By Moses Omovevah A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State and Executive Assistant on Beautification to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori Olorogun Emmanuel Erezih popularly known as OKPOMO has called on party Leaders who has left the party prior to the 2023 General elections to return and and make the party stronger. Olorogun Erezih,the OKPOMO of Okere Urhobo kingdom warri, made the call on Friday while speaking to newsmen in his office in Asaba the State Capital, positing that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is ready to unite all party faithfuls…
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Barely Month, Gunmen Abduct Another 18 Bayelsa Bound Passengers In Ughelli North
…. no kidnap took place in that axis-Delta PPRO EIGHTEEN persons travelling from Warri to Bayelsa state have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers between Evwreni and Ogor axis of the East-West in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The incident which occurred last Tuesday at about 5:pm at the Evwreni axis and was reported by the supervisor of the transport company. It would be recalled that 9 students including a Naval Officer, were returning from school in Calabar, Cross Rivers state were allegedly abducted at…
Read MoreDelta Police Rescue Kidnap Victim, Recover Guns, Ammunition Arrests Suspected Indian Hemp Dealer In Ughelli North
A team of security operatives drafted from Abraka division, have rescued kidnapped victims, after a gun battle with the suspected kidnappers at Ugono- Orogun community, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. According to the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright, “One of the injured suspected kidnappers died while receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital. This is just at as a suspected Indian hemp dealer, identified as Orji Timothy, 38, was allegedly arrested along Oviri-Ogor road in Ughelli North. SP Edafe Bright said, “On 26/4/2024, at…
Read MoreOKUAMA IDP’S MANAGEMENT & REPS PROBE: WE’RE WATCHING
By Zik Gbemre So far so good on Okuama, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has set up an IDP Management Committee headed by our Abraham Ogbodo and House of Reps has opened probe on killing of soldiers, killing of Okuama people and elimination of Okuama community that spared only the Anglican Church building in memory of the first Midwest/Bendel Bishop, Agori-Iwe who hailed from Okuama community in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State. I had faulted Oborevwori for not condemning the destruction and elimination of Okuama community by the military when he…
Read MoreAnambra Police Arrests 16 Suspected Cultists, Declare 21 Others Wanted
A cracked team of security operatives in attached to the Anambra State Police Command, have arrested 16 persons suspected to be cultists causing mayhem, unlawful killing and other havoc across the state. The Commissioner of Police Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye, had in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, declared 21 others wanted in alleged connection relates to cult activities. According to the statement, “In a decisive move to end the resurgent cult-related killings in Awka, Capital City of Anambra State, the Police Command…
Read MorePolice Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers, Recovers Corpses As Kidnap Victim Escapes In Ughelli
A Special tactical team detailed from the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, have arrested two persons suspected to be kidnappers and recover two female corpses from a forest between Ughelli North and Okpe Local Government Areas of Delta State after a gun battle. The suspects, Edafe Richmond Akpoveve, Igho Midiyoraye, were arrested at their den when a kidnapped female victim name withheld escaped from the kidnappers den. It was gathered that the female victim boarded a keke along Isoko to stop at one of the new generation banks along market…
Read MoreSamson Edema And The Quest For A “New Dawn
By Sunny Awhefeada The literature curriculum that my generation of undergraduates was taught at the University of Benin, it was the same in other Nigerian universities then, was a hybrid of English and African oeuvres. There were occasional attempts at studying European Literatures in Translation, but the bulk of what we studied was English and African Literatures. One of the courses that left a lasting impact in our impressionable minds was “Twentieth Century British Literature” which in some other curricular was dubbed “Modernist Literature” or “Modern Literature”. The course, never…
Read MoreAkpodiete Emerges NURTW Chairman In Ughelli North, Sets To Revamps Transport System
Comrade John Emonena Akpodiete, JP, has been elected and sworn in as the chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Ughelli North, Branch E, and Central Motor Park, with a vow to revamp the transport system under his reign for the next four years in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Fielding questions from newsmen in Ughelli, Akpodiete, who called for the cooperation of all stakeholders held that, the central motor park, being the mother of all parks in Ughelli North, would be revived, revamp to…
Read MoreOkuama:Ogodo To Chair Ewu IDPs Management Committee Inaugurated By Gov Oborevwori
The Delta State Governor Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday, inaugurated Ewu IDPs management committee with former Editor of the Guardian Newspaper, Mr Ogodo Abraham as chairman. The Commitee with the mandate of the governor will work to resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Okuama community to their original community as government rehabilitate the community and the people of Okuama . The committee Chairman and members are 1. Mr Abraham Ogbodoh as chairman 2. Mr Austine Emaduku 3. Sen Emmaneul Aguaraiwodo 4. Hon Festus Utuama 5. Hon Ruben Izeze…
Read MoreTantita Executive Director, Warredi Sets To Bury Mother In Sagbama
All is now set for the burial of Mrs. Theresa Virginia Enisuoh, the mother of the Executive Director, Operations and Technical Services of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL), Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, in Agbere, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Saturday, April 27th, 2024. The matriarch of the popular Enisuoh family in Bayelsa State, died on Thursday, March 21st, at ripe age of 80 years. The death of Mama Enisuoh, loved by all and sundry,who came through her path during her eventful sojourn on earth, has sent shock…
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