The Economic Communities Of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed it readiness to establish electricity market in West Africa where contractors can buy power to improve energy generation and industrialization of the sub-region. Speaking at the 7th Edition of the ECOWAS Sustainable…
A State Governor in Nigeria, Prof. Babagana Zulum has released the sum N700 million for the payment of 2022 leave grants to local government workers across Borno state. Commissioner for Local Governments and Emirates Affairs, Sugun Mai Mele announced the payment on…
The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga local government area of Sokoto state, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among those arrested in connection with drug offices by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the past. A statement on Sunday…
Chairman of the Delta State INEC Press Corps, IPC, Olorogun Festus Ahon has urged Deltans to collect their Permanent Voter’s Card, PVCs to enable them vote candidates of their choice in the 2023 general elections.Ahon in a statement by the IPC Public…
We watched the Delta APC Governorship Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege making a huge joke at Asaba with the inauguration of his campaign council, witnessed by a scanty crowd. Typical of a man fixated with rabble -rousing, Omo-Agege as usual degenerated low to…
-By Austen Akhagbeme: Following the lightspeed demise of the calamitous seven weeks tenure of Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, the popular chancellor of the Exchequer, steps in as the first British Prime Minister of colour and the youngest in 200 years. At 42…
–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Rejoice Okijirhie is one of the PwDs enrolled in the 2015/2016 cycle. She hails from Uwvie LGA and has an NCE. In spite of her physical disability, she was trained in Hairdressing and Makeover. Six years later, Rejoice is still in business, owns a…
The Governor of Delta State and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has celebrated with IDPs at the DESOPADEC Camp in Oleh. The governor during his visit to the camp on Wednesday 19th October, made a promise…
Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer of DELTA STATE OIL PRODUCING AREAS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CIFA, says “A New Era for Delta Beckons” with the declaration of RT. HON. SHERIFF FRANCIS OROHWEDOR OBOREVWORI as the the undisputed gubernatorial flagbearer…
The Senior Political Adviser to the Governor of Delta State and vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, has described the Supreme Court judgement that affirmed the undisputed status of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as a…
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday, charged Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in the state, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, to see his victory at the Supreme Court as a test of his preparedness for greater responsibilities in governance. Okowa who…
Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has celebrated the Supreme Court judgement which confirmed Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, as the duly elected, substantive, and authentic Governorship candidate of the Party in the 2023 general elections. The joyous mood of celebration was conveyed…
–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu: Chimenma Achuba (Piggery) benefitted from the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme under the Brown YAGEP category in the 2020/2021 cycle. She hails from Ukwuani Local Government Area and has a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture. She is the CEO of JosricoEnterprise which specializes in pig…
The Governor of Delta State and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, today embarked upon assessment tour of IDP camps across the state, with a visit to the IDP Camp in Oleh under the administration of DESOPADEC….
Zulum Approves Employment for 20 Children of Staff of State Owned Polytechnic Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has given approval for the employment of 20 children of staff of the state owned Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, most of whose parents died while…
Nigeria has publicized it’s preparations towards the forthcoming 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) holding from November 6 to 18, 2022, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Minister of Environment, Mr…
An Igbo teacher who was met at her duty post as early as 6am about two years ago when Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum paid an unscheduled visit is among the 24 primary school teachers allocated houses at the newly built…
The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved a total of USD250 million for five member states of Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone to boost their oil & gas, energy, road infrastructure…
Following the devastating effects of this year’s flood, the Delta state Government through various agencies have continued to reach out to victims sheltered at designated Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the state. Wife of the state governor and Founder, 05 Initiative…
From SUNNY A. DAVID/ Awka: Commercial sex workers and other roadside traders operating along the former Abakaliki Street now Club Road in Awka, Anambra State and its environs, were over weekend, thrown into discomfort, as the State government stormed the street with…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned in strong teams the attack on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Rally in Kaduna, on Monday, October 17, 2022 by thugs alleged to have been mobilized by certain interests in the…
-From Etene Prosper: As part of the Delta State Government’s effort towards alleviating the suffering of the people of flood revaged communities in the state, the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) yesterday at the Urhobo House, Uvwiamuge-Agbarho distributed various…
-By Austen Akhagbeme: The penchant of Nigerian political elites to always embark on electioneering campaigns based on our fault lines shows their obduracy and lack of willingness for change. This is indicative of the lack of finesse and depth in terms of…
OKOWANOMICS SERIESOkowanomics Fact Sheet No. 8, OCTOBER-A 2022. “Historic Upliftment of Riverine, Coastal and Creek Communities of Delta State” Part I – Unprecedented Development of Transport, Housing and Market Infrastructure”. DELTA STATE JOB AND WEALTH CREATION BUREAU [DSJWCB] is pleased to publish…
As part of spirited efforts by government, corporate bodies and individuals to support victims sacked by the present flooding across the country, wife of Delta Governor, Dame Edith Okowa has visited the internally displaced persons camps at Ogbe-Afor and Onneh Primary Schools…
–By Albert OGRAKA:Delta state government has established ten functional camps for internally displaced persons, owing to the upsurge of flooding in most parts of the state. Director General, Delta State Bureau of Orientation, Mr. Eugene Uzum, who disclosed this on Friday, October 14,…
In his determination to ensure community development in Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta State, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has commenced construction of more projects in some of the communities across the four Local Government…
–By Laura Ese Oghene: Okotie Francis Anthony is the CEO of Finger Integrated Farm. He hails from Warri South Local Government Area and has a B.Sc. in Accounting. He enrolled into the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2015/2016 cycle, the pioneer set where he began…
The well coordinated initiative of Bashorun Askia Ogieh, Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC and his dynamic executive management, to mitigate the effect of the raging flood across the mandate oil-bearing areas of the State has…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, says the conferment of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) national honour award on the Governor of Delta…
-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…
-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,…
–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…
-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…
Tell us about your life and career? My name is Ambassador Mohammed Abdullahi Mabdul . I was born on October 10, 1961 in Makurdi, Benue State and married with children. I graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Arabic &…
–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…
-By Onoriode Etatsemi: Christians across the country have been enjoined to put their trust in God who only is our final peace and solutions. The Associate Pastor of the Bethel Baptist church, Sapele Delta State Rev. E. Okpara gave this advice to…
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…
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…
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,…
