Archives for February, 2021 - Page 3

DELTA ATTORNEY GENERAL APPEALS TO FORUM OF NBA CHAIRMEN TO ADHERE STRICTLY TO COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

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OKIEMUTE OKPOMOR Members of the Forum of NBA Chairmen of Delta State have been called upon to adhere strictly to all Covid-19 protocols to avoid been catch up in the Web of the Pandemic. This call was made by Mr. Peter Adogbejire Mrakpor, (SAN) Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Delta State when he played host to ...

LG Polls: PDP presents flags to chairmanship candidates in Delta

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From left: Chief Kingsley Esiso, Delta PDP chairman, Dr Michael Tidi, PDP candidate for Warri South and his running mate Mrs Divine Iniovosa, during the handing over of flags to PDP candidates in Asaba. ...as Tidi calls for peaceful council pollsBy Francis Sadhere, WarriThe Delta State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday ...

Okowa appreciates Nigerians, holds private burial for late father

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Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed appreciation to Nigerians for their condolences and show of love on the passing of his father, Sir Arthur Okorie Okowa.The governor, in a statement he personally signed, thanked all those who came to condole with him and those who called or sent messages of condolences to him ...

Group appeals to Gov. Okowa to establish a University at Ode-Itsekiri

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa By Our CorrespondentThe Itsekiri Liberation Group (ILG) has appealed to Governor Ifeayin Okowa of Delta State to establish a University at the ancestral home of the Itsekiri people as a major contributor to the economic, social and political growth and key revenue base of Delta State.The group whose mission and  vision are not ...

Crime fighting: Delta CP charges Community leaders, others to collaborate with police

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Delta CP, Ari Mohammed ...warns criminals in Delta to relocateBy Francis Sadhere, WarriThe Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Muhammed on Wednesday charged community leaders, religious leaders and members of the public to collaborate with the police to flush out criminals from the state. Muhammed who made this call when he paid a working visit ...

Professional bodies decry increased cases of harassment, collection of illegal levies by youths

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By Our Correspondent The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), Delta chapter has decried the increasing cases of harassment and forceful collection of illegal levies also known as 'deve' by youth on their operations.The APBN Chairman in Delta, Mr Paul Akporowho stated this on Tuesday during the association's courtesy visit to the Orosuen of ...

OPINION: RONALDO VS MESSI AND THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

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'Be not afraid of greatness some are born great,some achieve greatness, and somehave greatness thrust upon them.'William Shakespeare (TWELFTH NIGHT)Man, by his spiritual, physical and natural disposition remains a riddle, locked in a puzzle and superimposed in a conundrum. His quintessential struggle for fame, greatness and success acts as a catalyst for his ambitions and ...

Beating the Guns: What follows Next?

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Prince Samuel Gbesimi Emiko By Desmond AmanoritsewoSacrilege has almost taken over our cherished traditional/ customary norms to the extent that matters reserved for God and our Ancestors are now being expounded in the public domain by journalists, pseudo newsmen/photographers and uncredited social media miscreants in our society enhanced by the special grace of the various media ...

Delta NUJ chairman enjoins wealthy Nigerians to invest here

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Engr. Marvis Odioko and Comrade Michael Ikeogwu during the visit. The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has enjoined wealthy Nigerians to stem the tide of capital flight by investing their money in businesses in the country.Comrade Ikeogwu gave the advice when he led members of the Executives ...

TIM WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE COMMON GOOD–IAN

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OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO  Isoko Advancement Network (IAN), a socio-cultural pressure organization has commiserated with the Delta State House of Assembly, Isoko nation and the Owhefere family over the demise of the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Tim Kome Owhefere.   In a statement titled ‘a painful exit,’ IAN said that it received the news of Owhefere’s untimely ...

Let’s Unite For Victory, Hon. Ogboru Tells Ethiope East APC

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A former aspirant for the Delta State House of Assembly seat to represent the good people of Ethiope East constituency, Hon Rex Onajite Ogboru, has called on the leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the area to embrace peace, urging them to unite for victory ahead of the March 6 council ...

ON THE APPOINTMENT OF EX-SERVICE CHIEFS AS NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS – A STRATEGIC PLOY BY THE PRESIDENCY

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Muhammadu Buhari By Zik GbemreWith reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of five of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Nigerian Senate, as non-career Ambassadors-Designate, I believe the said move by the Presidency is more than just another appointment. But one that is a strategic tactic aimed at achieving an objective.Firstly, one ...

Pa Okowa Was Father To All – NUJ

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council has described late father of Delta State Governor, Pa Arthur Okorie Okowa as a father not just to the Governor but to most Deltans.Chairman NUJ Delta State Council, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu made this statement when he led members of the Union's State Executive on a condolence ...

Tidi felicitates with Esiso at 57

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Kingsley Esiso The immediate past Chairman of Warri South Local Governments Area of Delta, Dr Michael Tidi, has congratulated Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Kingsley Esiso, on his 57th birth anniversary on Thursday Feb. 4, 2021.Tidi, in a goodwill message he personally signed and made available to Journalists in Warri, noted ...

ANTI SARS PROTEST: ALL PETITIONERS WOULD BE HEARD FAIRLY–EREBE

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OKIEMUTE OKPOMOR Mr. Omamuzo Erebe Esq. Secretary, Judicial Panel on Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial killing has assured that all petitioners would be given equal opportunity to be heard. Mr. Erebe gave this assurance while speaking to Daily Independent in Warri at the end of it's sitting, he said that the duty of the Panel is to hear ...