By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye, …As He consults Sapele, Ethiope West Delegates Frontline Delta Central Senatorial District aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Guinness book of Record Chartered Accountant, Chief Ede Dafinone has said he is most qualified to defeat the PDP, adding that he is not only asking for support to win the Senate position but to deliver Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as governor of Delta State come 2023. Dafinone who was speaking while meeting with members of the Delta Central APC excos in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State on Monday, also said he will…
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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.
…Says Warri South Constituency II Is Not For The Itsekiri’s By SouthernVoicenews, The aspiration of Hon. Dr. Mike Tidi, Executive Chairman, Warri South Local Government Council to run for the Delta State House Of Assembly under the Warri South Constituency 2 may be heading towards the rock as Mr. Igho Egheba Okumagba has send a strong message of rejection to him. Hon. Dr. Mike Tidi Dr. Tidi has recently declared his intention to contest the House of Assembly seat under the constituency 2 in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, but his declaration is being opposed as the Warri base Niger Delta…
… Presents Intimidating Agendas By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye, Guinness book of record Chartered Accountant and Chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Export Promotion Group (MANEG), Okakuro Ede Dafinone, has promise to fight and create more jobs to solve the insecurity problem bedeviling the society and harness the demographic dividend associated with the rising population if voted as a Senator to represent the Delta Central Senatorial District come 2023 under the platform of the All Progressive Congress APC. 3rd From Right, Chief Ede Dafinone With Other APC Chieftains During His Official Declaration For Delta Central Senatorial Seat In Ughelli Addressing the mammoth crowd…
By Patrick Ochei, The Delta State Capital Asaba, was on Thursday, 28th April, 2022, agog with the visit of the Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The President who landed at the Asaba International Airport at about 2:48pm, immediately moved to the Palace of Asagba of Asaba, HRM Obi (Prof) Chike Edozien to brief him of his intention to contest the Presidency of the country. He told Asagba that he has garnered enough experience both as Vice President in the past seven years and Acting President at various periods, to be the President that the country has been yearning for. Osinbajo…
By Patrick Ochei, The Stand-Up For Women Society (SWS), Delta State Chapter has unveiled a roadmap geared towards supporting the education of female inmates at the custodial centres of the Delta State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service. This initiative was revealed during a courtesy visit to the Controller of Correction, Delta State Command, Mr. Ovie Friday Esezobor, ably led by the State Chairperson of SWS, Comrade (Mrs) Stella Macaulay on Wednesday 27th April, 2022. Macaulay in her address, extended a hand of partnership to the Controller, to fashion out ways through which the group could come in to assist…
By: Augustus Onwumere, His Grace, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubueze, Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City Archdiocese and newly appointed Apostolic Administrator of Warri Diocese, on Wednesday, April 27, formally resumes office with an inaugural Mass concelebrated with the immediate past Bishop of the Diocese, Bishop John Afareha. The immediate past CBCN President was joined by the Emeritus Bishop of Warri Diocese, Most Rev. John Oke’Oghene Afareha, priests of the Diocese and faithful. In his homily, Archbishop Akubeze charged the faithful of Warri Diocese not to be weary but continually pray for the growth and development of the Diocese, noting that…
By Enweliku Kent, The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development recently trained Journalists across the state on how to play their role effectively in the Open Government Partnership and strengthen the process in Nigeria. The two day training program held between April 20th and 21st in Calabar, Cross River state and was facilitated by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, with support from MacArthur Foundation, geared towards enhancing the insight of media practitioners on their role in Open Government Partnership. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from national…
By SouthernVoicenews, The leadership of Emevor community in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State has condemned the unauthorised protest by a section of youths of the community over an abandoned road project. The community leaders said the protesters did not get the backing of the King, nor President General or even the community youth chairman. At a press conference on Tuesday in Emevor, the Commissioner representing Isoko Ethnic Nationality on the board of DESOPADEC, Dr Paul Oweh said the protest was ill-conceived and targeted at maligning the state governor as someone who does not keep to his promise…
…Consults PDP State Party Chairman, Appeals To Delegates For Support By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye, Delta State House of Assembly aspirant, Udu Constituency and executive Chairman of Udu Local Government Council, Hon. Chief Jite Brown has stated that he is the only aspirant among those presently jostling for the PDP ticket in Udu that opposition parties are scared to contest with. Chief Jite Brown who made this known during a consultative visit to Olorogun Kingsley Esiso Esq., Delta State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party at Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of the state, said present contenders in opposition parties will step…
By SouthernVoicenews, The Catholic Bishop of Awka, Anambra State, Most Reverend Paulinus Ezeokafor, has said it is the turn of the people of the Southeast geopolitical Zone to produce the next President of Nigeria. Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this at St. Patrick Catholic Cathedral, Awka, said that Ndi Igbo (Southeasterners in Nigeria) deserved to be the president of Nigeria in 2023 because they were part and parcel of the country. The Catholic Prelate observed that the Igbo was the only major tribe that had not produced the president of the country since the return to the current democratic dispensation, adding…