The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured that the National Assembly will expand the political space for youth and women in the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. Omo-Agege stated this in Abuja when he hosted a delegation of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, led by Archbishop (Prof.) David Irefin. Omo-Agege who doubles as Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, also called on religious leaders to continue to pray for the country. While commending Nigerians for their resilience, the Delta Central lawmaker urged them to strive towards maintaining the oneness of the country…
Author: Spade Nigeria
By EJIME UDUEME In years past, Ika Nation comprising of Ika South and Ika North East was known for its doggedness in farming and bumper harvest in agricultural produce. This age-long agricultural activities pushed many families to be deeply rooted in polygamy as a result of the need to raise more children to assist in farming. This practice of subsistence and commercial farming tutored the people to be industrious, focused and innovative. As a result of the profit in farming, most families were able to train their children in different Tertiary Institutions to become graduates who are today doing well…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State have charged the people of Ogulagha Community to sustain the existing peace in the Kingdom for more development to come. Okowa gave the charge today, at the 15th Coronation Anniversary of the Ogulagha monarch in Obotobo in Ogulagha kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of the State. Governor Okowa, represented by his Deputy, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, noted that the fifteen years reign of His Royal Majesty, Elder Capt. King Joseph I. Timiyan(JP) Torububor 1, Agbonu, the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha kingdom, has attracted unprecedented development to the Kingdom. He added that the…
Participants at the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF Interactive Programme, Frontlune, on Thursday brainstormed on the way forward after the #EndSARS protest which led to destruction of properties, burning of police stations and killing of police and some protesters, especially at the Lekki tollgate, one of Nigeria’s finest cities in Lagos. Participants were drawn from civil society groups, Non Governmental Organisations, members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), mainstream media, youth parliament, student representatives, security institutions and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The one day event which was anchored by Godfrey Osakwe, vice chairman of Delta state…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said unemployment was a national emergency, and urged the Federal Government and stakeholders to provide skills and empowerment opportunities for youths as a solution. The governor made the call in Asaba while inaugurating the Delta State Rural Youth Skill Acquisition (RYSA) Programme for 810 rural youths. He insisted that unemployment should be declared a national emergency and made top priority in governance at all levels. He said that his administration’s strategic thrust for job creation had been entrepreneurship development programmes anchored on skills training, engaging youths in productive enterprises, nurturing entrepreneurs, leaders and promoting communal peace…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has underscored the importance of skill acquisition in the fight against poverty. Okowa stated this when the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) in the state, led by Hajia Aisha Hafiz-Inuwa, wife of the Commissioner of Police, visited him at Government House, Asaba. He said that skill acquisition was the way out of unemployment and acute poverty which was ravaging the country. He commended members of the association for their contributions to development of the society through their philanthropic gestures. The governor reaffirmed that his administration had continued to empower youths in the state in…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday said states in the South-South region were united in the quest for restructuring of the country. Okowa stated this during his quarterly interaction with journalists on Wednesday in Asaba. He said that there was need to restructure the country to pave the way for the devolution of more powers to states and local governments. According to Okowa, who is the Chairman, South-South Governors’ Forum, Nigeria is not making progress as it ought to because the issues of restructuring and resource control are yet to be addressed. He disclosed that restructuring and resource…
According to an unwritten code of ethics of the legal profession, it is forbidden for any member of the Bench to publicly complain of and/ or criticize any unfair treatment that is meted out on them by the Executive or Legislative Arms of Government. Members of the Bench can only speak about their ill-treatment through members of the Bar and other conscientious persons. There is a common saying that the Judiciary is the “last hope of the common man” but the Judiciary in Delta State is now a victim of repressiveness and hopelessness inflicted/foisted on it by PDP and/or Govr.…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Following the reported cases of mysterious death outbreaks in the State, the Delta State Primary Health Care Development Agency (DSPHCDA) entered a collaboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) Delta State Directorate in awareness creation on the outbreak of yellow fever claiming lives in Ika North East Local Government Area (LGA) of the State. Commending the collaboration, Delta State Director of the NOA, Mr. Chris Anyabuine, who hosted DSPHCDA in his office yesterday in Asaba, thanked visitors for the visit and sensitization of the NOA management team on the yellow fever disease, which the NOA will…
As part of its cardinal programmes and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSO), the Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), is set to bring critical stakeholders together to jaw-jaw in a post #ENDSARS interactive programme, called FRONTLINE. FRONTLINE is a platform of DOPF, a body of seasoned journalists in online journalism practice, created to provide opportunity for critical segments of the society to air and their share views, create awareness for their thoughts, programmes and activities and by so doing meet the yearnings of the public who seek neutral platforms to make their views known and contribute to state and national discourse. The…