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 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…
-Appeal For Release Of 19 Crew Members Being Detained By Nigerian Navy By Our Reporters The Owners of the Vessel, ‘MT APECUS’ have berated the Federal Government, the Nigerian Navy, the Police, as well as the Indian Government over the recent release of five Indian Sailors and one Nigerian (the Captain) kidnapped in Bonny, claiming that they…
-As Omene Charges Them To Defend Urhobo Interest -The Idea Is Long Overdue, Says Anidi By Daniel Dafe The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), led by Chief (Engr.) Joe Omene, has successfully inaugurated the female wing (Emete) of the youth body (Ighele) to assist in piloting the affairs of the youth wing. The auspicious occasion took…
By Our Reporters A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ethiope East Local Government Area in Delta State, Dr. Kings Okpako (popularly known as Kuti), has been alleged to be involved in the murder of an 18-year-old lady, Favour Ogheneyenrowho Sunday, who was recently found dead and tied in a sack, popularly…
By Phil Abha A major breakthrough to develop Mega City from Warri South Local Government Area in Delta State, was on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, reached with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to kick-start processes for the development of a 7,000 hectare of land and water into what would be called Delta-Ukpokiti…
By Our Correspondents London based business tycoon, Olorogun Anthony Ukueku of Eku, in Agbon Kingdom of Ethiope East Local Government Area in Delta State has died at 87 years of age. According to a family source, he died at a Lagos hospital on the 23rd of June, 2019. In a statement by his younger brother,…
By Daniel Dafe A Professor of Sculpture and Art History in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Delta State University, Abraka, Abel Diakparomre, has said that “art was man’s earliest concrete mode of expression of his thoughts and his environment.” Delivering the institution’s 74th in the series of inaugural lectures with theme: ‘The Modern…