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           By: Wilson Macaulay   Warri   The Peace, Development, Security and Humanitarian Rights Association of Niger Deltans, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of State for Petroleum and the Group Managing Director, NNPC, to direct the International Oil & Gas Companies operating in the Niger Delta to resume normal full operation to avert numerous problems associated with or traceable to the low key measure they are  currently  embarking upon.                   The Group tasked the Federal Authority to have a rethink of the measure by allowing the companies to commence full operation provided they adhere to COVID-19 measures or protocols.    Comrade Mike JK Tiemo the group president who spoke in Port Harcourt Rivers State hinted that the call became paramount and imperative because of the reduced labour force which is already having a direct negative effect on the nation’s economy which is based on oil produced from the Niger Delta region.   According to Comra

 By :  Wilson Macaulay Chief James Augoye, the present Delta State Commissioner for Works who is presently changing the political narrative of Okpe Local Government Area by playing politics with  human face whereby making life meaningful for those that seek his assistance in one way or the other. Chief James Augoye is a house hold name in the politics of Delta State due to his enormous performance as Commissioner for Works which gave birth to his reappointment by the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. Since first assuming office in 2015, Augoye has been able to interpret the smart initiatives of the State Governor who has been nicknamed “Road Master” in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in road construction spanning over 407 roads, and several line drainages spread across the State. With his unalloyed and total commitment  to serving the good people of Delta State spanning over decades and having held major positions of responsibility without blemish as well as maint

  By: Wilson Macaulay   Warri   The leadership of Augoye Media Team has commiserated with His Excellency, Senator Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State and the entire Okowa family over the death of their Patriach, late  pa Arthur Okowa even as they lamented the sudden passage of Hon. Tim Ohwefere who until his demise was the majority leader of the Delta State House of Assembly.   Comrade Paul Abaide, the Media Director, of Augoye Media Team who spoke in Effurun, headquarters of Uvwie Local Government Area stated that pa Okowa was a father to the Augoye Media Team and indeed to all Deltans.   Comrade Abaide in his condolence Message to entire Okowa family noted that pa Okowa lived a life worthy of emulation, considering the great height he attained before his exit to eternal glory.   Comrade Abaide acknowledged that pa Okowa is a legend that should be celebrated in the annals of the history of Delta State.   Comrade Rochester Jesutekevwe, another member of the group who

By Wilson Macaulay The Management of Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, Effurun, Delta State as part of its effort to reposition, the institution for the post covid 19 era, PTI has rolled out a 5 year strategic development roadmap to improve on its human capital development plan in a one day retreat organized at the conference of the institute. The retreat which was declared opened by Dr. Henry Adimula, the Acting Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of the institute in his speech stated that, the retreat was organized to improve on the human capital development drive, update of E–learning activities to keep the management, staff and students in the touch line of digital realities of our time which is key to the success of any developmental effort. Dr. Henry Adimula, the Chief Executive of PTI hinted that the 5 years strategy development agenda set by the institution is targeted to promote collaborative effort, improved industrial relation, and production of high-quality graduates

-        By Wilson Macaulay WARRI: High Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, has described late Sir Arthur Okowa as a great Father of Leaders in Delta State and beyond. Chief Bobo who spoke in Warri on behalf of Ijaw Elders stated that Pa Okowa until his passage always demonstrated wisdom in his leadership style by making sure that stakeholders make impact in any decision making process. The elder statesman noted in his condolence message that Pa Okowa who took a bow at 88 lived a fulfilled life in his service to God and humanity. Bobo the populist Chief in his speech remarked that one rare quality that cannot be taken from the late Octogenarian father of the Governor of Delta State is the fact that he is a very good listener to all who came across his path when he was on mother earth. Chief Bobo, anchored on the premise of a life well spent, advised the children of late Pa Okowa and the entire extended Okowa family to follow up the legacy of their great father wh

… Makes Strong Demand to kick Start Bomadi Poly … Calls for Affiliation of Burutu Marine Institute to Okerenkoko Maritime University By Wilson Macaulay WARRI... High Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu kingdom has commended Senator Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State for the recent upgrade of three institutions in Delta State to the status of full fledged universities Chief Bobo who spoke in warri Delta State observed that the new policy will go a long way in solving admission problems to teaming Deltas who are in dire need of university education which in a way is also stepping up standards in terms of capacity building. However, Chief Bobo made a strong appeal to Governor Okowa in the spirit and light of equity, justice and proportionality to do everything possible within his power to ensure the speedy takeoff of the abandoned Bomadi polytechnic which was established during the administration of former governor Emmanuel Uduaghan. He also called on Governor

