Archives for October, 2020

Delta government directs schools to reopen on November 2

Posted by admin on Saturday, 31 October 2020 in News 1060 Reads

Public and private schools in Delta have been directed by the state government to resume academic activities on November 2 after a week break. Patrick Ukah, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Delta State said the directive was in line with the “teleclass.” Ukah who disclosed that the closure of schools in the state was ...

Unemployment: Okowa calls for resuscitation of Warri Port

Posted by admin on Friday, 30 October 2020 in News 1108 Reads

... Holds town hall meeting with Delta youths Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to quickly resuscitate the Warri Port, saying it is key to curbing unemployment in the state and the nation. The governor made the call at a Town Hall meeting with Youths, including #ENDSARS protesters, civil society groups, ...

2023: GROUP BERATES OTUARO FOR ALLEGEDLY NURSING AMBITION

Posted by admin on Friday, 30 October 2020 in News 1057 Reads

OKIES VEEKY GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHAEL Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, Deputy Governor of Delta State has been called upon to work hard to make his people in particular and Deltans at large feel his impact in government rather than chasing gubernatorial ambition shadows of 2023. This call was made by the 3 I' s Movement International in a statement ...

Okowa presents N378.48bn “Budget of Recovery’’ for 2021

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 in News 1168 Reads

By Our Correspondent Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, presented the Appropriation Bill of N378.48 billion for 2021 to the state’s House of Assembly for consideration. Christened 'Budget of Recovery’’, the governor told the lawmakers that the Bill was made up of N207.52 billion for Capital Expenditure and N171.32 billion for Recurrent Expenditure. He said that ...

NUJ Delta Congratulates New Monarch of Idjerhe Kingdom

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 in News 1085 Reads

The Delta State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has congratulated one of its own, HRM Monday Obukowho Whiskey, who yesterday 26th October, 2020, turned Traditional Ruler of Idjerhe Kingdom through the presentation of Staff of Office by Delta State Government. In a Statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary of Council, Comrades Michael Ikeogwu ...

DELTA ASSEMBLY PLEDGES CONTINUOUS COOPERATION WITH EXECUTIVE TO SUSTAIN DEVELOPMENT

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 in News 1051 Reads

The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has said that the state Assembly is more than ready to cooperate with the Executive to develop a smart, sustainable and knowledge-based state and an economy that will be the envy of all. In his welcome remarks on Tuesday at the year 2021 ...

MACAULAY PICKS OVER N2.1 M BILLS OF INDIGENT PATIENT TO MARK 60TH BIRTHDAY

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 in News 1059 Reads

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHEAL It was a joyous day for indigent patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba as their medical bills were paid for and free to go back to their respective homes. Thirteen of them who had been discharged but could not leave because of inability to pay their bills had their monies ...

Commercial bus ticket sale resumes as Warri South Council settles union, drivers’ rift

Posted by admin on Sunday, 25 October 2020 in News 1141 Reads

Barely four days after the executive of Warri South Local Government Council, suspended the sale of commercial bus ticket in the council area over allegations of multiple levies by the drivers' union, Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Dr. Michael Tidi, has lifted the suspension, authorizing sale of the ticket with effect from Monday ...

No inmate escaped during attempted jail break in Delta – Tonwe

Posted by admin on Friday, 23 October 2020 in News 1170 Reads

By Our Correspondent The Director General, Delta State Security, Mr. David Tonwe, on Friday debunked online report that some inmates escaped during Thursday failed jail break at the Nigerian Correctional Service, Warri, otherwise known as Okere Prisons. Tonwe who spoke with our correspondent outside the burnt administrative building disclosed that the prison authority just concluded the head ...

One dead as army foil jail break in Warri Correctional Service

Posted by admin on Friday, 23 October 2020 in News 1160 Reads

Nigerian Correctional Service, Warri. By Francis Sadhere, Warri One prison warden is confirmed dead as inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Warri, on Thursday set the administrative office of the correctional center on fire in an attempt to break jail. But for the efforts of the men of the Nigerian Army who swiftly responded to the distress ...

#ENDSARS KILLINGS: ONLINE PUBLISHERS MOURNS, CONDEMN ATTACKS ON MEDIA HOUSES

Posted by admin on Thursday, 22 October 2020 in News 1111 Reads

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/ GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHEAL Delta Online Publishers Forum(DOPF) has commiserated with families who lost their love ones and the injured persons in the ongoing #EndSARS protest rocking the country in the past two weeks just as it has condemned in very strong terms attacks on media houses across the country. The Forum in a statement signed ...

#ENDSARS LAUDABLE, NEED SECURITY TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVE – MACAULAY

Posted by admin on Thursday, 22 October 2020 in News 1093 Reads

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHEL Com. Ovuozourie, an activist cum former labour leader in Delta State has expressed concern over the degeneration of the peaceful youth protest nationwide into violence. Com. Macaulay, former Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Delta State Council said that the #ENDSARS protest was valiant, a noble cause that was birthing a new Nigeria. The labour ...

#EndSARS protest: Apologize to youths – Security Expert tells police

Posted by admin on Thursday, 22 October 2020 in News 1278 Reads

By Francis Sadhere, Warri As the #EndARS assumed a different dimension with hoodlums taking over the protest, a security expert, Mr Shola Mese, has appealed to the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and his men to apologise to the youths. Mese, who spoke to National Reformer Online in Warri said the apology will help douse tension ...

NGO APPEALS TO NIGERIAN YOUTHS TO SHUN VIOLENCE, EMBRACE DIALOGUE

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 21 October 2020 in News 1129 Reads

A leading civil society organisation in Nigeria, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, has called on the EndSARS protesters to remain peaceful, end the protest and embrace dialogue with relevant authorities, in order to save lives and property. Speaking on behalf of the NGO, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, its National Coordinator, Comrade Mulade ...

#EndSARS: Don’t take laws into you hands – Tidi to protesters

Posted by admin on Monday, 19 October 2020 in News 1112 Reads

By Francis Sadhere, Warri Chairman, Warri South Council Area of Delta State, Dr. Michael Tidi, on Monday appealed to youths protesting against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, not to take laws into their hands. Tidi, who spoke to our correspondent in Warri while reacting to the endSARS protest going on across the country, also appealed to ...

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