…Urges Govt To Expedite Resettlement of Displaced Residents URHOBO Association of Washington DC, United States (US) has sent relief support to displaced residents of Okuama Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA), Delta state with a call of government to hasten the rebuilding of the community destroyed by the military over March killing of 17 soldiers. At the community yesterday to deliver various food items and toiletries, the group, touched by the plight of the homeless residents, also expressed sadness over death of two community leaders in military detention, calling for release of those still being held. Items 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 Management of G. Agofure Motors (Agofure Parcel Services), has suspended indefinitely one of her staff, Mrs. Rachael Adeleke, HOD Agofure Parcel Service, Headquarters, Effurun, Delta State over alleged gross-misconduct. According to the statement, Mrs. Rachael Adeleke was alleged to have diverted APS customers goods to herself as the owner and registered the following items, (1) Six LG Refrigerator (GN-G2725LCB), (2) One Bicycle, (3) One Tile Cutter, (4) One Tool Box and (5) One SV2200 Generator, making it a total of Ten (10) items in her own name. The statement signed by the General Manager, G. Agofure Motors, Mr.…
X-Raying The Success Story of the 2024 Edition of the Delta State Ethnic Peace and Unity Cup Competition The 2024 edition of the Delta State Ethnic Peace and Unity Cup competition ended on a high note, fostering unity and celebrating sporting excellence among ethnic groups in Delta State. Novelty Match: A special novelty match was played at Ode-Itsekiri between team Itsekiri/Ijaw on one side and the other ethnic groups on the other side to flag-off the tournament and also to mark this year’s World Tolerance Day. During the opening ceremony match at Ode-Itsekiri, the initiator and renowned global peace ambassador Chief…
…As Delta Assembly Chapel Holds 2024 Christmas Carol Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has urged Deltans to remain hopeful in the face of current economic realities ahead of the Christmas celebration. Rt Hon Guwor gave the admonition in Asaba at the festival of Nine lessons and carols organized by the Delta State House of Assembly Chapel. The Speaker in his goodwill message urged Deltans to express Love and joy in the season of celebration. Rt. Hon. Guwor stressed on the need for everyone to keep hope alive amidst the economic situation…
Tears flows and anger rises as Okuama Community 81 year old Treasurer, Pa. Dennis Okugbaye again dies in military detention six days after the death of Okuama community President General, Pa James Anchovies Oghoroko, in Nigerian military detention, Tuesday afternoon. The sad news of the death of the Second person of the six arrested Okuama leaders has led to severe tension in Okuama Community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Okuama leaders were arrested since August 2024 and have been kept by the military without trial. The Late Okugbaye was arrested along late Oghoroko, Prof…
The Niger-Delta Oil and Gas Liberation Movement has commended the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for advancing local content value in the oil and gas sector to 56% in 2024, compared to 54% in 2023. The group hailed the Executive Secretary of the Board, Mr. Felix Ogbe, for his visionary leadership and commitment to strengthening Nigerian participation in the sector. Speaking in Warri, Delta State, the Chairman of the Niger-Delta group, Elder Esimeburu Emmanuel, described the achievements as a testament to the Board’s 10-Year Strategic Roadmap. Built on five strategic pillars and supported by four enablers, the roadmap…
A US based charity organization, “Azuka and Ify Foundation”, has donated three thousand packs of multiple micronutrient supplement to the Lagos State government for onward distribution to pregnant women across the local government areas of the state. Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Dr Victor Azuka Ubani, said each of the packs contained 180 tablets and that the gesture was a community based initiative to improve maternal health through free distribution of essential prenatal vitamins. Dr Ubani while handing over the items to officials of the state government at a brief ceremony held at Lagos State Ministry of Health,…
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State on Media, Mr Nelson Egware, has been admitted into the Nigerian Institute of Social Media Analysts, NISMA, as Distinguished Fellow. NISMA, a member of the International Association of Social Media Analysts, is the foremost professional body committed to advancing the standards and practice of Social Media in Nigeria, was established for the training, certification and ethical practice in Social Media Management. The Institute plays a pivotal role in creating a structured approach to harnessing the power of Social Media while promoting professionalism, accountability and innovation. Egware was inducted alongside…
The dust being generated by the death of Pa James Oghoroko, the President General of Okuama Community, Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Ughelli south local government area of Delta state, while in detention at the military camp in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is yet to settle, as the Urhobo Media Practitioners and Advocacy Group, has called for thorough investigation into his death. In a release made available to Journalists, on Monday December 9, 2024, signed by Mr. Okpare Theophilus Onojeghen, Chief Omafume Amurun and Comrade Shedrack Onitsha, condemned the action of the military in very strong terms. According to the…
FOLLOWING the death of Pa James Oghoroko, President-General of Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area, the community in a protest Sunday has given the Federal Government and Nigerian Army a seven-day ultimatum to release the detained leaders or they will resort to self-help. Though peaceful, there was visible anger as the community protest the death of their PG, and continued detention without trial of five others. Specifically, the community vowed to block the river Niger to access at the expiration of the ultimatum. Late Oghoroko, President General of Okuama community was arrested alongside Prof Arthur…