By Sharon Ivovi The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Hon.Sunny Ogwu has charged staff of the Board to exhibit exceptional leadership skills and the right emotional attitude required to effectively lead teams. Hon. Ogwu stated this on Tuesday at Orchid hotel , the Delta State capital while declearing open A 2 day training workshop organized by the Board in partnership with Osita- Ojakovo Associates in Leadership Skills and Emotional Intelligence. The SUBEB boss, while emphasizing on the significance and benefits of the training ,lauded the State Governor ,Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa for his human capacity…
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Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, called on Nigerians, particularly Christians, to participate actively in the political process through voting at elections and in advocacy for good governance and credible leadership. The governor made the call in a Keynote Address entitled “The Christian and Responsibility” which he delivered at the Standing Committee Meeting of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) held at All Saints Catheral, Rumuokwurusi, Port-Harcourt. He said that Christians must exercise their right to vote and elect leaders that would govern them, adding that it was doubtful if 50 per cent of eligible voters among Christians voted…
LATE MRS ANIRAH, DEVOUT CHRISTIAN AND STRICT DISCIPLINARIAN, SAYS FAMILY MEMBERS. By: Joe Amina/Onoriode Etatsemi Encomiums have continued to pour on the life and times of late Mrs Clara Anirah, the mother of the member Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Felix Anirah, described by members of her family as a devout Christian and an uncompromising disciplinarian. Describing their mother on the strength of above virtues, the oldest son and retired school principal, Chief Thompson Anirah stated that their late mother will also be remembered for defending her children and those of the neighborhood from easy preys. “Our mother, Tom…
A good product is a good product. You can only envy it but you cannot destroy it. That is what Olorogun David Edevbie is, and in the determination of who succeeds His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, to sustain his legacies and further drive the development and growth of Delta State, we cannot substitute such for lesser quality. For those who suggest that Chief Onanefe Ibori brought him into government merely based on friendship, we wish to remind them that Governor Ibori, indeed, HEAD-HUNTED Edevbie from the Commonwealth Development Corporation when he was an investment officer for Asia and the Pacific…
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu have stated that he was a student in the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Political Class.. Akeredolu, who bodily said Tinubu was his political teacher, disclosed that he came into politics through Bola Tinubu’s Political mentoring. “I’m a student in Tinubu’s Class. Tinubu is my teacher. He brought me into politics. My first appearance in politics, he made it happen. “He was in Ondo moving from one place to another campaigning for me. Yes, he didn’t support my second coming, but that is pure politics.…
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has said that with the remarkable achievements recorded by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, it would be very difficult for any political party to compete with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Speaking on Arise Television “The Morning Show” monitored in Asaba, Aniagwu said he can beat his chest to say that no political party can compete with the PDP in view of the many accomplishments in infrastructure development across various communities, youth empowerment programmes as well as urban renewal projects in the state. He said in nearly seven years in the…
A Delta State PDP Guber aspirant for the 2023 elections, Olorogun David Edevbie, has charged his teeming supporters not to write or publish any destructive reports against any aspirant in retaliation to the fake news perpetrated by his critics. Olorogun Edevbie, a gentleman to the core, appealed to his supporters and well-wishers at his Afiesere-Ughelli Country Home at the weekend while chatting with journalists on the negative political campaign strategies being employed by some politicians in the State. The cultured, calm and experienced three times Commissioner for Finance in Delta State said he was not surprised by the deplorable tactics…
A former Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, Dr. Edna Mogekwu, has been sentenced to jail for refusing to honour invitations on allegations of corruption from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Dr. Mogekwu, who was sentenced to a two-year, one-month jail term, as well as three principal officers of the institution who were also convicted, were charged before Justice Marshal Umukoro, of the Delta State High Court, Asaba, by ICPC over their failure to appear before investigators to clear themselves of allegations of corruption. The principal officers convicted alongside the Rector by the…
By Spade Ng The All Progressive Congress (APC), in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State has passed a vote of no confidence on its LGA Chairman, Hon. Matthew Chinye leading to his indefinite suspension from the party. The suspension of the embattled party Chairman was contained in a letter titled, ‘Notification of Indefinite Suspension’ dated 15th February, 2022, and signed by 20 members of the party’s executive in the LGA, which was addressed to the Delta State APC Chairman, Olorogun Omeni Sobotie. According to the letter made available to Journalists in Asaba, by the LGA Party Publicity Secretary,…
The attention of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been drawn to a spurious publication on some dailies and online news channels by some Ijaw Youth Group, alleging that the NDDC has paid the sum of N20 billion naira to ghost contractors by their spokesperson one Ebilade Ekerefe in Yanagoa Bayelsa State. The NDDC, wants to state categorically that it did not pay any N20 billion naira to any ghost contractor or any one for that matter as demonically alleged by the group. The said sponsored group who claim to be Ijaw Youth further call for the probe of…