Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has been honoured with an Award as the “Most Outstanding Steward In Legislative Business, 2024”, by the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council. The award. according to the State Chairman of the Union, Comrade Churchill Oyovwe, was in recognition of his legislative ingenuity, stewardship and administrative acumen as the Presiding Officer of the State House of Assembly. Presenting the award to the Speaker who is the Treasurer, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, Comrade Oyovwe said that the State NUJ has been impressed with 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 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.
The Divisional Police Officer DPO, attached to the “B” Division Warri, of the Delta State Police Command, CSP Christopher Odoh, has rejected a five million naira bribe (#5 million) offered to him by some unidentified cronies of a prison official identified as Assistant Inspector of Prison, Apiakise Samson, after he raped and defiled a 15 year old student of Ugbuwangue College in Warri. According to DAILY POST, the rape and defilement incident occurred on January 21, 2025, at Obahor Street in Warri, Delta State, and the suspect was arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force “B” Division in Warri,…
Political Leaders and Stakeholders of ljaw nation in Delta State has congratulated His Excellency, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori on his emergence as the “Governor of the Year”, by ThisDay Newspaper. A statement endorsed by sixty two Leaders and Stakeholders of the Ijaws in Delta State, including Alaowei Broderick Bozimo, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, Rt Hon Emomotimi Guwor, Senator James Manager, Rt Hon Julius Pondi, Rt Hon Nicholas Mutu and Prince Emma Amgbadugba, described the award as well deserved recognition. They noted that Delta State has been on auto cruise in terms of development under the leadership of Rt Hon Oborevwori, saying…
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…
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…