Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly and National Treasurer Conference of Speakers of States Houses of Assembly in Nigeria, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has felicitated with the Muslim community on the Eid el-Fitr celebration. The Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nkem Nwaeke rejoiced with the Muslim faithfuls on the successful end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, and wished them seamless celebrations. Dwelling on the essence of the Eid al-Fitr, also known as the “Festival of Breaking the Fast”, Rt Hon Guwor reminded the people that the yearly religious event holds…
Author: SouthernVoiceNews
SouthernVoiceNews
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 Notable opinion leaders from Afiesere community has at different fora denounced having crisis, communal clash or land dispute with Ogbavwan community contrary to the wrong impression been sponsored and created in the media and before the government and others, describing the people of Ogbovwan community as its customary tenant. Olorogun Francis Onobruchere, in a statement he signed, declared that Afiesere community has no land dispute, neither communal clashes with Ogbovwan community. According to the statement; “To ensure there is total peace, it is very sacrosanct to notify the government and the general public that Afiesere community is…
…As House Committee On Education Embarks On Oversight Visit To Establishments By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Monday, commenced visits of establishments under its legislative oversight to ascertain level of commitment to quality service delivery in line with the MORE mantra of the state government. Chairman of the Committee, Hon Charles Chukwuemeka Emetulu, said the 8th Delta State Assembly led by the Speaker, Rt Hon Emomotimi Guwor, expects nothing but excellent performance in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, hence the need for all hands to be on deck to achieve the set goals. Hon Emetulu…
By Wilson Goruvwoghor It is no longer controvertible that the luring of 17 soldiers to death so brutal in a doubtful, reckless ‘peace mission’ and the collateral damage, particularly the military’s vengeful pushing of Okuama, the center stage, towards extinction was avoidable. Beyond the associated growing pains, this tragedy has become another shame of a nation in which we’re all losers. In the can of worms being opened on the appalling episodes over Okuama, government and the military share bulk of the collective blame. And playing judge and prosecutor, passing tacit death sentences on perceived suspects on impulse in…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB has resolved to setup School Based Management Committees, SBMC in all public primary schools across Delta State. Executive Chairman of the Board, Hon Samuel Mariere who disclosed this while addressing primary education stakeholders at Orerokpe, headquarters of Okpe local government area, said the resolution was part of government’s efforts to revive the fallen standard of public schools in the state. At a meeting with the Secretary Okpe Local Education Authority, Heads of Teachers, the Traditional Ruler of Okpe kingdom and Community leaders, Mariere emphasized the need for communities to…
…Receives Heroic Welcome Home From Abuja By Party Faithful Former deputy president of the Nigeria senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on Saturday, April 2024,during a home coming party held in his honour, urged his followers and supporters to remain steadfast and work hard at all level ahead of 2027 elections. Omo-Agege who was addressing mammoth crowed of All Progressive Congress party APC faithful, that besieged the Oil City Hotel, Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government, Delta State, expressed his gratitude to all APC faithful and all who voted for him during the 2023 Governorship elections. While recounting the support…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has authorized the promotion of ten thousand, five hundred and eighty-one (10,581) deserving junior officers of the Inspectorate Cadre, and the Rank and File. In release form the office of the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated that in line with this directive, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police overseeing the Department of Finance and Administration (DIG DFA) has been tasked with coordinating efforts alongside the Commissioner of Police (Welfare) to commence the promotion process promptly. The breakdown of promotions includes nine thousand, eight hundred and…
Human Rights Activists and Senior Advocate of Nigeria,SAN, Femi Falana, has written to the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa to meet with HRM, Clement Oghenerukevwe Ikolo, the embattled traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State. It was gathered that, the human rights lawyer, Falana had earlier faulted the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) for declaring the traditional ruler wanted, but submitted himself to the police, immediately after the announcement, and the police subsequently handed him over to the military. The Defence Headquarters had declared the Monarch, HRM Clement Ikolo, Prof Ekpekpo Arthur and…
By Sunny Awhefeada Part of the European strategy of erasing Africa from the scheme of knowledge was to proclaim it a region of darkness, no apologies to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and denude the continent of the least claim human rationality. The European colonizers wrote off Africa as a region that was inhabited by inferior beings who were incapable of reasoning, lacking discretion and even cohesive expression. For that reason they saw themselves as “the first Whiteman acting on God’s behalf” to deliver Africans as Chinua Achebe masterfully puts it in “The Novelist as Teacher” A trope he was to…
Two journalists attached to the Office of the Chief Press Secretary to Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, Asaba, were Thursday, brutalized, dehumanized and molested by Policemen and vigilantes attached to the Ughelli A’ Division of the Delta state police command. The journalists, Comrade Andrew Unutame of the Galaxy Television, and Comr. Oghenekaro Awodeha, of The Periscope Newspaper, were beaten blue and black by the dou of the Nigeria Police and men of Vigilantes at the premises of Ughelli A’ Division, at the presence and instance of one of the Senior Police officer, Ugwu Chukwutem. Recalled that similar…