It is no longer news that the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has, ahead of the 2023 general elections , emerged the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. It is equally relevant to the present discourse to underline that...
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Even when it remains a difficult task to compress the achievements of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in the past seven years into a few worded pieces, one things stands out; Governor Okowa made good his promise as the Executive Governor of Delta state, to unlock – and unleash–youth...
A presidential aspirant, Professor Pat Utomi, has stepped down for his co-contender, Mr Peter Obi, for the ticket of the Labour Party ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The political economist and management expert announced that he was stepping down for the former Anambra State governor on Monday at...
Conventional wisdom teaches us that it is better to under promise and over deliver, rather than over promise and under deliver, especially in the world of business and politics. With the former, you earn the reputation of a promise keeper, which leads to higher credibility ratings. On the contrary,...
At a time like this, there is a compelling need to evaluate our politics and governance via a broader view of the people’s paramount concerns and legitimate expectations in order to unravel its values of fiscal discipline, prudent management, robust and continuous community engagement, effective and efficient public communication,...
Need for Nigeria’s political space to accommodate community policing framework By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Need for Nigeria’s political space to accommodate community policing framework By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
It is evident that robust unity which grows out of historical experience can no longer be found or trusted in the present day Nigeria. It can equally not be considered an over statement if one concludes that in today’s Nigeria, there is no more sense of oneness that emerges...
The recent decision by Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to provide financial aid to 40 schools it returned to religious missions in 2011, again underscores the time-honoured belief that leaders must learn the art of management, an art of engineering and a skill to absorb and mater success...
A Nigerian man, Efuoma Amos from Delta state who recently took a second wife has reacted to claims that he used charm on his wives. The Deltan went viral after his pre-wedding photos trended on social media. He has now denied using charm to marry his pretty second wife....
In the words of Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States Of America (USA), the experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself—always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested in adversity.” In like manner, evidence abound,...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says he is committed to allowing God’s will to prevail on the choice of who will succeed him in 2023. Okowa stated this at the 70th birth anniversary and thanksgiving service of Chief Oritsetimeyin Adams at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke’s Anglican Church,...
Within the receding months, certain groups – political and socio-cultural groups including professional bodies – have been mounting pressure on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta to throw his hat into the ring for the 2023 presidential election. Aside these groups, certain noteworthy individuals from Delta and across the length...
On Friday April 22, 2022, the world celebrated the Earth Day, an annual event by the United Nations, to among other things; demonstrate support for environmental protection, remind humanity that the Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance, that the healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier...
Justice is central in all human issues, and it has a link with common good. To Thomas Aquinas, Justice is more of external action than interior emotion or passion; it is rendering to each person what is properly his or hers; what is equal, fair and balance in any...
The Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa on Agriculture, Mr Aneke Ifemeni, has assured that the state will become Nigeria’s major coconut producing hub. Ifemeni, who made this known while speaking with journalists on Monday in Asaba, also assured coconut farmers that coconut business has come to stay...
An 18-year-old boy identified as Chibuike Emmanuel has reportedly died from electrocution in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta. The teenager was said to have been electrocuted at about 5:00 pm on Tuesday while charging his iPhone 8 with a public electric supply. According to a community...
It is another election era and merchants of falsehood and political fallacies have crawled out of their holes to stink up the air with their toxic tales. One of such noxious fallacies is that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is Chief James Ibori’s political godson. How rancid and insipid can some...
There are clear indications that the public debates that will emerge during the campaigns leading up to the 2023 governorship elections in Delta state will be issues-based. Apart from an assessment of the social and economic achievements recorded in the last twenty three years of the People’s Democratic Party...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has urged political appointees in his administration with ambition to contest in the 2023 elections to resign now. Governor Okowa spoke at the closing of a two-day retreat organised for top government functionaries on Thursday, in Asaba. He said that his administration was committed...
Regardless of recent onslaughts recorded against the rights of Nigerian women in Nigeria, with the most painful example being the lawmakers in both Senate and House of Representatives rejection of bills which sought to grant special seats for women in the legislature and 35 percent party leadership during the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated N1.2 billion, 68 housing units at Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. The President, represented by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said the housing project was under the National Housing Programme (NHP), Phase 1. He said...