Author: SouthernVoiceNews

Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from Delta State University, Abraka. He is a registered practising Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists with over 20 years experience of reporting. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focuses more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration by government and multinational iol companies 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. He is married with children.

Prior to the upsurge in crime rate and killing of policemen in the state, the Delta State Police Command have intensify efforts in curbing criminal activities and this has paid off as they make huge harvest of criminal arrest and recovery of dangerous weapons, ammunition and others in the monrh of August 2023. A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed that  at about 0600hours, a police patrol team attached to ‘C’ Division Asaba in a combined effort with vigilantes while on patrol around the second Niger bridge, sighted a young man carrying a sack…

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Aladja Community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State today said Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s two weeks promised to demarcate the disputed boundaries between them(Aladja) and Ogbe-Ijoh Community in Warri South-West Local Government Area have passed. President of Aladja Community Council, Comrade Shell Okakotu GodFirst made the assertion in a chat with Our Correspondent in Warri. White noting that bulldozers sent in by the State Government cleared the disputed boundary, Comrade GodFirst said weeds has over taken the whole place again as a result of the delays by the governor. Comrade GodFirst stressed that the people of Aladja Community are…

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…Demands Justice For Her Death A  Director in the Ministry of Finance, Delta  State, Mr. Ochuko  Regha, has said his  daughter, “Oghenefejiro, was killed because  the killer “boy” wanted  her body parts for rituals. The lifeless body of Oghenefejiro, a 400 level student of Accounting of Ambrose Ali  University, Ekpoma, Edo State, was found dead  in the room of her Killer boyfriend, Ochonogor  Victor  on Monday, August 21, 2023. The father of the deceased has alleged that the suspect killer boy killed his  daughter with knives and other materials in his room with the sole aim of using her parts…

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Senator Ede Dafinone representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has called on Deltans to remain steadfast to the dreams and aspirations of her founding fathers of a peaceful, united, and progressive Delta State. The renowned Chartered Accountant, while congratulating Deltans for living together peacefully since its creation on August 27, 1991, from defunct Bendel State by the administration of former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, noted that though the state has experienced some level of development, comparatively Delta is not where she ought to be after 32 years of existence. He, therefore, charged Deltans to remain…

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…Indicts Rivers Governor Of Aiding Oil Thieves Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara have received a heavy knock over a statement credited to him over the weekend when he condemned the pipelines surveillance  contract awarded to  to Tantita Security Services led by former militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemepulo (aka Tompolo) by the Federal Government. The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC), an oil and gas monitoring group whom were not pleased by the statement of the River State Governor which he said on Saturday, August 26, 2023,  were he fumed over the  crude oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to…

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Former PDP Chairman and Gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Victor Bala Kona had died of a complicated heart disease in Abuja. In a press release issued by party’s State Publicity Secretary, Andeta’rang Irammae, reads “The People’s Democratic Party, Taraba state chapter is deeply sadden by news of the death of her former chairman Chief Victor Bala Kona (Garkuwan Bakundi), which occurred early today 27th August 2023 in Abuja”. “Late Chief Victor Bala Kona (Garkuwan Bakundi) was chairman of the Party from March 2012 to August 2020, during which he worked tirelessly for the growth and sustained leadership…

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Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas during a courtesy visit to the Management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, said illiteracy is a major challenge that leads to insecurity in the country. The Governor during his  visit to the  urged the organization to build more entrepreneurship centers in Taraba to train youths in different skills. He further appealed that the Executive Secretary of TETFUND should include the construction of E- libraries, and Computer Based Test Centres to cater for students seating for Jamb and other examinations in Taraba. According to him “any project TETFUND will undertake in my State…

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For the incessant sexual assault on female students in the University of Calabar, Cross River State, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has said that the institution’s administration has made all principal officers in the faculty of law women. This is in response to the sexual harassment allegations made against the faculty’s suspended dean, Prof. Cyril Ndifon. Obi made this known On Saturday’s Sunrise breakfast show on Channels Television, stating that both acting and Sub dean at the faculty are now women. She stated that the school management has put in place measures to curtail cases…

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Delta state Commissioner for Environment Mr. Ejiro Jamani has appealed to residents of the state to stop the indiscriminate dumping of refuge on prohibited areas. The Commissioner made the appeal today in Warri while inspecting the blocked canal at the Warri garage in Warri South Local Government Area of the state and other parts of the state during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. While frowning at the attitudes of residents in the area for dumping waste on spots that are capable of blocking canals, Mr. Jamani noted that the result of blocking canals,( drainage system) is that, when this happens,…

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We the undersigned, on behalf of the Communities surrounding the NNPC/SPDC joint venture facilities in Otumara area in the Escravos, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, use this medium to call on the Federal Government of Nigeria to cause the arrest and prosecution of Messrs Ayiri Emami, Mode Akoma, Isaac Botosan, Monday Tenumah, Smart Edema, Lucky Esun, Alex Eyengho, Lucky Ekpedure and others, over the unprovoked attack and destruction of facilities in the NNPC/SPDC Otumara Flow Station with a daily production of 20,000 barrels of crude oil.  We are aware that security agencies were informed of the…

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