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Analysis & Opinion: What Is New Or Happy About The New Year?

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By Sunny Awhefeada Once upon a time the thought of the end of one year and the approach of another elicited joy and expectations. In between the outgoing and the incoming year is a moment of transition that was marked by stocktaking, conviviality, merriment, then sober reflections and resolutions. We truly felt the transition from an old year to a new one and we were all happy or so we thought as children? My earliest concrete memories of the old and New Year phenomenon were formed in Evwreni, then a…

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Oborevwori Condoles Anirah Over Mother’s Death

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BY ANDREW DARAH    The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and National Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of state legislatures of Nigeria, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has Commiserated with the member representing Sapele State Constituency in the House, Hon Felix Anirah over the demise of his mother, Mrs Clara Anirah.   In a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu, the Speaker mourned the demise of the mother of the lawmaker, whom he described as a virtous and God-fearing mother who lived…

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Why We Must Organize Now With Sincerity Of Purpose For True Economic Sustainability

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With the paradigm shift in the global economy due to the presence of COVID-19, government and businesses are shifting from their conventional ways of operation and adopting new methodology — with the current economic reality so as to sustain in the competitive global economy. There is need for us to organize our economy with “sincerity of purpose for true economic sustainability”. Purpose overtime has been misconstrued by people due to lack of understanding, in its broadest sense it simply means an aim that is intended to achieve — meaning purpose…

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Ekokobe Denies Assassination Allegations 

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By Kelvin Ohoror   The Chairman of Oleh Community Development Committee Chief Obaro Ekokobe has denied and debunked totally any involvement in the alleged attempted kidnap and assassination of Chief Jubilant Igelige, the Isoko Development Union Publicity Secretary over the Oleh leadership tussle.   It will be recalled that on the 10th of December 2021, Chief Obaro Ekokobe, the Secretary to the Odiologbo of Oleh Kingdom, Chief Otovo Festus, Chief Zaiki Okupa a member of the CDC, alongside with Mr. Ikwenu Moses, a driver to the Odiologbo were arrested and…

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Jifas Ogbon celebrates new year with women, presents food items, cash,  wrappers

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By Philo Ezewu As we entered the year 2022 with joy and happiness, a Special Assistant (SA) to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Youth Development, Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon ,in continuation of the new year celebration, hosted women from Olomu kingdom, and other parts Ughelli South local government area of Delta state presenting them with food items, money and wrappers. While celebrating with the women, Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon said he is happy that God keeps everyone of them alive even in the midst of the hardship and ravishing pandemic year.…

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Analysis & Opinion: A Christmas Without Christmas

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By Sunny Awhefeada A new sociology, virulent, irascible, unrelenting and pervasive, is out there attempting to subject our past, including our very recent past, to erasure. The drastic occurrences and, even radical, changes of the last twenty years have turned the world into a strange phenomenon that we suddenly didn’t know. We have become victims of our own tendency to outdo the order of nature. The pursuit of knowledge, advancement in science and technologies and their attendant discoveries have become a double-edged sword dangling over humanity’s feeble neck. The world…

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BAROVBE’s DEMISE, A GREAT LOSS – OMO-AGEGE

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  Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has expressed shock and sadness over the demise of renowned educationist and founder of the prestigious Westminister College, Lagos, Chief Johnson Barovbe, Chief Barovbe, a former President and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the influential Lagos-based Urhobo Social Club passed on recently, aged 81. The Deputy President of the Senate noted that even as a private citizen, the prominent Urhobo traditional chief contributed to the improvement of the society. In a statement signed by Yomi Odunuga, Special Adviser, Media and…

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2022: Keep Hope, Faith Alive, Delta Speaker, Oborevwori, Urges Deltans, Nigerians

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  The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has felicitated with all Deltans on the new year celebration, urging them to be steadfast in their prayers for the state at all times. In his New Year message contained in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu, the Speaker noted that the year 2021 had gone into history with all its challenges and prayed for a peaceful and Prosperous New Year for Deltans in particular and Nigerians in general. The Speaker…

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Delta Speaker Oborevwori Mourns Late Barovbe

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  …Describes him as iconic figure in Urhoboland The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly and Deputy National Chairman, Conference of Speakers of state Legislatures of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has expressed sadness over the sudden demise of Chief Johnson Barovbe. He described the late Chief Barovbe as an Iconic figure in Urhobo land, saying his demise was a very painful one. In a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Dennis Otu, the Speaker lamented that the death of the iconic figure, leader of thought, scholar and…

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Christmas: Oborevwori Urges Nigerians To Live In Harmony

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  The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has felicitated with all Deltans and Nigerians at Christmas, urging them to show love to one another. In a Press Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu, the Speaker who is also the National Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of state legislatures of Nigeria, implored Deltans to be at peace with one another now and always as taught us by Jesus Christ. While saying that Jesus Christ was the reason for the…

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