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 Petroleum Training lnstitute PTI   Effurun Swears In Students Union Government By Wilson Macaulay Warri The Petroleum Training Institute PTI Effurun Delta State has sworned in the newly elected  Exco of the Students Union Government (SUG )for  2021/2022 Academic Session. Those who made the list  at the   well attended  event held at the Council' Chambers of the lnstitute are , Comrade Esharedoro Christian Efe, President SUG, Comrade Godwin Samuel, Vice President,  Chidozie Chioma Blessing, Secretary General,Ndudim Anthony Uchechukwu, Assistant Secretary General, and Comrade Temisa Oghenevwede Collins as PRO.  Others who made the list include Obus Simmer UyoyoOghene  , Financial Secretary,Kompani Oghenerunor, Welfarer, Ofulue Anthony Ifeanyi,Social Director  , Orji Marious lfebuche, Sports Director and Odemero Martha Ogheneyoma who came in as Treasurer . Dr Henry Adimula, the Principal /Chief Executive Officer of PTI in his  welcome address during the ceremony thanked Directors of

 Obule Consummates Son’s Marriage in Rivers State  By  Wilson Macaulay Warri            Omoku Community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA of Rivers State was agog last weekend as the Delta State Coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mobilizer, Hon. Francis Obule (JP), family and associates stormed the community to pay the bride price of his son’s wife former Miss Rita Chikordi Elebechi Orji in a colourful ceremony.             The celebrated traditional marriage between Mr. Oghenero Francis Obule Jnr and Mrs. Rita Oghenero Francis Obule was conducted according to the tradition and custom of Omoku people of Rivers State.             Speaking to newsmen at Omoku, the father of the groom, Hon. Obule JP said he was happy to participate in the marriage ceremony of his son and expressed gratitude to God for the peaceful and successful marriage ceremony.             He prayed to God for the couple to continue to love themselves and uphold the true love that brought them together and unders

 Christmas :  Let Us Live In Harmony  - - - Oborevwori  By Wilson Macaulay Warri   The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has felicitated with all Deltans and Nigerians at Christmas, urging them to show love to one another.  In a Press Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu, the Speaker who is also the National Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of state legislatures of Nigeria, implored Deltans to be at peace with one another now and always as taught us by Jesus Christ.  While saying that Jesus Christ was the reason for the season, the Speaker harped on the need for peaceful coexistence, saying that; "Today, we are celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour and therefore, let us use this moment for deep reflection on our relationship with others. Let us do the right thing by living in harmony with others. Love should reign in our hearts always".  The Speaker, a foremost Governorship aspirant in Delta State for

 DIRECTORATE OF HUMANITARIAN, COMMUNITY, SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES; CREATED TO STRENGTHEN THE WEAK POINTS OF VULNERABLE HOMES - ANYAFULU  By Wilson Macaulay Warri The Honourable Commissioner for Humanitarian, Community and Social Support Services, Hon Barr Bridget Anyafulu has said that the Directorate was created to strengthen the weak points of the vulnerable homes in Delta State.  She made this revelation while playing host to selected group of Publishers of community newspapers in the state, who were in her office for a partnership meeting  towards an aggressive publicity of the ideals, policies and programmes of the new Directorate to the grassroots populace. Anyafulu underscored the importance of Community Media in achieving the set goals set out for her by His Excellency the Governor of Delta State,  Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, maintaining that the media is indispensable towards achieving the targets of the new office. The Commissioner appreciated the Governor,  Senator Okowa for findi

 AN OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY, CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, GCFR, FORMER PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,Why Beneficiaries Don't Access Intervention programmes, Arabi TOYIN ADEBAYO, ABUJA  Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) Mr. Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi has revealed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has since its inception introduced several intervention programmes with the cardinal objectives to lift 100 millions citizens out of poverty in the next 10 years. " Unfortunately, most of these interventions are rarely accessed by the expected beneficiaries owing to reasons ranging from administrative bottlenecks, low level of awareness to problems of inclusive participation by citizens in governance," he added. Arabi, disclosed this in his goodwill message during a workshop on "Addressing the Challenges of Urbanization and Indiscriminate Development in the FCT and the Role of District Monitors". In a statement made avail

