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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The funeral service for late Chief Evang. Greg Atori, a respected political leader, traditional chief and former president-general of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been slated for December 8, 2023 at his hometown, Unenurhie. A statement jointly signed …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Because of the deck stacked against him – or more aptly, due to the deck he stacked against himself – it’s illusory to project the November 11, 2023, governorship in Bayelsa State as a walkover for former Governor Timipre Sylva. From the get go, Mr Sylva faced …

Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara is wooing foreign investors to consider the state for investment. Governor Fubara, who spoke while speaking at the unveiling of the third branch of HyperCity Supermarket, at Ikoku Junction, Mile two Diobu in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of the …

Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Leadership of the Easter Zone of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), comprising of Akwa Ibom and Rivers States has advised Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to set up a unity government that will include qualified members of other political parties in the state. The group …

The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has stressed the need for collaboration with all stakeholders in driving the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Bola Tinubu for Nigeria. Ebie, who spoke at the inauguration of the NDDC Board at the Conference Room …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As activities towards the 2024 local council elections in Delta State gathers momentum, chairmanship hopeful, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for Ughelli North Local Government Area in the forthcoming local government elections, Rtn. Fidelis Adjogbe, has promised to consolidate on the …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Evwreni Clan Improvement Union’s National Executive Committee elections earlier scheduled for Saturday November 18, 2023, has been postponed indefinitely by the secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, as a result of “perceived challenges” to the peaceful conduct of the elections. …

The acting registrar of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Mr Donald Okogbaa, is assured that the institution has the human resource and infrastructural capacity to compete with its contemporaries in the country and beyond. Okogbaa, who gave the affirmation on his 64th birthday, stressed that every university is a …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Concerned over the “delusive bunch of unfounded allegations against the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd.), and some of his staff, by some disgruntled fellows and purported leaders” of the Phase 3 of the program from Edo, Delta and Ondo states, as published …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Former Chief Whip of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Dr. Jonathan Robinson Obuebite, has urged the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva and other opposition candidates in last Saturday’s governorship poll to emulate President Bola Tinubu by congratulating the winner, Senator …