By: Odunze Josephine Awele A new tenure for the Delta State Governor began on May 29, 2019. It opens a new vista for the further evolution of the state called Delta, her polity, economy and landscape, substantially and essentially; as well as foregrounding the already celebrated successes and strides of the four years prior. To inhabit the new possibilities the next four years hold for the state, we attempt to foreshadow what an illustrious state like ours would look like by May 2023. The following submission articulates a futuristic lens of Delta State under Governor Okowa’s leadership. Core issues have…
Author: Spade Nigeria
By Patrick Ochei The State Working Committee of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, led by its Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu has visited the Delta State Police Command with a call on the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke, to join forces with NUJ leadership to rid the profession of quacks. The visit which took place yesterday, Thursday 4th July, 2019, was basically anchored on the usual Council’s familiarization visits to heads of security agencies in the State to seek symbiotic working relationships and synergies in the line of duties, according to the Chairman. Ikeogwu also used…
The Anioma Association USA Incorporated, Georgia Chapter, has offered a free medical service to residents of Ndokwa/Ukwuani community to improve the health condition of the people. Dr. Sunny Nkemdiche, Chairman of the medical outreach said, that the annual free medical outreach now in its second year, was in furtherance of the associations commitment to complement the efforts of the State Government and other stakeholders in the provision of quality healthcare for people at the grassroots in Anioma and Delta State in general, which is also within the framework of universal health coverage of the World Health Organisation (WHO). He…
BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE Christ very vicar, the ‘Pope’ is considered by Roman Catholics to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and earthly head of the Roman Catholic Church. His election was ab initio devoid of the elaborate rigors it is accorded these days. It was concerns around political interference leading to reforms after the interregnum of 1268–1271 and Pope Gregory X’s decree during the Second Council of Lyons in 1274, that the cardinal electors should be locked in ‘seclusion cum clave’ (Latin for “with a key”) and not permitted to leave until a new Bishop of Rome had been…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, wishes to announce the immediate suspension of the following members from the union and its activities. 1. Ebere Obiakor -AIT 2. Alphonsus Agborh- Tribune 3. Austin Azu-Crown/Kpoko FM 4. Amaechi Okwara- Blueprint 5. Anne Eluwa- Pilot 6. Kent Enweliku- Auditor ICC 7. Felix Igbekoyi- Daily Independent/Immediate Past Vice Chairman of the Council 8. Mercy- Business Day 9. Michael Olaniyi- Daily Independent 10. Matthew Ochei- Punch/Treasurer, Asaba Correspondent 11. Barry Agbanigbi- Champion 12. Andy Akeni- Pointer 13. Aiwerie Okungbowa- Nation 14. Chimdi Ogor- Wazobia 15. Nosa Akenzua- Leadership 16. Dew Wilson- DBS…
By Bulou Kosin Associate Professor, Benedict Binebai, says Ex-Militant General, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo kept his part of the Federal Government amnesty deal as true disciple of Egbesu, the Ijaw national god, adding that Ijaw must resort to its traditional religion, to achieve material development. Binebai, Head, Department of Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, noted this in a lecture titled “Religious Festivals and the Burden of Social Transformation: The Amaseikumor Classic of Gbaramatu Kingdom”, which he delivered at the just-concluded 2019 Amaseikumor Annual Festival at Oporoza, Warri South-West, Delta State. “In fulfilment of the purpose of Egbesu, Government…
We Are Committed To Public Awareness Creation On Government Policies And Activities – DTS NOA BOSS, John Ema By Abel Johngold Orheruata Delta State Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. John . I. Emah has said that the Agency is committed to its mandate on public enlightenment of the citizenry on the activities, programs and policies of the Government at all levels targeted at both rural and urban areas. The Delta NOA Boss made this assertion today being Thursday 27th June, 2019 at the Conference Hall, Federal Secretariat Complex, Okpanam Road, Asaba. Mr. Emah, while addressing Heads of Federal Agencies,…
The attention of the MIDWEST MOVEMENT, the pan-Edo/Delta group of distinguished sons and daughters drawn from the Ethnic Nationalities of the old Midwestern Region, has been drawn to the renewed plot by the Federal Government to forcefully or tacitly annex swaths of lands belonging to various ethnic nationalities in States across Nigeria, in a bid to settle Fulani herders in colonies to be known as RUGA Settlements. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Umar reiterated this untoward plan, on Tuesday 25th June 2019 in Abuja. Reportedly, The Federal Government within the next five…
A major breakthrough to develop Mega City from Warri South Local Government Area in Delta State, was on Tuesday June 25, reached with the signing of Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to kick –start processes for the development of a 7,000 hectares of land and water into what would be called Delta-Ukpokiti Industrial City. The MoU was signed at Warri South Council Main Secretariat between Finest Investment Limited and Partsmaster Overseas Limited, with Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Dr. Michael Tidi, appending his imprimatur as witness. Chief Charles Akeni, who spoke on behalf of one of the investors,…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, has dissociated itself from a purported planned media award in conjunction with the Global News Media. In a statement endorsed by the Council’s Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu and Secretary, Comrade Churchill Oyowe, the NUJ said that it was not aware of the planned event and had not entered into any collaborative pact with Global Trust News Media or any organization to present an award to any individual. The union advised the general public to discountenance invitations of any kind to be part of the event, saying it would not take…