As part of efforts in tackling food insecurity in the country, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has assured that the second phase of the Dry/Wet Season Farming intervention will commence this month, January, 2024 and owed to tackle the challenges of round-tripping in connivance with agro-dealers and poor validation of farmers’ data in parts of all participating states. The minister stated this on Friday, January 5, 2024, when the Governor of Jigawa State, Mallam Umar Namadi paid him a courtesy visit in his ministry at Abuja Recalled that the first phase of wheat Dry…
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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.
Chief Mulade, the Ibe-Serimowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, on Thursday reeled out 7 point agenda in an open letter to Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. Mulade is the National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ. In his letter, the Ijaw- born human rights advocate set some agenda before the Delta state Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori thus; (1.) Governor Sheriff Oborevwori should run an all-inclusive government, carrying all Deltans along, irrespective of political, religious or ethnic affiliations, as Delta State is for…
A 58 year old man, Osuedi Sunday Christian, a native of Orogun, from Ighoyobi Compound in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been abandoned at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital where he was taken by his wife to on June 23, 2023, and reportedly abandoned there, SaharaReporters gathered. According to SaharaReporters, the wife has not shown up since then. And when the hospital contacted her, she said she had moved out of the apartment where the couple used to stay in Lagos. The Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Mrs. Queen…
The Delta State Police Command has released its time table for the screening of Delta Indigene into the force. In a release signed by the Commands image maker, DSP Bright Edafe, stated that; ” The Delta State Police Command wishes to inform indigenes of Delta State who successfully completed the online registration for the ongoing 2022 recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force as police constables for the Automated Physical/Credentials Screening Exercise. “This screening is scheduled to hold from January 8, to January 29, 2024, starting at 0700hrs daily”. The statement urges applicants to visit https://apply.policerecruitment.gov.ng/ to…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has called for a more united Deltans to achieve greater peace and development in the state. Addressing leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Warri South West local government area, Rt Hon Guwor stated that the MORE agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is on course, even as he expressed optimism that 2024 will record high levels of socio economic growth and political stability in the state. He said the state government is poised to taking development to even the most remote areas in the state, noting that…
Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup. Last November, gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons in Freetown, freeing almost 2,000 inmates. He has denied any involvement in the attack which killed about 20 people. West African leaders had tried to broker a deal for Mr Koroma to go into exile in Nigeria if the charges were dropped, the BBC understands. The BBC has seen a letter saying Mr Koroma had agreed to the deal, brokered by the regional group, Ecowas. However, Sierra Leone…
Newly appointed Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Nkem Nwaeke has solicited support of colleagues in the pen profession, for more visibility for the State Legislature. Mr Nwaeke who spoke when he visited the DBS Warri Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, expressed gratitude to Members for their support over the years, first as the Station’s Government House Correspondent and later as the State Assembly Correspondent until his appointment as Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor. Addressing Members of the Union at the Edjeba-Warri office of…
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Education, has temporarily halted the assessment and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin and Togo Republics, awaiting the results of an ongoing investigation. This suspension, effective from January 2, 2024, is linked to undercover investigation published by Daily Nigerian Newspaper titled “UNDERCOVER: How DAILY NIGERIAN reporter obtained a Cotonou university degree in 6 weeks and participated in the NYSC scheme.” The Ministry announced that the investigation will engage the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, the relevant education ministries in Benin and Togo, as well as the Department of State Security…
A group, under the auspices of Ohaneze Think-Tank, has lambasted the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, for allegedly not allowing the private security outfits contracted by the Federal Government to do their jobs. The group in an open letter to the CNS signed by Dr. Azubuike Ajuluchukwu and Dr. Cletus Akunyili, Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator respectively and made available to journalists, told the CNS to allow the three private surveillance contractors to function in the nation’s waterways. They said that they were initially hopeful when President Bola Tinubu appointed Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla as the Chief of Naval…
The wife of Delta Governor, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori, and the founder of You Matter Charity Foundation, Monday, visited the Asaba Specialist Hospital, Asaba to welcome the first baby of the year born in the state. Deaconess Oborevwori congratulated the baby, Master Destiny Onuoha, who was born at 12:05 am to Mr and Mrs Martins Onuoha. She proclaimed the promises of 1 Kings 5:4 over baby Destiny, emphasizing that he would be a shining blessing to his family. The governor’s wife, accompanied by the You Matter Charity Foundation team, visited the maternity complex, neonatal unit, and the labour and…