Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori , has expressed his heart-felt condolences to the family of former Minister of Education (State), Chief Kenneth Gbagi, who passed on May 4. Gbagi a senior lawyer, businessman, governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in the 2023 general election and industrialist, passed on at 62, after a brief illness. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, Governor Oborevwori described the passing of Gbagi as tragic, unfortunate and heart-wrenching. He commiserated with the people of Ughelli South…
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LG Election: Group Holds Million Man Match For Ofomukoro
Youths under the aegis of Comrade Lucky Olerhimena Ofomukoro Support Group, has appealed to the people of Ughelli North to rally round and support the chairmanship aspiration of Mr Lucky Ofomukoro in the July 13, council elections in the State. The group made this appeal during a million man March organized by Comrade Lucky Olerhimena Ofomukoro Support Group in Ughelli North local Government Area of Delta state. The group disclosed that Lucky Ofomukoro chairmanship aspirant in Ughelli North Local Government area under the People’s Democratic Party, PDP is one…
Read MoreGbagi’s Exit, Big Blow To Me And Family
By Zik Gbemre, He was my loyal younger brother and friend. We joked and laughed whenever he visited me in my community home town of Iwhrekan of Ughievwen and whenever I visited him in his country home in Oginibo town of Ughievwen in Ughelli south. I recollect when he invited me for swearing in of his dear wife, Justice Sybil Gbagi as Appeal Court Justice at the Supreme Court Abuja and I met Alhaji Abdullah Bukar of Shell, the Emir of Lafia who was a former Supreme Court Justice…
Read MoreAnambra Police Denies Allege Kidnap Of Archbishop, Family Members And Others
The Anambra State Police Command, has denied the abduction of innocent an Archbishop, members of his family and three others as reported by some media houses and organizations. The state Public Relations Officer,SP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement signed disclosed that the alleged kidnapping of the Archbishop, his family members and three others were not recorded or reported at any Police Station or Area Command across the state. Ikenga held that however appealed to the public to furnish the command with useful information of such incident occurred in any part…
Read MoreOlorogun Kenneth Gbagi Is Dead
A former Nigerian minister of state for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi is dead. Gbagi was businessman, politician and SDP governorship candidate 2023 in Delta State, died on May 4, 2024, at a Hospital in Lagos. According to reports, he died in a Lagos State hospital after a brief illness. Kenneth Gbagi who hails from Oginibo in Ughelli South, maternal hails from Jesse in Ethiope West local Government Area of Delta State. Details loading..
Read MorePipeline Surveillance: PINL Lack Competence To Protect Pipelines, NDSF Alleges
The Niger Delta Stakeholders’ Forum (NDSF) has alleged that incompetence and non performance made against Pipelines Infrastructures Nigerian Limited (PINL), owned by the the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase III in the handling of the Trans – Forcados Pipelines network system surveillance and protection contract led to the termination of the $3.9M Monthly Contract by the NNPCL The group said that Chief Government Chief Ekpemupolo, (alias Tompolo) and his security firm, Tanitita Security Services Nigeria Limited should not be dragged into the woes of the Olu of Warri and his…
Read MoreTINUBU GLOBETROTTING FOR FDI: WHICH NATION, INVESTOR WILL TAKE HIM SERIOUS
By Zik Gbemre, The video of Audu Ogbe has revealed it all. We should blame the supposed Nigerian leaders who rely on the West and other foreign countries to do for us what we can do for ourselves. Is it not shameful that President Tinubu is busy globetrotting for nothing? Paul Kagame of Rwanda is busy comfortably at home developing his country from home grown policies and solutions while Bola Ahmed Tinubu is busy begging for favour here and there from Western and Asian leaders for Foreign Direct…
Read MoreCourt Adjourns Okuama Fundamental Rights Suits To June 4 For Hearing
THE Federal High Court in Warri has fixed June 4, 2024 for the hearing on the fundamental rights applications filed by some Indigenes of the Okuama Community in Ughelli South against the Nigerian Army. The presiding judge, Justice I. Sani adjourned to the date after hearing counsel for the applicants Thursday during the mentioned of the suits in Warri. It could be recalled that Okuama Community had been embroid in crisis following the gruesome murder of 17 soldiers on March 14, 2024 in the community. Following the destruction of…
Read MoreEntertainment: Crooner, Sugarbana’s Winner For Release Soon
The stage is gradually getting set for Afrobeat crooner Sugarbana to take the Music scene by the storm anytime soon with “Winner” . Our Entertainment Correspondent reports that the upcoming Afrobeat Crooner Sugarbana’s “Winner” is billed for release shortly as he is working around the clock with prominent acts in the studio to ensure that he comes out with a bang in his maiden album, Ashes. Highly talented Sugarbana who has been taking his time to give a different meaning to Afrobeat music, according to our Entertainment Correspondent is…
Read MoreUrhobo Youth Leader Urges Delta CP To Disband Hunters, Anti-Cult In Ughelli North
Welfare Officer and Ughelli Kingdom Representatives at the Urhobo Progress Union Youth wing, Comrade Ese Agbobore has called on the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abaniwonda Olufemi, Ughelli Area Commander and the Ughelli A’ division, DPO, to disband the activities of the Hunter and Anti-Cult groups in Ughelli North Local Government Area. He made this call when condemning the illegal extortion and activities allegedly embarked upon by the groups on the roads. According to him, “The Hunters and Anti-cult groups has taken over the duties of the conventional police to…
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