By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday, said the state government would continue to monitor contractors for timely delivery of projects in line with specifications to ensure Deltans get value for the money paid for projects. Speaking through the State Commissioner for Works (Rural and Riverine Roads), Mr Charles Aniagwu, Governor Oborevwori recalled that two weeks ago the State Government released the sum of N30 billion to various contractors to fund ongoing projects across the state. Addressing journalists during inspection of ongoing projects in Okpe and Ughelli North Local Government Areas of the state, Aniagwu expressed…
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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.
President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, is expected to get a total allocation of N21 billion in next year’s budget estimates presented to the National Assembly by the President last month. A breakdown of the proposed estimates as uploaded on the website of the Budget Office of the Federation, however, shows that Mr Gbajabiamila proposed N104 million for the purchase of computers and printers for ‘local travel and transport for international training,’ the CoS office plans to spend N579 million, while ‘miscellaneous’ is expected to gulp N103 million. A further breakdown of the proposed budgetary allocations shows…
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has assured the President of a Medical Test Kits manufacturing company, Zorah Technologies USA, Mr. Stephen McDavid that Delta state is safe and secured for investors to operate. Onyeme gave the assurance at Asaba on Wednesday, December 6, when the team paid him a courtesy visit. According to him “Be rest assured that Delta State is a very peaceful state. “I started playing active politics in Delta State in 2015 and since that time till date, I have not seen or heard of any crisis in our state. “The state is…
Suspected members of the Iceland Cult group, have killed three members of Egbeh community in Ahoada-West local government area of Rivers State, for allegedly insulting the mother of their leader, popularly known as ‘General Dange.’ The corpses of the victims, including a female, who were earlier abducted from the community on Monday morning, were later seen along the Egbeh and Ebiriba Road area of Ubie Kingdom. It was gathered that before the incident, the two deceased male victims reportedly quarreled with a woman said to be the mother of General ‘Danger’ who boasted to deal with them ruthlessly. It was…
…Defends 2024 Budget Proposals By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye More Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of the Delta State Government, on Tuesday, appeared before the Standing Committees of the State House of Assembly to defend their 2024 budget proposals. The officials in their presentations briefed the Lawmakers on the budget performances of the MDAs in the outgoing year and defended their proposals for 2024. Describing budget defense as constitutional, Chairman House Committee on Works and Special Projects, Hon Oboro Preyor, said the annual exercise was meant to help MDAs fast track their budget implementation. Hon Preyor, who represents Bomadi Constituency in the…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied that three persons arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for extorting money from members of the public, by issuing death threats, are their members. The men were arrested in Umunze and Ozubulu, Orumba South and Ekwusigo Local Government Areas. The men, posing as commanders of the militant wing of IPOB, Eastern Security Network (ESN), specialize in sending messages to unsuspecting people and threatening to kill or kidnap them and their relatives, except they paid specified amounts of money. But IPOB in a statement by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful,…
The Delta State Police Commissioner, CP Wale Abbas, has ordered the immediate arrest and detention of a police Inspector that shot a civilian only identified as Lucky at a check point on December 5, 2023. The incident happened at about 1634hours along the Ufhelli/Warri road by Ekrerhavwe Junction near Agbarho in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued by the commands’ image maker, DSP Bright Edafe and made available to Southernvoicenews.com, the police were on a stop and search duty when the sad incident occured. The Commissioner of Police, on receipts of the sad…
…Detained Officers Seek To Know Offense Committed As part of its disciplinary measures to correct erring officers, the Ughelli Area Command of the Delta State Police command has detained a police inspector, Abel Ogbekene and six others including a member of the Nigeria Hunters Group. The Police Inspector, Abel Ogbekene and six other colleagues, including a member of the Nigeria Hunters Group are currently been detained at the Ughelli Police Area Command, but has appealed to the authority to intimate them with details of their offenses that warranted their detention. The security operatives have been in detention since Monday night.…
A Port-Harcourt based Pastor, Kennedy Ehimare, predicted December 1, 2023 crash of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF helicopter) 10 days before it happened in the Rivers state capital city, a viral video confirms. In the said video, youthful Pastor Ehimare had, in a November 22 weekly service, shared with the congregation at the Life Class Ministry where he is presiding Pastor that, “There’s a vision the Lord showed me at the early hours of Monday 20 November 2023. “In that vision, I saw a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter burst into flames and crashed in a residential area. Someone may…
The Ubulu-Uku kingdom in Delta State is prepared to welcome back their king (Obi) His Royal Majesty, Noah Chukwuka Akaeze, seven years after his installation following the demise of his father, Obi Edward Akaeze Ofulue III, Obi of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom, a first class traditional ruler in Delta State. He was 18 years old when his father was gruesomely murdered by by suspected herdsmen in January 2016. Obi Noah Akaeze, now 25 years. He had briefly returned from Britain where he was studying Law to receive the staff of office on September 5, 2016 from the then Governor of Delta State,…