By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Immediate past chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, Chief Godwin Adode has emerged as the Chairman of the Delta State Football Association (DFA). Adode, along side eight others were inaugurated today, at the football house, along Marian Babangida Way, Asaba by the Permanent Secretary, House of Assembly Service Commission, Barr. Austin Uwasike. In his opening remarks, outgoing chairman of the body, Mr. Kenneth Nwaomucha, welcomed and thanked the representatives of football bodies present and appreciated them for their unwavering support and for their presence at the congress, noting that through their individual and…
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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.
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye As the 8th National Youth Games kicks off today in Asaba, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has charged State Contingent in the sports festival to go for gold. Rt Hon Guwor who was at the Steve Keshi Stadium, Asaba for the opening ceremony of the Youth Games, urged the Delta team to remember that they carry the hopes and aspirations of the state on their shoulders. The Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nkem Nwaeke, enjoined the contingent to show the nation the true spirit that…
…As Tinubu, Oborevwori Give 1,200 Households Food Palliatives A total of forty female farmers across Delta State, Thursday, received grants worth N10 Milion to boost their agro businesses, while 1,200 indigent households received food items from the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and the Governor’s wife, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori. The disbursement of the funds and distribution of household consumables which was sponsored by the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) of Senator Tinubu, in collaboration with the ‘You Matter Charity Foundation’ of Deaconess Oborevwori, is targeted at mitigating the hardship currently being faced by citizens. Speaking during the presentation at…
Edo State Government has disagreed with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun for announcing the suspension of the State-owned security outfit codenamed “Edo State Security Network (ESSN).Reacting to the pronouncement, Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media Project to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, opined that the IGP has no constitutional power to suspend the Edo Security Corps, as it is a creation of the Edo State House of Assembly. According to him, the IGP had at the Independent. National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday, September 11, announced that the outfit had been suspended ahead of…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, boycott the signing of the Peace Accord initiated by the National Peace Committee (NPC) led by Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and the former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) for the political parties and gubernatorial candidates for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo state. PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo and Edo State Anthony Aziegbemi refused to pen their signatures in the document like the Chairmen and candidates of 17 other political parties contesting the Edo state governorship election. Armed with a…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday, said the state was ready to host the 8th National Youth Games scheduled to kick-off in Asaba, on Thursday.Governor Oborevwori disclosed this while speaking to journalists shortly after inspecting facilities at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, the state capital, which is the main venue for the games. The Governor, who inspected the swimming pool, shooting range and other facilities at the Indoor Sports Hall, was conducted round by Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, LOC, Chief Solomon Ogba, and top officials of the State Sports Commission. He said 5,776 athletes from 29…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Health, has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring appreciable budgetary implementation in the health sector.Chairman of the Committee, Hon Ferguson Onwo who stated this when he led members on an oversight visits to three government owned hospitals in the state, said the committee’s interest is part of government’s efforts to improve standards and health services in Delta State. The health institutions visited include the Central Hospital Agbor, Ika South, General Hospital Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South and General Hospital, Okwe, Oshimili South. Hon Onwo accompanied by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee,…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye A Bill for a Law to Amend the Child Rights Law 2008 to Further Strengthen the Legal Framework for Child Rights Protection in Delta State and for Other Related Matters, has passed second reading on the floor of the State House of Assembly. The lead sponsor of the Bill and Member Representing Ika North East Constituency, Hon (Mrs) Marylyn Okowa-Daramola, at Tuesday’s plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, said the amendment is to enhance existing provisions in the principal law as well as introduce new provisions to ensure more effective implementation and…
A UK-based Nigerian nurse who left her ten-week-old baby to die while she went to work at a hospital has been jailed for three years. Mother, Ruth Auta, 28, abandoned Joshua Akerele in her nurse’s accommodation for eight hours so she could work her shift on December 20, 2022, Mail Online reports. When she returned from work, she found her son lifeless in his cot and dialled 999, telling operators her son was not breathing. The infant was pronounced dead an hour later with tests showing he may have ‘overheated’ due to the layers of clothing and bedding he was…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State Universal Education Board, SUBEB, has taken delivery of ten thousand (10,000) Exercise Note Books donated to it by the Sapele Local Government Council for onward distribution to pupils in public primary schools in the state. Executive Chairman of the Board, Hon Samuel Mariere said the gesture was in response to Subeb’s appeal for collaboration with critical stakeholders, especially local government councils to provide public primary schools in the state free exercise note books as the schools resumed 2024/2025 academic session. Receiving the notebooks at the Subeb headquarters in Asaba, Hon Mariere, represented by the…