secretary to the State Government, Chiedu Ebie, Governor Okowa urged the Special Constabularies to see their engagement as a clarion call to serve their communities. According to him, Today’s sensitization/awareness campaign…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The election that brought in Comrade Michael Ikeogwu for a second term as the Chairman of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has been adjudged the fiercest in the conduct of the union elections in the state. It reminds one of the grim wrestling bout between Okonkwo and Amalinze the Cat in Chinua Achebe’s ” Things Fall Apart “. Apart from the tension created by the earlier irregularities and inability to conduct the union election, following the expirations of the first term of the Ikeogwu-leadership of the union in the state, the…
The Delta State Local Governments Sports Festival earlier scheduled to open on January 14 has been postponed. Chairman of the Local Organising Committee and former Chairman of the Delta State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon Itiako Constantine Ikpokpo, explained that the shift became necessary in overriding public interest in consideration of the new wave of COVID-19. The development arose from a meeting on Monday with the Secretary to the Government of Delta State, Hon Chiedu Ebie who invited the organisers to present their plans for precaution and prevention of the spread of the disease…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Delta State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has commended the professional depth of the Outgoing Commissioner for Police in the state, Inuwa Mohammed Hafiz, who has been promoted to the exalted rank of Assistant Inspector General of the Police in Nigeria. Comrade Ikeogwu gave the commendation while fielding questions from journalists after the well attended occasion put together by the Director-General of the Delta State Capital Territory Development Authority, Honourable (Evangelist) Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor, in honour of Inuwa Hafiz at the David’s Centre in Asaba, the state capital. The labour…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The new and first female Director of Information (DI) in Delta State, Mrs Theresa Adiabua Oliko (JP), has enjoined Information Officers in the state to always see themselves as members of one indivisible family, towards the discharge of the onerous task of informing the public on the policy thrust of the state government. Mrs Oliko gave the admonition during a brief get-together party she organised in her office for Information Officers in the administrative headquarters of the Ministry of Information in Asaba, the state capital, to mark the beginning of the year 2021. She said that there…
BY SAM DUVWODE Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa has disclosed that, it is statutory according to the Laws of Delta State, for the State government to present staff of office to a traditional ruler after due installation and enthronement by his people. Governor Okowa stated this yesterday in Warri while presenting the official Staff of office to His Royal Majestic, Emmanuel Onobrayekpeyan Okumagba 11, as the Orosuen of Okere Urhobo Kingdom, Warri South Local Government Are, Delta State. Governor Okowa, who was respresented by his Deputy, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, noted that the State government does not meddle…