Local contractors who embarked on a peaceful protest over an alleged N5Billion owed them were on Thursday, tear gas by operatives of the Nigeria police to break up the protest at Area 11, Garki, Abuja, office of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. The contractors under the aegis of association of indigenous contractors in FCTA are allegedly being owed over N5 billion for contracts already executed and certified for payments by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. According to Sahara Reporters, one of the protesters said the brutal police action on them was ordered by Wike, disclosing that it was…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a registered Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focus more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experience in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas.
…Asks To Back Ministry By State Assembly Law By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Foremost Delta Environmental Activists and National Coordinator of Centre For Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Chief Sheriff Mulade, has commended the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, for yielding to the yearnings and needs of the riverine communities in the State by creating a ministry that will fill the gap of development deficit in the areas. Comrade Mulade who spoke to journalists in his office recently, expressed his gratitude to the governor over what he described as a welcome development that is long expected. He said; “I…
Indigenous Correspondents’ Chapel (ICC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, has decorated one of Delta-born activist, Comrade Chief Sheriff Mulade an environmental activist of note and National Coordinator, Centre For Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), as one of its patrons. The United Nations (UN) Ambassador, who doubles as the Ibe-Serimowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom) Kingdom Lifter of the Great Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri south west local government area of the State, was honoured for his commitment towards peace in the Niger Delta, youth empowerment, media support and for always seeking for improved welfare of the people. Chief Mulade was…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Executive Chairman, Delta State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Hon Samuel Mariere has called for more community involvement in securing public primary schools assets in the state. Hon Mariere made the call while addressing education stakeholders in Isoko North and Isoko South, in continuation of the board’s advocacy visits on public primary education reform across the 25 local government areas in the state. The SUBEB Chairman said the state government has committed much funds in building infrastructures in public primary institutions in the state, saying that there was the need to always protect them against vandalism. He…
To Meet Members Of Nigeria Labour Congress On Implementation Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Report just reaching Southernvoicenews. Com, revealed that the Delta State Government has directed its Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu and Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, to hold talks with the State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on the implementation of the new minimum wage. Commissioner for Information in the state, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, announced this on Wednesday, August 14, while briefing Journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. According to him, talks between government and labour on the new…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has urged the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) not to leave any stone unturned in dealing with any real or potential threat to the conduct of peaceful and transparent elections in Nigeria.He disclosed that concerns have already been expressed about the possibility of armed state and non-state actors disrupting the processes. The INEC Chairman who gave the mandate in his speech at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting in Abuja expressed the Commission’s appreciation to all members of ICCES at national, state and…
…Arrests Suspected Kidnappers, Cultists …Recovers Guns, Ammunition, 1 Kidnapper Dies In Action By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State Police Command on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, said the operatives of the Commissioner of Police Special Squad with its base in Ughelli, on Sunday, August 12, 2024, while on investigation alongside a suspected kidnapper Joel Ochuko Ofoye, ‘m’ earlier arrested on July 18, 2024, led operatives to Ewu community in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State, in the trail of a gun runner who supply arms to them before their kidnapping operation. The police also arrested five suspected cultists in Ughelli area…
The leadership of Host Communities (Oil & Gas producing), Delta State Chapter, has suspended its proposed protest. HOSTCOM disclosed this in a letter addressed to the Governor and signed by the State Chairman, Comrade Sunday Enujeke and State Secretary, Joseph Lamienghan and eight others. The letter read: “The leadership of Host communities (Oil & Gas producing), Delta state chapter, recalls that the organization, in its letter addressed to your Excellency dated July 31st 2024, issued a 21-day protest notice, arising from perceived neglect of HOSTCOM and its members over the years by the state government. “Among our key concerns were…
Chief Johnbull Ejovi, Tuesday, said his ex wife, Emily Apiloko lied in her recent interview with the BBC where she linked him to her surrogate journey, insisting that he has no link with the children. Ejovi said this is her statement to the police when I arrested her to the Alagbon Police Station in Lagos in 2021: “I confirm that my husband and I discussed the possibility of using a surrogate to have a child or children, as we are unable to do so without medical or other support. We previously undertook 4 IVF courses, which were unsuccessful, so surrogacy…
*** Says President Cannot Worship The North Worried by the recent hardship protests witnessed in Nigeria, the O’Odua Integrity Network ( OIN) has called on the Yoruba Ethnic Nationality to be proactive, saying it was time for Yoruba Nation to re-think and rise to the defence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at all times against the North. EndBadGovernance movement, according to OIN, organised by some faceless individuals, mostly misguided people, was supposedly against longstanding grievances about governance, corruption, and socio-economic challenges in the country. In a Press Statement signed by Chief Adewale Adeosun (President) and Mr Ige Kilanko (Secretary),…