Month: March 2024

NUJ Seeks End To Discrimination Against Poly, NABTEB, Certificates

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  The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council has advocated for the outright abolition of official discrimination against polytechnic and National Board for Technical Education (NABTEB) certificate holders in the state. NUJ Delta State Council Chairman, Comrade Churchill Oyowe stated this when he led members of the state executive on a courtesy visit to the office of the Commissioner for Technical Education, Rt. Hon. (Pastor) Joan Onyemaechi in her office in Asaba. Comrade Oyowe stressed that technical education is a veritable tool for self reliance, employment and sustenance,…

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Delta Has Talents To Win National Sports Festival – Delta Lawmaker

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  By Joe Iyete THE immediate past Deputy Leader, Ughelli South Legislative Arm, RT. Hon. Kenneth Ogbon has said that Delta State has a pool of talents to continue to win the National Sports Festival. The lawmaker stated this during the Inter House Sports competition of Akperhe Olomu Secondary School where Ogbon House came first. Ogbon who chaired the ceremony was amazed at the raw talents waiting to be tapped from the event. According to him, “I am not surprised by what I have seen today because Delta State has…

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Godwin Adode Bags Award Of Excellent Performance As Ughelli North Chairman

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  A social political group, Agbarho Political Elite, has honoured the immediate past chairman of Ughelli North Council, Hon. Chief Godwin Adode with the award of Excellence Performance for Humanitarian and capital development.   Hon. Adode was elected Ughelli local government council chairmen in 2018 to 2021 and was reelected for a second term in office in 2021 to 2024 respectively.   The group had during the presentation of the award described Hon. Godwin Adode as a man who finished strong during his two terms tenure as chairman of Ughelli…

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Delta Connecting Communities With Roads, Bridges For Sustainable Devt.- Oborevwori

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  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday, said the State Government was connecting communities with roads and bridges for the sustainable development of the state. Governor Oborevwori stated this during inspection of Okpanam-Ibusa bypass road; Beneku bridge; Emevor-Orogun Road; Orere bridge and Model Technical College, Orerokpe. The Governor who emphasised on project continuity for sustainable development, said it was a fulfillment of his pledge to complete existing projects while also initiating new ones. Oborevwori said; “the Okpanam-Ibusa bypass is a road that is very key to connect from…

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The Many Gains Of Subsidy Removal

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By Sunny Awhefeada,   Nigeria has over the years evolved the character of a country where things are perpetually in reverse gear. Our country is now largely defined by punishingly unenviable indices which are easily manifested in our perennial underdevelopment. The last forty years have been characterized by disruptive hiccups and deadly spasms and only God is able to explain why Nigeria has not tipped over. Each time the nation totters to the cusp, a deus ex machina often intervenes to redirect her affairs. But how much longer can this…

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Local Security Recover Corpses Of Killed Police Officers In Delta By Herdsmen

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  The corpse of some of the killed police officers drafted from IRT Abuja, PMF 51 Oghara and Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Asaba in Delta state to rescue the three missing officers in Ohoror community, have been recovered by at by a team of local security agents In Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Though the identity of the decomposing deceased officers recovered from the bush could not be ascertained as at the time of this report, but it was gathered that the combined team stormed the forest on Sunday…

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Delta Court Discharges Chief Gowon Egoide Of Alleged Murder Case

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  A Delta State High Court of Justice sitting at Ughelli Judicial division, presided over by Justice Adolo, has discharged an Ughelli-based PDP politician, Hon. Chief Gowon Egoide, who was accused of allegedly killing Mr. David Otega, on merit for lack of diligent prosecution. The Judge, had in a suit no: UHC/61c/2023, after more than three subsequent adjournments, the prosecution could not produce witnesses to give evidence had no option than to discharge the accused on merit for lack of diligent prosecution. Reacting to the ruling shortly after he was discharged by the…

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Delta PDP Councillor, Donates Mono Pumps To Ward In Ogor

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  The Councillor representing the people of Ogor ward I, at the Ughelli legislative Arm, Hon.(Mrs) Goddy Florence has donated two mono water pumps to Iwhreovie-Ogor and Otogor communities to cushion the effect of water scarcity in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. Speaking at Iwhreovie-Ogor and Otogor, during the commissioning and handing over to the community leaders Hon. Florence said, “In the next few days, my tenure as councillors will elapse and during our campaign period I do promised our people grass root develop and provision of portable drinking…

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BEDC Staff Electrocuted In Delta Community

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  A staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, on Sunday, electrocuted while carrying out repairs on a 33kva at Evwreni community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Though the report is sketchy, it was gathered that the deceased simply identified as Kingsley was electrocuted while he was trying to reconnect damaged cable on the High tension cable transmitting current to Uwheru, Patani Bomadi and communities in the state. A source from the who spoke on anonymous condition disclosed that Mr Kingsley climb up the High…

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Tantita, NSCDC Engage Oil Thieves In Shootout

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Operatives of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), Ondo State chapter, in collaboration with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Sunday morning, engaged a cartel of crude oil thieves in a shootout at an illegal crude oil camp in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo. The combined team of TSSNL and NSCDC, after overpowering the criminal suspects in their camp along Alowe sea shore in Ilaje Local Government Area, destroyed 700 kegs containing 21,000 litres of crude oil stored in a large reservoir. This was disclosed…

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