NATIONAL HONOUR : NMAH, OGHENE-OMORU CONGRATULATE OKOWA

NATIONAL HONOUR : NMAH, OGHENE-OMORU CONGRATULATE OKOWA

-By Sylvester Iloba: The Chairman of the Delta State Investments Development Agency (DIDA), Mr. Paul Nmah, has congratulated Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the conferment of the prestigious…

<em>PDP CRISIS: AN UMBRELLA IN THE STORM</em>

PDP CRISIS: AN UMBRELLA IN THE STORM

-By Austen Akhagbeme: Amidst an unending crisis that has dangerously factionalised and fractionalised the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, the Party still went ahead to flag off its campaign in Governor Emmanuel Udom’s city of Uyo on Monday. And like a limping athlete,…

<strong>YAGEP Grew My Poultry Farm, Says Chukwuma</strong>

YAGEP Grew My Poultry Farm, Says Chukwuma

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Eze Livinus Chukwuma hails from Ukwuani Local Government Area. He is the CEO of Kiwi Farms. He enrolled into the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2020/2021 cycle as a Brown YAGEPreneur,through which he received farm inputs/support package to grow his…

Residents Protest Lives Threatening Erosion Caused By PDP Man In Asaba

Residents Protest Lives Threatening Erosion Caused By PDP Man In Asaba

-By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA: Residents of Airport View Estate of Asaba axis in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State have today protested the blockage of what they called the only waterway channel, causing lack of access road into the…

<strong>I See Future in YAGEP, Says Akpoviri</strong>

I See Future in YAGEP, Says Akpoviri

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Akpoviri Emmanuel hails from Ethiope East Local Government Area. He enrolled in the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2015/2016 cycle and was trained and established in Poultry. He holds an HND in Mechanical Engineering. Seven…

Over 1600 patients treated in three weeks in MSF cholera treatment centre in Maiduguri

Over 1600 patients treated in three weeks in MSF cholera treatment centre in Maiduguri

Maiduguri, 5 October 2022 – More than 1,600 people have been treated for cholera in the past three weeks by teams from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, northeast Nigeria. Patient numbers…

Issele-Uku NYSC Orientation Camp Road: Delta Govt Regrets Embarrassments To Reps Minority Leader, Elumelu, Aniocha North Over Delay

Issele-Uku NYSC Orientation Camp Road: Delta Govt Regrets Embarrassments To Reps Minority Leader, Elumelu, Aniocha North Over Delay

The Delta State Government has said that it regretted embarrassments that the delay on the NYSC National Orientation Camp Road Project work at Issele-Uku have caused the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu and the people of…

Aniocha North Legislative Arm Condems Two Disgruntled Persons For Viral Online Video On Elumelu, Calls for Punitive Measures

Aniocha North Legislative Arm Condems Two Disgruntled Persons For Viral Online Video On Elumelu, Calls for Punitive Measures

The Legislative Arm of the Aniocha North Local Government, Delta State has condemned in strong terms two disgruntled elements from Idumu-Ogo for misleading the public and causing aspersion and disrepute to the person of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives,…

NDLEA, Interpol sign MoU on access to global criminal data records

NDLEA, Interpol sign MoU on access to global criminal data records

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and the International Criminal Police Organization, popularly known as Interpol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU that will enable the anti-narcotics agency contribute to the pool of global criminal data and also access such…

Nigeria keen to enhance trade, investment relations with Qatar

Nigeria keen to enhance trade, investment relations with Qatar

Nigeria and Qatar enjoy close affinity since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries and Nigeria is committed to enhancing trade and investment relations with Qatar, Ambassador of Nigeria to Qatar HE Yakubu Abdullahi Ahmed has said. According to a…

Delta Court Conviction: Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Defiling Minor

Delta Court Conviction: Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Defiling Minor

-From Onoriode Etatsemi: A High Court in Delta State sitting at Asaba, has convicted and sentenced one Daniel Godwin Etong (m) to life imprisonment for the defilement of a 7 year old girl. A statement issued Mrs Patricia Uche Akamagwuna, Director, Sexual…

YAGEP Made Me, a PwD, Relevant, Says Sylvanus

YAGEP Made Me, a PwD, Relevant, Says Sylvanus

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Emmanuel Sylvanus is one of the persons living with disabilities (PwDs), trained and established by the Delta State Government through its Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP.) He is visually impaired and has an HND in Mass Communication. Emmanuel is…

OKOWANOMICS FACT SHEET NO. 7, SEPTEMBER-B 2022. “THE LEGACY OF A TRANSFORMED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM”

OKOWANOMICS FACT SHEET NO. 7, SEPTEMBER-B 2022. “THE LEGACY OF A TRANSFORMED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM”

Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau is pleased to publish the latest [new] edition of the twice-a-month Okowanomics Fact Sheet Series. The purpose of the Series is to widely disseminate Governor Okowa’s outstanding governance achievements and exemplary leadership performance in Delta…

