Inter-state Lockdown: Okowa Monitors Compliance, Warns Violators

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Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday warned that unauthorized vehicles entering the state in violation of restriction in inter-state movement ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari to stem spread of COVID-19 around the country would be impounded. Besides, the governor, who gave the warning while monitoring compliance of the order at some boundaries between Delta and neighbouring states, said that operators of such vehicles risked prosecution. He told newsmen after monitoring situations at Niger Bridge boundary between Delta and Anambra and at Alifikede, the boundary community between the state…

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Opinion: FUPRE, A Dream Delayed Or Denied?

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  By Sunny Awhefeada     The Federal University of Petroleum Resources, (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State was founded in 2007 and it caught news headline as Nigeria’s nay Africa’s first specialised university, dedicated to the study of petroleum resources.   The idea of FUPRE was novel and many thought that in no distant time the university will take its place in the global commune of scholarship, technological innovation and economic advancement. Since it bears the imprimatur of petroleum, which spews forth dollars, many had imagined that the university will approximate…

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FLOOD: Okonji Constructs Multi-Million Naira Drainage In Okpanam

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  As Nigerians prepare for the wet or rainy season in earnest, a philanthropist, Dr. Sunday Okonji, has embarked on the construction of 700 metres drains to check the perennial flooding of Ojogho Street, Agbami community, which is close to Christ the King Catholic Church, Okpanam, Delta State.   According to Dr. Okonji, the huge volume of water from Okpanam that passes through the street has created serious ecological challenges and threatened the socio-economic activities of the people of the area.   While stating that the drainage project and other…

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Agofure Donates Palliative To Agbarho Kingdom

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By Politics Governance Deputy Leader of Ughelli North Legislative Arm, and Councillor representing Agbarho ward 1, Hon Onoriode Agofure has donated food items as palliative to Agbarho kingdom in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State to cushion the hard effect of  the coronavirus pandemic. Items donated as palliative are, 52 bags of rice, 32 bags of garri, 150 cartons of Indomie noodles, 1,600 loaves of bread over 3,000 Face masks. Presenting the items at the community town hall, Agofure said, “We know that the lockdown has been eased…

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Oborevwori Condoles His Political Adviser, Eto Over Sister’s Death

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  The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has commiserated with  his Political Adviser, (POLAD), Chief  Matthias Eto, on the death of his immediate younger sister, Mrs. Maria Emonido ( nee Eto ). In a Press Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Dennis Otu, on Thursday in  Asaba, the Speaker, described  late Mrs Maria Emonido, a retired Chief Health Assistant of the Delta State Health Management Board as God-fearing  and hardworking woman who raised her children in high moral. According to him, it…

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5G Could Be The Single Biggest Investment of 2020

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By Dada Larry New 5G (fifth-generation) networks are going live over the next few months and in the process it will unleash the greatest technological shifts in a generation, one that promises to instantly deliver speeds 5,000% faster than today’s best mobile devices. Indeed, experts predict this new tech will eventually replace almost every internet connection on earth. By 2021 alone there will be an estimated 29 billion devices hooked up to 5G, creating more than $1.46 trillion in market value for investors. That’s why many legendary technology investors are…

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COVID -19: Interstate Boarder Lockdown Not Possible- Patani LG Boss

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 By Politicsgovernance As the spread of Coronavirus pandemic and the order by the 36 governors of the federation on interstate lockdown, the chairman of Patani local government area of Delta State, Perez Omoun has disclosed that it would be difficult for a total lockdown of the state boarders across the country. Findings by this online reveals that the interstate boarder closure as ordered by the state governor is partially observed in Patani local government area a boarder town between Delta and Bayelsa States. A combined team of security operatives, heath…

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COVID-19:Uduehi Donates Palliatives To The Aged In Delta Community

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By Omamuzo Efidhere The saying that charity begins at home was clearly demonstrated recently when the Founder and National president of The League of Women Voters of Nigeria (NILOWV), Rt. Hon Dame Esther Kelicha Uduehi PhD, KSG, LSM, FNIM, donated palliatives to the aged in Ukwuani, Local Government Area of Delta State.     Fielding questions from newsmen, Dr. Mrs. Esther Uduehi, said that the palliatives were to help cushion the effect of the lockdown on the old people in the area. “I understand that as old people, fending for…

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Face Mask Defaulters Risk Quarantine In Isolation Centre – DTSG

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  Delta Government has warned that anyone seen in public without face mask would be taken to any of the Isolation Centres in the state. Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, made this known in Asaba on Monday and said that the measure was part of the resolutions reached at a meeting of the Technical Committee for the Prevention of Covid-19 in Delta. According to Aniagwu who briefed the media at the end of the meeting, relaxing the lockdown for economic reasons should not jeopardize the safety…

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COVID-19: Relieving Okowa’s Worthy Initiatives

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    By FIDELIS EGUGBO   The social media has provided a means for people to express themselves freely without much hindrance. The fact that the laws on restricting its usage in Nigeria is loose has also given room for some people to make wild and unsubstantiated claims and move on without considering the damages caused by their false posts. Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as Covid-19, is changing the world order and the fact that most people have access to information via smartphones, further buttresses the reality that the world…

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