Author: SouthernVoiceNews

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 in news 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.

For many years, politicians have promised us what we had already and deny us what we don’t have. They will say, we will put money, we have money already, they will say we will develop this, develop that, we have that already, what we lack is truth, we also lack justice. That is why we don’t have peace and peace is an extension for everything we want to do.

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Presently, Isheagu is ruled by HRM Lt. Col. Obi Onyema 11 (Rtd), Obi of Isheagu Kingdom.
The Isheagu community is known for its rich cultural heritage; it is widely known with the Nze Festival which has remained exceptionally unique and celebrated annually. This festival appears weird in nature and only the lion hearted can muster the courage to watch it, let alone participating in it. It is one festival that prides in the excessive use of cutlasses to display and demonstrate the act that led to the institutionalisation of the festival. It is also celebrated with the rain; no matter how the weather appears to be bright and scorchy with the sun, as soon it is time for the festival to commence, rain must fall.

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By SouthernVoicenews, Delta Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Okakuro Ede Dafinone has said it will be impossible to win 2023 elections through snatching of ballot boxes and result sheets, noting that with INEC’s introduction of BIVAS that era has become history in our democratic journey. The frontline Delta Central Senatorial Candidate stated this during a consultation visit to APC Leaders and Elders Forum at Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, adding that he is best qualified to represent the Urhobo nation at the Red Chambers. Dafinone who is from the famous Guinness award-winning…

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