BY SAM DUVWODE Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has been commended for appointing credible persons into government on the premise of professiinalism in order to ensure a viable machinery of governance in the state. The commendation was made by the formal Caretaker Committee member, Ethiope East Local Government Area and Ethiope East LGA Youth Leader, Delta Political Vaguard (DPV), Amb. Kelvin Omomarho. Amb. Omomarho while fielding questions from newsmen at his country home in Ovu, ward 5 in Ethiope East Local Government, Delta State, thanked Governor Okowa for appointing Olorogun Barr Arthur Akpowowo as Commissioner designate…
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BY SAM DUVWODE The Delta State Government has disclosed as worrisome the despoliation of the oil environment through the destruction of arrested vessels, barges and boats leading with illegal oil products by Security agencies operating in the oil producing communities. This was stated by the Delta State Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, while addressing hundreds of protesters from Okerenkoko community over the resultant effect on the evironment following the destruction of illegal refineries by security agencies on Oil producing communities around Warri South west and Warri North respectively. Barr. Otuaro, who is also the Chairman of the Delta State Advocacy…
By Bulou Kosin Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the menace of spills from vessels with illegal oil allegedly exploded or destroyed by security agents require national discourse for solution as same has caused frightening effects. Following complaints, Otuaro, who chairs the Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Vandalism of Oil and Gas Facilities, on Wednesday, embarked on a helicopter-driven aerial view of sites impacted by spills from exploded vessels in Warri North and Warri South-West LGA. “The Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Vandalism of Oil and Gas Facilities, set up by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has the…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, wishes to extend its warm felicitations to Mr Charles Aniagwu, over his nomination for appointment as commissioner into the Delta State Executive Council. The council sees the nomination of Mr Aniagwu as the reward for excellent and distinguished service as Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Delta State Governor. The council recalls with joy the friendly disposition of Mr Aniagwu even in the face of herculean challenges in the course of managing the media and attending to diverse issues brought to him by members of the NUJ and thank him for…
The second edition of the Comrade Amb. Sheriff Mulade Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity cup will begin November 16 to November 30 2019 in Warri South-West of Delta State. According to a statement made available by the Sponsor/initiator of the biennial football competition, Ambassador Comrade Sheriff Mulade officially declared that the football competition which is also known as “Comrade Sheriff Mulade peace and unity cup” started in 2017, noting that the essence of the game was set up as a critical forum to demonstrate and promote the oneness, peace and unity among Ijaw and Itsekiri communities who have had a long…
By: Odunze Josephine Awele A new tenure for the Delta State Governor began on May 29, 2019. It opens a new vista for the further evolution of the state called Delta, her polity, economy and landscape, substantially and essentially; as well as foregrounding the already celebrated successes and strides of the four years prior. To inhabit the new possibilities the next four years hold for the state, we attempt to foreshadow what an illustrious state like ours would look like by May 2023. The following submission articulates a futuristic lens of Delta State under Governor Okowa’s leadership. Core issues have…
By Patrick Ochei The State Working Committee of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, led by its Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu has visited the Delta State Police Command with a call on the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke, to join forces with NUJ leadership to rid the profession of quacks. The visit which took place yesterday, Thursday 4th July, 2019, was basically anchored on the usual Council’s familiarization visits to heads of security agencies in the State to seek symbiotic working relationships and synergies in the line of duties, according to the Chairman. Ikeogwu also used…
The Anioma Association USA Incorporated, Georgia Chapter, has offered a free medical service to residents of Ndokwa/Ukwuani community to improve the health condition of the people. Dr. Sunny Nkemdiche, Chairman of the medical outreach said, that the annual free medical outreach now in its second year, was in furtherance of the associations commitment to complement the efforts of the State Government and other stakeholders in the provision of quality healthcare for people at the grassroots in Anioma and Delta State in general, which is also within the framework of universal health coverage of the World Health Organisation (WHO). He…
BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE Christ very vicar, the ‘Pope’ is considered by Roman Catholics to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and earthly head of the Roman Catholic Church. His election was ab initio devoid of the elaborate rigors it is accorded these days. It was concerns around political interference leading to reforms after the interregnum of 1268–1271 and Pope Gregory X’s decree during the Second Council of Lyons in 1274, that the cardinal electors should be locked in ‘seclusion cum clave’ (Latin for “with a key”) and not permitted to leave until a new Bishop of Rome had been…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, wishes to announce the immediate suspension of the following members from the union and its activities. 1. Ebere Obiakor -AIT 2. Alphonsus Agborh- Tribune 3. Austin Azu-Crown/Kpoko FM 4. Amaechi Okwara- Blueprint 5. Anne Eluwa- Pilot 6. Kent Enweliku- Auditor ICC 7. Felix Igbekoyi- Daily Independent/Immediate Past Vice Chairman of the Council 8. Mercy- Business Day 9. Michael Olaniyi- Daily Independent 10. Matthew Ochei- Punch/Treasurer, Asaba Correspondent 11. Barry Agbanigbi- Champion 12. Andy Akeni- Pointer 13. Aiwerie Okungbowa- Nation 14. Chimdi Ogor- Wazobia 15. Nosa Akenzua- Leadership 16. Dew Wilson- DBS…