By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Federal Information Chapel of the Delta State Council of NUJ, joined by some staff working at the Federal Secretariat Complex, Asaba, today congratulated and rejoiced with the Head of Center, Federal Ministry of Information, Delta State, Comrade Theresa Ukori (Mrs), on her meritorious retirement after 35 years of service without blemish. Ukori, noted that “as information officers we must not wash our dirty linens outside, let us have an inbuilt mechanism to talk to ourselves and that is where NUJ must come in and do the needful”. While advising staff to put…
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The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) have stated that since the administration of Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa led Government in the State, the Commission has been proactively reengineered along with a basic corporate template that coheres with international best practices. The Commission stated this today in a response to the earlier Press Release from the State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) titled “Delta APC Laments Distressing State Of Development Agency, DESOPADEC” and made available to newsmen. According to the Press Release response which enumerated a slice of the DESOPADEC intervention inventory and signed by Chinenye Ezonfade (Mrs.) Head,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State, has expressed disappointment over the way and manner Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (Desopadec) is currently run by the PDP led-Government of Delta State. The interventionist agency, established more than a decade ago to fast track the development of oil producing communities, is now a shadow of itself! According to the law establishing the Agency, it is mandatory, that from oil revenues accruing to the State on a monthly basis, thirteen percent (13%) should be deducted, and same used to finance critical projects that have bearing with communities in the…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday said urban-rural migration in the state was rapidly improving with his administration‘s deliberate effort at developing key infrastructure in rural and riverside communities. Okowa stated this in a state broadcast in Asaba to Deltans to mark the 6th anniversary of his administration. He said that since May 29, 2015 when he assumed duty as Governor, his administration had constructed roads and provided other physical infrastructure that were vital and of great impact on the people. “Through the Ministries of Works and Urban Renewal, Direct Labour Agency, DESOPADEC, Delta State…
Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Deltans on the occasion of the 6th Anniversary of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration and commended their tenacity and cooperation with the Government towards the sustenance of peace, unity, and the harmonious coexistence which has consolidated our collective identity as one Delta over the years. A congratulatory statement by the PDP, signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, further hailed Deltans for their resilience in the face of the monumental challenges necessitated by the ineptitude of the APC led government at the centre in the last six years and expressed gratitude…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Dr. Garba Abari as the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the reappointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. The appointment, which took effect from 25 May, 2021, is for a final term of five years. Dr. Abari was first appointed to the position in 2016.
The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Prior to his appointment Major General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East code named Operation HADIN KAI. Please disseminate this information to the general public through your news medium. Thank you for your cooperation. ONYEMA NWACHUKWU Brigadier General Acting Director Defence Information 27 May 2021
Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the take-back of an earlier false claim by the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris whose office has since recanted by putting the record straight that no £4.2m was paid to Delta State Government has confirmed the position of PDP that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Publicity team is headed by an unkind and bad-tempered fellow. PDP’s State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi M. Osuoza who made the declaration in a statement in Asaba, said the repudiation of the claim which the APC attack dogs led by Mr. Sylvester Imonina latched…
The Pyrates Confraternity mourns one who pioneered a transformational vision, aboard Jolly Rogers of the Original Water, towards the attainment of a just society……! Sayle on to Elysium……Ahoy!!
We have enjoyed some good level of mutual understanding and political peace in Delta State following the rotation of the Governorship position through the senatorial zones. We have had an assumption that with the completion of the first circle after our leader, James Ibori had emerged from Delta Central, Eweta Uduaghan from Delta South and Ifeanyi Okowa from Delta North, the new circle will begin again from Delta Central and the process will go seamlessly. It seems however that we are being pointed to an existing reality. It all seemed so smooth running before now but I guess…