By Fred Edoreh There are always eras in history. From the Stone to Bronze to Iron Ages, we evolved into the Modern Age which also revolved from Subsistence to Industrial to Machine to Nuclear to Space and to Information ages. These evolutions or revolutions which enabled higher development and growth in human culture and economy were inspired by increase in knowledge, underlining the axiom that knowledge is power. As was espoused in Frantz Fannon’s foreword in The Wretched of the Earth, “each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it in relative opacity.” Delta State has gone through…
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By KENNETH OBIEH FROM ASABA/ The officials of the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme commended the Governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for his passion to bring deliberate succour to its citizenry promptly. They gave this commendation when the governor officially flag-off Result Area 1 and 2 of the D-CARES programme in the state. The Director Economic Growth, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning/Chairman, Federal CARES Technical Committee, Mr. Aso Ovakporaye thanked His Excellency for making Delta State proud for been the first to flag- off the program with Result Area 3…
Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday said the state’s COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (D-CARES) Programme was to mitigate the adverse economic impact of the pandemic, particularly on the poor and vulnerable. Okowa disclosed this at the official flag-off of the implementation of activities under Result Areas 1 and 2 of the Delta COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (D-CARES) Programme held at the Events Centre, Asaba. He said that the D-CARES programme is a World Bank supported intervention with the main objective of expanding access…
Two suspected terrorists on the watchlist of the Delta State Police Command, have been declared wanted. The suspects identified as Francis Oduwanor Odiakose (aka Medolue) and one Christopher Odiakose ( aka Big Fish) were declared wanted for offences bordering on terrorism and cultism. State Police Public Relation Officer, Bright Edafe confirmed this Thursday in a statement issued in Warri, the commercial nerve centre of the state. He said that the suspects are also wanted over attempted murder, grievous harm and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace. The Police image maker said that a warrant of arrest was issued…
Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, has carved a niche for himself as a political leader without whom the story of modern Delta would be incomplete, Delta APC Gubernatorial Candidate and Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has said. In a congratulatory message signed by the Director, Communications and Media Strategy of the Delta APC gubernatorial campaign organisation, Ima Niboro, Senator Omo-Agege described Chief Ibori as a leader who believes in building bridges rather than burning them. The senator extolled the past and present leadership roles of the ex-governor, recalling his invaluable contribution to the struggle for resource control…
The Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has approved establishment of Data Fusion Center to improve synergy between the four para-military agencies under the supervision of the Ministry. This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Shuaib Belgore during the inauguration of the Committee to expedite action on the implementation of the proposed project. Belgore noted that the Data Fusion Center to be domiciled in the Ministry would serve as a point of harmonization and integration of information gathering and sharing. “…the purpose of the Data Fusion Center is to provide aggregation, analysis and dissemination point for classified and…
Speaking on the controversially tagged”Muslim-Muslim Ticket” of the All Progressive Congress (APC), first world black Nigeria’s born Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka noted that “This gathering here could not have been more timely. “In fact I am hoping that a series of this kind of encounter will take place all over the nation between now and the long awaited day next year. “I think it will help many people clarify a number of things in minds before that day and maybe move a little bit away towards pulling us out of the morass in which we find ourselves, if we…
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 Delta State Governorship election, Olorogun David Edevbie, has felicitated Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State (1999-2007) and a national leader of the PDP popularly acknowledged as the architect of modern Delta State, on the occasion of his birthday anniversary. Chief James Ibori who is fondly called “Odidigborigbo of the Source” turned 64 on August 4, 2022. In the goodwill message released by Fred Edoreh, his Director of Strategic Communications, Edevbie prayed God to grant the former Governor the grace of sound health and peace unto ripe old age.…
By Chukwudi Iwuchukwu Governor Wike of Rivers and the PDP politicians including PDP governors loyal to him had a meeting yesterday at the Rivers state governors’ lodge. One of the resolutions taken at the meeting which Prof. Jerry Gana, the spokesman of Wike’s faction of the PDP, did not share with the press after the meeting is that for Wike’s camp to support Atiku, then the National Chairman of the PDP, Ayu, has to go. That is a strong condition for Wike’s camp to support Atiku. Let me digress. At the beginning of last year, the same Wike was in a…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, opened a mini-housing scheme in a residential neighbourhood of Victoria Island, further raising the housing stock of the State. Channel Point Apartments are a composite housing project jointly developed by the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) and Brook Assets and Resources Limited, a private real estate developer. The housing scheme, located in Sinari Daranijo Street, consists of twin blocks of 38-unit two-and three-bedroom flats on a land size of 2,832 square metres. The project makes it the 16th housing project completed and commissioned in the last three years by the Sanwo-Olu…