By Dr Festus G Okubor. Human beings are nurtured and sustained by what they eat and this is the reason why they take care of and give a lot of premium to cuisines and the attendant benefits. Food is inevitable for life, growth, well-being, and evolution. Human beings eat every day. Among the Urhobo people of Delta State and by extension the whole State and even the South-South zone, one very significant food is the Ukodo which has for ages taken the lead in terms of the people’s culinary pleasure. The cuisine Ukodo is symbolic and holds a great attraction…
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By Friday Ewiwilem, writing from Asaba. More than ten years ago when he proclaimed to the world that he had turned eighty years of age, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, said that he was already in the departure lounge with his boarding pass to exit the world. He said that at eighty he had done everything there was to be done and that he was ready to bid farewell to the world. As Africans who cherish long life, many people prayed for Clark to live longer in good health, but that he should reduce his propensity to causing trouble. Those who…
From a mile away, Deltans can smell the scam in this correspondence transmitted to the Delta State House of Assembly by Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa. A man who hides behind a finger probably thinks no one is seeing him. Everyone can see Okowa clearly, though he thinks otherwise. The Ukraine and Russia war started over a year ago. Two weeks to elections Okowa wants the government he has led for 8 years, to invest in the production of gas in the twilight of his departure. What has he being doing all this while, that he now suddenly realised there is money…
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the Governors of the 36 states for standing on the side of the Nigerian people over the Central Bank new Naira and cashless policies that have subjected the masses to pains. According to Asiwaju Tinubu, the Governors especially the APC Governors who instituted the suit against the CBN and Federal Government at the Supreme Court acted well on behalf of the hapless Nigerians who have been made to bear the brunt of Naira redesign policy that has been poorly implemented The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning in a law…
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq #pdpcmcmedia Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, has assured members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, that if voted into power as governor, he would build on the existing cordial relationship between the union and the state government. Oborevwori gave the assurance on Tuesday at “The Platform” designed for Journalists to interact with governorship candidates of political parties, organized by the state NUJ in Asaba, saying that no government can succeed without robust partnership with the press which is saddled with the constitutional responsibility…
Dear Nigerians, this is Tunde Sabiu Yusuf, the young man giving Nigerians a sleepless night. He is the head of the Cabal, which operates from Aso Rock, and he is the de facto Nigerian president. Tunde is the nephew of our president, he was named after the late Tunde Idiagbon, the former vice president during the first coming of Buhari. Before 2015, Tunde was just an ordinary recharge card seller in Duara until his uncle Muhammad Buhari won the coveted seat of president, and Tunde’s life changed forever. Tunde was appointed as his uncle’s private secretary, and according to those…
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu has been assured of the determination of Communities in Oshimili North Local Government Area in Delta State, to re-elect him as the member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in the National Assembly. The communities also assured of voting massively for Elumelu and other candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at all levels in the 2023 general elections. The pledge was made by the various committees on Saturday, February 4, 2023 when the Minority Leader visited the communities in continuation of his engagement with the people of his Federal Constituency…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa needs to be acquainted with an African proverb that says “when your father scolds you in the public, a well-brought up child, does not exchange words with him, but goes home to reflect on the words of the old man”. At nearly 96, Chief Senator (Chief) Dr. E.K. Clark, OFR, CON is not only our national leader and elder statesman, but, more significantly, is old enough to be a father and even grandfather to most of us. PANDEF, thus, finds it stunning that less than 24 hours after Chief Clark wrote an open letter to the governor,…
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq #pdpcmcmedia Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, has again emphasized the need for all eligible voters in the state and in Nigeria, to vote the presidential candidate of his party, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, in the February 25 election. Oborevwori made the appeal at difference political engagements on Sunday at his Osubi residence in Okpe, and at Isiokolo, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the State, saying that Atiku and…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appointed Dr. Duke Okoro as the pioneer Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State. The Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, was initiated by Deputy President of Senate, His Excellency, Ovie Omo-Agege, and passed into law by the National Assembly and subsequently assented by President Buhari, commander in chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The appointment of Okoro as the pioneer Rector of the institution was duly considered and approved by Mr. President, and this has paved the way for smooth kick-off of the Polytechnic, situated in Orogun, home town of Deputy President…