Archives for May, 2019 - Page 2

ALLEGED SUSPENSION OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT, UPU YOUTH WING BASELESS – OMOKO

ALLEGED SUSPENSION OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT, UPU YOUTH WING BASELESS - OMOKO OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO               23/05/19 Alleged suspension of Comr. Nicholas Omoko, national Presiden! Urhobo Progress Union(UPU)Youth Wing (Ighele) Worldwide has been described as baseless, false from the pit of hell and figments of the imagination of those involved. This was disclosed by ...

UKAH CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE REGULATION OF ONLINE MEDIA

UKAH CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE REGULATION OF ONLINE MEDIA OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO         16/05/19 Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah, Commissioner for Information has called for sustainable regulation of the practice of the online media. The commissioner made this call when he featured as a special guest of the Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) programme tagged ‘Frontline’, he said that ...

NUJ asks Okowa to declare state of emergency on Okpanam road

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, has appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to declare a state of emergency on Okpanam Road in the Asaba capital territory, revoke the contract and give it to a competent contractor. The NUJ in a statement made available to the press and endorsed by the ...

ON THE GREAT PROSPECTS OF THE NIGERIAN GAS FLARE COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAMME (NGFCP)

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By Zik Gbemre We are glad to see more recent news on the prospects of what the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is trying to achieve with its Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Programme (NGFCP). It is no longer news that the Federal Government has, through the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, came up with policies aimed at ...

NO CAUSE FOR ALARM IN DELTA HOSTCOM–ISIBELUO

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NO CAUSE FOR ALARM IN DELTA STATE HOSTCOM-ISIBELUO OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO                               13/05/19 The Chairman of Delta State Chapter of Host Communities in Nigeria (Producing Oil and Gas), HOSTCOM, Evangelist Gabriel Isibeluo, has debunked insinuations that Delta State chapter of Host Communities in Nigeria(Producing Oil ...

An Open Letter to the Ijaw Nation, “Know Your Enemies”

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By Wabiye Idoniboyeobu For about a year, I have deliberately avoided issues pertaining to the Ijaw Nation. Not because I don’t understand my role as a stakeholder and a National Executive of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide; but simply because I wanted to give the enemies of the Ijaw Nation, more time to expose themselves. Though ...

LEADERSHIP FAILURE, CAUSES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, NIGERIA – DR. OTIVE IGBUZOR

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By Christopher Odamah, Warri The African Centre For Leadership, Strategy and Development has attributed the cause of under development in Africa particularly Nigeria to leadership failure. Also, 'Obviously, the elders have failed the youths, they have failed to develop the youths' but he was quick to advise the youths not to fail themselves. The Executive Director of the ...

NUJ commends Okowa for appointing Uwagwu as new Pointer GM

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...Felicitates with Malcom Oteri on appointment as Acting GM DBS Warri The Executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council has congratulated Mr Monday Uwagwu on his emergence as the new General Manager of the Delta Printing and Publishing Company Limited (DPPCL), publishers of the Pointer Newspapers. In a statement endorsed by the Chairman ...

N/DELTA POLITICIANS DESERVES TO BE FLOGGED, DISGRACED OUT OF GOVERNMENT FOR PURSUING SELFISH INTERESTS

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By Zik Gbemre We have repeatedly severally, without mincing words, that majority of the Niger Delta politicians are simply wicked, inhuman, cruel and heartless for “deliberately” impoverishing their own people for years, especially right from 1999 till date.  It is sad that these Niger Delta politicians have in all these years, simply appropriated our collective wealth ...

I want to expose children and teenagers to 21st century learning skills – Patricia Brotugbare

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...says Delta State needs paradigm shift on how to tackle education Patricia Brotugbare popularly known as the Nigerian Mobile-Educator is the Chief Executive Officer of RealEducators Integrated Services. She is currently organizing an educational tour to Ghana and Dubai called S.T.E.A.M and ETIQUETTE project for kids and teenagers in Warri, Delta State. S.T.E.A.M is an acronym which ...

Delta Police Command Launches Operation Puff Adder …Hails State Government For Its Continuous Support

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  By Christopher Odamah, Ekpan   The Police Command in Delta State, on Tuesday launched a security action plan, code named Operation Puff Adder just as it advise criminals to repent or face the consequences of non-repentance. The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP, Adeyinka Adeleke, who performed the inauguration today in Ekpan Divisional Headquarters, said Operation Puff Adder ...

UKAH TO BE ON DOPF’s FRONTLINE TALKSHOW TO SPEAK ON ‘MY STEWARDSHIP IN OKOWA’S SMART AGENDA’

UKAH TO BE ON DOPF’s FRONTLINE TALKSHOW TO SPEAK ON 'MY STEWARDSHIP IN OKOWA'S SMART AGENDA' OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO 06/05/19 Chief Patrick Ukah, Commissioner for Information, Delta State will be guest at FRONTLINE, a talkshow Programme packaged by the Delta State Online Publishers Forum(DOPF), a CAC certified corporate body of seasoned professional journalists on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. FRONTLINE is ...

Robbers kill man, cart away money in Delta

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  By Christopher Odamah, Warri   A gang of robbers, today, shot dead a man simply identified as Alhaji in the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) road in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State and cart away the sum of Seven Hundred Thousand Naira. It was learnt that the deceased, Alhaji was on his way from one of the ...

DELTA IJAW APC HAILS BUHARI RE-ELECTION …Passes Vote of Confidence on Ibe Kachikwu

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  By Christopher Odamah, Bomadi   The leadership of Ijaw nationality in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Delta State has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over his victory in the just concluded presidential election, just as they passed a confidence vote on the leadership of Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, who is Minister for State, Petroleum. In a communiqué recently issued at ...

Tension in Delta community as leaders chase fish farmers away

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There is palpable tension in Jeddo, Okpe local Government Area in Delta State, following the invasion and subsequent chasing away of farmers as well as security guards from their fish farms, by persons who purportedly acted on the authority of Jeddo Community leaders. The invaders, including vigilantes, stormed the farms at about 5:00am, Friday May 3 ...