Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta on Saturday lauded the Nigerian Army and other security agencies for their commitment and fight against oil theft and sundry crimes in the country. The governor gave the commendation at the Combined Year 2023 West African Social Activities (WASA) for Headquarters 63 Brigade...
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By BARBARA KALU, Asaba – Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has appointed ace singer, Harrison Okiri, popularly known as Harrysong, as his Executive Assistant on Entertainment. The artiste disclosed this in a post on his Instagram Page, as he shared a copy of the appointment letter. According to...
By BARBARA KALU, Asaba – The Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. (Elder) Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the appointment of Mr. Iwemdi Nwaham, as his Senior Special Assistant (Political). The appointment which took immediate effect was contained in a letter dated Friday December 22, 2023 and signed by...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori on Wednesday presented a budget of N714.4 billion for 2024 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget tagged ”Budget of Hope and Optimism”, Oborevwori said it was made up of N316.6 billion recurrent expenditure and N397.9 billion capital expenditure....
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said that the Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic which impacted the World three years ago, was responsible for the all time high global inflation. Obaseki stated this while delivering his keynote address on Friday at the 2023 Delta State Executive Council Retreat in...
The Delta Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba on Friday affirmed Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Delta. This was after it dismissed a petition filed by Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the...
It is pedestrian information that the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Western Zone, comprising Delta, Edo and Ondo States, in a recent media statement signed by the trio of Comrade (Dr) Doubra Collins Okotete (Zonal chairman), Comrade Olu Derimo (secretary) and Lugard Izoukumor (Information Officer), specifically called on Gov. Oborevwori...
If there is any cardinal action in recent time that proved beyond reasonable doubt to Deltans that the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori led administration in Delta state is laced with burning desire to empower the poor and vulnerable in the state, it is the Governor’s well thought out decision to...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori on Tuesday, said he had approved the payment of five billion naira promotion arrears to the state workers. He said the payment would be effected in three tranches, starting from August to end in October 2023. The governor, who disclosed this while addressing workers...
Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta says his cabinet will be made up of youths, middle-aged and the elderly. Oborevwori made this known on Sunday at a Thanksgiving Service in honour of his Deputy, Chief Monday Onyeme, at the St. John’s Anglican Church, Ibabu, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta, has admitted in evidence documents tendered by Chief Kenneth Gbagi, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the March 18 governorship election in the state. At the tribunal sitting on Saturday, the three-man panel, led by its...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Ikie Aghwarianovwe seeking the disqualification of the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori for allegedly supplying false information about his academic qualification and date of birth to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In the lead judgement prepared by Justice Adamu...
Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has congratulated the Publisher, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru and Management of The Guardian Newspapers on the 40th anniversary of the iconic media organisation. The governor’s felicitation is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, on Wednesday in Asaba. He said...
Sir Festus Ahon, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, has debunked the rumour that Oborevwori is being pressured by the immediate past Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa on the choice of his cabinet members. Ahon in a statement on Sunday in Asaba, debunked the report by a section...
If there is any reason as to why Elder Sheriff Oborevwori led Delta state Government must pay disciplined attention attention to funding education in the state, it is the recent news report that the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State, Chief Ede Dafinone, recently, paid an...
Going by available information at public domain, Delta State Governor, Rt Hon (Elder) Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, will on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at the Delta State House of Assembly Complex, proclaim and inaugurate the 29 Member-elect of the Delta State House of Assembly. It is equally a statement of...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Tuesday cautioned fuel marketers in the state against hoarding of Petroleum products especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. The governor gave the warning in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Festus Ahon in Asaba. He said that the state...
Nigeria has the capacity to export medical officers to needy nations if available potential are adequately harnessed and planned. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta stated this while inaugurating the Collegiate System in the State’s Schools of Nursing at the College of Nursing, Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in Delta. The petition was signed by Mr Godwin Anaughe, the state APC Director, Election and Strategy on Saturday in Asaba. Anaughe said that the collation of...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, has berated an opposition governorship candidate for the March 11 Governorship elections in the state for alleging that his (Okowa) administration borrowed N850 billion. The governor, who did not name the candidate, debunked the claim as a lie, saying that a governor’s seat is...