Archives for October, 2023 - Page 2

Bayelsa guber: Poll predicts landslide victory for Gov. Diri

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Ahead of the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election, an opinion poll conducted by Precious Hands and Brains Consult, has indicated that the incumbent governor, Douye Diri will win the election across the eight Local areas of the state.Mr Abraham Ogbodo, the Coordinator of the independent research group and former Editor of the Guardian Newspaper made ...

NUJ Warri Correspondents Chapel congratulates Delta State executive

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Comrade Churchill Oyowe The NUJ, Warri Correspondents Chapel has rejoiced with Comrade Churchill Oyovwe and other members of the newly elected State Executive Council (SEC).The chapel congratulated the Executive on a statement signed by Mr. Okies Okpomor and Mr. gafe Edeki, Chairman and Secretary respectively.The statement reads; 'No doubt, your victory, coming at this crucial ...

Warri: A New Beginning with Julius Berger’s Contract Signing

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By Dennis OtuWarri, the once thriving oil-rich city in Delta State, has been plagued by neglect and disorganization in recent years. The departure of multinational companies left the city in a state of decay, with its young population struggling with homelessness and unemployment. However, hope is on the horizon as the new Governor of Delta ...

Delta Online Publishers Forum Congratulates Delta NUJ New Exco

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Orio Oghenevwegba/Ebilabor Joy/Wheze Peculiar Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), umbrella body of Online newspaper proprietors in Delta State has congratulated the newly elected executive members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council with a call to restore the lost glory of the professional body in the state. In a statement signed by Mr. Emmanuel ...

Delta, Julius Berger sign N78b flyovers, road expansion contracts

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Delta Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori (left) handing over copies of Contract agreements between the State Government and Julius Beger PLc for the construction of flyovers, cloverleaf and road expansion in Warri and Effurun to the Managing Director, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, Engr. Dr. Lars Richter (right), shortly after it was signed in Government ...

Court Restrains Opeans Nigeria Limited from Conducting BOSIET, Other Trainings

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*** Orders Closure of its Training Centers. Justice Joe Egwu of the Delta State High Court sitting at Orerokpe, in suit number HOR/9/2023, on Wednesday , October 18, 2023, issued an Order of interlocutory injunction restraining Opeans Nigeria Limited from continuing to conduct the Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET), other similar trainings, ...

Skills Training, Entrepreneurship Solution To Youth Unemployment, Restiveness – Gov Oborevwori

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...as DESOPADEC Provides Starter Packs Worth Millions Of Naira To 4th Batch Of Its Skills Academy Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has said that skills training and entrepreneurship development is one of the surest ways of ridding our society of the scourge of youth unemployment and the attendant youth restiveness.He noted that it was no ...

Police Nabs 3 Kidnap Suspects, Recovers IEDs, Others in Delta

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Orio Oghenevwegba/ Ebilabor Joy/ Wheze Peculiar, Warri Delta Police Command has apprehended three kidnap suspects and recovered assorted weapons including five packs ofImprovised Explosive Devices (IEDs)from them in the state. This was disclosed by DSP Bright Edafe, Spokesman of the Command to Journalists in Warri on Monday, October 16, 2023. Edafe said that the suspects were nabbed on ...

Flood, water pollution hampering Nigeria’s food production – Oborevwori

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Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Monday, said flood and water pollution were hampering food production in Nigeria and called on the Federal Government and the United Nations to tackle the menace to ensure food sufficiency in the country.Oborevwori made the call in his remarks at the 2023 World Fod Day Celebration with the ...

BOSIET Certification lawsuit: Court dismisses Opeans Nigeria Limited Motion to join the NUPRC.

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Justice Joe Egwu of the Delta State High Court in Orerokpe has dismissed a motion filed by Opeans Nigeria Limited to join the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to an ongoing lawsuit. The lawsuit involves Opeans Nigeria Limited, the American Petroleum Institute (API), Veriforce Limited Liability Company, and the Attorney-General of Delta State.Opeans Nigeria ...

Frustrated Monarch, Illicit Oil Barons Behind Fake Warri Protests Against Boss of NNPCL, Kyari – Group

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The Niger Delta Peoples Assembly (NDPA), on Saturday said that a frustrated monarch and illicit oil barons were behind 'fake Warri Protest' against the Group Chief Executive officer (GCEO) of NNPCL, Mele Kyari.Specifically, the group said that the act of organized protest has become a huge joke in the Niger Delta, wondering how ...

Marriage dissolution; Family slams media houses over malicious publication

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Ogheneruona Tejiri The family of Prophetess Lilian Chibuzor Abua has declared as malicious and unfounded the media publications that alleged an Ondo Customary Court had given the custody of the four children of Lilian to her ex-lover, Prophet Ayodeji Obayan. Pastor Emmanuel Azubuike said this a press statement he issued on Friday on behalf of the Prophetess ...

OGSOBA Celebrates 70th Anniversary Nov. 17

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Ogheneruona Tejiri, Sapele Okotie-Eboh Grammar School, Sapele Old Boys Association (OGSOBA) has concluded arrangements to roll out drums to mark the Platinum Jubilee of their Alma mata in grand style in a three day event beginning from Friday, November 17, 2023. According to a statement signed by Okpomor Victor, National Secretary, Precious Omene, National Public Relations Officer ...

Delta Kingdom Calls On Oborevwori To Avert Crisis Over Imposition Of King

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Ogheneruona Tejiri, Ewu-Urhobo, Delta The people of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area has called on Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Governor of Delta State to avert looming crisis and blood shed over imposition of king in their Kingdom by people in the corridors of power. This call was made by the Ahavwa Kingmakers Family led ...

Gbagi humbled by Oborevwori’s Supreme Court victory, may return to PDP – Latimore

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...Congratulates H.E. Delta, party faithfuls and all Deltans.Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections in Delta State, Olorogun (Barr) Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has said that the former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, has finally been humbled by the recent Supreme Court ruling, wherein his ...