Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro rose up in defence of oil communities in Delta State rather than sideline their leaders in proposed dialogue with the Federal Government over demands including Marginal Oil Fields. Chairman of Bomadi Political Renaissance, BPR, Mr. Bibobra Custom, in a statement said the “sideline” position expressed by one Comrade Austin Ozobo, President of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative (IPDI) was “hasty, uninformed and mischievous”. Custom said “it was wrong for Ozobo or anybody to have misunderstood the “what is happening in Delta State” meeting between governments, Federal (Vice President Yemi Osibanjo and Timipre…
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Governor of Delta, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for collective efforts to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state and the country. He made the call in Asaba on Monday while receiving three ambulances donated to the state government by Bua Group to support the state’s effort at curtailing the virus, and stressed that defeating COVID-19 would not be an impossible task if all Nigerians obeyed set health protocols with commitment.. “It is important that we work together to be able to beat the virus, because there is nothing we can do if people continue to disobey the…
By Bulou Kosin Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Intelligence Gathering/Community Development, Capt Smart Asekutu says the Okowa/Otuaro administration has done more for Egbema Kingdom, Warri North LGA, than predecessors, adding: “The future holds more from Governor Okowa who deserves Egbema Kingdom’s maximum support”. Asekutu, himself from Egbema, had commended the Edmund Tiemo-led Egbema Leaders of Thought for peacefully channeling their requests including Marginal Oil Fields in their terrain to the Delta State Government through courtesy call on Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, stressing: “Egbema, despite being still miles away from development, has never had it so good…
BY JOHNSON EBIGIDE Comrade Kenneth Okoturo, University of Ibadan trained archivist with the Delta State Government celebrated his 25 year marriage to his heart throb over the weekend. It was an occasion couples should have attended to maintain their marriages, as it exemplified the role true love plays in marriage. Even after 25 years of a marriage which is blessed with children who are quite promising, the couple look so fresh, young and kicking like young lovers ! At a time when marriages break up almost immediately after the church ceremonies that bind couples in our clime and beyond, Ken…
BY ABEL JOHNGOLD A local government council chairmanship aspirant and frontliner in Uvwie Local Government Area, Chief Anthony Ofoni, has congratulated Olorogun Kingsley Esiso, on his re-election as the Delta State Peoples Democratic Chairman. Chief Ofoni, also congratulated other elected officials of the Party as well as the delegates and party members for their cooperation in ensuring a successful 2020 Delta State PDP Congress. Chief Ofoni, who spoke to newsmen in Asaba, shortly after the Delta State PDP congress, said, the build up to the Olorogun Esiso’s victory was as a result of hard work and dedication. According to him;…
MANCHESTER: Manchester City marched into the Champions League quarter-finals by beating visitors Real Madrid 2-1 for a 4-2 aggregate triumph on Friday, with scorers Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus taking advantage of two dreadful errors by Raphael Varane. Having beaten the 13-times European champions home and away, City will now head to Lisbon for the `final eight` tournament where they will face Olympique Lyonnais, who progressed on away goals against Juventus in Friday`s other game, on Aug. 15. Real, trailing 2-1 from the first-leg were without suspended skipper and defensive lynchpin Sergio Ramos at The Etihad and it showed, with…
rom Bulou Kosin Delta State Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, today/yesterday, embarked on courtesy vists to the Traditional Rulers of Ughievwen and Ogulagha Kingdoms in Ughelli South and Burutu Local Government Areas respectively, in apparent peace shuttles. Leaving for Ogulagha Kingdom after a closed door discussion with HRM the Okobaro of Ughievwen Kingdom which hosts the renown Utorogu Gas Plant, Otuaro who had weeks earlier appealed to communities to shelve shutdown of oil operations, simply told newsmen: “We are on routine visit. The Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa-led Delta State Government places high premium on relationship with the leadership and…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, as he turns 57 on Monday. Okowa said that Omo-Agege had made Deltans proud with his outstanding performance as one of the Senators with the most number of Bills in the 9th Assembly.In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor said that Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central Senatorial District, remained an amiable and very illustrious son of the state in whom Deltans are extremely delighted about for his sterling and audacious political accomplishments. “On behalf of my…
BY ABEL JOHNGOLD The importance of time is a tacit assumption in many accounts of developmental mechanisms. Timely differentiation is necessary for the growth and assembly of functional, well-proportioned society. Small variations produce the differences that distinguish individuals, whereas pronounced changes result in more major alterations in the timing or organisation of developmental processes that characterize differences between species. Moreover, abnormalities in timing can lead to defects in the assembly of projects , resulting in dysfunction that can be incompatible with survival of a community or society. In addition, the speed of progression through a developmental sequence is important: it…
Birthdays come once in a year, so we take opportunity of today to celebrate a quintessential Leader, an astute Administrator and an enigmatic personality Mr. Brialade Franklyn Ebiama, the Chief Protocol Officer (CPO) Office of the Deputy Governor of Delta State, as he attains a new age. Many will attest to your rare virtues of humility, modesty, calmness and unassuming disposition yet unwavering commitment and eagle-eyed focus in the pursuit of common good. Your unique leadership style, your service to humanity and genuine love for the people are inspiring and worthy of emulation. Sir, may you remain a pillar of…