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Executive Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Hon (Chief) Solomon Ighrakpata has commended the State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori for a comprehensive budget estimate of ₦936.8 billion for the 2025 fiscal year. Reacting to the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the State Assembly, Hon Ighrapata said the proposed budget demonstrates the Governor’s genuine commitment to advancing urban-rural integration, enhancing human capital development, and promoting economic growth. The IRS Boss stated that the proposed estimates, christened “Budget of Fiscal Consolidation”, would further promote the MORE agenda of the state government, saying that the Governor’s good…

Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon (Olorogun) Arthur Akpowowo has commended Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for keeping faith with his social contract with Deltans. Rt Hon Akpowowo gave the commendation on the floor of the Hallowed Chamber of the State Assembly, immediately after the presentation of the Delta State Appropriations Bill for the 2025 fiscal year by the Governor Oborevwori during Thursday’s plenary of the House. The Deputy Speaker in his remarks before a motion to express immense gratitude on behalf of the State Legislature to the Governor for the Budget presentation, explained that the MORE…

Mr. Jeckins Ejiro Wisike has filed a suit of N1,000,000,000,00 (One Billion Naira) only, against the Executive Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Council, Hon. (Barr) Jaro Egbo over alleged defamation of character. The case which was filed at the Effurun High Court of Justice, Delta State with suit No.EHC/218/2024 between Mr. Jeckins Ejiro Wisike referred to as the Claimant and Olorogun Jaro Egbo referred to as the Defendant followed an allegations of defamation of character against the Claimant, Mr. Jeckins Ejiro Wisike. The Claimant, Mr. Jenkins Ejiro Wisike has claimed as follows: The award of the sum of N1,000,000,000,00…

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, presented a N936,078,818,719 billion Appropriation bill for the 2025 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Governor Oborevwori said the budget christened, ‘Budget of Fiscal Consolidation,’ was made up of recurrent expenditure of N348,717,758,635 billion representing 37.25 per cent and capital expenditure of N587,361,060,084 representing 62.75 per cent of the total budget.  He said the 2025 budget is N211bn more than the 2024 approved sum of N725bn, indicating an increase of 29%.  The Governor attributed the increase to the realignment of the exchange rate which resulted in higher FAAC allocations and…

By Sunny Awhefeada The title of this piece will tickle the memory of those familiar with the corpus of English Literature who must of necessity remember the title of Charles Dickens’ 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickensian imagination was inspired or better put provoked by the kind of inveterate socio-economic malaise that is afflicting Nigeria at the moment. Dickens lived and wrote in an epoch of unimaginable social rot and grinding poverty. The social, economic and cultural milieu of the Victorian Age during which English fiction bloomed was bleak in an unenviable and almost irredeemable manner. Ironically, that…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye    Since the communal clash between Otor-Iwhreko and Ekuigbo communities in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State over who collects daily revenue from traders started on Monday, November 11, 2024, and several lives lost, the economy of Ughelli town has taken a significant hit. The communal clash has created a sense of fear and uncertainty among traders and residents, leading to a decline in economic activities.   The once bustling Ughelli market is now a shadow of itself as traders are now scared to carry out their businesses due to the daily violent clashes between…

A socio-cultural organization under the aegis of Concerned Ute-Okpu Elites, has commended the Executive Chairman of Ika North East Local Government Council, Hon. Monday Odigwe for his giant developmental strides within his one hundred days in office. The group gave the commendation during its hosting by Hon. Odigwe who is the functioning Secretary of the socio-cultural organization founded to promote the cultural norms, and social activities of Ute-Okpu Kingdom. Speaking through it’s Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, Concerned Ute-Okpu Elites, reiterated their earlier support to Hom. Odigwe’s administration, commending him for not letting them down within the period he has been…

  The Majority Whip of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Bernard Odior, has expressed gratitude to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for two Executive bills that have direct impact on Isoko North State Constituency where he represents in the House. They include, a bill for a law to amend the Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro Establishment law 2021 to reflect the change of name to Southern Delta University, Ozoro and a bill for a law to Establish College of Health Technology, Ovrode, both in Isoko North local government area. Hon Odior described the two bills as huge…

Delta and Bayelsa States Houses of Assembly have restated their resolve to encouraging policies and programmes that promote peace, progress and development in the two states. The two Houses also reaffirmed earlier positions that the MORE agenda of the Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori and the ASSURED agenda of Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, should enjoy the support and backings of the House. Speaker of both States Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Guwor, Delta and Rt Hon Abrahampppppp Ingobere, Bayelsa, stated this in their separate address at the opening session of a retreat and training workshop for members…

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