DELTA: Family Suspends Council Chairman Over Alleged Assault, Intimidation

  Elders accuse Egbo of physical attack, financial impropriety, and dishonesty       In a dramatic move that has sparked shockwaves across Delta State, the Abovwe family of Uduere in Ughelli North Local Government Area has suspended the Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Council, Chief (Barr) Jaro Omuvudu Egbo, from all family meetings and activities over what they described as gross misconduct, physical assault on elders, and fraudulent conversion of communal property.   The resolution was reached at an extraordinary elders’ meeting held on May 12, 2025, at…

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PDP Is Rising Again In Delta

Basil Okoh   Ika South PDP in Agbor was the first to sound the alarm over the attempt to stop their party meeting at their redoubt in Mariere Street, Agbor, right after Governor Sheriff Oborevwori announced the defection of the entire state PDP into the APC and asked every PDP organ to close their structures and individually register with APC in their wards. The state Chairman of the APC, Elder Omeni Sobotie thereafter announced the readiness of the APC organs at ward levels to receive and register every PDP defector.…

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Ughelli Area Commander, Presents Cheques To Winners Of Delta CP Cup Tournament

  THE Assistant Commissioner of Police attached to Ughelli Area Command, ACP Ademola Adebayo, has presented cheques to winners of the just concluded maiden edition of CP Abaniwonda Olufemi football tournament organized in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Presenting the cheques to Olomu, Ogor and Ughelli kingdoms at his office, ACP Ademola Adebayo disclosed that the tournament would be a continuous competition for the period of his stay in Ughelli Area Command. It would be recalled that the CP Abaniwonda Olufemi Peace Cup was organized by the…

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DELSU To Honour Professor Mowarin

  The Department of English and Literary Studies of the Delta State University, Abraka, is set to host a retirement symposium in honour of Professor Macaulay Mowarin who recently retired from the services of the university. Professor Mowarin who served the university for thirty-one years was at different times the head of the Department where he mentored generations of staff and students. He is a leading language scholar whose seminal works consolidated studies in sociolinguistics, language contact and pidgin. The title of the lecture is “The Academic and National Destiny…

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Irri Monarch Tours Communities In His Kingdom To Foster Peace/Unity

By Kelvin Ohoror& Solomon Akora     In a bid to foster peace, unity and togetherness among his subjects, the Odiologbo of Irri Kingdom, HRM Simon Wajutome Odhomo, Igbogidi I, paid one week familiarization visit to all the communities in his Kingdom both in Delta and Bayelsa State.     Communities visited were: Ogboko-Irri, Warri-Irri in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, Kenan-Irri in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Orie-Irri, Ivori-Irri, Utue-Irri, Ivrogbo-Irri, Uro-Irri, Idheze-Irri and Ada-Irri in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State…

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Engr Orugbo Accepts Okporua Ruling House Offer To Become Udu Monarch

Chief Engr. Mike Orugbo has accepted the call by the Okporua ruling house of Udu and others in the kingdom to become the traditional ruler of the Udu people after the passage of HRM E.B.O Delekpe who was the traditional ruler of Udu Kingdom in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. Engr Orugbo who is the MD/CEO O-SECUL Nigeria Ltd, a philanthropist per excellence accepted the offer at Ogbe-Udu community when the president generals of the Okporua Ruling House beacons in him to vie for the kingship position after…

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Edwin K. Clark (1927 – 2025): A Salute to a Brave and Fearless Comrade, In The Struggle For Resource Control In Nigeria

By Onoawariẹ Ędevbiẹ Urhobo Historical Society   Chief Edwin Clark passed away on February 17, 2025; the news immediately sent shock waves down my spine, reminding me of his last phone call. The phone call was a culmination of a series of many phone interviews made to gather information for the book, Olomu and the Development of Urhoboland and Western Niger Delta, which Peter Ekeh co-edited with me and Peter Ishaka. Elder Clark was apparently pleased with my account of him in the book that he requested that I see…

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Chief Maxwell Defend Defects to APC Amid Jubilation In Delta State

  A wave of excitement swept through Uduophori town in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday night as Chief Maxwell Defend, a respected philanthropist and influential political figure, officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The event was marked by jubilant celebrations from supporters, party members, and local leaders. Chief Maxwell’s defection was described by APC leaders as a significant political gain. The APC Chairman of Patani Local Government declared the development as the most important political achievement for the…

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Embrace Investigating Reporting Gov Diri Urges Journalists

  …..Learn from Dele Giwa to standards   Elizabeth Vincent, Yenagoa   Journalists in Bayelsa State and across Nigeria have been urged to reaffirm their crucial role in society by returning to the core values of embracing investigative journalism.   This call was made by the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, during the inaugural Bayelsa Media Summit held at the State Banquet Hall in Yenagoa, the state capital.   Eghwrudjakpor who represented the state Governor Douye Diri at the event, lamented the decline in investigative journalism, contrasting…

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41st Anniversary: PCRC Ughelli Area Command Holds Town Hall Security Meeting

The Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Ughelli Area Command, has concluded its 41yrs anniversary with town hall security meeting with stakeholders, community leaders and other sister agencies in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. At a Town Hall Security Meeting held at Afiesere community with the theme, ‘War against cultism, Drug abuse and other vices, top academia speak on the role and responsibilities of parents community leaders, Government, security agencies and religious leaders. Speaking on the role and responsibilities of parents, community leaders and government, the Rector of…

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