By Southernvoice, …Charges newly-elected officials on party’s unity Member representing Isoko Federal Constituency, Hon. Jonathan Ukodhiko, has congratulated newly elected Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Isoko North Chapter, Hon. Bernard Idisi, his Isoko South Counterpart, Chief Victor Ekelegha on their emergence at the just concluded party’s congresses. The House of Representatives member on Saturday at Ozoro, also congratulated other officials who were elected into various positions in the party’s administrative structure in the two local government areas of the Federal constituency. Hon. Ukodhiko hailed the conduct of the local government area congresses of the PDP in Isoko as…
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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 He Is Serial Extortionist, Blackmailer An Enugu based pressure group, the Ohaneze Think Tank, on Friday called for the investigation of house of Representatives member, Hon Ikenga Ugochinyere over his futile attempt to derail the commendable progress made by the Group CEO of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, describing the House of Representatives member as a serial extortionist and a blackmailer. The Ohaneze Think Tank in a Press Statement signed by Dr Azubuike Ajuluchukwu (Coordinator) and Dr Cletus Akinyili (Deputy Coordinator), equally rooted for the removal of Ugochinyere as Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum (Midstream). According to…
By Sunny Awhefeada The Ghanaian Yao Egblewogbe’s poem “The Coming of Day” speaks to the African predicament with a remarkable sense of irony. The imagery of day signifies hope and relief from the horrors of the night and colonialism was night in the configuration of the African experience. Those who led the anti-colonial struggle promised the people dawn and day. Egblewogbe’s country’s leading nationalist, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, told Africans to “seek ye first the political kingdom and every other thing will be added onto you”. In the course of seeking that kingdom, Africans looked forward to it with great hope…
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…