As Nigeria marks 60 years of nationhood, Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to embark on total reconstruction of Benin-Warri highway, saying the road has collapsed. He also urged the government to give urgent attention to the Agbor-Eku road within the state, which is also in a deplorable condition. The governor made the call at an interdenominational thanksgiving service at Government House Chapel, Asaba, on Thursday, to mark the independence anniversary of the country. He said that the poor state of the roads had accounted for loss of many lives and goods in accidents and…
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BY SAM DUVWODE Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) has said, the nation’s 60th independence anniversary is a celebration from the clutches of imperialism and final fulfilment of the struggle of successive generations of Nigerian patriots to establish a free and soveriegn country. He urge Nigerians to work for the sustenance of the country and to have faith in the present administration both at the national and State levels to tackle the diverse challenges of nation building. Governor Okowa in his independence message to Deltans stated this yesterday in Asaba, during the Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary celebration held at Cenotaph, Asaba,…
Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says “laudable efforts by national and sub-national governments at diversifying Nigeria’s oil-based mono product economy towards Agriculture, Science and Technology, Solid Minerals development and others, have been insignificant”. “Consequentially, Nigeria still remains a mono economy decades after self rule. The implication is that whatever threatens this mono economy goes to threaten our existence as a people”, Otuaro further said, in a statement made available by Bulou Kosin, his Senior Special Assistant on Press and Communication. Otuaro spoke, Wednesday, at Presidential Hotels, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, venue of the 5th Anniversary/Award Dinner of…
These are some 5 major takeaways from President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day Speech (1) Buhari believes the pump price of petrol in Nigeria is actually too cheap. Petroleum prices in Nigeria are to be adjusted. We sell now at N161 per litre. A comparison with our neighbours will illustrate the point; a. Chad which is an oil-producing country charges N362 per litre b. Niger, also an oil-producing country sells 1 litre at N346. c. In Ghana, another oil-producing country, the petroleum pump price is N326 per litre. “Further afield, Egypt charges N211 per litre. Saudi Arabia charges N168 per litre.…
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…
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…