Education

By Moses Darah Prophet Haggai once spoke the mind of God querying the people of Israel, “How is it that it’s the ‘right time’ for you to live in your fine new homes while the Home, GOD’s Temple, is in ruins?” One can compare the above analogy to the state of the about 5,000 copies of a book sponsored by Engr Moses Kragha with the title, ‘Learning Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and Urhobo: Speak a new…

By Moses Darah Three female students of the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Delta State University, Abraka on Wednesday, 6th September, 2023 in Okpara-Inland received cheques of N300,000 as beneficiaries of the third edition of the 2023 Olorogun James Amudia & Mrs Rhoda Mowoe Scholarship Funds. The recipients, Ufuoma Okere (Udu), Oghenefejiro Godwin (a non Urhobo from Isoko) and Emily Akpomedaye (Orogun) were grateful to the Mowoe’s family and the Urhobo Historical Society for the…

By Henry Ubus In a significant step towards fulfilling his campaign promises to his people, the Councillor representing the good of Uduophori Ward 16 at the Patani Legislative Arm of Delta State, Hon. Prince Oniovoghare Ogheneare earned praises today, Monday, September 18, 2023 as he distributed educational materials worth thousands of naira to schools in Wards 15, 16, and 20, comprising the three communities he represents in the Patani Legislative Arm. During his visit, Hon….

By Moses Darah The St. Vincent’s College Okwagbe Old Students Association under the leadership of the National President, Prof Gabriel Godini Darah has congratulated two alumni of the school, Olorogun (Dcn) Vincent Ogheneruemu Oyibode, JP and Barr Aghoghophia Otto on their appointment as Commissioner for Oil and Gas and Acting Clerk of the Delta State House of Assembly respectively. In a congratulatory message by the Association’s National Secretary, Mr Matthew Shaguolo described the appointment as…

The Monday Onyeme Foundation on Saturday, selected 390 undergraduates studying at different institutions of higher learning in the country to benefit from its scholarship scheme. The students were selected through a rigorous examination held at Utagba-Ogbe Grammar School, Utagba Ogbe, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State. For this year’s edition, 2,245 students from mainly Ndokwa East, Ndokwa West and Ukwuani Local Government Areas of Delta State applied for the examination, 981 students were…

Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Delta State Chapter, Barr. Victor Ebonka, on Tuesday, said workers in the 25 local government councils in the state would receive the same palliative packages approved for workers in the state public service by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. Barr. Ebonka who doubles as the Chairman of Ika North-East Local Government Council of the state, disclosed this in an interview with Journalists in Asaba. He said arrangements…

By Fred Edoreh Delta State Governor Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori release of over 2000 new jobs across the state primary schools has been described as not only an economic relief for many graduates and families but also a signal of brighter future for the education sector. Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Comrade Titus Okotie, made the assertion in an exclusive interview in Asaba on Thursday. Within three months of…

Urhobo books lying in ruin By Moses Darah Prophet Haggai once spoke the mind of God querying the people of Israel, “How is it that it’s the ‘right time’ for you to live in your fine new homes while the Home, GOD’s Temple, is in ruins?” One can compare the above analogy to the state of the about 5,000 copies of a book sponsored by Engr Moses Kragha with the title, ‘Learning Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba…

Amidst the controversies caused by the allegations of result forgery levied against an Anambra student, Ejikeme Mmesoma by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Nigerians on social media have discovered an application that can be used to “upgrade” UTME scores. The application named “JAMB-Funfake” was discovered on both the Apple store and Google Play store by some Nigerians in a bid to get to the root of the controversies surrounding Mmesoma’s “fake UTME result.” It…

Insists she forged her result By Joseph Erunke THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced suspension of Ejikeme Joy Mmesome from writing its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for three years over alleged forgery of her 2023 result. It insisted that the result being paraded by Miss Ejikeme was forged, explaining that it had since stopped issuing Notification of Result slips after  the  2021  UTME for the simple reason that candidates were falsifying…