 UPU At 90: Industrialization must be our top priority to check unemployment ----------Omoagege DSP By Ovasa Ogaga, Cascaded  Wilson Macaulay 08108097838 The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has charged Urhobo nation to urgently take steps to reinvent industrial hubs across Urhoboland to boost Urhobo’s economy and to address youths’ unemployment which has assumed an alarming proportion. Senator Omo-Agege stated this on Monday at a lecture titled “The Challenges and prospects of Urhobo Progress Union in Contemporary Times” to mark the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) 90th-anniversary celebration, at the Urhobo Cultural Centre Uvwiamuge-Agbarho in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. DSP Omo-Agege also decried the lack of unity among Urhobos which he says caused the Urhobo to lose political power and which made the empowerment of people and development of Urhoboland difficult, “hence the increasing poverty in our communities. As I speak, the majority of Ur

   2023: Okowa Will Leave Delta State In Safe Hands  - Eacgov Oghenesivbe ...Says Screening of Aspirants By Lobby Groups Negates Due Process, Sound Judgment. Wilson Macaulay Warri Executive Assistant to Delta State Government on Communications, Chief Barr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has again assured Deltans that Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, will at the end of his tenure transmit good governance of the state to a tested and trusted successor. He gave the assurance while speaking to newsmen in Asaba, after receiving the 2021 Most Outstanding Media and Communication Strategist Award bestowed on him on Thursday by the Editorial Board of Frontline News Magazine. Oghenesivbe, who is also the Rotary Club of Asaba Central "Distinguished Service Award" recipient, further asserted that Okowa knows the game of politics inside out, fraternises with "who is who" in the political system, and therefore cannot afford to make electioneering decisions that will truncate the progres

 2023: Okowa Will Leave Delta State In Safe Hands  - Eacgov Oghenesivbe ...Says Screening of Aspirants By Lobby Groups Negates Due Process, Sound Judgment. Wilson Macaulay Warri Executive Assistant to Delta State Government on Communications, Chief Barr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has again assured Deltans that Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, will at the end of his tenure transmit good governance of the state to a tested and trusted successor. He gave the assurance while speaking to newsmen in Asaba, after receiving the 2021 Most Outstanding Media and Communication Strategist Award bestowed on him on Thursday by the Editorial Board of Frontline News Magazine. Oghenesivbe, who is also the Rotary Club of Asaba Central "Distinguished Service Award" recipient, further asserted that Okowa knows the game of politics inside out, fraternises with "who is who" in the political system, and therefore cannot afford to make electioneering decisions that will truncate the progress

 We Did Not Endorse Gbagi As Governorship Candidate , We  Honored  Him As  Our  Patron -------------- EK Clark Solidarity For Okowa  By Wilson Macaulay Warri  The leadership of EK Clark Solidarity For Okowa has stated that the Forum did not at any time endorsed  Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi as their candidate for Delta gubernatorial race come 2023. The Group which released a  press statement in reaction to a publication making waves in the political space of Delta State noted that the  E.K Clark  Solidarity for  Okowa was formed in 2015, to promote the ideals  of good Governance and the ideals of our National Leader, Chief Dr EK Clark OFR CON. The EK Clark Solidarity for Okowa leadership explained in the press statement that the Group  is an offshoot  of the political children and associates of Chief Dr EK Clark created to energize, support and Promote the ideals of Governor Okowa in having  Delta State Governorship slot based on Justice equity and fairness.  Prince Akpo Abugo the Spokesman

 We Did Not Endorse Gbagi As Governorship Candidate , We  Honored  Him As  Our  Patron -------------- EK Clark Solidarity For Okowa  By Wilson Macaulay Warri  The leadership of EK Clark Solidarity For Okowa has stated that the Forum did not at any time endorsed  Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi as their candidate for Delta gubernatorial race come 2023. The Group which released a  press statement in reaction to a publication making waves in the political space of Delta State noted that the  E.K Clark  Solidarity for  Okowa was formed in 2015, to promote the ideals  of good Governance and the ideals of our National Leader, Chief Dr EK Clark OFR CON. The EK Clark Solidarity for Okowa leadership explained in the press statement that the Group  is an offshoot  of the political children and associates of Chief Dr EK Clark created to energize, support and Promote the ideals of Governor Okowa in having  Delta State Governorship slot based on Justice equity and fairness.  Prince Akpo Abugo the Spokesman

 *THE UNLIMITED STRENGTH OF OUR YOUNG ADULTS* the Young people are advantaged with strength, energy, speed, enthusiasm and charisma The underutilization of this advantages is contributively enabled by lack of the knowledge of above Stated qualities and indeed disparity or lack of organization of the young people The older generation having realized this are so determined to keep the Youths disunited, disintegrated, and perpetually at variants with each other The older generation takes advantage of the lack of awareness/disunity of the Young people The solution to this is not different from Unity of youths and self support We can organize ourselves and support our growth Politically, commercially, socially and culturally The Youths can archive nothing if disunited but can archive everything if United I hereby call on every Youths to stand united in the struggle for breakthroughs...... From,  Comr Agadia Samuel Oghenegare .