By: Wilson Macaulay WARRI His Excellency, Senator Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State on Wednesday 28th January, 2021 at the conference centre of the Petroleum Training Institute PTI Effurun, charged one hundred and sixty pioneers set of matriculating students of DESOPADEC Skill Academy DSA to brace up by finishing the programme successfully in order not o truncate the objective of founding the institution. The Governor who was ably represented by his Deputy Governor Dcn. Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro in his address as the visitor asserted that, the governor Okowa’s administration is committed to the reduction of unemployment rate to the barest minimum, so they resolved through a concerted effort to birth a Job and Wealth Creation Initiative to put Delta State on the pedestral of prosperity for all as encapsulated in the SMART Agenda. Deacon Burutu Otuaro, the Delta State Deputy Governor explained that the State Government is happy with what DESOPADEC is doing now i

  By : Wilson Macaulay  A chairmanship candidate for Ughelli North Local Government Area in the forthcoming Delta State local government elections slated for March 6, 2021, Mr. Richard Ovwreghreghekohwo has called on the Federal Government and the various State Governments in the Niger Delta region to look beyond oil explorations but tap the tourism potentialities in the region, as an alternative means of improving the economy of the region. Ovwreghreghekohwo popularly known as Aduvie made the call on Saturday during the inauguration of AMC Foods, a continental eatery project located within the popular Achievers Recreation Park, Enerhen Junction in the business district of Warri. The chairmanship candidate who was represented by the President-General of Idjerhe Agbarha-Otor community, Comrade Matthias Ogbagah hinted that the Niger Delta region is predominantly blessed with natural resources and assorted tourism infrastructures capable of boosting the economy of the region and the count

 By : Wilson Macaulay As reactions continue to trail the recent upgrade of more schools in Delta, a group known as " Forum of Patriotic Deltans" led by Mr. James Okoro Obukowho has faulted a statement credited to the Executive Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on Communications, Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, Esq who said that the recent Bill sent to the Delta State House of Assembly, for the upgrade of three Institutions of higher learning in the state, was done without tribal or ethnic consideration. While reacting to the above assertions, the "Forum of Patriotic Deltans led by Mr. James Okoro Obukowho  backing Comrade Sheriff Mulade's view, described Fred Latimore's statement as political, bias and of the interest few and a mere window dressing exercise, noting that in the spirit of equity and  farness, the Ijaw nation has not done wrong by demanding an upgrade of its institutions by the Okowa's administration.   The group has said in a statement th

By Wilson Macaulay Warri: High Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu Kingdom has commended Evang. Michael Diden aka Ejele Chairman DESOPADEC board, and Chief Bashorun Askia Ogieh MD/CEO of DESOPADEC for the laudable effort of the commission in founding it necessary to conceive the idea of a Skill Academy to train our teaming young graduates girls and boys in productive vocation that would make them successful entrepreneurs. The populist Chief who spoke in Warri, Delta State  remarked that the concept of Skill Academy muted by DESOPADEC if properly handled will produce amazing positive result that will change our narrative and mindset towards how we view issues of empowerment particularly in government establishment . According to Chief Bobo, the elder statesman, if the government and the people understands the paradigm shift in what is needed then training would be geared towards needed services in our society, because the colonial masters opened the schools to teach us the

BY WILSON MACAULAY WARRI.   The Egbema Communities Peace, Development and Humanitarian Rights Association of Niger Deltans have sent a condolence message to his Excellency Governor of Delta State, the Dein of Agbor and the entire Okowa family over the demise of late High Chief, Pa Okorie Uzoma Arthur Okowa who until hiss passage to eternal bliss at the age of 88 was the Diokpa of Owa-Alero community in the Ika North East LGA of Delta State. Comrade Mike J.K. Tiemo, the Group President who spoke on behalf of the entire members stated that Pa Okowa was indeed without mincing words a National Father to the Group in particular and Deltas in general. Comrade Mike Tiemo who described the passage of Pa Okowa as a colossal loss however encouraged the family to take solace in the exemplary life papa lived, particularly his dedicated service to God Almighty as a faithful vessel of the Anglican Communion faith where he concluded his sojourn on planet earth before taking a rest in the bosom of the

By Wilson Macaulay  ASABA :  The leadership of Hostcom  Youth Wing Urhobo  Ethinic  Nationality has Called on President Muhamadu  Buhari  to swear in Dr Pius Odubu and chief Bernard  Okumagba  Led board for  the NDDC to function  efficiently and optimally.  Comrade Sweet  Otiotio  the Hostcom Urhobo Ethnic Nationality leader  who spoke in Asaba the Delta State capital during the weekend asserted that since the duo has been cleared by the Senate, and there are a plethora of cases pending that are challenging the  unconstitutional arrangement of the sole administrator appointment,  the most honorable thing to do now is to swear in the nominated and already cleared board  members  especially the chairman and the MD in the person of Pius Odubu and Bernard Okumagba           According to comrade  Sweet Otiotio , it is unimaginable that the presidency which nominated the substantive board  members in making could choose to swim against the tide by throwing aside the spirit and letters of the

