Popular Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh is dead. The actress died in Warri, Delta State around 11 pm on Sunday, a source who pleaded anonymity said on Monday morning. It was learnt that Ameh was said to have been a guest of an oil company toyshop and her family when...
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By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – Operatives from the Delta State Police Command in Delta have busted a baby factory in Okpanam community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the raid a statement issued on Thursday in Asaba,...
The Police Command in Delta said it recovered a stolen Lexus 350 SUV and assorted weapons from suspected armed robbers in the state. The Spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe disclosed this to newsmen on in Warri. Edafe said the vehicle was recovered on Wednesday by police operatives...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Vice-Presidential candidate of the PDP, says the state is working toward becoming Nigeria’s centre for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME). The governor stated this on Friday in Asaba at the graduation ceremony of the third cycle of the Women Empowerment Skill Acquisition...
Recently, MS Keiso Matashane-Marite, the Chief Section, Gender Equality, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says Africa is making progress on issues around gender equality and youth empowerment. Matashane-Marite, going by media reports, said this when a team from UNECA paid a courtesy visit to the National Population Commission...
Electioneering period is without doubt an interesting season. It offers the masses/electorates golden opportunity to elect leaders that will pilot their affairs for a specified period of time. To the fifth column in the fourth estate, it presents an opening for fierce political and ideological warfare; wars that negate...
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described OKowa as an asset to all Nigerians. Abubakar in his message to Nigerians on Sunday in Abuja said that the office of the president in particular required that the holder of that office to...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 51 suspected cult members belonging to the Eiye confraternity. The state police spokesman, Bright Edafe, said the suspects were apprehended while carrying out an initiation of new members and also celebrating their anniversary within the premises of a hotel...
The electioneering season in Nigeria is never in short supply of intrigues and drama. Events leading to the announcement of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s running mate were no exception. The anxiety was palpable as many Nigerians waited in bated breath to know who his choice as PDP vice-presidential candidate will...
As was always expected, the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the 2023 governorship race in Delta state. His emergence sets the stage for what would likely become one of the most keenly contested races in...
It is no longer news that the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has, ahead of the 2023 general elections , emerged the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. It is equally relevant to the present discourse to underline that...
Even when it remains a difficult task to compress the achievements of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in the past seven years into a few worded pieces, one things stands out; Governor Okowa made good his promise as the Executive Governor of Delta state, to unlock – and unleash–youth...
A presidential aspirant, Professor Pat Utomi, has stepped down for his co-contender, Mr Peter Obi, for the ticket of the Labour Party ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The political economist and management expert announced that he was stepping down for the former Anambra State governor on Monday at...
Conventional wisdom teaches us that it is better to under promise and over deliver, rather than over promise and under deliver, especially in the world of business and politics. With the former, you earn the reputation of a promise keeper, which leads to higher credibility ratings. On the contrary,...
At a time like this, there is a compelling need to evaluate our politics and governance via a broader view of the people’s paramount concerns and legitimate expectations in order to unravel its values of fiscal discipline, prudent management, robust and continuous community engagement, effective and efficient public communication,...
Need for Nigeria’s political space to accommodate community policing framework By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Need for Nigeria’s political space to accommodate community policing framework By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
It is evident that robust unity which grows out of historical experience can no longer be found or trusted in the present day Nigeria. It can equally not be considered an over statement if one concludes that in today’s Nigeria, there is no more sense of oneness that emerges...
The recent decision by Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to provide financial aid to 40 schools it returned to religious missions in 2011, again underscores the time-honoured belief that leaders must learn the art of management, an art of engineering and a skill to absorb and mater success...
A Nigerian man, Efuoma Amos from Delta state who recently took a second wife has reacted to claims that he used charm on his wives. The Deltan went viral after his pre-wedding photos trended on social media. He has now denied using charm to marry his pretty second wife....
In the words of Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States Of America (USA), the experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself—always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested in adversity.” In like manner, evidence abound,...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says he is committed to allowing God’s will to prevail on the choice of who will succeed him in 2023. Okowa stated this at the 70th birth anniversary and thanksgiving service of Chief Oritsetimeyin Adams at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke’s Anglican Church,...