Why Oborevwori is the Best for Delta 2023

Why Oborevwori is the Best for Delta 2023

-By Dennis Agwa: As Nigerians prepare for the general elections slated for the first quarter of 2023 a lot of permutations are going on about what should happen and who should get what by way of winning at the polls. The electorate…

Delta 2023 and the case for Oborevwori

Delta 2023 and the case for Oborevwori

-By Festus Okubor: ALL through the ages, great leaders, who impacted their generations and times rose from among the people and suffered as they emerged from nothingness to become something. The examples of Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Abraham Lincoln of America,…

Nigerian Red Cross Begins 2022 Flood Intervention For 1,350 Households In Delta

Nigerian Red Cross Begins 2022 Flood Intervention For 1,350 Households In Delta

The Nigerian Red Cross Society yesterday flagged off the 2022 flood intervention for 1, 350 households affected by the recent flood disaster in some local government areas of Delta State.Local government areas that are benefitting are Isoko South, Ndokwa East and Ughelli…

Delta End of Year Children’s party: Dame Okowa Exalts God, Prays For All

Delta End of Year Children’s party: Dame Okowa Exalts God, Prays For All

-By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta state governor and founder 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has hosted children from the twenty five local government areas of the state to an end of year Christmas party. The fanfare took place at the government…

DELTA North Trad Rulers Forum passes vote of confidence on Asagba of Asaba

DELTA North Trad Rulers Forum passes vote of confidence on Asagba of Asaba

DELTA North Traditional Rulers Forum, has passed a vote of confidence on its Chairman and the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Prof Chike Edozien, describing him as a father figure. Briefing Journalists after a meeting of the forum held in Asaba, Vice Chairman…

THERE IS NO IMPUNITY IN DELTA PDP, WE ARE ONE FAMILY

THERE IS NO IMPUNITY IN DELTA PDP, WE ARE ONE FAMILY

The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has reiterated the fact that there is no impunity in the Party, and PDP is one big, united family as was demonstrated in the recently concluded and hugely successful, comprehensive Ward-to-Ward Campaigns across the 270…

2023: ECOWAS engages political actors from North West, North East

2023: ECOWAS engages political actors from North West, North East

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission has engaged the leaderships of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and other stakeholders in identifying ways to a peaceful atmosphere before, during, and after the 2023 general elections. The leaders drawn from the…

<em>TOWARDS 2023: THE TRUE CAMPAIGNERS VERSUS SHOWBOATERS</em>

TOWARDS 2023: THE TRUE CAMPAIGNERS VERSUS SHOWBOATERS

-By Austen AKHAGBEME: After the initial surge and the baring of the campaign fangs on the electorates last November, the politicians campaigning for the next general election in Nigeria are gradually slowing down. This probably owes partly to the CBN’s new Naira…

Dame Okowa interacts with wives of  Traditional Rulers  *Urges Proactiveness, Positive Influence In Society

Dame Okowa interacts with wives of  Traditional Rulers  *Urges Proactiveness, Positive Influence In Society

The wife of the state Governor and founder 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has charged wives of traditional rulers  in the state to be proactive so as to become positive influence in their families, kingdoms and society at large.  Dame Okowa gave the…

Govt Cannot Pay Me, Says STEPreneur <strong>Esononjo</strong>

Govt Cannot Pay Me, Says STEPreneur Esononjo

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Laura Ese Oghene: Uche Esononjo hails from Aniocha North Local Government Area. She was trained and established in Catering and Confectionery in the 2016/2027 Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP)cycle after years of unemployment as a graduate in Microbiology.  She is the CEO of Platinium Cakes and has diversified into event planning….

OPINION: No To BAND, No To EDGE, No To Omo-Agege

OPINION: No To BAND, No To EDGE, No To Omo-Agege

Patriotism is fast becoming a scarce commodity among Nigerian politicians, many of who pursue power inordinately for selfish and raw egoistic reasons. Some Nigerian politicians do not understand the essence of politics except to grab power, steal it and deploy it to…

NIS to Fast Track Passport Issuance for Diasporan Nigerians During Yuletide

NIS to Fast Track Passport Issuance for Diasporan Nigerians During Yuletide

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has set up Diaspora Desks at all international airports in the country to allow Nigerians returning to the country during the forthcoming Yuletide to have a seamless passport processing service. A statement on Monday by the spokesman…

Envoy Asks ECOWAS to Address Economic Challenges with Equal Vigor As Political Upheavals

Envoy Asks ECOWAS to Address Economic Challenges with Equal Vigor As Political Upheavals

Nigeria Ambassador to Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde, John Usanga has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to address the economic challenges facing the region with equal vigor expended on addressing political upheavals. The envoy said the only…

