The Family of Dunkwu in Okpanam, Oshimili North LGA of Delta State is pleased to announce that the burial ceremonies for Her Royal Majesty, Obi Martha Dunkwu will commence tomorrow Wednesday 24th April, 2024, with the Traditional Rites at the Dunkwu Family compound, Obodogba, Okpanam community. The Traditional Rites will continue on Thursday 25th April, while the Night of Tributes will hold on Friday 26th at 4pm and the Memorial Farewell on Saturday 27th April, 2024, at 10am. It is pertinent to inform all who are coming to ensure they are beautifully dressed in our native Akwa Ocha attire or…
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As campaigns for the Edo State governorship election in September officially kick-off today, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has appealed to the other political parties participating in the election and their candidates in particular, to endeavour to focus on issues, be decorous and not dwell on inanities. Ighodalo made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Asue Ighodalo Media Team in Benin City. The PDP gubernatorial hopeful was quoted as saying that, “I sincerely believe that we are ready for the campaigns as the Independent National Electoral Commission has formally lifted the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, and Labour party, LP, in Ward 7, Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State were on Monday, hit by massive defection as many dumped the parties and joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The defection comes a few days to the beginning of the official commencement of campaigns for the forthcoming gubernatorial election. All the defectors drummed support for the PDP governorship candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, popularly called AI, and his running mate, Barr Osarodion Ogie in their bid to move the state forward and offer a breath of fresh air different from the hardship…
A section of the online newspapers and social media community in public sphere, has been advised to stop fabricating stories alleging conflict between the incumbent governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, and former governor, Chief James Ibori. Executive Assistant on Communications to the Governor, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, in response to trending misleading online publications, innuendos and insinuations, said governor Oborevwori has consistently call on well meaning Deltans, irrespective of political affiliation or ethnical nationality to join hands with him to move the state forward. He told newsmen on Tuesday that the state governor is unarguably loved by…
By Fred Edoreh Unarguably, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori started very strongly in the governance of Delta State, promptly completing a good number of inherited projects, initiating new ones and pursuing them all vigorously, across the three senatorial districts of the state. The N78b contract for flyover bridges and road expansions in the ongoing infrastructural and urban renewal of Warri metropolis, the intensity of work on the Ughelli-Asaba Road Dualisation project, the completion of Beneku Bridge in Ndokwa, Bedeseigha Bridge in Bomadi, and the ongoing construction of Okpanam-Ibusa Bypass, to mention just a few, confounded and dazed pathological cynics and unrestrained…
The Akogun of Igbekeboland, High Chief Idowu Asonja, has congratulated the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on his success in the state’s gubernatorial primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), held on Saturday, April 2th and Sunday, April 21st, 2024. Asonja in a congratulatory message to Aiyedatiwa issued by his Media Office, on Monday, said Aiyedatiwa’s victory was “well-deserved.” Asonja in the statement made available to newsmen in Akure, the Ondo State Capital, said the overwhelming victory of the governor in the 18 local government areas of the state was a testimonial of his acceptability and popularity…
An emerging Afrobeats crooner , SUGARBANA is fully set to take the Music scene by Storm as plans have been concluded to release an upcoming project billed for sometime this year. He is coming out with a bang. Our Entertainment Correspondent reports that the PG Records Prodigy, Sugarbana is Collaborating with Grammy Award-winning Producer in the upcoming project expected to hit the music scene by Storm anytime soon, a development that has excited fans with news that he will be collaborating with the Grammy award-winning producer, Kel-P on this new project. Years after working in the background and collaborating…
By Abel JOHNGOLD ORHEUATA Stakeholders at a roundtable discussion on methane abatement held in Asaba, the Capital of Delta State, last Thursday with a call for collaborative efforts across governments, industries, communities, and individuals to address the methane challenge through innovation, policy, and community involvement, aiming for tangible environmental and public health improvements, wants immediate enforcement and or improvements of existing policy frameworks by the government. The call is part of the communique issued at the one-day roundtable organised by the Environmental Centre for Oil Spills and Gas Flaring (ECOSGF), African Centre for Transparency Accountability and Initiative (AfriTAL) with Stakeholder…
The continued imposition of road blocks by the Nigerian Police in Delta State, particularly along Okpanam Road and Nnebisi Road, has inflicted severe hardship on the citizens and residents of Asaba. This unjustifiable and disruptive practice, initiated about two years ago in response to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) uprising, has led to a myriad of negative consequences, including gridlock, accidents, road rage, loss of productivity, and extortion of motorists. The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Delta State Council, strongly condemns the prolonged imposition of these road blocks especially in front of Police formations and calls for their immediate dismantling.…
The final journey of Hon. Chief Ezinna John U. Kachikwu, who passed on 16th February, 2024, at the age of 81 years, will start at his country home in Onicha-Ugbo in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, with a service of songs. Kachikwu, an administrator, rose to become Secretary to Local Government and got to the peak of his career as one of the most senior Local Government directors as Head of Personal Management (HPM) then a DPM. He also served in the Local Government Service Commission and as a one Sole Administrator as well as HPM in…