Senator Ede Dafinone representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has called for calm amid growing public outrage over the killing of Mena Ogidi, following a high-level meeting with police authorities in Warri on Wednesday. The senator made the appeal after a meeting with the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5, Salman-Dogo Garba, at the Nigeria Police Area Command, Warri. Also present was the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Yemi Oyeniyi. The family of the late Mena Ogidi also attended the meeting, led by his cousin, Emuobor Alex, and his elder brother, Victory Ogidi. The meeting…
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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 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.
Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ede Dafinone, has challenged Nigerian youths to embrace discipline, innovation and institution-building as critical tools for sustainable national development, warning that the country risks wasting its enormous potential if the present generation fails to transform capacity into productivity. Dafinone gave the charge while delivering the convocation lecture titled “Harnessing Nigeria’s Potential: Strategies for Sustainable Development” at the 18th Convocation Ceremony of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka. Addressing the graduating class of 2026, the senator described Nigeria as “one of the most gifted nations on the face of the earth,” but lamented that despite…
Senator Ede Dafinone, representing Delta Central Senatorial District has condemned the extrajudicial killing of 28-year-old Oghenemine Million Ogidi, of Ujevwu community in Udu Local Government Area, calling it a heinous act and urging the police authority to prosecute and hold the “trigger-happy” ASP Usman Nuhu, responsible. Ogidi was reportedly shot dead on April 26 in Effurun in what the Delta Central Senatorial District representative described as a reckless abuse of power. “The sanctity of human life is paramount, and it is utterly unacceptable for those entrusted with the protection of citizens to turn their weapons against them,” Dafinone stated in…
… Stresses discipline, vows no leniency for errant officers or criminals …Charges 455 Cases, Secures 205 Conviction, 250 On Trial By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State Police Command has intensified its assault on crime, recording significant successes in combating kidnapping, armed robbery, human trafficking, and drug peddling since February, Commissioner of Police CP Yemi Oyeniyi, announced at a press briefing in Asaba today. Delivering the command’s scorecard, CP Oyeniyi, credited proactive and intelligence-driven policing for making the state uncomfortable and hot for criminals. The CP noted that operatives were able to arrest kidnap syndicates alongside the recovery of sophisticated weapons…
By all standards of fair political engagement, Mr. Godwin Anaughe’s piece laden with conjectures, alarmism, and selective memory reads less like a thoughtful intervention and more like a desperate attempt to halt an inevitable tide. That tide is the rising acceptance, credibility, and performance-driven appeal of Senator Ede Dafinone across Delta Central. To recast this organic growth as “panic” within the ranks of the APC is not only misleading; it is an insult to the intelligence of Urhobo people who can distinguish propaganda from performance. Let us begin by dismantling the central thesis of Anaughe’s argument: that there is a…
By Sylvester Obasere It is deeply lamentable to witness the depths to which you have descended in peddling drivel against Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru. Your attempts to tarnish his reputation fall far short of any reasonable standard, and I find it necessary to respond to the baseless allegations you have levied against him. Over the years, I have come across numerous screeds designed to insult and impugn Chief Ogboru’s character, but none have come close to the level of intellectual poverty and logical bankruptcy that your submission represents. To see such a reckless disregard for reason and factual accuracy is…
Let the record be set straight without equivocation: Chief Great Ogboru, throughout the entire span of his political odyssey, has never aligned himself with the Accord Party. That political banner has, and remains, the emblem of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Any attempt to distort this fact is either borne of ignorance or a deliberate effort to mislead the public.
By Endurance Ikanone The political atmosphere in Delta Central Senatorial District reached a remarkable crescendo as Ede Dafinone formally declared his intention to seek a second term in the Nigeria Senate. What unfolded in Ughelli was not just another political event; it was a powerful demonstration of unity, endorsement, and a growing consensus within the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Dafinone represents continuity, stability, and purposeful leadership. From the massive turnout at Oharisi Primary School to the resounding endorsements by party leaders, stakeholders, and grassroots supporters, one message stood unmistakably clear: within the APC in Delta Central, Ede Dafinone is…
Top APC leaders in Delta Central Senatorial District, party faithful and Delta Central constituents on Sunday, April 26, 2026, besieged Oharisi Primary School Field in Ughelli, endorsing Senator Ede Dafinone, as he formally declared his intention seeking re-election in the 2027 general elections. The declaration drew a massive crowd of party faithful and stakeholders from the eight local government areas of Delta Central, underscoring what party leaders described as a growing consensus around the lawmaker candidacy. Among those who endorsed Dafinone were the founding leader of Delta APC, O’tega Emerhor; former senator, Ighoyota Amori; businessman and party chieftain, John Oguma;…
By Arieri Agbro What someone keeps quiet about can matter more than their speech. When Senator Ovie Omo-Agege announced his bid for Delta Central, the missing words stood out sharply. He did not mention Governor Sheriff Oborevwori at all. That gap carried meaning, not oversight. The unspoken part shaped perception – poorly. He spoke directly to the President, lifting up national programs while listing his own past moves. Not once did he mention the governor now in office, though that leader comes from the very same Delta Central zone where progress stories are being written today. His comeback bid stood…