DELTA PDP SALUTES UDUAGHAN, DESCRIBES HIM AS RARE STATESMAN WITH HEART OF GOLD

DELTA PDP SALUTES UDUAGHAN, DESCRIBES HIM AS RARE STATESMAN WITH HEART OF GOLD

The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council has expressed its deep and profound gratitude to His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the immediate past Governor of Delta State, describing him as a rare statesman, with a heart of gold and…

Pyrates Confraternity Calls for Re-engineering of Nigerian Foreign Mission for Optimal Performance

Pyrates Confraternity Calls for Re-engineering of Nigerian Foreign Mission for Optimal Performance

The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) otherwise known as Pyrates Confraternity has called for the re-engineering of Nigerian foreign missions fir optimal performance. The body, in Abuja on Friday listed some of the factors responsible for the underperformance to include inadequate budgetary…

HURIWA Names NDLEA Boss, Buba Marwa Man of The Year

HURIWA Names NDLEA Boss, Buba Marwa Man of The Year

The leading and foremost civil rights advocacy group; the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has named the Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA); Buba Marwa the Human Rights Man of the Year for 2022 HURIWA…

Why We Are Organising Town Hall for Presidential Candidates on Human Rights- NHRC

Why We Are Organising Town Hall for Presidential Candidates on Human Rights- NHRC

The National National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has explained the reason for organising in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) the first ever Presidential Town Hall on Human Rights to mark the International Human Rights Day. Speaking at the Second United Nations…

UN Says It Takes All to Fight Corruption To Standstill

UN Says It Takes All to Fight Corruption To Standstill

The United Nations (UN) has said it takes all to fight corruption to a standstill with the states, government officials, civil servants, law enforcement officers, media representatives, the private sector, civil society, academia, the public and youth all having a role to…

Security: FG wants synergy among early warning, early response actors *OSPRE harps on multi-dimensional approach

Security: FG wants synergy among early warning, early response actors *OSPRE harps on multi-dimensional approach

The federal government through the Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE) on Thursday stressed the need for synergy among actors and stakeholders in the peace-building, early warning, and early response sectors. Speaking during the inaugural summit and technical workshop of the…

Delta Govt Organizes Job Readiness Workshop for 236 Fresh Graduates 

Delta Govt Organizes Job Readiness Workshop for 236 Fresh Graduates 

In its determination to reduce unemployment in the state, a two-day Job Readiness Workshop Series for fresh graduates have commenced in Delta State. The workshop was organized by the Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau under its Graduate Employment Enhancement Programme (GEEP.) The workshop which began today December…

Oko Youths Did Not Chase Elumelu, PDP Campaign Train Away, Rather They Were Welcome, Appreciated 

Oko Youths Did Not Chase Elumelu, PDP Campaign Train Away, Rather They Were Welcome, Appreciated 

The attention of the Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu Campaign Organization has been drawn to a misleading report published online on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 and credited to the Punch Newspaper, purporting that Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, the Minority Leader of the House…

UNFPA donates PHC to persons with disability

UNFPA donates PHC to persons with disability

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated a Primary Health Centre to persons with disability in Karon Magiji community, Abuja. Commissioning the facility, Ms Ulla Mueller, Country Representative, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said that the donation was in commemoration of International Day…

FG Takes Strident Step on Plastic Waste Management

FG Takes Strident Step on Plastic Waste Management

The Federal Government has taken strident step on management of plastic waste in the country by inaugurating a Project Steering Committee (PSC) for Promotion of Sustainable Plastics Value Chains through Circular Economy Practices. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja on Tuesday, the…

Appeal Court nullifies sale of Intercontinental Hotel, orders return to Milan Group

Appeal Court nullifies sale of Intercontinental Hotel, orders return to Milan Group

The Court of Appeal Lagos Division has nullified the sale of Intercontinental Hotels, Lagos by Polaris Bank and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, and ordered a return of the facility to the original owner, the Milan Industries Ltd.In a unanimous judgment in…

NSF: Verify Report Before You Go To Press – Aniagwu Tells Journalists

NSF: Verify Report Before You Go To Press – Aniagwu Tells Journalists

Delta State Commissioner for Information and Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of the National Sports Festival holding in Asaba, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, has refuted media reports purporting that the hosting of the ongoing 21st edition by Delta state is one of the worst in…

NSF : Delta Will Serve As Performing Centre To Train Aquatic Athletes – Chinoye

NSF : Delta Will Serve As Performing Centre To Train Aquatic Athletes – Chinoye

President of National Aquatic Federation, Chief Chinoye Aliyu has said that the facilities in Delta state being host of the national sports festival will serve as performance centre for future aquatic athletes, which will be used to train and retrain them internationally….

