Month: July 2020

Eid-El-Kabir: Oborevwori Felicitates With Muslims

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By Kobiruo Joseph, The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has felicitated with Muslims as they celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Kabir. In a Press Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Dennis Otu, the Speaker urged Muslim faithful to imbibe the spirit of godliness, charity, perseverance and spiritual intercession for Delta State in particular and Nigeria in general as they celebrate Eid El- Kabir. While wishing Muslim brothers and sisters happy celebration, the Speaker appealed to them not to relent in their prayers for total…

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Opinion: COVID-19 SALARY CUT, Where Is Okowa’s Conscience?

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By Ogegere Enis   In the words of Martin Luther King Jnr., on some positions, Cowardice ask the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency ask the question, ‘Is it politics?’ And Vanity comes along and ask the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But Conscience ask the question, ‘Is it right?’ The above and what has been playing out between the manager of Delta’s resources, Gov. Ifaenyi Okowa, workers of the state and their salaries, has prompted me to ask; DID OKOWA HAVE CONSCIENCE? Many would be wondering why this thought provoking question.…

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Oil/Gas: No Room For Quakery As Opean Offshore Training Centre Shut Is Down By Delta State Gov’t

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  ….Hails LYM Consults Nig. Ltd For Satisfying All DPR Reqirements The Delta State Government has closed down an Offshore Safety Training Centre located at No. 34 Opete road, Otokutu, Delta State for failure to possess the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) licence and accreditation to operate. The Offshore Safety Training Center is operated by Opeans Nigeria Limited. The closure of Opeans Nigeria Limited Offshore Safety Training Centre, which operates for middle and lower manpower for the maritime, Oil and Gas Industry followed an unscheduled visit of the  Commissioner for…

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Analysis: My Parents’ Fiftieth Marriage Anniversary!

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By Sunny Awhefeada   This July, precisely 22nd, made it fifty long years, half a century, since my parents got married! They got married on the 22nd of July 1970. As I thought about their glorious and memorable matrimony, a lot came to my mind. Fifty years is a long time, a very long time. And to sustain matrimony for so long a time calls for accolades and tributes for the partners. Here then is my tribute for my parents as they mark fifty years in matrimony. My father joined…

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DESOPADEC MD, Askia Flags-Off Projects Commissioning As Board Marks First Anniversary

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By Politicsgovernance.com Managing Director/CEO, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh has appealed to Oil producing communities in the state to protect projects sited in their various communities to encourage the Commission to do more for them. Speaking at the flagging off of the commissioning of projects to mark the first anniversary of the Board, Askia said, “The essence of the commissioning was to showcase to the people what the Board has been able to achieve for them this past one year. “You will recall that…

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OBOREVWORI GREETS OKPE MONARCH ON 14 YEARS ON THE THRONE

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  Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has described His Royal Majesty, Orhue 1, the Orodje of Okpe Kingdom as a visionary king and agent of transformation. The Speaker who represents Okpe State Constituency in the State House of Assembly, in a Statement he personally signed to mark his 14 years as the traditional ruler of Okpe Kingdom, congratulated the monarch, saying his reign has brought unprecedented growth and development to the Kingdom. The Speaker said that; “I must say that the reign of…

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IWD: Akwukwu-Igbo Women, Lambasts Delta State Government, Others Over Negligence And Marginalisation

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The  women of Akwukwu-Igbo in Oshimili North local government area of Delta State have lamented the continued marginalization been meted at them by the Delta State Government under the Okowa administration and Norsworthy Farms and Allied Industries Limited. According to the women, Akwukwu-Igbo community has been in total darkness since the inception of this present administration and this has crumble the economic development of the agrarian community. The women in a statement during a sensitization program organized by Community Development Advocacy Foundation, CODAF, an non governmental Organization to mark International…

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We’ll Resist Any Attempt To Ridicule UPU, Urhobo Nation-Ebireri

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…Appeals for calm, canvasses technological revolution among Urhobo Youths   By Omoghene Benedict,    The Ukoko R’Ighele R’Urhobo, under the aegis of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, has vowed to resist any attempt to undermine and ridicules  UPU and the Urhobo Ethnic Nationality by any individual, or interest group. In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Ovie Ebireri, the apex body of Urhobo Youths worldwide, while also calling for calm among Urhobo youths in the face of recent developments in Urhoboland, and the country at large, warned that “Urhobo…

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Niger Delta Women’s Forum Hails National Assembly Committees For Unearthing Massive Fraud At NDDC

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    The Niger Delta Women’s Forum, NDWF, has commended the Senate and House of Representatives Sub-Committees public hearing for the massive fraud and other corrupt practices it has so far unearthed in it’s ongoing investigation of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.   Rising from a meeting of the Executive Members and Board of Directors at the week end, the members frowned at the shocking revelations of reckless spending of billions of naira amid damning allegations, accusations and counter accusations by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio…

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Engr Umukoro: We have Lost A True Patron, Delta PMAN

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  Performing Musicians and Employer Association of Nigeria, PMAN, has described the death of former Permanent Secretary at the Delta State Ministry of Works, Engr. Donatus Umukoro as the lost of a true Patron. Speaking on behalf of PMAN during a condolence visit to the family of the late Permanent Secretary, the Delta State Governor of the body, Comrade Quincy Tebite, a.k.a Tisio Tisio, described the sudden death of Engr. Umukoro as a shock to the body, adding that until his death he has been a reliable ally and support…

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