DTSG’LL ENSURE COMPLETION OF ALL PROJECTS EMBARKED ON- DIDA BOSS

DTSG’LL ENSURE COMPLETION OF ALL PROJECTS EMBARKED ON- DIDA BOSS

-By Sylvester Iloba: The Delta State Government will ensure that all Projects it embarked on would be seen to it’s logical conclusion. The Chairman Delta State Investments Development Agency (DIDA) Mr. Paul Nmah gave this assurance in a statement in Asaba. Nmah…

M.O.R.E Students For Sheriff Pays Thank You Visit To Grand Patron, Bashorun Askia Ogieh

M.O.R.E Students For Sheriff Pays Thank You Visit To Grand Patron, Bashorun Askia Ogieh

The leadership of M.O.R.E Students For Sheriff ably led by the Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Students Comr. Dr Okoh Ezekiel Oghenetega, Comr Francis Agbinone, Comr Agberia Takufia and other Stakeholders of the group paid thank you visit to…

Jamoh Bags Public Servant Of The Year Award, 2022

Jamoh Bags Public Servant Of The Year Award, 2022

 -From Harrison Akamule: The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, has emerged as the Public Servant Of the year 2022.  The latest award is coming from the Champion Newspapers Nigeria Limited. In a…

Delta approves residential quarters for DELSUTH doctors 

Delta approves residential quarters for DELSUTH doctors 

Delta State Executive Council on Monday approved the construction of residential quarters to accommodate Resident Doctors and House Officers at Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara.  The Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while briefing journalists on some of…

Okowa lauds 05 Initiative for impacting lives

Okowa lauds 05 Initiative for impacting lives

Governor of Delta state, Sennator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has lauded 05 Initiative, founded by his wife, Dame Edith Okowa, for its contributions to the building of a stronger Delta, especially in touching the lives of the people in various ways, including healthcare….

Governor Soludo Offset School Fees For 2,500 Students

Governor Soludo Offset School Fees For 2,500 Students

-From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Urban Girls Secondary School, Fegge, Onitsha was thrown into wild jubilation as the Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo announced the payment of third term school fees of 2,500 students of the School. Prof. Soludo who said he will…

UN Calls on Schoolgirls to Take up Careers in STEM

UN Calls on Schoolgirls to Take up Careers in STEM

The Director of United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Abuja, Ronald Kayanja, has advised girls and young women to aspire and acquire skills for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), insisting that these should not been seen as exclusive professions for…

Dangote, Otedola, Ooni of Ife, Etsu Nupe, govs, others to grace Zainab Marwa’s book launch

Dangote, Otedola, Ooni of Ife, Etsu Nupe, govs, others to grace Zainab Marwa’s book launch

Billionaire businessmen, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola top the list of private sector leaders who are expected to join state governors, ministers and other eminent personalities at the public presentation of a book: 101 Nigerian Women of Impact, authored by…

God’s presence in Govt House greatest legacy to Oborevwori – Okowa

God’s presence in Govt House greatest legacy to Oborevwori – Okowa

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, said that one of the greatest legacies he would bequeath to his successor was the presence of God at the Government House. Okowa stated this in Asaba at the launch of a music album…

Isoko Alternative Energy: The Way Forward – IDU

Isoko Alternative Energy: The Way Forward – IDU

–From Michael Ekokoruwe: The Akpotu led Isoko Development Union has underscored the need for an alternative energy for the Isoko nation to midwife development in the area through Gas turbine, Independent Power Plants, Benin Electricity Distribution Company and urged Isoko to explore…

Seplat’s AGM Holds Tommorow, May 10

Seplat’s AGM Holds Tommorow, May 10

Nigeria’s leading indigenous oil and gas company; Seplat Energy Plc has announced that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for Wednesday 10th May, 2023 has received further affirmation today Tuesday May 9, 2023 from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and…

Obiodeh congratulates Oborevwori on Appeal Court victory, urges support for Gov.-Elect

Obiodeh congratulates Oborevwori on Appeal Court victory, urges support for Gov.-Elect

Hon. Chief Goodnews Emamusi Obiodeh has congratulated Delta Governor-Elect, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on his victory at the Court of Appeal on a pre-election suit filed by a PDP Chieftain, Chief Ikie Aghwarianovwe. Obiodeh in a chat with newsmen in Asaba, the…

Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum Underscores Mutual Investment, Trade Opportunities

Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum Underscores Mutual Investment, Trade Opportunities

Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers, in partnership with the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Muslim Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Mozambique (AMEEM), today organized the Dubai-Mozambique Business Forum, as part of three-day trade…

NCoS Promotes Officer for Gallantry During Kuje Jailbreak

NCoS Promotes Officer for Gallantry During Kuje Jailbreak

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has promoted one of its officers for the gallantry he displayed during last year’s Kuje jail attack. The officer, James Benjamin was promoted from Assistant Superintendent of Corrections II to Assistant Superintendent of Corrections I. A statement…

