Month: June 2024

Edo Agog As Ibrahim Lamorde Is Immortalised

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  …Jonathan, Obaseki, Mele Kyari, Momoh Orbih, other bigwigs attend, hail Inter-Atlas Synergy   Late former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Lamorde, has been immortalised in Edo State. An ultra-modern auditorium and outdoor sports centre built at Ogbona Secondary School, in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, was named Ibrahim Lamorde Hall. A director in Inter-Atlas Synergy, Peter Omoh Dunia, hails from Ogbona community, in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State. The edifice was built…

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Nollywood Veteran, Olu Jacobs Dies At 82

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Nollywood Veteran, Olu Jacobs has joined his ancestors at the ripe age 82.   Olu Jacobs, a renowned Nollywood Veteran has been ill for over two years before he joined his ancestors on Sunday June 30, 2024. Until his death the Veteran, featured in hundreds of movies both national and international.. Details loading..

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WUEDA Intensifies Ongoing De-silting Of Blocked Drains In Warri, Uvwie, Environs

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  In continuation of its flood control efforts in its mandate areas, the Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency, WUEDA, has intensified the de-silting of blocked drains on many streets including Apala and Fani Kayode streets in Okumagba Layout of Warri, to open up the channels for free flow of rain water so as to avoid heavy flooding and its negative implications. WUEDA’s engineers, led by Engr. Obruche Okeme who defied the heavy rains, were on ground to ensure that the de-silting exercise was thoroughly carried out towards…

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Vigilante Member In Prison For Defiling His Two Step Daughters In Ughelli North

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A member of a local vigilante group in Ughelli North, simply identified by his alias as ‘Timaya’ has been sent to prison for allegedly defiling his two step daughters while his wife was on a business trip. It was learned that Timaya, a native of Ekiugbo community residing in Ofuoma, has been sleeping with the two sisters between the age of 11 and 13 whenever their mother in unavailable. According to a security source “Trouble broke out when the eldest of the two sisters reported the incident to their uncle…

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ENOUGH OF GOV OBOREVWORI’S PRETENCE OVER RECURRING KIDNAPPING ON DELTA EAST WEST ROAD

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By Zik Gbemre,   Uwherun bushes, particularly Agadama and Ohoror in Ughelli North LGA, Delta state, have turned Herdsmen kidnapping den. Kidnapping has increased between Ogor Town, through Evwreni, Uwherun down to Patani. Uwherun people of Ughelli North LGA are known for groundnut farming. Many Uwherun natives have lost their lives to Herdsmen invaders. Just recently Soldiers rescued some travellers along the Uwherun axis at the Ughelli-Patani Road. Governor Sheriff Oborevwori you are in the driving seat as the leader of Delta state, Chief Security Officer. Agadama and Ohoror residents…

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One Dead As Police Arrests Community Leader For Cultism, Recover Barreta Pistol

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A team of the Delta State Police special squad detailed to Ughelli North by the Commissioner Abaniwonda Olufemi, have arrested former secretary of Oteri community youth for engaging in alleged cult related clash in an undisclosed hotel within Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learned that the suspect was arrested by the police and a Barreta pistol was recovered from his apartment in the community upon searching. According to SP Edafe Bright the State Police Public Relations Officer, “Acting on credible intelligence on the peddling of…

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WUEDA Sets For Speedy Completion Of Flood Control Project -Ejinyere

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  The Director General of Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency, WUEDA, Hon. Prince Godwin Ejinyere says the Agency is poised at ensuring the speedy completion of the flood control projects in its mandate areas, in line with the MORE Agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. Prince Ejinyere stated this on Wed. June 19, 2024, when he led a team of engineers from the Agency, the principal consultant, JEFCON and Associates, as well as China Civil Engineering Construction Company, CCECC, to inspect the phase 2 of the flood control…

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Ejinyere, Engineers, Inspect Phase 2 Of Flood Control Project In Warri, Uvwie

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  The Director General of Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency, WUEDA, Hon. Prince Godwin Ejinyere has disclosed that the,  Agency is poised at ensuring the speedy completion of the flood control projects in its mandate areas, in line with the MORE Agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. Prince Ejinyere stated this on Wednesday June 19, 2024, when he led a team of engineers from the Agency, the principal consultant, JEFCON and Associates, as well as China Civil Engineering Construction Company, CCECC, to inspect the phase 2 of the…

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Let us Return to Olden Times

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By Sunny Awhefeada, Time does fly and circumstances for good or bad contribute to how swiftly time runs. Growing up, our parents and grandparents spoke in Urhobo about oke awanre which in its literal sense meant “olden days” and we would be so enraptured listening to them and wanting to know what happened in the olden days they so much idealized. The olden days for them constituted an ideal era when everything was perfectly in order in a way that looked like utopia. In fact, our grandparents’ idea of the…

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Arrested Cable Vandal Dies In Delta Hospital

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  A suspected Cable vandal arrested by locals at Otogor community, has died from suspected severe beating and injuries sustained at Central Hospital Ughelli, while receiving treatment in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased, Micheal, 29, from Akwa Ibom state, was arrested while allegedly vandalizing Otogor community transformer at about 9:30pm on Tuesday. According to Otogor community president general, Mr.Edirin Tobi Emmanuel, “The boy later died at the general hospital after it was discovered that he was shocked by electric current. He said, “People came from…

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