By – Wilson Macaulay High Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu kingdom has advised the leadership of Egbema, Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation to listen to the protesting youths of Gbaramatu and Egbema kingdom led by Comrade Shedrach Onitsha Ebikeme. Chief Bobo Advised EGCDF Leadership to Listen to the Youth Demands. Chief Bobo made this remark while reacting to the protesting  youth at the Warri office of the Foundation at Airport road on Tuesday 19th January, 2021.  According to Bobo, the Gbaramatu Chieftain, there is need for a truce between the youth and the Foundation so that there will be absolute peace and harmony which is a fundamental ingredient for progress and accelerated development. High Chief Bobo in his statement observed that leaders and elders should always be ready to speak the truth at all times for the betterment and development of our society.

By – Wilson Macaulay High Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbraramata kingdom has commended the developmental strides of Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa over the recent successful land breaking ceremony of commencement of DELTRASCO Africa’s largest Transmission Tower Manufacturing Company at Isse-uku, Aniocha North LGA of Delta State. High Chief Bobo who spoke in Warri Delta State explained that Governor Okowa is not paying lip service to his vision of a stronger Delta but he is taking practical steps to make Delta State a hub of industrialization hence he took the giant stride of DELTRASCO using the Delta State Industrial Development Agency DIDA. Speaking further, the Niger Delta chieftain added: “Governor Okowa is working in all fairness, he is doing his best but just like Oliver Twist we still want him to touch more of the riverine communities because of our peculiar terrain which have suffered so much degradation due to oil exploration and exploitation activities. Chief Bobo the good gov

By Wilson Macaulay WARRI: High Chief Wellington Bobo, the Oroupawei of Gbraramata kingdom has identified bad leadership as the bane of underdevelopment of the neglected Niger Delta region. The High Chief who spoke in Warri Delta state noted in his speech that the compromising nature of the Niger Delta leaders have made the region a cesspool of corruption, a scourge which can never allow development to thrive unfettered in any clime. The good government advocate explained that bad leadership in the Niger Delta have shriveled the economy so much that we are almost worn out and since it is absurd for the people to die in silence, we have to speak out. The Humanitarian Advocate quoted the memorable assertions of Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu of blessed memory, that: “the history of the world is a chronicle of oppression. Since oppression is maintained by force, it is only possible to remove oppression by counter force”  According to the Populist Chief Bobo, it is high time to make the cabals trunc

By – Wilson Macaulay The Peace, Development, Security and Humanitarian Rights Association of Niger Deltans has called for a cease fire and dialogue between Emede and Igbide Communities in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State which has been locked in a communal crisis that has claimed lives and properties that cannot be quantified. The Group President, Comrade Mike J.K. Tiemo emphasized that the call became paramount and imperative for the overall interest of all Isoko nationalities in particular and the Niger Delta in general for us not to derail from the ongoing Niger Delta agitation for the growth and development of the region. The Humanitarian activist remarked that the God of creation is not an author of confusion, controversies and destruction of lives and properties but of harmony and concord. According to Comrade Mike Tiemo, this is an era of unification to collectively invite foreign investors to such lands for the interest of all parties instead of creating interna

By- Wilson Macaulay The President of the National Butchers Union of Nigeria, High Chief John Osemede Adun (JP) aka Bob Izua on Thursday 7th January 2021 at the Cenotaph in the state capital Asaba, inaugurated the Exco of the Delta State Chapter of the Union with comrade Isaac Ok Adidi emering as the Delta state Chairman, and Comrade Atunusha OC. Pope was elected secretary while Mr. Okwudili Chime and David Emeigho got the position of first chairman and second vice chairman respectively. Other Exco members included in the list are Mr. Ohwobeno O. Henry Treasurer, Mr Izuna Aniebuka Financial Secretary, Snr. Apostle Dr. M.L. Ugbobor Snr. Adviser, Asiwaju Salami Olaniy Auditor, Samuel Idhomi Speaker, Mr. Okakoso O.George  Organizer, Mr. Akpoili Lukeman Provost, Mr. Ujoma Julius PRO, Madam Queen Onobrorhe Women Leader, Alhaji Tanko Abdulahi Chairman Delta North, Mr. Godwin Emujakpo Chairman Delta Central, Mr. Sunday Obasi Asst. Organizer, Mr. Dolor Joshua Asst. Secretary, Gloria Ozah Asst.

