Month: February 2020

I Regrets My Action For Slapping A Lawyer -Police Officer

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BY AMATUTU EMMANUEL A Police Sergeant attached to Asaba ‘A’ Division who slapped a lawyer in Asaba, the Delta State capital on January 13, 2020, is begging for forgiveness for his deed stressing that his actions and inaction do not in any way represent his person, with a vow to be of good behaviour henceforth.   The policeman, Galadima Nwayama of the ‘A’ Division police station, Asaba who was in the convoy of the Commissioner of Police, was reported to have slapped the lawyer identified as Samson Chidozie Okehielum who…

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Adagwe Grammar School Were Students Stand, Sit On Bare Floor To Learn

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Learning under condusive atmosphere has eluded students of Adagwe Grammar School, Eremukowharien, in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State as they all sit on a bare floor to receive lessons, tutorials during classes. The once known Adagwe Grammar has become a citadel of misery, mockery and laughter as the Delta State Government under the Ministry of Post Primary Education has failed to provide learning materials and a condusive environment to the students. Students of institution have expressed disappointment over the inability of the local and state governments to…

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NDDC NOT CREATED FOR CORRUPT POLITICIANS, LOOTERS- KPOKPOGRI

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  … Warns MD Against Paying For Abandoned, Non-executed Projects BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE The Chairman, Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum (ACIF) and Publisher, Integrity Watchdog Magazine, Comrade Prince Kpokpogri has cautioned the acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, against paying contractors for abandoned, non-executed and shoddily completed projects in the region. The ACIF Chairman, Kpokpogri is calling for due diligence from the two newly inaugurated committees for contract documentation and project assessment, to ensure thorough verification and inspection of all awarded projects in the Niger Delta…

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Breaking News: Ughelli North PDP Stakeholders Set To Return Agbatutu Led Exco Ahead of March 2020 Congress

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Stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have set to endorsed and return Lawrence Agbatutu led executive ahead of  the party Congress proposed for March, 2020. The meeting was attended by Chief of Staff to Delta State Government, Olorogun David Edevbie, Chairman of Ughelli North LGA, Olorogun Godwin Adode, and his Vice, Victor Uyoh, Hon, Former House of Reps Member, Solomon Awhinawhi, Chief Fred Majemite, Chief Barr. A. K Asawota, Olorogun Dr. Isaac Apoveta, Chief Asore, Morrison Idiovwa, immediate past SSG,…

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Omote Urges Delta CP To Rejig Delta State Security Approach ln Ughelli North And South

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By Uruemu Joseph,  NATIONAL coordinator of Elohim Political Forum, EPF, Prince Emmanuel Omote has called on the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa to rejig the the security approach in combating crime  Ughelli North and South Local Government Areas in the state. Addressing newsmen over the high rate of assassination and kidnapping in Ughelli North and South LGAs, Omote said, “Our people can no longer sleep with the eyes close because the two local government areas have become a battle front for criminals. It would be recalled that in…

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DESOPADEC Begins 2020 With Harvest Of Projects

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  By Perez Brisibe   IN keeping with its vision of re-strategizing for effective delivery, the management of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, headed by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Askia Ogieh, has put words to action by kick starting the New Year with a harvest of projects in less than a year in office. The DESOPADEC boss upon assumption of office in July 31 had vowed to implement new ideas to meet the mission of putting smiles on the faces of people…

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Stores Opposite Ughelli Area Command, ‘A’ Division, Under Suspected Burglars Siege

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Store owners opposite Ughelli Area Command and A’ Division are at the mercies of God as suspected burglars have continually raid stores belonging to Police Officer’s wives and traders opposite the Ughelli Area Command and A’ Division in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that, on the eve of Christmas, one of the stores belonging to woman known as, Fati directly opposite ‘Area Command’ was burgled cartihng away all that were stocked in her store like assorted drinks. Immediately after Christmas, my store was burgled…

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Maryam Babangida: In Case Gov. Okowa Forgets

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  BY ITEVEH EKPOKPOBE,   It was, not just a center for Women Development. No! It was a reminder. It was the tree planted over Maryam Babangida’s memory, the late wife of former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who died at the age of 61 from ovarian cancer on 27 December, 2009 in a Los Angeles, California hospital. It was home to the souls of hundreds of Asaba people, lined up by the Nigerian Army at River Niger’s bank in the Cable Point Area, torn into pieces with…

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I Will Bring Unity, Peace To Burutu PDP If Elected – Apu

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  By Prosper Erere A frontline chairmanship aspirant in the forthcoming People’s Democratic Party Congresses in Burutu Local government Area of Delta State, Hon. Tonkiri John Apu has stated that his leadership will bring unity and harmony to the PDP in the area. Apu who made this known in Warri while addressing some selected journalists, said the PDP needs unity which cannot be compromised at this critical and challenging time of the nation’s democracy. Apu, a former Delta State House of Assembly aspirant noted that, it is only unity that…

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 Ododegho Community Postpones Election Over Security Threat

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By Prosper Erere, Proposed Ododegho community elections in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State has been postponed indefinitely by the electoral committee chairman over security threat. The election which was to be held on February 1 , 2020, was prosponed as the presence of the combined security agents could not douse the tension that was heightened. Chairman of the electoral committee, Mr. Okpako Emonena in his speech said, “The election in Ododegho community is postponed because of the tension in the arena. “During the accreditation process, suspected hoodlums…

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