 Buhari Leaves Abuja For Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit In Istanbul INNOCENT OWEH ABUJA  President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Thursday leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey.   According to the organisers, the theme of the Summit is ‘‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity’’ and the agenda includes reviewing the cooperation between African countries and Turkey since the last summit in 2014.   The third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit is coming on the heels of President Erdogan’s recent State Visit to Nigeria during which several agreements in the fields of energy, defence industry, mining and hydrocarbons were signed to expand existing bilateral ties.   The Turkish leader had, during the visit to Nigeria, affirmed his commitment to immediately expand the volume of trade between the two countries to 5 billion dollars and the Nigerian delegation will

 Mulade Charges FG, IOCs To Clean Niger Delta Environment Cascaded by Wilson Macaulay A prominet Niger Delta environmentalist, Chief Sheriff Mulade has faulted the pollution and degradation of the Niger Delta environment through gas flaring and other oil activities in the region, and stressed the need for the remediation of the environment. Comrade Mulade who is the Chief Executive Officer of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, a foremost environmental sustainability advocating organisation, noted that the Niger Delta Region has contributed immensely to the economy and wealth of the Nation as a result of the enormous oil production activities in the region. He, however, lamented that despite the high oil production in states such as Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and Cross Rivers, oil pollution and reduced life span are the prices that the oil rich region has to pay for feeding the nation. Chief Mulade who is also the Ibe-Seremowei of ancient Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warr

 Tenumah,  Warri Big Boy   Honored With  Double  Humanitarian  Service  Awards By Wilson Macaulay Warri : Ajudabo Community in Warri South-West Local Government Area  of Delta State  over the weekend  honoured one of her own, Hon. Monday Tenumah, Chief Executive Officer of Esimon Nig. Company with the conferment of Community Service Award.  The  Community leadership in their official  statement during the ceremony  noted that the double honor award to Hon. Monday Tenumah was  in recognition of his immense contributions to the developmental  effort of the community.    Ajudaibo Community  hall the venue of the Award ceremony was filled to capacity as, the acting Olare-Aja of the community, Pa. R.A.U Edema presented the the Humanitarian Service Award to Hon Monday Tenumah. The Olaraja ( Eldest Man) of the Community   commended the recipient and appealed to all indigenes and friends of the community to copy from the good example of Mr. Monday Tenumah. In the same vein, the Management and

 HON VICTOR ASASA INAUGURATES "ISOKO SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH".  By Wilson Macaulay Warri : Honourable Victor Asasa the Executive Chairman Isoko South Local Government Area in Delta State has  inaugurated  the "ISOKO SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH" Security Network Outfit. This was done in  a bid to improve on the ideal reportage/response to emergency security situations in the local government area especially in this Yuletide period and by so doing fighting and nipping crime at it's bud, . Hon Victor Asasa stated  that the  "isoko South neighborhood watch" security outfit which is comprising of a network of all security agencies such as the Nigerian Police, the Army, DSS, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, the Nigerian immigration service, the Federal road safety Corp, the state and local Vigilante domiciled in the local government area, is done to eradicate crime and to maintain prevailing peace in the Local Government. The Council boss hinted

 Niger Delta Group Thanks God Almighty Over Senior Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin Generous Donation of N40M to Widow's of Fallen Nigeria   Heroes   By Wilson Macaulay Warri The leadership of Peace , Development Security and Humanitarian Rights Association of Niger Deltans has given special  thanks to God Almighty for given  the Founder and Genereral Overseer of Christ Mercland Deliverance Ministry,  Senior Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin aka Papa J ,  the magnanimous disposition to give a generous donation of forty million Naira (N40m ) to widows of fallen Nigeria Heroes  whose husbands died in the line of active duty after training them in their various chosen vocational skills. The details of the donations revealed that 200  widows of the  Nigerian fallen heroes Wives  got two hundred thousand  naira  N200,000 each totalling N40,000 000 million to augment their various trades to cushion the biting negative effects of our ailing economy. ,Comrade Mike JK Tiemo the Group President who spo