Ex-footballer, Brazilian returnee arrested at Lagos airport for cocaine trafficking

Ex-footballer, Brazilian returnee arrested at Lagos airport for cocaine trafficking

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa. Okafor who was arrested last Monday on board…

NIGERIA AT @ 62, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT SMILES ON FACES OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION… OJUKWU

NIGERIA AT @ 62, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT SMILES ON FACES OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION… OJUKWU

The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN congratulates Nigerians on the 62nd independent anniversary celebration as he pledges the Commissions commitment to tackle human rights violations and seek appropriate redress for victims. Chief Ojukwu who made this pledge…

PRESS RELEASE: AUDI GRIEFS OVER DEATH OF LEAD OUTRIDER, CONDOLES WITH FAMILY, NSCDC PERSONNEL

PRESS RELEASE: AUDI GRIEFS OVER DEATH OF LEAD OUTRIDER, CONDOLES WITH FAMILY, NSCDC PERSONNEL

The National Headquarters of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been thrown into mourning state following a fatal accident which claimed the life of Commandant General’s lead outrider, Assistant Superintendent of Corps 1 (Asc 1), Dickson Dike who was loved…

2023 Elections: NIS to Shut Doors Against Foreign Migrants

2023 Elections: NIS to Shut Doors Against Foreign Migrants

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it would shut the doors against the use of foreign migrants from neighbouring countries in next year’s election. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) Isah Idris made the pledge on Thursday at a meeting with top management…

DELTA GOVT INAUGURATES COUNCIL ON EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

DELTA GOVT INAUGURATES COUNCIL ON EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

-By Sylvester Iloba: In pursuance of its drive towards making Delta State conducive for investments to thrive, the Delta State Government had inaugurated the Council on Ease of Doing Business. The Delta State Council on Ease of Doing Business was inaugurated by the…

PDP Group Demands Sack, Investigation of Arapaja, Orbih, Affah-Attoe Others for Anti-Party Activities

PDP Group Demands Sack, Investigation of Arapaja, Orbih, Affah-Attoe Others for Anti-Party Activities

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Coalition for Good Governance, has  condemned in strong terms the anti-party activities of the Deputy National Chairman (South), Amb. Taofeek Arapaja, the National Vice Chairman (South South), Chief Dan Orbih, the National Vice Chairman (South West), Olasoji Adagunodo…

<strong>2022 STEP Trainees Undergo Leadership Class 101</strong>

2022 STEP Trainees Undergo Leadership Class 101

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Laura Ese Oghene: 2022 trainees enrolled in the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) have lauded the Delta State Government’s for its job creation programme, describing it as the surest way out of poverty. They made the commendations during the first series of Personal Effectiveness and Leadership Development (PELD) workshop held for…

<strong>2022 YAGEP Beneficiaries in Cassava Production Receive</strong><strong> Orientation</strong>

2022 YAGEP Beneficiaries in Cassava Production Receive Orientation

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Beneficiaries of the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) enrolled into the 2022 cycle has received orientation with a call on them to use knowledge acquired to boost their farm enterprises. The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Prof Eric Eboh, made the call during…

<strong>I Now Fend </strong><strong>f</strong><strong>or Myself</strong><strong>, Says </strong><strong>STEPreneur</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Onome</strong>

I Now Fend for Myself, Says STEPreneur Onome

-Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Laura Ese Oghene: Juliet Onome is the CEO of Judos Clothing, a beneficiary of Fashion Design and Tailoring in the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) in the 2015/2016 cycle.  She hails from Okpe LGA and is a graduate of Botany, but was jobless for three years…

2023: Isoko APC Grassroots Movement for new Delta hails party leadership, assures victory at polls

2023: Isoko APC Grassroots Movement for new Delta hails party leadership, assures victory at polls

The Isoko APC Grassroots Movement for a new Delta, a political support movement of men and women of Isoko extraction has paid a courtesy visit and pledged its support to the leadership of the All Progressive Congress in Delta state. In a statement…

US Trains Nigeria on Capabilities to Investigate Chemical, Biological Weapons-Contaminated Crime Scenes

US Trains Nigeria on Capabilities to Investigate Chemical, Biological Weapons-Contaminated Crime Scenes

The United States Trains Nigeria on Enhancing Capabilities to Investigate Chemical and Biological Weapons-Contaminated Crime Scenes The United States conducted a training workshop in Abuja, Nigeria September 19-23, 2022, with partners from Nigerian domestic security services, law enforcement, and first responders, aimed…

MSF Calls for Inclusion of North West in UN’s Humanitarian Plan

MSF Calls for Inclusion of North West in UN’s Humanitarian Plan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders has called for the inclusion of Northwest Nigeria in the United Nations’ Humanitarian Plan, insisting that this would enable a broader and more sustained response in the region which has been bedeviled…

NDLEA sets ablaze 1.8 tonnes of cocaine

NDLEA sets ablaze 1.8 tonnes of cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has set ablaze 1.8 tonnes of cocaine recovered last week from a warehouse in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The Chairman/Chief Executive of the anti-narcotics agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) during the burning of…

