By ELOHOR AGBRA The Delta State Deputy Governor Deacon Barr. Kingsley Otuaro has heartily welcomed the immediate past Governor of Delta State, His Excellency Dr Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan, back to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said HE (Dr) Uduaghan was part and parcel of the party and PDP was the hope of the common man, giving the current situation in the country and the electoral process, it shows that power belongs to the people. According to Otuaro, “the PDP is a formidable party with impeccable notable politicians that has remained one indivisible family and a party eager of delivering…
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By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The death has been announced of Mrs Rose Onukuozo Adaigbe ( Née Osagwere ) of Ogbeisere and Ohumere Quarters, Agbor-Obi in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. She was aged 67 years. Until her transition to glory, she was a devout christian and a strong mobilizer of the women folk for peaceful coexistence of residents in the locality. A lover of western education, Late Ezinne Rose Onukuozu Adaigbe ensured that her children got the right education to enhance their leadership roles in the society. She is the mother of Comrade Andy Adaigbe, a consummate journalist…
By ELOHOR AGBRA Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta yesterday won the Niger Delta Best Governor of the Year (Skill/Human Capital Mobility) Award, while Dcn. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, the Deputy Governor of Delta State emerged Niger Delta Best Deputy Governor of the Year (Most Inspiring, Grass rooted and Community Based) 2020 Award by GbaramatuVoice, a multi-media organisation in the Niger Delta. At the Award Ceremony which was held at the Presidential Hotels Port-Harcourt, Gov Okowa, who was represented by his Deputy, Dcn Otuaro said he was delighted and overwhelmed by the amazing gesture of Gbaramatu voice that has stood tall in its reportage of…
After more than three decades delay, President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday inaugurated the 326 KM Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation as well as the ancillary facilities yard, at the recently named Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex in Agbor (Owa-Oyibu), Delta State. At the virtual opening of the rail line linking Itakpe to Warri, President Buhari directed the Federal Ministry of Transportation to link all the nation’s ports of origin and destination – Apapa, Tin Can, Warri, Onne, Calabar Ports- to the rail network in order to significantly improve overall transportation and economic capacities. The President declared that his administration recognised the…
By AGBRA ELOHOR Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has applauded FIFA and NFF for siting an international stadium in the riverine area of the State. Governor Okowa, represented by his Deputy Deacon Kingsley Otuaro performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the 750 capacity mini stadium at Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Okowa opined that the facility which is strategically located at Ugborodo Community will have a multiplier effect on the economy and also benefit the neighbouring communities and the state at large. Advising the community to give its full support to the…
Today is a special day In the life of an enigma A workaholic and a dogged fighter Brave, strong and reliable It’s time to celebrate with a gentle giant A rising and shining star A progressively minded personality A man of integrity and humility The Immediate Past State Chairman of Delta State Council of NUJ, Immediate Past Chairman of SWAN Delta State. Former Chairman Warri Correspondents Chapel of NUJ. A man with a large and accommodating heart A robbust thinker and innovator This quiet and easy going individual Hails from a humble background Of the famous Ikeogwu dynasty In Ute-Okpu…
The Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) has made public the result of its September 12 virtual elections of the National Executives Committees even as it has ratified members of the Governing Council to drive the focus of the Institute. This was disclosed in an official statement signed by its National President, Dr Bashir Yusuf Jamoh and made available to the media. According to Dr. Jamoh, CIOTA had in June 2020 set up a five- man committee to organize a General Meeting with the intent of ratifying members of the National Working Committees, Council for the Registration of…
Governor of Delta, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his bi-partisan approach to governance which engendered the completion of the 326-kilometre Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line. Okowa gave the commendation at the inauguration of the Commercial Operations of Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Rail line and Railway Ancillary Facility Yard at Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex, Owa-Oyibu, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta. He said that the rail line which was conceived in 1987 under the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida suffered serious delay until it received attention from the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. Okowa expressed appreciation of Deltans…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The most awaited election of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Delta State has finally been fixed for Tuesday, October 6, 2020. A release signed by the national secretary of the union, Shuaibu Leman, directed the concerned to forward the approved list of delegates to the electoral committee immediately to facilitate the conduct of a free and fair election of the union in the state. It would be recalled that the election of the union, earlier scheduled to hold in the state, was scuttled because of some irregularities, requiring the Honourable Commissioner for Information in the state,…
By SYLVESTER IMONINA, Esq In the past two weeks, there have been rumours of perfection of plans by the former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to defect to PDP. Today, the 28th of September, 2020, those behind the rumours have been justified by the formal defection by him to PDP. Well, for records purpose, the former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan came into APC as a loner (Nicodemusly) and have left to where (PDP) he came from same way. In politics and in line with freedom of association as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution of the…