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NUJ Knocks Delta Govt’s Attitude Towards Flood Victims

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  The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ughelli Correspondents Chapel, has frowned at the attitude of the Delta State Government towards the plight of flood victims across the state. The union stated that the ravaging flood has affected many local government areas in the state which include Ughelli South, Ughelli North, Udu, Burutu, Warri North, Warri South West, Bomadi, Patani, Warri South, Isoko South, Isoko North, Ndokwa East, Ndokwa West, Ukwuani, Oshimili South, Oshimili North and some others The union, in a communique issued at the end of it’s monthly…

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Interview: Why Niger-Delta Regional Security Outfit Could Engender National Security Threat – Ekewenu

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  Ambassador Oghenekaro Ekewenu is a United Nation’s Ambassador on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Chairman, Board of Trustee of Municipal Youth Vanguard of Nigeria and former Executive Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on Maritime Development. In this interview with SUNDAY APAH, he speaks on the worrisome security situation ravaging the Niger-Delta region and the nation and offers the best approach to tackle the situation among other issues. Excerpts: Sir, one of the major issues in national discourse in Nigeria today is insecurity, it has manifested in various forms,…

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Covid-19: NUJ commends Okowa’s Proactive Steps Calls For Establishment Of Treatment Center In Ughelli

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  By Choice Grandball &Omamuzo Efidhere UGHELLI – THE Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ughelli Correspondents chapel, has commended the Delta State Government for the proactive steps it has so far taken to rid the state of the pandemic. It however called for the establishment of a treatment and testing centre for the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic in the Ughelli axis of the state. Speaking shortly after an emergency meeting of the chapel in preparation of the July 2, 2020 election of the State Council of the union, it’s Acting Chairman, Comrade…

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Covid-19: NUJ Berates Shutting Down of Ughelli Central Hospital

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By Politicsgovernance,   The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ughelli Correspondents Chapel has condemned the shutting down of Ughelli Central Hospital, over COVID-19 scare. The union in a communique issued after its statutory congress, maintained that the state government has no medical and moral justification for shutting down some departments of the hospital without providing alternative access to medicare for patients using the hospital. The communique which was signed by the Chapel’s Acting Chairman, Comrade Sunday Apah and its Secretary, Comrade Matthias Ogbagah, reads thus, “We want to observe with…

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NUJ Pays Condolence Visit To Late Itihwe Family

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  The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ughelli Correspondents Chapel has paid a condolence visit to the family of late Chief Amos Itihwe, describing the late politician as a man with genuine heart and the fear of God. The Acting Chairman of the Union, Comrade Sunday Apah who led members of the union on the condolence visit, said late Chief Amos Itihwe was an astute politician with genuine heart, a Christian with the fear of God, who will be missed by the church, political family, associates and the NUJ. According to…

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Engage In Constructive Criticism, Majemite Urges Journalists

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  Former commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Development, Delta State, Barr. Fred Majemite has cautioned the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) against publishing fake and wrong news capable of misleading the public. He noted that journalists are both partners and stakeholders in the development of any nation, state and local government, adding that they should always be truthful and objective in their reportage. Barr. Majemite gave the charge when members of Ughelli Correspondents Chapel of the Union paid him a courtesy visit at his Ughelli residence, Ughelli, Delta State,…

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I Am In Uvwie Council To Make Education Accessible To All – Onoyake

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… Pays NECO, Primary 6 Enrolment Fees For Over 220 Students By Sunday Apah, Ughelli The Executive Chairman of Uvwie Local Government Council, Hon. Ramson Onoyake has paid NECO enrolment fees of 20 students and enrolment fees of 200 primary six pupils from selected public schools in the council area. Onoyake who made the payment through his RTO Foundation in a colourful ceremony at Uvwie town hall on Wednesday, revealed that the NECO enrolment beneficiaries got N20,000 each while the primary school pupils drawn from all public schools in Uvwie…

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Oboro Raises Alarm Over Life Threat 

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    By Sunday Apah,   Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for Delta Central Senatorial District, Hon. Evelyn Omavowan Oboro Esq., yesterday raises alarm over security threat to her life. Oboro, while briefing newsmen at her campaign office in Effururn, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, said that from messages and phone calls from strange numbers regarding the February 16 National Assembly election, call for concern that her life and that of her supporters and party members in Delta Central senatorial district are not safe. She said,…

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