<em>2023 GENERAL ELECTION: THE IMPERATIVE OF AN ISSUE-BASED CAMPAIGN</em>

2023 GENERAL ELECTION: THE IMPERATIVE OF AN ISSUE-BASED CAMPAIGN

-By Austen Akhagbeme: Just a few days from now, the longest campaign period in recent time, before a general election, in Nigeria will commence. It has always been a shorter period than it is now. This unprecedented latitude will help to differentiate…

<strong>YAGEP </strong><strong>Grew</strong><strong> My Business</strong><strong>,</strong><strong> Says </strong><strong>Muyiwa</strong>

YAGEP Grew My Business, Says Muyiwa

–By Ese Laura Oghene: Mebaghanje Muyiwa is the CEO of Finger Integrated Farm. She hails from Warri South Local Government Area. She studied Business Administration and enrolled into the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2019/2020 cycle as a Brown YAGEPreneur in Piggery. She shares her story. ‘’I was into pig farming for three years, but mybusiness was not growing…

CAPACITY BUILDING: NSCDC PARTNERS IGBINEDION VERSITY ON TRAINING OF PERSONNEL

CAPACITY BUILDING: NSCDC PARTNERS IGBINEDION VERSITY ON TRAINING OF PERSONNEL

As part of efforts to improve the capacities of personnel for enhanced performance, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Igbinedion University, Okada, have agreed on a partnership to provide strategic training, research needs and scholarship for its members. The…

Three retired IGs, ex-DIG lobby AGF, others, for PSC top job

Three retired IGs, ex-DIG lobby AGF, others, for PSC top job

*Police appeal judgment on constables recruitment after two years Three former Inspectors-General of Police and a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police are currently lobbying to replace ex-IGP Musiliu Smith as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission. The former police chiefs, according…

Edo Cultural Association registers 140 Nigerians for NIN in Massachusett

Edo Cultural Association registers 140 Nigerians for NIN in Massachusett

Edo Cultural Association in Massachusett, United States, has successfully registered 140 Nigerians for the National Identity Number (NIN).An online newspaper, saharareporters in its report alleged that the organiser, had turned the exercise which ought to be free to a merchandise, charging the…

NDLEA seizes N194 bn worth cocaine in largest single bust  …Arrests 4 drug barons, another

NDLEA seizes N194 bn worth cocaine in largest single bust …Arrests 4 drug barons, another

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos where 1.8 tonnes (1,855 kilogrammes) of cocaine with street value of $278,250,000 (approximately $278.3 million) or N194,775,000,000 (approximately N194.8…

<strong>Delta Job Creation Bureau Trains Staff on Performance Improvement</strong>

Delta Job Creation Bureau Trains Staff on Performance Improvement

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Senior Management Staff of the Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau have been charged to deplore knowledge acquired during training to improve their performance in their duties. The Director-General of the Centre for Management Development (CMD, Abuja, Mr….

<strong>Car Wash Operators Urged To Ensure Security, Standard In Delta Capital Territory —Onyemaechi</strong>

Car Wash Operators Urged To Ensure Security, Standard In Delta Capital Territory —Onyemaechi

–By Albert OGRAKA: Director General (DG) Of Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency (DSCTDA), Hon. Joan Onyemaechi, has reiterated her call for security measures to be put in place by car wash operators in the Asaba capital Territory. The Director General made…

<strong>STEP</strong> <strong>Broadened My Knowledge </strong><strong>in</strong><strong> Electrical Works, Says </strong><strong>Eyaguobor</strong>

STEP Broadened My Knowledge in Electrical Works, Says Eyaguobor

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Laura Ese Laura Oghene: David Eyaguobor is the CEO of Daux Electrical Works & Parts. He enrolled and trained in Electrical Installation and Repairs in the 2017/2018 STEP cycle. He hails from Okpe LGA and is an SSCE holder. He is knowledgeable in electrical works having worked with…

ECOWAS Parliamentarians Express Concern Over Handling of Religious Matters in W/Africa

ECOWAS Parliamentarians Express Concern Over Handling of Religious Matters in W/Africa

Members of Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Parliament have expressed deep concern regarding the unequal treatment of religious matters in political decisions by government of various countries in West Africa. The Parliament therefore called on political and religious leaders from…

Release of North East Masterplan, Big Statement by FG  -KACRAN

Release of North East Masterplan, Big Statement by FG -KACRAN

The release of the North East Masterplan by the North East Development Commission (NEDC) has been described a big statement of the federal government’s plan to arrest the troubled region from the brink of destruction brought about by the over 12 years…

NAOWA seeks partnership with NDLEA on anti-drug war

NAOWA seeks partnership with NDLEA on anti-drug war

Nigeria Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) has pledged commitment to work with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to ensure a drug-free country. The Wife of the Chief of Army Staff and President of the Nigeria Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA),…