…Warns The Governor Not To Drag Delta State Into Unholy Alliance Against President Tinubu A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Hon. Chief Evance Ochuko Ivwurie, has berated the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori for what he described as hypocrisy in opposing President Bola Tinubu’s policies while secretly seeking to join the APC. Chief Ivwurie, a former member of the Delta State House of Assembly and former Commissioner for Special Duties, accused Governor Oborevwori of political duplicity, alleging that while publicly attacking the President, he was simultaneously maneuvering join the APC behind closed…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from the Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. 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 experiences in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas. He is married with children.
Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Tuesday, affirmed that the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Health Programme was to compliment the giant strides of the Federal Government in making healthcare available, accessible and affordable for Nigerians. Senator Tinubu stated this at the ceremony for the presentation of 10,000 professional kits, crocs and scrubs to midwives in the South-South Geopolitical zone held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. She said the presentation of the kits to the midwives was a deliberate effort to strengthen the Federal Government’s training of 120,000 frontline healthcare workers nationwide, pointing out that so far, 60,470 health…
Nigeria’s First Lady and wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Tuesday, advocated free treatment programmes for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV/AIDS patients in the country. Speaking during a visit to Delta State Traditional Rulers Council in Asaba, she highlighted the impact of HIV/AIDS, especially among young people. She encouraged traditional rulers to help spread awareness and advocate for health issues, including the elimination of female genital mutilation. Tinubu said; “additionally, there is an education-focused campaign called ‘Flow with Confidence’, which provides free sanitary pads to girls in rural areas to prevent school absences during menstruation. The First…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has hailed the flagged off of construction of 17.5km dual carriage access road to the 2nd Niger bridge by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to the Speaker, the access road when completed, will ease vehicular movement in and out Delta from the Asaba end of the state. Rt Hon Guwor who is the National Treasurer, Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria, said the historic event marks a significant milestone in strengthening the socio-economic ties between the Delta State and states in the South East. The…
By Prince Efe Duku All political systems experience conflicts and contestation for their control. By the rational choice theory and as dissected in Gareth Morgan’s seminal work, ‘Interests, Conflict, and Power: Organizations as Political Systems’, these conflicts are sometimes mild or fierce depending on the interests driving them. Anyhow they come, truly democratic leaders resolve conflicts based on settled rules of law to protect the interests of the people as the ultimate source of political power. Promoting, protecting and enriching rules that preserve the interests of the grassroots is always populist. Herein lies the increasing grassroots appeal of the Deputy…
Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saturday, welcomed over 2,000 defectors from the All Progressives Congress, APC and other opposition political parties in the state. The former opposition members known as Delta Political Actualisation Network (DPAN) in Ughelli urban led by Fejiro Ishaka as well as Alex Idu and his supporters from Orogun were received during the inauguration of Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency Forum held at Oharisi Primary School, Ughelli. Welcoming the defectors, State Chairman of the party, Chief Solomon Arenyeka, said the party was prepared to take back the Federal Constituency in 2027. While urging the defectors to…
…As Police Arrest Armed Robbers, Kidnappers In Jeddo The Delta State Police Command have arrested one Victor Edavwe ‘m’, the Youth President of Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State with an AK-47 rifle. In a statement made available by the Commands Spoke person, SP. Bright Edafe, revealed that at about 1030 hours on March 15, 2025, the DPO Ekpan Police station, CSP Aliyu Shaba, received information about the suspect acquiring an Ak-47 rifle recently. According to the statement, the DPO mobilized and led operatives to Shrine Street in Ekpan where the suspect Victor Edavwe was arrested…
The Chief Medical Director and Consultant Family Physician, Mother and Child Specialist Hospital and Advanced Diagnostic Centre, Owa-Alero, Ika North East LGA of Delta State, Dr. Egbase Martins has pledged to partner the Fostering Hopes Foundation on its proposed Walkathon Project on 5th April, 2025. The partnership was sealed when the Founder and Coordinator of Fostering Hopes Foundation, Nkechi Ukome visited the CMD at the hospital complex where they had very fruitful discussions on how to support each other’s causes. The Foundation had therefore, observed the simplicity and humility of Dr. Egbase with regards to issues of humanitarian services in…
…As IGP Mourns Fallen Officer Who Died During Operation. In line with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., for all state commands to implement action plans aimed at minimizing crime, several police commands across the country have intensified efforts towards this goal, curbing the persistence of various violent crimes, including robbery, kidnapping and banditry. The Benue State Police Command, through its Operation Zenda Joint Taskforce, has undertaken a series of raids across the state that are part of a concerted effort to combat criminal activities and enhance public safety. In a press statement…
Almost all members of the State Executive Committee (SEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State Chapter, have distance themselves from the State Chairman, Elder Omeni Sobotie’s petition against Felix Morka, the National Publicity Secretary (NPS) for gross abuse of office and called for his removal. This is even as they called on the National Working Committee (NWC) to take immediate disciplinary action by suspending Sobotie from his position as State Chairman. In the petition letter address to Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the APC National Chairman, the Delta State SEC expressed utmost dismay and condemnation of the action. According…