…Council Chairman Seals Hotel As Police Arrests Owner, Security Guard, Wife A hotel, located in Owhelogbo community in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, allegedly being used as a hub for ritual killing, kidnapping and other criminal activities have been sealed off by the Isoko North Council Chairman, Godwin Ogorugba, following the murder of a customer, Sunday Ogofotha, who lodged in the hotel. The owner and staff of the hotel have been arrested in connection with the incident following a tip-off by the police that a client, Sunday Ogofotha, had been kidnapped and killed at the hotel. According…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from the Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. He is a registered practising Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists with over 20 years experience of reporting. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focuses more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration by government and multinational iol companies has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experiences in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas. He is married with children.
Immediate past Deputy President of the 9th Senate Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has hailed the signing of the South South Development Commission bill into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, noting that it will accelerate the growth of the region. In a press statement signed his media adviser, Sunny Areh, commended President Tinubu for giving assent to the bill as it brings equity and fairness to the South-South against the backdrop of arguments in some quarters that sought to equate the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with the zonal development agencies in other parts of the country. On March 25,…
By Sunny Awhefeada Growing up in Ibadan, our thoughts of Nigeria were lofty and sublime. We thought of Nigeria as the best place to be born. Nigeria was not just our country, but it was a country of everything good. Was that idealism borne of ignorance or childhood innocence? It certainly was not. Nigeria survived a civil war that raged for close to three years and crawled up rising to towering heights in just less than a decade after that fratricidal conflict. Despite the cataclysm of the war and destabilizing coups, the nation returned to civil rule in 1979 and…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has condoled the Deputy Majority Whip and Member Representing Ndokwa East Constituency in the House, Hon Prince Emeka Osamuta over the demise of his father, Mr Tonywhite Ndubuisi Osamuta Onyiah at the age of 67 years. The Speaker also condoled the siblings of the Lawmaker and the entire family of late Osamuta Onyiah of Akarai-Obodo in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta state, for the painful loss, as the fatherly care would be so much missed. Rt Hon Guwor who visited the official residence of Hon Osamuta few…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has commended the Member Representing Ughelli-Udu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Francis Ejiroghene Waive for putting the interest of Delta State above any other. Reacting to the endorsement of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for a second term in office and call on All Progressive Congress, APC in Delta State to adopt the Governor as the sole candidate of the party for governorship election in 2027 by the federal Lawmaker, the Speaker acknowledged that it takes courage to break from party lines and prioritize the interests of…
… Responds To Viral Video On Senator Tinubu’s Visit Delta State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Thursday, said Governor Sheriff Oborevwori was partnering with the Federal Government for the overall development of the state. Aniagwu who disclosed this at a news conference in Asaba said interactions and interfacing with relevant organs of government at different levels will be strengthened for the purpose of advancing the MORE agenda. According to him, we will continue to smoothen our relationship with federal bodies starting from the Presidency to all other agencies of government all with a view to ensuring that…
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described the Minority Leader of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Edafe Emakpor as a dependable and trustworthy political ally at all time. Omo-Agege in a birthday message to Hon. Emakpor, the member representing Uvwie Constituency said: “I am a witness to your selfless service to your constituents which was in full display during my recent ‘thank you’ visit to Uvwie local government area. “Your drive and passion for the upliftment and needs of your people are exemplary and demonstrates your deep connections with the grassroots. “It goes without…
…Warns The Governor Not To Drag Delta State Into Unholy Alliance Against President Tinubu A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Hon. Chief Evance Ochuko Ivwurie, has berated the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori for what he described as hypocrisy in opposing President Bola Tinubu’s policies while secretly seeking to join the APC. Chief Ivwurie, a former member of the Delta State House of Assembly and former Commissioner for Special Duties, accused Governor Oborevwori of political duplicity, alleging that while publicly attacking the President, he was simultaneously maneuvering join the APC behind closed…
Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Tuesday, affirmed that the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Health Programme was to compliment the giant strides of the Federal Government in making healthcare available, accessible and affordable for Nigerians. Senator Tinubu stated this at the ceremony for the presentation of 10,000 professional kits, crocs and scrubs to midwives in the South-South Geopolitical zone held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. She said the presentation of the kits to the midwives was a deliberate effort to strengthen the Federal Government’s training of 120,000 frontline healthcare workers nationwide, pointing out that so far, 60,470 health…
Nigeria’s First Lady and wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Tuesday, advocated free treatment programmes for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV/AIDS patients in the country. Speaking during a visit to Delta State Traditional Rulers Council in Asaba, she highlighted the impact of HIV/AIDS, especially among young people. She encouraged traditional rulers to help spread awareness and advocate for health issues, including the elimination of female genital mutilation. Tinubu said; “additionally, there is an education-focused campaign called ‘Flow with Confidence’, which provides free sanitary pads to girls in rural areas to prevent school absences during menstruation. The First…