The Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ede Dafinone, will on Monday, July 28, 2025, address the Urhobo Nation in a landmark keynote at the inaugural Urhobo Leadership Series organised by the Urhobo Consultative Forum (UCF), a program designed to engage Urhobo political and public office holders to promote effective governance. The program, themed “Redefining Public Service and Accountability: A Reflection on Senatorial Representation,” the event is set to stir high-level conversation on leadership and governance within the Urhobo Nation. Holding virtually via Zoom from 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM (WAT), the series kicks off with Senator Dafinone—representing Delta…
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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.
By Sunny Awhefead The twin motif of appearance and reality frames a great deal of the experience recounted in literary texts. The concept speaks to the truth that things are not always what they seem to be. From Chaucer to Chinua (Achebe), the world has been fed with verses, yarns and acts that portray the dual nature of man embedded within that which is either altruistic or dubious. Writers have depicted humanity as a canvas which embodies the oppositional strain between villainy and valour, nobility and dubiety, conscience and con-science! The world is not really as it is. It is…
By Nkem Nwaeke. In a significant development, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, during the last plenary session of the House, ruled in favour of a six weeks annual break for members of the 8th Assembly. The six-week recess for the Lawmakers, is effective from Tuesday, 22 July 2025 as they are expected to reconvene on Tuesday, 2 September 2025 to continue the 3rd session of the present Assembly. This strategic recess, according to the proactive and diligent Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, is intended to give Members…
…To Construct Flyovers At Agbor, Ughelli The Delta State Executive Council (EXCO) has approved N230 billion worth of projects across different sectors in line with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s continued commitment to infrastructure development and wellbeing of Deltans. The approvals were disclosed by the State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, during a press briefing after the State Executive Council meeting held at Government House, Asaba, presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. Aniagwu, flanked by Commissioners Sonny Ekedayen (Economic Planning), Reuben Izeze (Works – Highways and Urban Roads), Dr. Joseph Onojaeme (Health), Hon. Ebikeme Clark (Riverine…
RESIDENTS, commuters Tuesday during a protest castigated the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, Udu Council Chairman, Vincent Oyibode and Chairman, Obakpor Engineering, Olorogun John Oguma for neglecting and abandoning the collapsed ever-busy Ovwian/Udu major road leading to the Council headquarters. Some of the protesters who are members of the Coalition Group armed with banners mounted the Cross and Stop junction by Udu Express before they moved to one of the bad spots at Daddy Bakery to drive home their message. They said that it was disheartening that the Delta State Government and its contractor had given deaf ears to the…
ENVIRONMENTAL public policy consultant, Dr John Barika Idamkue, has urged President Bola Tinubu to establish a Ken Saro-Wiwa Mitigation Fund and embark on truly participatory stakeholders engagements among four further huddles he must cross to realise peaceful resumption of oil production in Ogoni, Rivers state. Ogoni born Idamkue, close aide to Ken Saro Wiwa through his trial and vexed execution of the Ogoni 9, told Vanguard that he was breaking his silence on the Ogoni struggle since the event of November 10, 1995, reawaken by two recent policy actions of the President Bola Tinubu on Ogoni affairs. He recalled the…
***We receive petition letter, our Internal Auditors investigating the matter – BEDC Head of Communications The Managing Director, Korax Hotel and Suite, Uduere, Agbarha-Otor Road, Mr. Felix Ukpije, has cried out, petitioning the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, over alleged refusal to connect his hotel to national grid after having been certified and approved for commissioning. In a petition addressed to the Managing Director, Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, through the Chief Technical Officer, CTO, Benin Zone, Engr. Kingsley Atseyinku, the Korax Hotel and Suite MD, said every requirements for the commissioning have been met but yet not connected. Ukpije…
Delta State is leveraging its unique geographical assets and aquatic wealth to chart a bold course toward an inclusive and sustainable blue economy, with a strategic focus on rural infrastructure and transport integration. The State Commissioner for Works (Rural and Public Information), Mr. Charles Aniagwu, outlined the state’s transformational blueprint at a ministerial joint briefing with key Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and members of the Senior Executive Course 47 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), led by retired DIG Adeleye Oyebade. Held at the Prof. Chike Edozien Secretariat in Asaba, the session, themed “Blue Economy…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in the 2019 general election, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, has joined millions of Nigerians in mourning the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in a London hospital. In a heartfelt condolence message, Chief Ogboru described the late President Buhari as a man of unwavering integrity and exceptional discipline, whose leadership style was deeply rooted in sincerity, patriotism, and a strong moral compass. According to Ogboru, “Former President Buhari’s death is a painful loss to the military, the people of Katsina State, and the entire nation. He was a man who…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has expressed deep condolences to the people of Olomu Kingdom and the entire Urhobo nation over the passing of their revered monarch, HRM, Ovie Macaulay Popo Ovbagbedia, JP, Uhurhie-Osadjere II, the Ohworode of Olomu. The monarch’s passing was formally announced by the Otota (traditional prime minister) of the kingdom, Olorogun Albert Akpomudje, SAN, at the royal palace in Ovwor-Olomu community, Ughelli South Local Government Area, on Saturday. Oborevwori in a statement issued on Sunday in Asaba by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, described the late traditional ruler as a symbol of…