Author: Admin

Edevbie Appreciates PDP, Okowa For Serving As Finance Comm’r And CoS

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A Note of Appreciation!!! Good evening my good people of Delta State. It is with a heart full of immense gratitude to God Almighty that I leave the office of Chief of Staff to the Governor, which I occupied for the past two years. Serving under His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa first as Commissioner of Finance for four years and then as his Chief of Staff as we strived to build a Stronger Delta were challenging as could be expected of such critical offices of State but they were not…

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Tension In Udu As Oghior Community Drags Monarch For Tagging Them Strangers, Demands Apology

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Following the alleged classification of the people of Oghior as strangers by the Ovie of Udu Kingdom, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. the Oghior Development Movement, ODM has perfected plans to drag the Ovie of Udu Kingdom to court, demanding apology from the monarch Acoording to a statement made signed by Evang. Robinson Onojighofia, National Vice President and Comrade Markson Koyaya, National Secretary of the Oghior Development Movement confirmed the intentions of several families in Oghior to file their respective cases in court against the Monarch us soon…

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Open Grazing Ban: Speakers Of Southern States Legislatures Throw Weight Behind Governors

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….Also Call For National Dialogue The Speakers of State Legislatures in Southern Nigeria, at the weekend, commended the Governors of the Southern states for their patriotism and firm belief in the unity of the country. They said in a communique that; “We salute the Governors for their initiative and restate our support for the positions of the Governors. We wish to state unequivocally that the issues canvassed in the communique are neither new nor strange , rather they require swift response from the Federal Government”. “The country is currently undergoing…

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Ramadan: DESOPADEC MD, Askia Calls For Sober Reflection And Prayers

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  Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has called for deep sober reflections and prayers as Muslims mark the end of Ramadan fasting. Bashorun Askia in an Eid-el-Fitri message, enjoined all Muslims to rededicate Nigeria to God as the country faces existential challenges, adding, “The fasting was successful and the spirits of all Muslim faithful were lifted high. And it is without doubt that God answered all supplications and rewarded accordingly.” The statement reads: “As the Muslim faithful celebrate the…

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Samuel Jereton Mariere: 50 Years After

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By  Sunny Awhefeada     Many of us were not born when Chief Samuel Jereton Mariere died on 9th May 1971. But we grew up with his name as a staple in our menu of formal and informal education in every Midwest, later Bendel and now Edo and Delta school and homestead. My parents’ generation and an earlier one could tell their children and grandchildren the story of Chief Samuel Adjereaton (Jereton) Mariere who served the Urhobo, Midwest and Nigeria. Our parents and grandparents told the story and it is…

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Salah: Delta Speaker, Oborevwori Preaches Peace, Unity At Eld-el-Fitr

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By Igbunu Miracle   The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has called on Muslim faithful to use the Eld-el-Fitr to pray for peace and unity in the Country. The Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu implored Muslim faithful in the country not to relent in their prayers for peace and unity of the nation. While calling on Muslim faith to extend the spiritual benefits of Ramadan to all and sundry, the Speaker who is also the national…

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Automobile Electrician, Three Injured Car Veers Off Road In Ughelli

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Four persons including an automobile electrician are seriously battling to save their lives at a private hospital as Mercedes Benz rammed into a workshop in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The Mercedes Benz with Lagos registration no. AGL 321GR, 4matic, it was gathered rammed into an automobile workshop and destroyed two cars, a Toyota Camry and Corolla with Delta Reg. Nos. UGH 877KZ, TDU 127 PX, and an unregistered motorcycle respectively while an automobile electrician, whose name was given as Kingsley and three others we seriously injured.…

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Read The Communique Issued By Southern Governors In Asaba

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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ASABA, DELTA STATE, ON TUESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2021 At its meeting, held today, 11th May, 2021, the Southern Governors Forum reviewed the situation in the nation generally and focused on the current security situation, agitations/restructuring, prospect for inter-state collaboration and partnerships as well as on the incidence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rising from the meeting, the Forum: i) affirmed that the peoples of Southern Nigeria remain committed to the unity of Nigeria on…

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Tidi Mourns Olu Of Warri Passage

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Dr. Michael Tidi has expressed his profound reverence to the departed Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli as his funeral rites kick-started on Monday, May 10, in Warri. Tidi, Chairman, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta made the expression in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday morning in Warri. “As the funeral rite for the 20th Olu of Warri kickoff on May 10, 2021. “I wish to on behalf of the government and people of Warri South Council Area express my profound reverence for the departed monarch,” he…

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Bob Marley: The Legend Lives On 39 Years After

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By Sunday Apah     Robert Nesta Marley was born on the 6th of February 1945 in the Saint Ann Parish of Jamaica . His father Norval Sinclair Marley was a white man in his 50s and his mother Cedella Booker was a black woman who was 18 years old. Due to this, he suffered a lot of racial prejudice in his childhood. Although his father provided the family with financial support, he was away most of the time on his work related trips. Bob Marley was ten years old…

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