Month: November 2024

Why All Well Meaning Urhobos Must Boycott Ese Gam Owe’s UPU Day

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By Zik Gbemre   Despite the burst of anger across Urhoboland over the attendant sacrilege against our patrimony, Ese Gam Owe led UPU EXCO have not shown any remorse for the bootlicking visit to Sen Ifeanyi Okowa over his arrest by the EFCC for allegation of looting Delta’s treasury.   They engaged in that show of shame on purpose, so no one expects them to apologise to Urhobo nation. They are rather engaging some insensitive apologists to take the ‘panadol’ for their headache.   Given their level of impunity on…

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Okpai: Oborevwori Berates Sen Ned Nwoko Over False Allegations Against Him

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  Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has publicly denounced Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, for allegedly spreading falsehoods about him. During a courtesy visit by the Ndokwa Neku Union led by the President General Brigadier General Mike Ndubisi Rtd, at the State Government House in Asaba, Governor Oborevwori revealed that Senator Nwoko has never engaged him in discussions regarding development projects in the state. The Governor clarified that the only interaction he had with Senator Nwoko was when the latter requested appointments for some individuals, which…

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12 Suspects Paraded In Ughelli As Police, Recovers Guns, Ammunition, Phones And Hard Drugs

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  THE Delta State Police Command, has paraded 12 persons suspected to be kidnappers, armed robbers and recover cache of guns, live ammunition, hard drugs and mobile phones. The suspects were paraded alongside car snatchers, and one chance drivers who target their victims at night clubs within the state at the Ughelli A division, Ughelli North Local Government Area. Parading the suspects, Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright said, “I will be intimating some of the command achievements recorded in some parts of the state particularly Ughelli,…

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WOSEM General Overseer, Paul Obadare Storms Delta In A 3-Day Revival In Ughelli

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      THE General Overseer of World Soul Winning Evangelistic Ministry WOSEM, an army of the Christ Apostolic Church, Pastor Dr. Paul Obadare, has urged christians not to live the life of shadow to please man but a life that would please God.   The clergy who visited the Ughelli Assembly on Sunday, in preparation for a 3-days revival tagged: Revive Us Again disclosed that christians should channel their living toward heaven as whatever thing done while on earth will be accounted for on the day of judgement. In…

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Rescue Us From Dilapidated Structures, Oviri-Ogor Sec Schl Students Appeal To Delta Gov’t

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    STUDENTS of Oviri-Ogor secondary school, had in a ‘Save Our Souls’ message appealed to the state government to rescue them from life threatening structures they are learning under and provide them with learning materials in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. This appeal was made by the senior and junior students of the institution while fielding questions newsmen during a visit to the school. Speaking, the Head boy of Oviri-Ogor secondary school, Moses Miracle said, “Our school is just like place that the government has forgotten,…

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Dafinone Salutes Emerhor At 67, Commends His Loyalty To o APC

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Dafi The Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ede Dafinone, felicitates with the Founding leader of the All Progressives Congress APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, on his 67th birthday anniversary. He noted that Olorogun Emerhor, a successful business mogul who was the first candidate to contest election on the platform of the APC and the party governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections, has contributed greatly to the growth of APC in Delta State. The Delta Central lawmaker, in his goodwill message, said: “I warmly felicitate with…

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OIL THEFT WAR: Give Tompolo  National Honour – Idjerhe Monarch

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    For his commitment and dedication to the war against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region, the Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, His Majesty, King Monday Arthur Whiskey, Udurhie I, has called on President Bola Tinubu to confer a National Honour on High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, Chairman of Tantita Security Services Limited.   The Monarch made the call on Sunday during a Press briefing at his palace in Idjerhe, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State.   Udurhie I said that the attainment of 1.8million…

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Igbide Union Asaba Branch Celebrates End-of-Year In Grand Style

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    On Saturday, November 23, 2024, the Igbide Union Asaba Branch hosted its much-anticipated end-of-year party and final meeting for the year at the Chairman’s compound, located behind St. Desmond Filling Station, along the Asaba-Isele-Asaba expressway. The event, which began promptly at 10:00 a.m., defied the usual concept of “African time” as members and guests arrived punctually, proudly donning the union’s new wrapper and shirt, which served as the official dress code for the occasion. In his opening speech, Chairman Ikolomi Elisha expressed immense pride in the progress and…

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Tinubu’s Regionalism Gamble By Prof G G Darah

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By Prof. G.G. Darah   Pandef, Pandef, beware of false prophets masquerading in electronic garments. There is sour mutilation of historical facts in the narrative on “How Tinubu Is Reversing The Damage Ironsi Did To Nigeria” attributed to Reno Omokri. During British colonial rule, Regions were created in 1939 and their elected goverments were in office from 1951. The Regions were three in number: Eastern, Northern, and Western. There was gross inequality and injustice in the regional system. For example, the territory of the Northern Region was larger than the…

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Are These Soldiers Or Hooligans In Uniform?

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By Sunny Awhefeada     The title adopted for today’s piece is a slightly modified, if not imitative, version of how someone labeled a post on facebook two days ago. The post in question is a video in which a helpless civilian was being pummeled by soldiers in uniform under the watchful supervision of a major-general! The victim is neither a terrorist nor a bandit! He is just another civilian accused by power drunk soldiers of denting the jeep of the major-general. As the brutes in uniform rained blows on…

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