By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Director-General (DG) of the Delta State Orientation Bureau, Eugene Azuka Uzum Esq, has called for immediate inclusiveness of the youths in the political machinery of Nigeria, towards a greater future of the country. Uzum made the call during a weekly radio programme of the bureau with the Delta State Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba, titled “Prosperity For Deltans : How E Be For Your Area”. He said that there was the urgent need to build leadership capacity in Nigerian youths, to enable them take over the leadership of the country in the near future, adding that the…
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Delta State Government has disowned the purported online advert placement for recruitment into the Delta State Civil Service is currently being circulated, saying the online publication is not from the Delta State Civil Service Commission. A statement signed by the Director of Information, Mrs Theresa Oliko, said that the Delta State Civil Service Commission had no approval from the state governor to carry out any recruitment exercise, and it had not placed any advert for recruitment, neither did it authorized anybody to do so. The statement made it clear that the commission does not advertise recruitment or any of its…
Some Local Government Chairmen to motor park operators in Delta State have ordered stoppage of the Delta Passengers’ Welfare Scheme, which has recorded over 80 percent compliance in motor parks across the state in some areas. The wind blowing threat causing tension particularly in Ughelli North, the Council Chairman, Chief Godwin Adode, was reported to have ordered all motor parks in the area to jettison the Scheme over alleged non involvement of the Council in its operation. When contacted on the issue, the Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, (ALGON) Delta State chapter, Hon. Victor Ebonka, admitted that the Council Chairmen…
Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, was interrogated by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged money laundering on Monday. The Anambra-born club owner, who arrived at the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, was undergoing interrogation by the operatives of the commission as of the time of filing this report. Though allegations against the socialite were sketchy as of press time, a source disclosed that his case bordered on alleged money laundering and tax fraud. The source said, “Obi Cubana was arrested and brought to the EFCC…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu had said that the huge success recorded at the just concluded National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was a clear attestation of the readiness of the Party to regain power at the centre in 2023. In a statement on Monday November 1, 2023, Rt. Hon. Elumelu applauded the seamless conduct of the Convention and said that the unity of purpose and spirit of sportsmanship witnessed at the event held in Abuja, despite daunting challenges, underscored the democratic credentials of the PDP as a veritable platform for…
ASABA-DELTA State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday, described the State Executive of the party put in place by Chief Festus Keyamo led Leaders Council as illegal, an afterthought, insisting that there was no harmonized list after the October 16th Congress. The APC in a statement by Mr. Pius Ituru of the Directorate of Media and Publicity, condemned the press release announcing the harmonization of the State Executive of the party credited to a group of persons of who “parade themselves with an illegal contraption called “Delta State APC Council of Leaders. “We wouldn’t have responded to the misadventures…
By Dominion Okiemute By February, 2023, the electorate in Delta State will go to the polls to elect a governor that would steer the affairs of the State for a period of four years. Anticipatorily, Deltans will be expected to make an informed choice amongst the candidates that will be vying for the number position in the state. Perhaps among the qualities Deltans will be looking forward in arriving at their choice of candidate will include competence, experience, intellectual capacity and the antecedents of the candidates. However, among those who have indicated interest in the number seat of the state…
The Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and Senator representing Delta Central senatorial district in the National Assembly (NASS), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has tasked members of the Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), on professionalism. The Deputy Senate President, who was represented by one of his Senior Legislative Aides, Engr. Joseph Adimabus, stated this on Thursday October 21st at the 2021 Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) public lecture with the theme: “Niger Delta Economy: Building A New Face For The Region”, in Asaba Delta state. He tasked members of the forum to always do a reappraisal of online publishing on the…
By: Kazeem Ugbodaga Prosperity preacher, Pastor David Ibiyeomie has narrated how he gave one million dollars offering to God in one single service. Ibiyeomie is the founder and Senior Pastor of Salvation Ministries, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He said the time he gave the one million dollars offering was in 2012. In his words: “One day, in 2010 I said I was going to give one million dollars as offering which today is about five hundred and sixty five million naira. “I said I’m going to give it in one offering. When I said that, everybody was looking at…
A former President of the Senate, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has emerged as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senator Ayu, a consensus candidate for the position, took over the leadership of the main opposition party alongside 20 others elected into various positions within the PDP National Working Committee. The new set of leaders were elected at the party’s national convention which began on Saturday and lasted till the early morning of Sunday. Hundreds of party delegates participated in the election of the new national officers at the Eagle Square in Abuja. Culled from Channels TV…