Month: June 2021

Okowa Aide,  Ogbon Congratulates Ukah On His Appointment As Delta SSG

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By Philomena Otoyibo   Special Assistant to Delta State Governor on Youth Development, Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon JP, has hailed the appointment of Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah as the Secretary to the Delta State Government. In a Statement singed by Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon, and made available to newsmen at Olomu in Ughelli South local government area of Delta state,  expressed joy over the appointment, noting that it is a well deserved appointment. He said described Mr. Patrick Ukah as a man with considerable understanding of the Government, the terrain and…

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Interview: Isoko Deserves More Than Two Council Areas- Dr. Oke

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  Dr. Oke Michael Aziakpono is the President of Isoko Monitoring Group, IMG, a non partisan advocacy group of Isoko professionals dedicated to good governance and national development. In this interview with politicsgovernance.com , he spoke on restructuring, the marginalizaton of the Isoko nation, ongoing consultation on constitutional review and other topical issues. Excepts: What is your opinion about restructuring? The usage of the term restructuring has been so abused but for me, I would wish for a federation with self sustaining states which are able to develop their infrastructure,…

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Hoolodlums Bomb Delta Police Station As Police Kills Six, Arrest Four

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The Delta state police station located Ashaka in Ndokwa East local government area has been bombed and police vans razed by suspected gunmen.   Also the Nigeria police from the Delta State Command  have confirmed the killing of six suspected armed robbers  and arrest of others respectively.   According to a statement by the Delta State Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, ATTACK ON ASHAKA POLICE STATION DELTA POLICE ENGAGED ARMED ROBBERY/KIDNAPPING GANG KILLS SIX, RECOVER ARMS AND AMMUNITION ARREST OF FOUR SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS   In the…

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Synagogue Church Confirms Spiritual Leader, TB Joshua’s Death Officially

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PROPHET TB JOSHUA – JUNE 12th 1963 to JUNE 5th 2021 “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” – Amos 3:7 On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting: “Time for everything – time to come here for prayer and time to return home after the service.” God has taken His servant Prophet TB Joshua home – as it should be by divine will. His last moments on earth were spent in the service of…

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NDDC Board: Tompolo Issues Fresh Statement As His 7-Days Ultimatiun Expires Today

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PRESS STATEMENT HIGH GH CHIEF GOVERNMENT EKPEMUPOLO (TOMPOLO) The Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation RE: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND SENATOR GODSWILL AKPABIO SHOULD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY CONSTITUTE THE SUBSTANTIVE BOARD OF THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) I issued a seven-day ultimatum on the above subject matter on Monday May 31st 2021. There were a lots of concerns expressed by Nigerians on this matter within this period, hence machineries were put in place for consultations among Nigerians, especially from highly placed individuals and organizations from the Niger Delta region,…

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Delta Lawmaker Elect, Ogbimi Hails Ukah Appointment As SSG

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By Jerry Hez   The Lawmaker elect to represent Isoko North Constituency at the floor of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Jude Omena Ogbimi has congratulated the immediate past Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Patrick Ukah on his appointment as Secretary to Delta State Government. Hon Ogbimi in a congratulatory statement to Mr Patrick Ukah who has served as a Commissioner in two Ministries before his present appointment by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as Secretary to the Delta State Government, describing Mr Ukah’s appointment as “appropriate and…

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Ebegba Urges Urhobo To Work And Take Back Her Place In Nigeria

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The chairman of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Nyanya Karu Branch FCT, and Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, Chief Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has called on the Urhobo people to close ranks and collectively work towards attaining it’s pride of place in the polity as it is blessed with abundance of human and natural resources with which it has contributed immensely to national development.   Chief Ebegba gave the admonition while speaking in his capacity as chairman of the occasion at the election of a new executive…

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NDDC BOARD: Isoko Youths Issue Three Days Ultimatum To FG, Block East/West Road

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By Uruemu Favour The Isoko National Youth Council, INYC, has issued a three days ultimatum to president Muhammadu Buhari and minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Sen Godswill Akpabio to inaugurate the substantive board of the commission or risked the shutting down of oil exploration in Isoko nation. The youths who barricaded the Umeh axis of the East/West road in Isoko South and partly Ughelli North local government areas of Delta state expressed dismay over the continued silence of the Mr President towards the board inauguration which has caused tongues…

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Analysis &Opinion: Nigeria’s Unknown Gunmen

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  By Sunny Awhefeada Nigeria is a nation awash with metaphors which more often than not are couched in indirectness or something akin to what students of Literature will call euphemism. Never wanting to sound offensive many Nigerians deploy verbal niceties to cushion the effect of events or mitigate harmful consequences. Thus a measure or even a heavy dose of tentativeness usually dominates our submissions. We struggle to sound right or correct all the time so that we will not end up offending people. Those who choose to call a…

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RE: DISTRESSING STATE OF DESOPADEC UNDER THE PDP-LED GOVERNMENT

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  ..WHEN FACTS ARE TURNED ON THEIR HEAD BY THE DELTA APC   We are constrained to respond with swift and responsive tenor to the hogwash being spewed in its surfeit by the opposition All Progressives Congress in Delta State, if not for anything, but to set the record straight on the steady and unhindered trajectory of interventions by the agency, ably steered by some of Delta State’s team of technocrats and leaders at the grassroots.   For a start, the noble objectives of the Commission have continued to inspire…

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