Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has described the “Governor of the Year” award bestowed on His Excellency, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori by Thisday Newspaper, as a reward for hard work and diligence in public service. Guwor stated that the award did not come as a surprise, noting that the one year and eight months administrative ingenuity of Rt Hon Oborevwori as head of government in Delta State has been very impactful and impressive. Speaker, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nkem Nwaeke, commended the management of Thisday-Arise Media Group for identifying the…
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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.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on Media, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has applauded the Governor of the Year Award bestowed on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori by ThisDay/Arise TV, describing it as a well-deserved recognition of the governor’s relentless efforts to transform Delta State. Ikeogwu, a respected media professional and two-time Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council, called the honor a testament to the monumental progress under Governor Oborevwori’s leadership. In a congratulatory message shared with newsmen, Ikeogwu expressed his gratitude to God for making this recognition possible and highlighted the governor’s ability…
The atmosphere at the Heroes Family Church Okpanam on Sunday 26th January, 2025, was one beyond normal service, it was one filled with organic excitement and jubilation when the Fostering Hopes Foundation announced a business support empowerment for three families. This second edition of the empowerment programme has a man, Mr. Micah U., a father of two, doing grilling; a woman, Mrs. Patience O., a mother of four, doing cooking, and another woman; Mrs. Felicia M., a mother of two, doing water and drinks business. Like always in the package of the empowerment, the three families received two hundred and…
Stakeholders in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has frowned at the continuous stay, retainment and domination by a retired civil servant, Engr. Anthony Okuwe, in the commissions, calling on the state Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, to wade in and institute the culture of fairness, accountability and equity. Anthony Okuwe, an Engineer and a retired civil servant, is presently the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director, Project in DESOPADEC. He is been alleged of handling and treating confidential files and runs the affairs of the board with impunity after retirement from the civil service, an act they condemned. …
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a deadly suicide attack carried out by jihadists in the northeastern region of the country, two military sources revealed on Sunday. The incident, which occurred on Friday evening, also left several troops critically injured. According to the sources who spoke with TheGuardian, the attack took place around 8:30 pm GMT during a ground offensive aimed at Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in a notorious stronghold straddling Borno and Yobe states. “The suicide attack killed 27 soldiers, including the commander, and left several others seriously injured,” one military officer stated. Another…
Delta State Government, Friday, reiterated that it had not borrowed any money since Governor Sheriff Oborevwori took over governance in the state on May 29, 2023. The State Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije who disclosed this at a press conference in Asaba, said contrary to reports by an online news medium, the State Government had not entered into any borrowing relationship with any institution. According to him, “this state has not entered into any borrowing relationship whatsoever, whether partnership, individual, corporate, bank, local, national or international. We have not borrowed a dime since this administration took effect on…
Activities marking the 2025 Rev Waive Annual Day of Prayers took place over the weekend in Ughelli Delta State. The 2025 Annual Day of Prayers for Hon. Rev Francis Ejiroghene Waive, representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Federal Constituency took place in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area on Thursday, January 23, 2025. The annual prayer session featured Clergymen from all five Blocks of CAN including the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria CSN, Christian Council of Nigeria CCN, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN, Organisation of Africa Instituted Churches OAIC and ECWA/COCIN The over one thousand clergymen congregated to…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has challenged journalists in the State on the need to continue to uphold the ethics of the profession in their routine reportage. Rt. Hon Guwor who gave the charge when he played host to a team of Assembly Correspondents who were in his Office on a thank-you visit at the resumed plenary, urged media professionals to shun pecuniary interest in their reportage. While saying that the profession had in the recent time been invaded by quacks who for ulterior motives engaged in malicious reports, Guwor who is the National…
By Sunny Awhefeada The raison d’ tre of government which is the welfare and security of the citizens remains a perennially violated concept in Nigeria. Despite the multiplicity of avowals by government officials to a commitment to the twin concept of welfare and security, what Nigerians have had to contend with in the last forty years has been to suffer the breach of what ought to have been a hallowed and reassuring credo. As a nation we have backpedalled receding uncontrollably into the Hobessian jungle where life is short, nasty and brutish. Civility and order have taken flight off our…
… Speaker Guwor, Stresses The Importance Of The Legislature And Executive Arms Of Govt. Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has promised Deltans that the State Legislature will continue to carryout robust legislation for peace and good governance of the state. The Speaker gave the assurance in his welcome address at resumption of plenary after the festive holidays that ushered in 2025 fiscal year. Rt Hon Guwor said the Legislature and Executive arms of government are democratic vehicles in the society for the appropriation, mobilization and deployment of resources for development, welfare and security of…