By Lucy Ezeliora As the world marks International Women’s Day (IWD), which draws attention to matters relating to women and girls, the Chairperson, Ohaneze Ndigbo Women’s wing worldwide, Dr. Chief Dame Hon. Rita Daniels Chukwuji, on behalf of the Ohaneze Ndigbo women world wide, have called on women in Nigeria to continually up-skill themselves and network actively, and put themselves forward confidently for greater roles in society. Hon Rita Daniels, who spoke with our correspondent, also called on the first lady of Nigeria, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu to invest more in women and consider inclusion of more women in governance for…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a registered Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focus more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration 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.
Executive Assistant To Delta State Governor on Orientation and Communications, Barr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe has applauded the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori for cutting cost of governance. The EA made these statements in Asaba during a media interaction with members and executives of the Indigenous Correspondents Chapel ICC, of the Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ, Delta State Council at its “ICC MIRROR” platform designed for expository dialalogue. Latimore said high cost of Governance is one major factor crumbling the local economy and hindering growth in the country. He noted thst Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori has put himself forward to…
The Delta State House of Assembly joint Committees on Housing, Women Affairs, Girl Child Enterpreneuship and Humanitarian Support Services and Special Committee on Bills, has summited its report on the Delta State Persons Living with Disabilities Bill. The House at its Wednesdays plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor received the report of the joint committee for further legislative actions. Motion for the receipt of the report was moved by the Majority Leader, Hon Emeka Nwaobi, seconded by the member representing lka North East constituency Hon Marilyn Okowa-Daramola and adopted. The Speaker Rt. Hon Emomotimi Guwor,…
…Inspects Orere Bridge Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday, said the State Government was connecting communities with roads and bridges for the sustainable development of the state. Governor Oborevwori stated this during inspection of Okpanam-Ibusa bypass road; Beneku bridge; Emevor-Orogun Road; Orere bridge and Model Technical College, Orerokpe. The Governor who emphasised on project continuity for sustainable development, said it was a fulfillment of his pledge to complete existing projects while also initiating new ones. Oborevwori said; “the Okpanam-Ibusa bypass is a road that is very key to connect from the Benin/Asaba highway to Ibusa, to give…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State House of Assembly is worried that three years after the anti-grazing bill was passed and signed into law, herders still engage in open grazing in the State. To this end, the House in line with its oversight functions and through the Assembly Committee on Legislative Compliance, Tuesday, summoned a stakeholders meeting at the State’s Assembly Complex to seek ways forward. The Committee headed by the Deputy Speaker, Rt Hon Arthur Akpowowo, expressed concern that violators of the Anti-Open Grazing Law are working freely on the streets and vowed to stamp its feet harder…
It was a gory scene as police recovers the decomposing corpses of some of the slain police officers drafted from IRT Abuja, PMF 51 Oghara and Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Asaba in Delta State to rescue three missing officers in Ohoror community by a combine team of security agents and the local vigilantes in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Source said that the combined team stormed the forest on Sunday and Monday before they could recover some of the corpses. It would be recalled that on January, 24, 2024, three police officers at a nipping point in…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Delta state police command have arrested two suspected armed robbers terrorizing innocent tricycle passengers along the PTI Junction to Orerokpe and recovers a pump action gun, one cut to size gun and a tricycle and announced the death of an armed suspect who engages police in a gun duel at Okpanam town. According to the Police Public Relations Officers to the Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, the arrests of the hoodlums came following the reassurance by the Delta State Police Commissioner, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda to leave no room for criminality to grow and thrive in…
Tragedy on Sunday struck as a staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company BEDC, was electrocuted while carrying out repairs on a 33KVA line at Evwreni community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Though the report is sketchy, it was gathered that the deceased simply identified as Kingsley was electrocuted while he was trying to reconnect damaged cable on the High tension cable transmitting current to Uwheru, Patani Bomadi and communities in the state. A source from the who spoke on anonymous condition disclosed that Mr Kingsley climb up the High tension pole and in the…
Destroys Over 21,000 Litres Of Crude Operatives of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), Ondo State chapter, in collaboration with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Sunday morning, engaged a cartel of crude oil thieves in a shootout at an illegal crude oil camp in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo. The combined team of TSSNL and NSCDC, after overpowering the criminal suspects in their camp along Alowe sea shore in Ilaje Local Government Area, destroyed 700 kegs containing 21,000 litres of crude oil stored in a large reservoir. This was disclosed by the Executive Director,…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Civil servants across the 25 local governments council area in the state have frowned at what they described as ‘Promise and Fail’ by the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori over his unwillingness to implement the payment of the N10,000 fuel subsidy removal palliatives which he promised to continue in November 2023. Governor Oborevwori had promised to continue the payment of N10,000 to all civil servants to mitigate and to cushioned the hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidy in May. In August 2023, the governor ordered the payment of N10,000 each…