One more person has been confirmed dead in the church building collapse in Delta State, raising the death toll to four. Earlier, three persons were killed after the building collapsed on Tuesday at Okpanam community in Oshimili North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Hours after the report,...
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By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI Spaced out from prevailing indices/situations in Nigeria which reflects the fact that things are not as good as we might wish them to be, let me underline that this piece was inspired by two separate but related occurrences. The first was a recently held focused group...
This piece stemmed primarily from a 2023 presidency -focused telephone talk I had with Theresa Ashien, Publisher’s Assistant, the Ika Weekly Newspaper, a Delta state-based community newspaper. Aside from being apt and accurate in her presentation, she gave an indication that there exists a possibility that Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday forwarded an executive Bill to the State House of Assembly for consideration of a law to provide for the forfeiture of property used for illegal storage of crude oil. The bill is contained in a letter read during plenary of...
By BARBARA KALU, Abuja – Ika Progressive Union, Abuja, has honoured the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. (Mrs) Magdalene Ajani, for distinguished service in the country. The umbrella union of Ika indigenes of Delta State who are resident...
The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient, saying the Federal Government is making frantic efforts to tackle security challenges in the country. Omo-Agege (Delta Central-APC) made the appeal on Monday at the 90th Anniversary of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU)...
Delta Government and Stallion Auto Keke Limited have reached an agreement to establish tricycle manufacturing plant in the state. The Chief Economic Adviser to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, Dr Kingsley Emu, said this at the exhibition of the new Auto Keke Bajaj tricycle in Asaba. Dr. Emu said that the...
It was recently reported that a few days after the panel constituted to investigate the ENDSARS hostility in the state submitted its report, the Delta state Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, as a follow up action inaugurated a Committee for the Protection of Human Rights in the state, with...