By Wilson Macaulay: Peace, Development, Security and Humanitarian Rights Association of Niger Deltans led by Comrade Mike J. K. Tiemo has drummed support for the appointment of Hon. Barr. Efiong Akwa Okon as the Sole Administrator of NDDC by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Group President who spoke in Warri Delta State observed that the various agitations stressing the appointment of the Sole Administrator as an illegality is unnecessary distraction and waste of productive time in the developmental effort of the Niger Delta. According to Group president, the Sole Administrator appointed by Mr. President is a Niger Deltan with requisite knowledge and capacity to carry out the relevant function of the commission as the Chairman/ Managing Director of the board which in my estimation is also constitutional, adding that asking him to leave office in the guise of illegality is baseless and irrational. Comrade Mike J.K. Tiemo asserted that these protestant should be withdraw, suspended and

By Wilson Macaulay Comrade Mike J.K Tiemo The president of Egema Communities Peace Development an Human Right Association of Egema kingdom, Delta and Edo State on the 3rd of January 2021 described the Itsekiris’ Protest against the candidacy of Hon. Captain Smart Asekutu as the P.D.P conscious candidate for Warri north local government just because he is an Ijaw man as irrational. Comrade Mike J.K Tiemo the group president who spoke in Warri Delta state called on the protester led by one Gbubemi Awala and others at Asaba the state capital to shun such protest adding that all that is needed in Warri north is to restructure our minds and embrace rapid development of the Communities which are made of Ijaw and Itsekiris’ ethic nationalities in the council Area. According to comrade Mike Tiemo, this is an era of unification to identify the fundamental problems and proffer solutions collectively for the overall development of Warri north local government council in its entirety with out any

By Wilson Macaualy  The family of late Pa Eyinimisu of Toru-Angiama Community in Patani LGA of Delta State, has announced the funeral activities of the oldest man of Delta Angiama, Double Chief Watchman Eyinimisu, who died at the age of 90, on the early hours of August 30, 2020, after a brief illness. In a joint press statement signed by the family member and Chairman of the Burial Planning Committee, Mr. Holiday Eyinimisu, and the son of the deceased and Secretary, Burial Planning Committee, Peresine Watchman, revealed that on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 4:30pm, Service of Song will be held at his compound in Ewerezi Quarters in Toru-Angiama Town, Delta State, which will be followed by candle night at 7:30pm. The activities of day two, Thursday February 11, 2021, revealed that there shall be novelty football March between the Youths of Toru-Angiama South and Toru-Angiama North at 7:00am. At 11:30am, the body of late Chief Watchman Eyinimisu will leave Patani Mortuary for Toru-Ang

Debtorsbook Management Services Sends  Urgent SOS To Governor Okowa To  Stop Notoroius  Ariko  From Forcefully  Grabbing Eshimobi Land at Ekete Inland  By Wilson Macaulay Debtorsbook Management Services DMS  in partnership with a renowned debt  recovery company , generally known as Find and Recover Debt Limited, FRDL , have sent a save our soul  (SOS) urgent call and appeal  to His Excellency,  Senator Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa ,the governor of Delta State to use the instrument of his good office to call to order the activities of one notorious and unbridled  Charles Ariko who is surreptitiously masquerading as Friday Ogboru to forcefully grab a parcel of land belonging to Mr Chinedu  Eshimobi adjacent to  Plot No 4 God's Care hospital road Ekete lnland Udu LGA,                                                                       Mr . Larry Ebi  DMS  Group Spokesman who  addressed a Press Conference in Warri stated that the open letter to  governor Okowa  also called on  other rele

By Wilson Macaulay  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, Esq has been urged to forgive the infamous Director of Communication, Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation, Mr John Mayaki, over failed character assassination plot by the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. President of Agbon Peace and Economic Transformation Initiative, APETRI, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq, made the appeal in a statement on Saturday 26th December, saying that the public apology by Mayaki goes to show that Igini's integrity cannot be faulted by an overzealous politician who knew next to nothing in political propaganda and electioneering communication strategies. It will be recalled that Mayaki and Edo APC during the 2020 gubernatorial election alleged that Igini visited Obaseki in Benin and went home with sacks of money, so as to declare him winner of the election.  Like Donald Trump like John Mayaki, it turned out

By Storm Mbarka  Debtorsbook Management Services DMS  in partnership with a renowned debt  recovery company , generally known as Find and Recover Debt Limited, FRDL , have sent a save our soul  (SOS) urgent call and appeal  to His Excellency,  Senator Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa ,the governor of Delta State to use the instrument of his good office to call to order the activities of one notorious and unbridled  Charles Ariko who is surreptitiously masquerading as Friday Ogboru to forcefully grab a parcel of land belonging to Mr Chinedu  Eshimobi adjacent to  Plot No 4 God's Care hospital road Ekete lnland Udu LGA,                                                                       Mr . Larry Ebi  DMS  Group Spokesman who  addressed a Press Conference in Warri stated that the open letter to  governor Okowa  also called on  other relevant law enforcement agencies like the  Director of DSS , in Delta State,  the Commanding Officer , Nigerian Army , 3 battalion Effurun barracks , Warri,