The Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned an attack on Vanguard Correspondent, Comrade Akpokona Omafuaire by the Ovwian policemen in Warri. In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Comrades Michael Ikeogwu and Patrick Ochei respectively, the Union vehemently condemned the assault, maintaining it was unfortunate and uncalled for. The Statement therefore called on the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Hafiz Inuwa to immediately fish out the policemen involved in the molestation of the journalist and destruction of his car and appropriately sanction them. The Union further reminded the CP that journalists…
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DOPF A group of Media Managers, under the aegis of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, commiserate with families who lost their love ones, and the injured persons in the ongoing #EndSARS protest rocking the country in the past two weeks. The Forum in a press statement signed by the chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Enebeli, and Secretary, Mr. Shedrack Onitsha, stated that the while the Forum wholeheartedly supports the protest as it was genuinely targeted at curbing what had been considered as arbitrary abuse of Nigerians for more than a decade, it however frowns as the protest had degenerated into into…
Hawkeye Media, Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds) for the treatment of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization. Veklury should only be administered in a hospital or in a healthcare setting capable of providing acute care comparable to inpatient hospital care. Veklury is the first treatment for COVID-19 to receive FDA approval. This approval does not include the entire population that had been authorized to use Veklury under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) originally…
Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, Monday, secured agreement to shelve planned shutdown of Forcados South Bank flow station by Ogulagha and Odimodi communities who took turns to say “we are happy with the intervention of the Deputy Governor, Deacon Otuaro”. The communities had handed down a 14-day ultimatum to a worried Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd (SPDC) for downsizing operations reportedly due to the coronavirus-affected economy. But the communities claimed “the employee sacks were targeted at us, in fact, showed pattern promoting the company’s deliberate policy of undermining the locals”. Bulou Kosin, his Senior Special Assistant…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Movement For The Survival Of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND), have felicitated and thrown weight and supports to the ongoing ENDSARS protest. The group in a statement issued by its National Vice President Comrade (High Chief) Thompson Fuoye, during the EndSARS protest at the Interbau roundabout/flyover, Asaba last Saturday, said, the time has come for youths in the country to take their life and destiny in their hands and demand accountability from leaders in position of authority. Comrade Fuoye, who batched on the ENDSARS protesters to ascertain their conduct and genuineness of the…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Movement For The Survival Of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND), have felicitated and thrown weight and supports to the ongoing ENDSARS protest. The group in a statement issued by its National Vice President Comrade (High Chief) Thompson Fuoye, during the EndSARS protest at the Interbau roundabout/flyover, Asaba last Saturday, said, the time has come for youths in the country to take their life and destiny in their hands and demand accountability from leaders in position of authority. Comrade Fuoye, who batched on the ENDSARS protesters to ascertain their conduct and genuineness of the…
By PRINCE PERE BOTU The State Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro has identified sports as a veritable platform to discover and harness hidden talents in youths to enable them maximise their God given talents in securing a better life. Decon Otuaro stated this at Kurutie,Warri South West Local Government Area during the final of the maiden edition of the Gbaramatu King’s cup football competition. The Deputy Governor said Delta State had abundant natural talents and thanked Nigeria former super eagles and ex international Christian Obodo for his contribution to sports development in riverine communities. He said discovering and catching…
Kingsley Otuaro embarked on several People Oriented Programmes to change the fortunes of Nigerians across board, especially in the Niger Delta region. He used his divine charisma and messianic leadership qualities to water down the renewed oil crisis in the region. At the wake of the recent militants struggle being championed by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) in 2016, Otuaro put his position at risk in liaising with all critical stakeholders in the region for the purpose of restoring peace to the volatile region. To this end, the Delta State Government led by Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa in collaboration with the…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE Commissioner for Information in Delta State, Mr. Charles Ehiedu Aniagwu, has said that efforts would be geared towards the completion of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre in Asaba, the state capital, within the next six months. The Commissioner gave the assurance when the chairman of the NUJ, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, led his Exco in an unscheduled visit to the office of the commissioner, after the maiden exco meeting of the Comrade Ikeogwu’s second term in office as the chairman of the union in Asaba. He said that proper evaluation of what was needed to complete…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Executive Council (EXCO) of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ) has approved the appointment of Comrades Samuel Erhunwunse of the Correspondents Chapel, and Emeka Chukwujindu of the Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS) Chapel, both in Asaba, as ex-officio 1 and 2 respectively of the EXCO. The Chairman of NUJ in the state, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu announced this as one of the decisions reached during the maiden meeting of the EXCO, held today, Thursday, October 15, 2020 at the temporary Press Centre of the union in Asaba, the state capital. He said…