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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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…
Read MoreEdwin 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…
Read MoreChief 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…
Read MoreEmbrace 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…
Read More41st 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…
Read MoreGov Oborevwori Defection To APC Is Mysterious, Despite Doing Well In PDP – Prof Muoboghare
PROFESSOR Patrick Muoboghare, a chieftain the of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ughelli North has described the recent mass defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and others from the party to APC as mysterious despite the governor was doing well in the PDP. He made this know while reacting to the gale of defections that rocked the Delta State PDP in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It would be recalled that the state Governor Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori,his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and the state executive of the…
Read MoreArrest Of VDM By EFCC A Display Of State Terrorism
By Zik Gbemre This is rubb!sh. EFCC now witch-hunting voice of the people and threatening to destroy democracy. President Trump is the most criticised leader on social media. By now American government under Donald Trump would have thrown a lot of people in detention. The reason for arresting the Very Dark Man is a threat to democracy and rule of law. EFCC was set up to fight financial crimes and not fight advocates for social justice. Tinubu shouldn’t use EFCC to fight opposition and call himself a democrat. EFCC…
Read MoreTO GBAGI, MY HERO UNFORGETTABLE
By Zik Gbemre I remember Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi who died 4th May, 2024. He was misunderstood by many people. He was a great Urhobo businessman and politician who was unlike many Nigerian politicians who depend on easy money and once they are out government for 6 months they are bankrupt and was unlike those politicians who live on government. He was a shrewd businessman, never believed in waste of resources. He was a lone politician who didn’t pretend and not cunning. Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi was my younger…
Read MoreOmo-Agege Celebrates Ibori-Suenu At 45
The Deputy President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has eulogised Hon. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, representing Ethiope East/Ethiope West federal constituency in the House of Representatives as a trailblazer in the bid to have a new generation of credible and fearless leaders. Omo-Agege, in a birthday message to Erhiatake, signed by his Media Adviser, Sunny Areh, commended her for following the footprints of her father and our leader Chief James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, admonishing her to uphold her father’s legacy of service, honour…
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