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By One LoveDelta Sheriff Oborevwori popularly known as the UNIFIER since his days as the project director, Osubi Airport, to Special Assistsnt to former Governor James Ibori and subsequently a Special Adviser to Governor Uduaghan and now, a two term serving member of the Delta State House of Assembly where he rose to become the Honourable Speaker, have shown the prowess of carrying all folks along regardless of tribe, economic status and religion. Sheriff Oborevwori…

Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated former Vice-President and PDP ‘s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his 76th birth anniversary. In a congratulatory message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor commended Alhaji Abubakar for his remarkable commitment to the unity and progress of the nation through his economic and political activities. Okowa said that Atiku’s determination…

By Henry Ubus The Executive Chairman of Udu Local Government Council and Delta State House of Assembly Candidate Udu Constituency in the forthcoming general 2023 general elections , Hon. Chief Jite Brown (JP) has felicitated with the President of Ovwian Community, Chief Frank Muwhen on the auspicious occasion of his birthday anniversary today Friday 25/11/22. In his congratulatory message in Udu today Hon. Chief Jite extolled the astute contributions of the Eruphia of Udu Kingdom…

The Urhobo Youth Leaders Association, UYLA has condemned the exclusion of qualified Urhobo sons and daughters from the list of Board members of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly yesterday. In a statement by UYLA’s Acting President, Olorogun (Amb) Samuel Onoriode Oghotomo, JP and Secretary, Olorogun Augustine Ogheneovo Atiti described the act as daylight robbery and slap on the Urhobo people as the largest oil and…

2) Trans Warri-Ode Itsekiri bridges and Access Road Phase 1 3) Training and empowerment of youths in the state’s Rural Youth Skills Acquisition (RYSA) programme. 4) Construction of the multi-billion naira State Secretariat named after the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Prof. Chike Edozien. 5) Establishment of three Universities in Asaba, Agbor and Ozoro. 6) Construction of Ovwor/Effurun bridge, Oha/Orerokpe/Oviore bridge, Agbarho/Orherhe bridge, Ayakoromor bridge and bridges at rail crossing in Boji-Boji Urban. 7) Construction of…

*** SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH DECISION IN ENGAGEMENT OF TOMPOLO The Senate has endorsed the N48 billion oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded by the Federal Government to former leader of the Mivement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo). The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Albert Akpan, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists shortly after presenting the report of Senate ad hoc Committee on Oil Lifting, Theft…

Senator Bassey Albert Akpan and his supporters have been warned to desist from further blackmail and smear campaigns against Governor Udom Emmanuel, over the current legal imbroglio of the Young Progressives Party’s gubernatorial candidate. A major advocacy group, Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance in a reaction by its Chairman, Barr Stephen Abia, said it was unfair and uncharitable for the embattled senator to transfer blames of his travails to the doorsteps of Governor Emmanuel who neither…

By Ajiri-Oghene Oreh Etymologically, Leftist derives from the arrangement of parliament during the 1789 French Revolution. Those who opposed the position of the King or Crown occupied the benches/seats to the left of the Monarch while those in support occupied seats to his right. Thus emerged the two categories of Leftists and Rightists. The Leftists were the radicals (socialists) while the Rightists (bourgeoisie) were the conservatives. However, Karl Marx (1818-1883) and his collaborator Frederich Engels…

By Dr. Festus Goziem Okubor. This is election season and the moment for unscrupulous politicians to throw brickbats and engage in callous mudslinging to tarnish formidable honour and unassailable integrity that took years to build. Civilized and mature politics demands that decency should be the rule of the game. When politicians and public officeholders go out of their way to concoct lies and distort facts in order to score cheap political points and transient popularity,…

Delta Government says it has constructed over 883 road projects, spanning 1,932km across the state in the past seven years. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, stated this at a press briefing on Monday in Asaba. He said Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa’s led administration constructed over 1,000 line drainages and storm drainages in Asaba and Warri since inception. The commissioner was reacting to the allegation that the All Progressive Congress (APC), Presidential Candidate, Sen….