Archives for April, 2020 - Page 2

COVID-19:ISOKO NORTH APPRECIATES OKOWA OVER PALLIATIVES

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  OVEDHE JERRY The people of C Isoko North Local Government Area have expressed their appreciation to Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa Governor of Delta State over palliatives sent to them to cushion the impact of the lockdown occasioned by the global pandemicc. Hon. Emmanuel Egbabor, Chairman, Isoko North Local Government Area in a statement made available to the ReformerOnline ...

COVID-19: Tidi donates Sanitizers, face masks to NUJ Warri

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Chairman of Warri South Local Government Council, Hon. Dr. Michael Tidi on Monday donated hand sanitizers and face masks to the Warri Correspondent Chapel of the NUJ as part of efforts to contain the novel Coronavirus disease. Presenting the Personal Protective Equipment to the Chapel's Chairman, Comrade Okies Vicky at the Council's Secretariat, Dr Tidi said ...

Covid 19: CSOs Emergency Intervention Group Tasks Security Operatives on human rights violations

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The National Covid-19 Civil Society Organizations Emergency Intervention Group have cautioned security and task force operatives monitoring compliance of the Delta State Government's stay-at-home order put in place to check the spread of the COVID-19, against human rights violations. Addressing journalists at the Warri NUJ Correspondent Chapel, the Group's National Director of Media and Publicity, Pastor ...

BISHOP DIAMOND EMUORBO – A GREAT LOSS TO THE URHOBO NATION

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By Zik Gbemre With news that Bishop Diamond Emuorbo has passed on to eternal glory, I must say that we have lost a great gem, who was an exceptional patriotic Urhobo man. We both actually worked together to make Shell (SPDC) to recognize the operations in the Western operations of Warri. I still remember his baritone voice ...

Oborevwori Mourns  Bishop  Diamond  Emuobo 

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The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has expressed sadness over the sudden death  of the founder of Holy Trinity Mission, Ughelli,  Bishop Diamond Emuobo. According to the Speaker, he was deeply pained by the demise of Bishop Emuobo who hailed  from Ugborhen community of Okpe Kingdom. In a statement by ...

COVID-19: OEF LAUDS OKOWA OVER PALLIATIVES, CALLS FOR FAIR DISTRIBUTION 

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OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHAEL Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State has been commended for the timely intervention of the State Government on the provision of palliatives to the people of the state. This commendation was given by Chief Joseph Ogaga Ogunje, President General, Oghara Elite Forum (OEF) formost socio cultural organisation in Oghara in a statement ...

OPINION: AS WE EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES, LET ABBA KYARI’S DEATH BE A LESSON TO ALL POLITICAL LEADERS

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BY ZIK GBEMRE With the unfortunate news of the death of the most powerful politician in the President Muhammadu - led Presidency, former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, all I can say is that let the death of Abba Kyari at the Presidency, be a lesson to all Nigerian politicians across the country that life is ...

Birthday: Tidi felicitates with Edema

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Hon. Matthew Mofe Edema Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Dr. Michael Tidi, has felicitated with the member representing Delta South Senatorial District in Delta State Waste Management Board, Hon. Matthew Mofe Edema, on the occasion of his birthday today, Sunday April 19. In a terse message, Dr. Tidi, noted that as a God - ...

Lockdown: Warri South takes delivery of truckload of govt palliatives

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The Warri South Local Government of Delta has taken delivery of a truckload of food items from the state government. The Council Chairman, Dr Michael Tidi disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Warri. The items are palliatives from the state government meants to cushion the effect of the lockdown order which had been on since April ...

COVID-19: Saving lives is our priority – Delta commissioner 

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By Our Correspondent The Delta State Commissioner for information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said that saving the lives of Deltans was more important than saving the economy. Aniagwu who disclosed this to Vanguard in a phone chat on Thursday in Warri, said the distribution of palliatives in the state would commence by weekend. The commissioner who was reacting ...

Tidi salutes Otuaro at 52 

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Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, Delta State Deputy Governor. Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Dr. Michael Tidi, has felicitated with Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, on the occasion of his 52nd birthday, today Thursday April 16. Dr. Tidi, described Barr. Otuaro as a good example of humility and commitment to service, adding, 'his ...

COVID-19: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST APPEALS TO OKOWA TO REVISIT LOCKDOWN

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Comrade Sheriff Mulade **SAYS DELTANS ARE DYING OF HUNGER A Delta State born human rights activist, Comrade Mulade Sheriff has appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to revisit the lockdown conditions for the sake of Deltans in the fight against the deadly global pandemic, COVID-19. Comrade Mulade, the National Coordinator of the Center for Peace ...

COVID -19: DESOPADEC Commissioner, Bebenimibo donates PPE to NUJ Warri

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From left: Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, Chairman NUJ, Delta State Council, Dele Fasan, Secretary, NUJ Warri Correspondent Chapel, and Dr Paul Bebenimibo, DESOPADEC Commissioner representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality. By Our Correspondent The commissioner representing the people of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Dr. Paul Bebenimibo on Wednesday donated Personal ...

COVID-19: Mixed reactions trail lockdown extension in Delta

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By Our Correspondent Mixed reactions have continued to trail the extension of the lockdown order put in place by the Delta State Government to contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus disease by another 14 days. Coordinator of the Niger Delta Peace Coalition (NPDC) Mr Zik Gbemre, who spoke to our correspondent on telephone commended the state ...

Coronavirus Didn’t Kill Nigerian Citizen, Oboba in London – Agberia

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Ovedhe Jerry. Following a story published in one of the national dailies that Coronavirus killed a Nigerian, identified as Mr. Simeon Oboba in an undisclosed London hospital at the early hours of on Sunday 12th April, 2020, Mr. Amos Agberia, a close friend of the diseased has refuted the story, saying the Late Simeon Oboba died ...