By Dafe Rukevwe The candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in the Delta State Governorship Election, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, today closed his case at the Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Asaba, where Chief Ogboru is challenging the declaration of Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate by the Independent National…
Don’t Take Our Patience For Granted, We Will Cripple The Nation’s Economy If… By Phil Abha As the four days ultimatum to resume attack in the creek issued to Federal Government of Nigeria and the multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region on the delay of training amnesty delegates by the Presidential Amnesty…
By Daniel Dafe Deacon Monday Ifoghere, the Executive Director of Patmon Schools, Eku, has emerged as the President, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Delta State Chapter. Oasis Magazine (OM) gathered that he was declared unopposed and the president-elect after Bagh Emmanuel Ekrebe, an aspirant for the said position was disqualified during the…
By Our Reporters As the tussle for who becomes the Chairman and Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) intensifies, prominent South-South leaders issued a stark warning on Thursday to Ondo and Bayelsa youths, saying enough is enough. The leaders at a meeting in Uyo said Bayelsa and Ondo youths campaigning for the chairman…
By Daniel Dafe A former staff of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Dr. (Mrs.) Mary Ifukor, who served as the Deputy Librarian until her retirement some months back, has been eulogized by her colleagues, as the Library Welfare Association, today, hosted a send-forth party for her. Speaking at the occasion which took place in the…
By Our Reporters Former Secretary to Delta State Government, Comrade (Chief) Ovuozourie Macaulay, has congratulated Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, as he turns 60 years today, July 8, 2019. Macaulay extolled Okowa’s inventiveness in making Delta State a development hub thereby facilitating easy life for the people in the face of unending challenges. …
By Our Reporters A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, Chief Francis Arhiyor, has congratulated a former Chief of Staff to the Delta State Government, Prof Godini Gabriel Darah on his emergence as chairman of the Pa Edwin Clark’s led Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Delta State…
By Daniel Dafe The President General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Chief (Engr.) Joe Omene, has taken a swipe at Olorogun Moses Taiga over his comments published by an online news source that condemned the successful inauguration of the UPU Women Youth Wing (Emete) where he described the move as unconstitutional, adding that the publication…
By Our Reporters The death of the conductor of a Mack trailer has been reported. Oasis Magazine (OM) learnt that men suspected to be from the Department of Produce, Ministry of Agriculture Delta State, while on inspection duty along the Asaba/Benin express road stopped the said trailer with Registration Number T0093YB and blue in colour.…
–Calls For Youth Inclusion In Governance By Daniel Dafe The need for political leaders to get youths involved in the governance of Nigeria has been emphasized. This call was today made by Nigerian youths under the auspices of Social Patriotic Youths Initiative (SPY-In), during a press conference that held at the Oaks Hotel, Ughelli, Delta…