IZU-IKEI ANIOMA COMMENDS PRESIDENT BUHARI FOR NOMINATING THEIR DAUGHTER AS NDDC CHAIRMAN

IZU-IKEI ANIOMA COMMENDS PRESIDENT BUHARI FOR NOMINATING THEIR DAUGHTER AS NDDC CHAIRMAN

A non political group, Aniocha-Oshimili Elders Association also called the Elders Association of Aniocha – Oshimili Izu-Ikei, has described the nomination of Mrs. Lauretta Onichi as the substantive Chairman of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the President and Commander – in…

<strong>Key into Govt’s</strong><strong>.</strong><strong> Agricultural Policies, </strong><strong><em>YAGEPreneur</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong>Odogwu Advises Youths</strong>

Key into Govt’s. Agricultural Policies, YAGEPreneur Odogwu Advises Youths

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Anthony Nnamdi Odogwu is the CEO of Anthony Odogwu Farms. He hails from Oshimili North. He enrolled in YAGEP in the 2015/2016 cycle in which he was trained and established with a buffer support package in Poultry at the YAGEP Farm Cluster located at the…

Onyeme, Nwoko, Iduh, Obielum, Others For Maris’ Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols

Onyeme, Nwoko, Iduh, Obielum, Others For Maris’ Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols

PROMINENT Nigerians are expected at this year’s edition of Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols organized by Maris Schools, Amachai, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area within the Delta State Capital Territory. Speaking with some journalists in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday,…

2023: Dame Okowa Okays Atiku/Okowa ticket  *Urges Women Participation *BRINGS SUCCOUR TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN BAYELSA

2023: Dame Okowa Okays Atiku/Okowa ticket *Urges Women Participation *BRINGS SUCCOUR TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN BAYELSA

Wife of Delta State Governor and founder 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has urged Nigerian women to participate fully in the forthcoming general elections in order to help salvage the nation. Dame Okowa charged them to be courageous and determined in the…

<strong>Flooding: 600 Died, 1.3m People Displaced, Says UNICEF</strong>

Flooding: 600 Died, 1.3m People Displaced, Says UNICEF

-From SUNNY A.  DAVID: The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that according government data no fewer than 600 persons died and 1.3million rendered homeless as a result of the September/October floods across 34 States of the country. Chief of UNICEF Field…

“ENCOURAGE YOUTHS TO GO INTO FARMING IN NIGER DELTA” – REV (DR) OBI

“ENCOURAGE YOUTHS TO GO INTO FARMING IN NIGER DELTA” – REV (DR) OBI

-From MICHAEL J. EKOKORUWE: A United Nations innovator for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Rev. (Dr.) Amos Obi, has called on the state / federal government and individuals to encourage the youths to go into farming and engage orientation of non – violent…

ECOWAS to Invest in Reducing Barriers to Trade in West Africa

ECOWAS to Invest in Reducing Barriers to Trade in West Africa

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is to remove roadblocks of regional integration by investing time and resources on reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers in West Africa. Speaking at the opening of the 89th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council…

United Nations call for Collective Action to end Violence against Women and Girls

United Nations call for Collective Action to end Violence against Women and Girls

The Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the UN Women Nigeria Country Office convened a high-level Orange the World Ceremony and the Lighting of the UN House to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism for the year. During the event,…

Gov. Buni enjoins Clerics to pray for Nigeria, leaders

Gov. Buni enjoins Clerics to pray for Nigeria, leaders

The Yobe state Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni CON, has urged clerics in the country to continue praying for the prosperity of Nigeria and its leadership. He made the call today when the National Leader of Jama’atul Izzalatu Bid’a wa ikhamatu Sunnah…

Atiku/Okowa Presidency Will Bring Development, Wipe Out Insecurity, Elumelu Declares…Pursues Establishment of Asaba Federal University of Technology, More Job Opportunities

Atiku/Okowa Presidency Will Bring Development, Wipe Out Insecurity, Elumelu Declares…Pursues Establishment of Asaba Federal University of Technology, More Job Opportunities

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has assured that a Presidency led by Atiku Abubakar and Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa will bring in meaningful development that will impact positively to the lives of Nigerians. The Minority Leader,…

<strong>I No Longer Seek Government Job</strong><strong>, Says </strong><strong>STEPreneur</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Eleah</strong>

I No Longer Seek Government Job, Says STEPreneur Eleah

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Basil Eleah hails from Aniocha South LGA. Though he has an NCE and trained in Tiling in the 2016/2017 STEP cycle, he has diversified to sales of bird feeds, poultry and is a point of sales agent (POS) to increase his streams of…

<em>ADEMOLA ADELEKE: DUSTING THE DUSTY TABLES</em>

ADEMOLA ADELEKE: DUSTING THE DUSTY TABLES

-By Austen Akhagbeme: With all the expected pomp, fanfare, music and excitement reminiscent of the amiable personality of the newly sworn-in governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke took over the reins of power bestriding a trojan horse. His youthful mindset,…