Ahead of June’s Local Government (LG) elections in Delta state, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sacked and replaced Kelvin Ideh, the Jeremi Ward II aspirant said to have been imposed as candidate for the polls in Ughelli South LG by the party leaders in the Ward. The choice of Kelvin had provoked protests among aggrieved aspirant, Ferere Umudi and other party faithful in Jeremi who accused Kelvin’s uncle and Ward, Dr Adogbeji Ideh and Delta Assembly Lawmaker representing Ughelli South, Festus Utuama, of imposing a person they described as a stranger to PDP Jeremi II. Though Dr Ideh had denied…
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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.
…Describes Him As A National Treasure By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has felicitated with Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark (Gogorogo) OFR, CON, as he clocks 97 years old today 25th May, 2024, describing him as a national treasure to Nigeria. The Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr. Nkem Nwaeke, described Chief EK Clerk as quintessential Icon and dependable voice in the Niger Delta. Rt. Hon Guwor maintained that Chief Clerk had remained a father and a shining ambassador of Ijaw nation, stressing that the nonagenarian is undisputedly…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Friday, told the people of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area that the State Government would rebuild the School and Health Centre destroyed in the wake of the crisis that rocked the community after the killing of four military officers and 13 soldiers. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this at a meeting with stakeholders from Okuama community and members of the Internally Displaced Persons Camp Management Committee at Government House, Asaba. The governor who said his administration was committed to rebuilding the town in partnership with other stakeholders, called on those displaced by…
The Immediate Past Ughelli North Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Godwin Adode has said that he was impressed with the heights the State has attained under the watch of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. Speaking to Journalists recently, Chief Adode who hailed the developmental stride of the Governor, said, he has taken the state to an enviable heights within one year in office, maintaining that Deltans including himself are highly impressed and satisfied with the heights the State has reached under the watch of Governor Oborevwori and congratulated his excellent performances. Chief Adode’s in his remarks score high the positive impact and…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated the Delta State Police Command for their excellent performances in fighting crime and for a DPO in the command to emerge as the best police officer of the year and best DPO of the year. Gov. Oborevwori stated this while receiving the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 when the CP came to present the DPO Ekpan Police Station, CSP Aliyu Shaba, who won the awards of DPO of the Year and Police Officer of the Year award at the maiden Nigeria…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Executive Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Hon (Chief) Solomon Ighrakpata has lauded the achievements of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as he marks one year in office. Hon Ighrakpata said in a statement in Warri that the Governor came prepared for governance, stressing that policies and programmes of the administration were geared towards advancement of the state. Ighrakpata, a former member of the Delta State Legislature and a colleague of the Governor in the 7th Assembly, emphasized that Rt Hon Oborevwori has done well in the past 366 days in handling the affairs of…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Special Adviser to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Government Affairs, Hon (Chief) Peter Uviejitobor, has scored his Boss high in his one year in office as the Chief Executive Officer of the State. Hon Uviejitobor who was reacting to the One Year Anniversary of Rt Hon Oborevwori as Governor, said the former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, has enhanced the trajectory of governance and activities of government in the State. The two term Lawmaker who represented Udu State Constituency between 2015 to 2023 in the Assembly, stated that Deltans are celebrating one year of…
By Sunny Awhefeada It has become trite to reiterate that the primary objective of government is the security and welfare of the people. This cliché which is taken for granted all over the world appears to be alien to the Nigerian context even though it is enshrined in our constitution. Since we observe every regulation in the breach and go against the grain in all that we do, government has become the people’s most inveterate antagonist in Nigeria. The people have come to see government as an adversary and for good reasons too. The evolution of modern society from the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP Abba Kyari, two weeks’ bail after 27 months in detention. It was reliably gathered that Kyari is expected to conclude his mother, Yachilla Kyari’s burial rites. The court subsequently set Friday, May 31, for the determination of his bail application in the trial over drug-related charges filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency following his arrest over two years ago on February 14, 2022. Recall that the mother died in the early hours of Sunday, May 5,…
THE Federal High Court, Warri Division has rejected an interim application by the Itsekiri ethnic nationality to stop the Supreme Court Ordered fresh delineation of electoral wards and units in Warri Federal Constituency comprising of Warri North, Warri South and Warri South West Local Government Areas) of Delta State. The ruling of the Court delivered by Justice I. M. Sani Thursday, the 23rd day of May, 2024 was sequel to an Ex-parte motion in Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/46/2024 filed by the Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality through their Lawyer, Chief Robinson Ariyo. Ariyo had argued that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…