Flooding in Delta: NUJ Warri Demands Accountability in Use of Ecological Funds and IGR

  The Warri Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has demanded the judicious use of the N39.62 billion ecological fund and the recently released N3 billion approved to each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Federal Government as well as monthly announcement of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by the […]

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2023: “Only God Knows Who Will Succeed Me” – Gov. Okowa

Delta State Governor,  Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said that only God knows who will succeed him in 2023. “I have my opinion about this issue and have said I will support a candidate from Delta Central but only God knows who will succeed me” “I have the right to give my personal advise and my […]

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WHY INVESTORS ARE RELOCATING FROM DELTA STATE? by Zik Gbemre

Without a doubt, Delta State, especially its urban cities like Warri and environs, have lost their glory as business hubs where all kinds of commercial economic and business activities/services used to thrive. And this is as a result of the massive exodus of companies and businesses from Delta State to other States like Lagos, Abuja, […]

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GOV. ARTHUR IFEANYI OKOWA 9 TACTICE OF LEADERSHIP by Siloko Ogbuyen

What I’m to tell you is only facts – experienced facts, not rumors, not hearsay, just plain undeniable facts. DELTA STATE PDP LATE GOVERNOR ARTHUR IFEANYI OKOWA, nine LEADERSHIP TACTICS. The nine PDP leadership tactics include ; (1) name calling when real issue is brought up; (2) bullying your opponent ; (3) personal attack and […]

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The Ubeji Soot: A violation of Human Right to life…. By Cadmus Atake Enade

Hearing about the word Soot one will think it is just a simple harmless smoke or dust particles which originated from a nearby bush fire or a local fire wood kitchen around the community, but no it’s more than what we think it is. Soot is particles of carbon produced from incomplete combustion of coal, […]

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Delta State at 25: What exactly are we celebrating? by Zik Gbemre

We were greatly appalled when it was recently made public that the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has set up an eight-man Organizing Committee towards the celebration of the Delta State’s 25 years of existence. The Governor, according to the statement, advised the Committee to organize a celebration to mark Delta @ 25, “to take […]

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ON DELTA STATE IMMORTALISES EX-GOVERNOR FELIX IBRU – NOT JUSTIFIABLY DONE BY GOVERNOR OKOWA BY Zik Gbemre, JP.

Despite our advice that the Delta State Government should immortalize late Olorogun (Senator) Felix Ovuodoroye Ibru, CON, whose funeral rites started on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 and to end on Sunday, August 7, 2016, by naming the Delta State University after him, it is appalling to note that all that the Delta State Government could […]

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Niger Delta Independence declaration: Uneasy calm in Bayelsa, Warri, Effurun as heavily armed soldiers are deployed to streets

Uneasy calm enveloped major towns in Delta and Bayelsa states, such as Yenagoa, Kaiama, Warri, Effurun following the presence of military personnel in the region as a result of the threat by a militant group to declare an independent Niger Delta republic. The group, Adaka Boro Avengers had warned south east and south south people […]

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Court orders Okowa to account for 13 per cent derivation funds

A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri has declared that the state government was under a legal obligation to render account of the 13 per cent derivation funds collected from the Federation Account, under the Freedom of Information Act. Trial judge, Justice P. Onajite Kuejubola handed down the decision in her judgment in the […]

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