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By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Executive Chairman, Delta State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Hon Samuel Mariere, has restated government’s commitment for improved standards in public primary schools in the state. Speaking at a strategic meeting with public primary education stakeholders in Oshimili South local government area, Hon Mariere said Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s reform agenda in the education sector must be implemented to the latter. Saying that the reform is to restore the glorious days of public educational institutions in the state, the Subeb Boss decried the low interest of parents in registering their children and wards in public schools. Accompanied by…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State Government is envisioning a new road map for sustainable peace and development in oil and gas bearing communities in the state. The new Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Hon (Chief) Peter Uviejitobor who stated this Wednesday, on assumption of office at Prof Chike Edozien Secretariat, Okpanam road, Asaba, said the reform agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in the oil sector would be of immense benefit to all critical stakeholders. Hon Uviejitobor stated that Delta state is blessed with large oil and gas deposits and other mineral resources, saying that the development has placed the…

Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Dennis Emomotimi Guwor, says he was saddened by the news of the sudden death of a non sitting member of the House, Hon Talib Tebite.Rt. Hon. Guwor described late Tebite as a jolly good fellow and trusted ally who lived a life of friendship and camaraderie with close associates scattered across nations. Saying that his demise is a tremendous loss to the state and the legislative family, the Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nkem Nwaeke, stressed that late Talib Tebite will surely be missed by many for…

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has assured that his administration is committed to the security of lives and property in the State, insisting that the state was peaceful despite few security challenges in some parts of the state. Governor Oborevwori who stated that security of lives and property remained the primary purpose of Government, thanked Deltans for their support and called for more prayers to enable the administration resolve some of the seeming intractable challenges bedeviling the state. The Governor disclosed this when he received on courtesy visit, the State Executive of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN),…

By Sunny Awhefeada Nigerians were ushered into 2012 with the OCCUPY NIGERIA protests which held the nation down for over ten days. The protests were nationwide and its raison d’ tre was to force the then President Goodluck Jonathan to institute economic reforms that will make life better for the people.  At the core of that protest was the thorny issue of fuel subsidy removal. The government of the day held many town hall meetings where it canvassed the view that fuel subsidy was bleeding the country and that it was a drain pipe that was not only accentuating corruption,…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Catholic Church in Nigeria, on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, lost one of her quintessential Archbishop, His Grace, Most Rev. Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, Emeritus Archbishop of Benin City Archdiocese at 92. In a statement signed by the Chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin-City, Very Rev. Fr. Michael Oyanofoah, the Emeritus Archbishop died after a brief illness. The statement urged all Catholics in the archdiocese of Benin City to remember the archbishop in their prayers. The statement further  disclosed that date for his funerals will be communicated later.

 The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Dr. Vincent Udume Odogbor has called on stakeholders across the state to key into the M.O.R.E Agenda of the governor for the overall development of the state. Odogbor made the call when he paid a working visit to the Chairman of Isoko South Local Government Council, Hon. Comrade Warri Ovoke Friday at his office in Oleh, on Monday.  Dr Odogbor, an indigene of Isoko South, said his visit to the Council Chairman was to shore up more grassroot support for the MORE Agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori  While stating…

In another round of show of appreciation to his faithful and consistent BELIEVERS, the immediate past member of the Delta State House of Assembly who represented the good people of Ughelli-South State Constituency and current Delta State Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Comrade Reuben R.Y Izeze, has gifted Olorogun Moses Orhokpor (aka Olomu Man) a Toyota Sienna CAR as a reward for his show of love and selflessness during the 2022 Ughelli-South PDP PRIMARIES for the DTHA candidacy. While presenting the car earlier this morning at the Okpare residence of Olorogun Moses, Izeze who spoke through his Personal…

Olorogun Hon. Sir, Taleb Tebite, we at Southernvoicenews.com, mourn your passing as a great leader The news of your demise was Catastrophic and devastating Your dedication to service was unwavering Your passion to lift men from hardship, pains, sadness and sorrows was unmatched The lives you touched, the people you made and the care you gave was immeasurable You wishes life to be better for all You fought for justice and equality You always stood for what was right Just as you are neat, so your heart was pure Aarė, Olorogun, the Knight of the Church of God As a…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye As part of efforts and commitment to cushion the effects of not being able to afford their needs during their monthly flow, Miss Eke Jemima, Founder, Girls Clean Period Foundation, will tomorrow, July 28, 2024, distributes sanitary pads to indigent teens in Asaba. Miss Jemima Eke, who will turn 17 on July 28, said she is inspired by the present economic quagmire bedeviling the nation to advocate for free distribution of sanitary pads and toiletries to female teens who may not be able to afford such and thereby making them loose self confidence and dirty.  “Girls Clean…