Month: February 2021

Analyis & Opinion: Double Wahala For Dead Body And The Owner Of Dead Body

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  By Sunny Awhefeada I am not in a position to know or understand why music maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, sang “double wahala for dead body”. Most Nigerians who listened to the song when it first hit the airwaves must have enjoyed its aesthetic enchantment as depicted in the words, rhythm and overall sound effect. The satirical import would have also elicited nods and put smiles on the faces of the listeners as Fela hollered with the saxophone blaring away. The remarkable and unforgettable track certainly enriched the repertoire of yabis…

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Evbie Donates Mono Water Pumps To Ughelli Community 

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The chairman of Evbie Andrew foundation, and a renowned philanthropist, Engr. Andrew Evbie has donated five mono water pumps to Ogbovwan community to cushion the effect of water scarcity in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. Speaking at the community Town Hall, Evbie who also hosted Leaders and the executive of Ughelli Ward 3/7 of the people’s Democratic Party, PDP said, it is my desire to see that PDP as a party grow, dominate and win every election in the local government. “With the forthcoming election, our coming…

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Gunmen Abduct Couple At Abraka

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Suspected gunmen have kiddnapped a business man and his wife at the Delta state university town, Abraka in Ethiope East local government area. The couples identified as Ojo and Alice was allegedly abducted last sunday at Erho axis of the communinty along the Old Abraka/Eku road. It would be recalled that the state chairman of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Mr. Izu Monday was also kidnapped at Erho axis few weeks ago before he was released. The spate of criminal activities in the Delta State University community of Abraka…

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DTHA Departed Colleague, Owhefere Left A Big Shoe Behind-Oborevwori

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*** As Delta State Caucus, House of Reps Mourns Him The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has said that the vacuum created by the sudden demise of the Majority Leader of the House, Hon Tim Kome Owhefere will be very difficult to fill. Rt. Hon. Oborevwori who spoke when Delta State Caucus, House of Representatives paid him a condolence visit in his office on Thursday lamented the death of the late Majority Leader, Hon Owhefere, saying “his death came as a rude shock”,…

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Birthday: Tidi Facilitates With Esiso At 57

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  The immediate past Chairman of Warri South Local Governments Area of Delta, Dr Michael Tidi, has congratulated Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Kingsley Esiso, on his 57th birth anniversary on Thursday Feb. 4, 2021. Tidi, in a goodwill message he personally signed and made available to Journalists in Warri, noted that Esiso has every reason to celebrate, just as he thanked God for his life. He congratulated the chairman and commended him for his immense contributions to the growth and unity of the party…

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Analysis & Opinion: Oily Punches From The Delta

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  By Sunny Awhefeada The title of this intervention will have a familiar ring among students and scholars of Nigerian poetry. It recalls Ibiwari Ikiriko’s Oily Tears of the Delta, a collection of poems which the late poet published in 2000. Ikiriko’s dedication reads, “This collection owes its inspiration to the need to save the Niger Delta/It is dedicated to the famished and fed-up people of the Delta including the dead and the dying”. The poet goes on to offer poems which engage the parlous condition of the Niger Delta…

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DESOPADEC Board, Mourn Pa Okowa As Management Pay Condolence Visit To Delta Gov

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  Bashorun Askia led Desopadec Board in Delta state has condoled the state governor, Sen Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his entire family members over death of their father, Pa Authur Okorie Okowa. The Board was led by its Executive Director/ CEO, Bashorun Askia Ogieh and Chairman, Evang. Michael Diden Ejele. We, the entire Members of the Board and Management of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, today, February 2, 2021 paid a condolence visit to His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Governor of Delta State, on the…

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Serving Nigeria Army, 3 Brothers Arrested Over Alleged Kidnap Of Mother Of Three In Delta

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  A combine team of security agents in Ughelli have arrested a serving army officer and three brothers for allegedly kidnapping a mother of three in January, 2021. It was gathered that the suspects who are army officer, and three brothers of same father were arrested at Agbarha-Otor community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspects had on January 4th, 2021, kidnapped their victim, Mrs. Tina Etameta a mother of three at Agbarha-Otor junction in Ughelli and an undisclosed amount of ransom was paid to secure…

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