There are palpable tension in Niger Delta as military station two gunboats at Oporoza, plans striking traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom and its communoties in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta. According to a statement made available by the Fiyewei (Spokesman) of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Godpower Gbenekama on Sunday January 20, 2019 he frowned at a situation where the military have decided to cause unnecessary panic and fear among the peace loving Gbaramatu people who have been coexisting peacefully with their neighbours. Chief Gbenekama disclosed that apart of military gun boats positioned at Oporoza there are military helicopter hovering the…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in the February 16, 2019 general elections, Hon. Paul Adingwupu has assured the people of his readiness to offer them good representation in the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly once he is elected into the office. Adingwupu made his intentions known recently, during an interactive session with indigenes and residents of Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State at a town hall meeting which was held at the Nnebisi Hall, Grand Hotel and Conference Centre, Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. He maintained that his ambition is to serve the…
Less than 30 days to the commencement of the general elections in Nigeria, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, has frowned at the absence of a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Delta State, warning that the people of the state would not accept any ad-hoc situation that will truncate credible elections. The Chairman of the NUJ, Delta State Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, sounded the warning when the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Delta State Chapter, led by the State Coordinator, Mr Raymond Omorodion, paid the council a courtesy visit today in Asaba. Comrade Ikeogwu noted that it was…
NOA Delta State Flags Off Voters Education Campaign By Abel Johngold Orheruata As a means of eliminating or reducing numbers of ‘Void Votes’ in the forthcoming General Elections in Nigeria, the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Delta State Directorate, has flagged off its voter’s education campaign with the theme: Reducing The Incidence Of Void Votes. The NOA Delta State Director, Mr. John Ifeakachukwu Emah, while flagging off the program at the Central Market, Ogbeogonogo in Asaba, disclosed that the sensitization campaign will cover the three Senatorial Districts of the State. Mr. Emah noted that the exercise is essentially aimed at encouraging the electorate to…
CIVIL SERVANTS STOP COVERING CORRUPT GOVERNORS Niger Delta human rights, peace advocate and environmentalist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has charged the Nigeria Labour Congress to vote out governors that say they can not pay 30 thousand naira minimum wage as being agreed with the organized labour with federal government which will soon be transmitted to National Assembly to be passed as an act. Comrade Mulade, while addressing Journalist in Abuja wonderd why state governors will engage thousands of aides receiving 10 to 20 times of the new minimum wage without doing anything, no schedule, adding that every month those governors aides…
Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah, Commissioner for Information, Delta State and Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Delta State Chapter has been presented the “2018 Outstanding Leadership Award” by members of Delta State Chapter of NIPR. Ukah received the surprise award recently in Asaba, in recognition of his outstanding contributions and commitment towards the growth of public relations practice in Delta State and human capital development; particularly among information officers in the State civil service. In presenting the award and a Christmas hamper, the General Secretary of NIPR, Delta State, Godfrey C. Osakwe who was accompanied by the Financial Secretary, Isaac…
The attention of former Secretary to Delta State Government, Comrade (Chief) Ovuozourie Macaulay has been drawn to a post credited to Executive Assistant on Communications to Delta State Governor, Dr. (Barrister) Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, which is currently making the round. The post titled, “Delta Decides 2019. NOTHING FOR APC IN ISOKO NATION; GOV OKOWA, SENATOR JAMES MANAGER OUR MANDATE – FORMER SSG OVUZORIE MACAULAY” (sic) ordinarily wouldn’t incite a response due to its Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) orientation. However, there were issues raised which must be addressed for the sake of posterity. In the first instance, Macaulay never discussed any…
By Abel Johngold Orheruata It is a common saying that; ‘Seeing is believing’. These were words of the Oshimili Atata 1 of Asaba, High Chief Nicholas Chizea, when he led a delegation of Asaba, Okpanam and Igbuzo Chiefs on courtesy call and inspection tour to ascertain the level of work of the 2nd Niger Bridge been constructed by the President Mohammed Buhari’s administration. On what spurred the visit to the site, Chief Chizea disclosed that when the work was in progress at the Onitsha end, the Obi of Onitsha and Governor of Anambra State visited the site, and they shown…
By ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE Former Secretary to Delta State Government, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay has called on the President Muhammad Buhari led government to desist from actions proving detrimental to the development of democracy so as not to bring Nigeria to ruin. He said recent acts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government are in no way, encouragement to the growth of the country’s nascent democracy. Macaulay in a statement issued, by his Press Secretary, in celebration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, posited that President Buhari has failed to give requisite attention to the security question of the country as…
By Austin Emaduku. Let me say from the beginning that this is not a religious article. It is a social commentary on the Nigerian situation that is motivated by the evil to which religious sentiments have been put to keep the people divided hence the use of a religious metaphor. Etymologically, a “familiar spirit” means “a demon that is summoned by a medium with the intention that the spirit summoned will obey his or her commands” Familiar spirits are supposed to be spirits of people known to us who have died. The Bible however sees such appearances as demonic forces …