Month: February 2023

2023: Court Delists Akpovoka, Orders INEC To List Ekorhi As Ughelli/Udu Fed.Const Candidate

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By Michael Veloh   The Federal High Court sitting in Warri, presided by Honourable Justice Okon Effreti Abang has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to list Olorogun Daniel Omeco Ekorhi as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for Ughelli North, South and Udu federal constituency at the 2023 election in Delta state. Justice Abang had in a judgement on Friday, in suit no:FHC/WR/CS/98/2022, dismissed motions, counter motions and applications brought by Mr Destiny Efeni Akpovoka It would be recalled that, Olorogun Daniel Ekorhi had challenged the Independent…

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Religion: For His Lordship, Bishop Anthony Ewherido

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For His Lordship, Bishop Anthony Ewherido By Sunny Awhefeada The evolution of Christianity in Urhoboland was in chequered phases. The earliest dated back to 1689 when Fr. Monteleone from Sao Tome reached the Urhobo hinterland. It was a fleeting trip whose memory remains enabled only in dim imagination. The next phase was at the turn of the 19th century when freed slaves especially of Yoruba descent spread out to propagate the gospel in places like Kokori, Ovu, Eku and Abraka. By the middle of that century, the famous Bishop Ajayi…

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Redesign Naira Notes: Full Text Of President Buhari Speech

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My Dear Compatriots, ​I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on the efforts of our administration to sustain and strengthen our economy, enhance the fight against corruption and sustain our gains in the fight against terrorism and insecurity which has, undoubtedly, been impacted by several internal and external factors. 2.​ Particularly, I am addressing you, as your democratically elected President, to identify with you and express my sympathy, over the difficulties being experienced as we continue the implementation…

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Chief Edo Prosper Installed As ‘Oletu Ekpa’ Of Igbide Kingdom

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By Uruemu Favour,     CHIEF Prosper Iwoma Edo has been installed as the ‘Oletu Ekpa’ a traditional stool embedded with the Abame Festival and other cultural activities and traditional celebration of Igbide kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state. Edo was installed according to the demands and customs of the people at the palace of the Odiologbo of Igbide, Chief Godspower Okpohro who was the former ‘Oletu Ekpa, elevated to the position of  Odiologbo of Igbide kingdom. Chief Godspower Okpohro ascended the stool of Odiologbo after…

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PDP Chieftain, Douglas Moses Joins APC In Delta

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  By Omoghene Benedict A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  Hon. Douglas Moses from Ogbe-Ijoh Ward 1, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta state has resigned his membership of the PDP and defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Delta state PDP is current struggling with gale defection in the state, with two former speakers of the state house of Assembly, BoT member, and many former commissioners in the state, a situation that has caused panic in Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Delta PDP camp. Hon.…

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2023: I Will Not Be A Governor Of One Ethnic Nationality, Oborevwori Assures Deltans

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By Great Igbunu, The Delta State PDP Governorship Candidate for the 2023 general elections, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has said that he will not be an ethnic Governor if elected in the forthcoming general elections, but a governor for all Deltans. Speaking at a meeting with Urhobo Traditional Rulers on Friday, February 10th, 2023, at the Palace Of the Owhorode of Olomu Kingdom, HRM Ovie Richard Layeguen Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro 1, Olomu, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the State, where he had gone for royal blessings ahead of the 2023…

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Godwin Adode Donates Operational Vehicles To Security Operatives In Ughelli

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By Great Kobiruo, The executive chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Council, Olorogun Godwin Adode in his quest to reduce crime within Ughelli and its environs, has donated eight operational vehicles to local security operatives from the seven kingdom of the local government and Ughelli Area Command. The vehicles were commissioned and handed over to the local security operatives commonly knowns as Bakassi to help in crime fighting. Speaking during the presentation of vehicles and unveiling of newly acquired uniforms for the local vigilante, Hon Adode said, “The security of…

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Opinion & Analysis: Mad And Dangerous Times

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By Sunny Awhefeada, These are mad and dangerous times for Nigeria and I must concede that we never saw this coming. Not even the famed prophets envisioned the calamities now buffeting us as a people. Nobody foresaw or warned us. Those among us who lay claims to clairvoyance are largely charlatans who think about causes and effects of actions and offer surmises which they call predictions. That is why they always turn around to tell us they were misquoted, quoted out of contest or point at what they claimed they…

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Expectant Mother, Motorcyclist Die In Delta Road Accident

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 BY Omoghene Benedict A yet to be identified pregnant woman and a motorcyclist have been confirm dead in a head on collision accident involving an SUV and a motorcycle along Oteri-Ughelli/Ovwor road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state. It was gathered that the driver of the Pathfinder SUV, with registration no: Delta UGH-11-CH was returning to Ughelli from Ughelli South local government when he lost control and had the head on collision with a motorcycle with reg no: Delta, GRA-74 QW conveying the pregnant and her husband.…

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