Over 30,000 ex-agitators in the Niger Delta, on Friday opposed the planned protests across the country on October 1st. The youths vowed not to allow any protest to take place in the region on October 1st. The repentant agitators, who spoke through their leaders at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Presidential Amnesty Programme led by Dr. Dennis Otuaro, in Warri, Delta State, called on the people of the Niger Delta region to avoid protests ahead of the October 1, assuring that the region’s challenges would be addressed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The youths disclosed this Friday…
Author: Spade Nigeria
By Jane Uyi Orobosa Chaiii, what a shameful show of subservience. It is a sad, sad new day for Edo State. And please, don’t get it twist for a second, a New Edo is not rising anytime soon. No, not with a Monday Okpebholo, the fraudulently declared governor-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Since the stomach turning video of Okpebholo, with his deputy, Denis Idahosa, accompanied by a prattling old man renowned for his uncontrollable diarrhea of the mouth hit the internet, men and women of conscience have been shocked beyond reaction. History, they say, is…
Lucky Tubotu,an indigene of Bilabiri 1&2 communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has clarified the statements he made regarding armed youths recruited into the communities following heightened insecurity in the communities occasioned by the activities of Ebimene Abaka,Tekena Abaka and others. Tubotu in a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital titled “Setting the Record Straight,Clarifying Misunderstood Statement” said he only re-echoed what Ebimene Akaba and the Chairman of Bilabiri 1 community Tekena Abaka told the people that the armed youths in the communities were employed by an erstwhile Governor Elect of Bayelsa State to carry out a…
As heavy rainfall is expected to worsen in Delta State, coupled with the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon, the State Orientation and Communications Bureau, has appealed to residents to brace up for challenges associated with flooding. Director General of the Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe while speaking as guest of Voice of Delta FM and Trend FM public affairs programs in Asaba on Wednesday, disclosed that the National Flood Warning Systems Centre, NFWSC, under the Federal Ministry of Environment, had predicted heavy rainfall in 15 States, including Delta, from 24th to 28th September, that may result…
People of Anioma nation have commended Senator Ned Nwoko for his visit to the minister of works, David Umahi, and director general of Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi, where he was given assurance of speedy work on failed portions of Benin-Asaba expressway. Specifically, the Delta North Senator mentioned the stretch between Alifikede in Ika land and Asaba Bridge end, which he said has become hazardous and has resulted in numerous fatalities. Reports went viral showing photos of the Delta North Senator with the Managing Director of FERMA, after a fruitful discussion on plans to rehabilitate the deplorable…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), has urged Nigerians, especially those concerned to heed government agencies’ warning about flooding and its dangers. The Delta State Director of the Agency, Comrade Tracy Omamode Ikolomi reiterated this admonition on Thursday, while addressing pressmen in the Agency’s State Headquarters office in Asaba. Ikolomi gave the admonition ahead of the Agency’s preparation to sensitize the public on flood alert and safety precautions and other relevant stakeholders of the recent discharge of excess water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon reservoir and the need to stay safe. The NOA Director emphasised that it had become imperative to…
Critical stakeholders, leaders and Party faithful of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State have strongly criticized the ongoing reconciliation efforts led by Elder Godsday Orubebe, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. They describe the process as a “hoax” and question the committee’s genuine intentions. At a public hearing of the Secretariat Subcommittee of the Olorogun O’tega Emerhor led Reconciliation Committee for Delta Central held at the PTI Conference Centre in Effurun, stakeholders presented memorandums expressing concerns. They argue that the State Party Chairman has lost moral ground to lead reconciliation efforts and therefore…
The late Professor Sam Ukala Memorial Foundation has organized “A Day of the Great Literary and Creative Works” of the world renowned thespian who passed away in 2021.. Speaking on the occasion, which took place at the Marian Babangida Leisure Park, Anwai, Asaba on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Foundation and first son of the late Emeritus Professor, Hon Olise Ukala, said the outing was to promote and preserve the iconic works of their father Hon Ukala said the Foundation hoped to use the celebration to create awareness and reposition Theatre Arts and Drama in the front burner of Global…
The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, has reaffirmed the Assembly’s dedication to enacting laws aimed at improving the well-being of citizens across the state. He made this pledge during a meeting with members of the Delta Online Publishers’ Forum (DOPF) at the Assembly complex in Asaba on Wednesday, 25th September 2024. Guwor, in his remark, underscored the Legislature’s critical role as the core of democracy, noting that it is the only government arm comprised of elected representatives entrusted with making laws to ensure peace, order, and good governance. He highlighted that under his…
EFFURUN/Delta State: Delta Trust Mortgage Bank is experiencing a significant transformation following the appointment of Hon. Jude Ogbimi as its Chairman. This change in leadership has brought renewed visibility and ambition to the bank, which had previously operated with little public recognition. Hon. Ogbimi, accompanied by the bank’s Executive Director, Barrister Joshua Muhwen, recently conducted visits to the Chairmen of Okpe and Uvwie Local Government Areas. The purpose of these visits was to inform the local governments about the bank’s enhanced role and to encourage them to leverage the autonomy recently granted to them by partnering with Delta Trust Mortgage…