The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has called on importers to utilise Warri and Calabar sea ports to decongest the current traffic challenge in Lagos. Mr. Fashola, who made the call on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing journalists, blamed the traffic challenge on the ongoing rehabilitation work on Apapa-Wharf road on congestion. […]
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I am a Warri girl from Delta State. Born and bred but now fled the town in part. The most progressive I remember Warri being was when I was 6 years old. At 6, I hadn’t traveled much, only occasional trips with my family to Lagos and back. Lagos did not seem like wonderland to me. […]
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The Delta State Government- owned Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital, Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state, renovated and furnished with state-of-the-art facilities by former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, after the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, abandoned it in 2009, has again been closed down. Sources said that the hospital […]
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According to the President of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, who spoke in a statement signed by his media adviser, Mr Phrank Shaibu, said the nation will witness many heart rending political developments this year. It will be recall that Apostle Suleiman who is reputed for predicting the death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the […]
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THE agony is uncalled for. Being a stinking oil-rich city of no mean repute, residents of Warri and environs in Delta State certainly deserve the best in terms of basic social amenities. But their situation is far from better! Except for a few relatively, newly-fixed, and in some cases, dualised Refinery and Deco roads, others […]
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BY ENA OFUGARA. To begin, I must state that I am an unrepentant believer in RESIDENCE as opposed to ORIGIN. I believe that the Warri original story has been one of allowing immigrants join in and participate fully in the activities of any community they settle in. It is how the Osagie of Benin became […]
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