Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, will continue to work with the military high command and stakeholders to restore peacefully coexistence between Okuama and neighbouring communities. Executive Assistant on Orientation and Communications to the Governor, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, gave the assurance on Sunday while speaking as a guest of News Central Television Breakfast Extra Show via DSTV Channel 422, saying that Okuama community will continue to attract the governor’s attention until peace and full scale socioeconomic activities is restored. He said the governor’s visit to Okuama on Saturday was a clear demonstration of his unwavering commitment to ensure…
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Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has visited Okuama with an assurance for the safe return of the indigenes who fled the community in the wake of the crisis over the killing of 17 officers and soldiers on March 14. The Governor, who was accompanied by Commander 63 Brigade, Brig. Gen. Unachukwu Ugochukwu, and top government officials, on a journey that took over one hour and twenty minutes from Warri, reiterated that innocent citizens would not be made to suffer for what they know nothing about. Recall that the killings made the people of the community to flee for…
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Mr. Tunde Onakoya on setting a new world chess record and sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ingenuity at the square of global acclaim. Mr. Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon on Saturday, after playing for over 58 hours and winning every match in tow. President Tinubu celebrates the Nigerian Chess Champion and founder of Chess in Slums Africa for the rare feat, but especially for the reason driving this compelling demonstration of character, which is raising funds for African children to learn and find opportunity through chess. The…
In continuation of his state-wide consultations and visitations ahead of the official commencement of campaigns for the governorship election in Edo State come September, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Asue Ighodalo, has met with top political leaders from Edo South Senatorial District of the state. The meeting which was kept under close wraps, saw the PDP gubernatorial hopeful meeting with who is who in the political arena in the area during the week. A source familiar with the meeting which was held behind closed door, confided in our reporter that two former governors of the state, Chief…
Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has visited Okuama with an assurance for the safe return of the indigenes who fled the community in the wake of the crisis of their safe return. The Governor who was accompanied by some government officials, reiterated that innocent citizens would not be made to suffer for what they know nothing about. Recall that 17 officers and soldiers were killed in Okuama community on the 14th of March, 2024. A development which made the people of the community to fled for fear of being attacked.
Eminent Itsekiri leaders have voiced strong objections against the proposed execution of the delimitation and review of Warri Federal Constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in a press conference convened in Warri, Delta State, April 19. The leaders, in a statement signed by Chief Robinson Ariyo, the Egogo of Warri Kingdom, on behalf of the concerned Itsekiri leaders highlighted concerns of selective justice, gross disrespect for court judgments, marginalization, discrimination, and oppression by INEC. The leaders began by referencing a 2022 Supreme Court judgment (SC/413/2016) which ordered the review of Wards in Warri Federal Constituency. They emphasized that…
The People Democratic Party, PDP, National Assembly caucus, on Thursday took a strategic decision that saved the day by revolving to allow the party’s acting national chairman, Alhaji Umar Damagun, to remain in office until the national convention in August 2024. That action was a victory for the party, as it denied the different camps who were poised to either remove the chairman from office or confirm him as a substantive chairman for a tenure, the opportunity to do so. This was revealed by an insider, who added that being their first National Executive Council meeting, after the elections, all…
By Patricia Gbemudu The Delta State Chairman of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, (ASCSN), Comrade Bolum Martins, has emphasized the use of superior arguments and diplomacy to negotiate for the welfare of the people since Unions now play a significant role in providing leadership and making demands in Nigeria since the opposition parties have failed in that regard. Bolum Martins stated this on Thursday, 18th April, 2024 in Asaba during the inauguration ceremony for the newly elected executives across various units of the State. At the inaugural proceedings held at ASCSN Secretariat Maryam Babaginda Way Asaba,…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, on Friday gave a solemn assurance to the numerous groups drumming support for his aspiration that he will not disappoint or fail them if he becomes the governor of the state. Ighodalo added rather emphatically, that he would do everything possible to make them proud. Addressing the coordinators and leaders of the various groups which stormed his campaign office in Benin City to reassure him of their commitment, Ighodalo expressed his appreciation for their show of love for his aspiration. He, however, warned that…
The tradition of spraying naira notes at social gatherings in Nigeria has recently come under scrutiny, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) initiating crackdowns on this practice. Section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act (CBN) Act 2007 provides that a person who tampers the Naira note is guilty of an offence and liable to conviction for a term not less than 6 (six) months or a fine not less than N50,000.00k (fifty thousand naira) or both the fine and imprisonment. S. 21 (2) further provides that the Naira is deemed to have tampered if it has defaced…