Buhari administration helping to improve living standard of many Nigerians -Umana Okon Umana

Buhari administration helping to improve living standard of many Nigerians -Umana Okon Umana

-From Harrison Akamule: Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Umana Okon Umana, has said that the Buhari administration is helping to improve the living standard of many Nigerians by providing them with vocational training in a wide range of marketable skills that…

May Day Celebration: Keep The Flag Flying, Oborevwori Tells Nigerian Workers

May Day Celebration: Keep The Flag Flying, Oborevwori Tells Nigerian Workers

Delta State Governor-Elect and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has commended workers in the country for their “immense and invaluable contributions to the socio-economic development of the country.” In a Press Statement to mark this year’s…

How STEP took me out of poverty- Airenogbuan

How STEP took me out of poverty- Airenogbuan

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Augustina Airenogbuan hails from Oshimili North Local Government Area. She was one of the pioneerpersons with disabilities (PWDs) who benefitted from the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) in the 2016/2017 cycle.  She was trained and established in Hairdressing, Braiding and Makeover. She is the CEO of AugustinaHairdressing and Makeover. In…

AI Integration in Nigeria’s Financial Services Receives A Boost

AI Integration in Nigeria’s Financial Services Receives A Boost

3line Limited, one of the trailblazers and creators of secure payments platforms in Nigeria has organized a hackathon to explore the untapped opportunities for AI integration in the payment space. The event, called Hack-It Challenge at Covenant University, is aimed to bring…

STEP Made Me Self-Employed, Says Olu

STEP Made Me Self-Employed, Says Olu

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Eric Olu hails from Ika North East Local Government Area. He enrolled into the 2018/2019 cycle of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) as a Brown STEPreneur. Re-trained and established in Electrical Installation and Maintenance, he is now the CEO of Eric & Co General Electrical…

China Points Path to Modernization… As Chinese President Insists Route to Modernization Requires General Patterns

China Points Path to Modernization… As Chinese President Insists Route to Modernization Requires General Patterns

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent congratulatory message to Lanting Forum on Chinese Modernization and the World At the Forum held on 21 April at the Meet-the-World Lounge in Shanghai, the Chinese President pointed out that realizing modernization is a relentless pursuit…

Delta gets Special Economic Zone license 

Delta gets Special Economic Zone license 

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Wednesday affirmed that the state was ready to partner investors in its vast oil and gas deposits as the country grappled with economic turnaround.  The governor made this known while receiving Delta Special Economic Zone license…

STEP is well thought-out to benefit unemployed youths – Ojuwa

STEP is well thought-out to benefit unemployed youths – Ojuwa

Authentic Ojuwa is a beneficiary of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) in the pioneer 2015/2016 cycle. He was trained and established in Computer Maintenance and Hardware Repairs.  He is a graduate and hails from Ukwuani Local Government Area.  He shares his testimony after seven years as an entrepreneur. “It has…

Okpe Union, United Kingdom Hails Okowa Over Their Kinsman, Oborevwori

Okpe Union, United Kingdom Hails Okowa Over Their Kinsman, Oborevwori

*** Says Governor-Elect Will Not Disappoint Him, Deltans The Okpe Union , United Kingdom, has rained praises on the State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, for his overwhelming support for their Kinsman, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori, JP, FICMC, FNIM, Ukodo…

Transcorp Hotel Abuja Wins Sales Team of the Year Global Award

Transcorp Hotel Abuja Wins Sales Team of the Year Global Award

Transcorp Hilton Abuja has won the Sales Team of the Year Global Award at the 2022 Commercial Services Summit Awards. A statement by the hotel on Monday read that: “Transcorp Hilton Abuja, the pride of Nigerian hospitality, challenged over 37 Hilton properties…

DAO Foundation Day At Onicha-Olona: Caring Exploits of Dr. (Mrs) Doris Amaka Ochei

DAO Foundation Day At Onicha-Olona: Caring Exploits of Dr. (Mrs) Doris Amaka Ochei

The road leading to the market was decayed, in ruin and wrecked. The market, the Onicha Olona market was originally built by the Aniocha North Local Government of Delta State in 2003. But the people for whom it was supposed to bring…

All Hail Doris Amaka Ochei As DAO Foundation Revives 20-Year-Old Abandoned Onicha-Olona  Market

All Hail Doris Amaka Ochei As DAO Foundation Revives 20-Year-Old Abandoned Onicha-Olona  Market

 … Market Begins Daily Trading Activities Tuesday, April 11, 2023 The Doris Amaka Ochei Foundation (DAO Foundation) Monday achieved a milestone when it brought back to use the market at Onicha-Olona that was built 20 years ago by the Aniocha North Local…

I Provide for My Family through YAGEP – Ugwu

I Provide for My Family through YAGEP – Ugwu

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and IfeanyiOmenogor: Ifeanyi Joel Ugwu is the CEO of Ifenoz Royal Ventures. He hails from Aniocha South LGA; he enrolled into the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) inthe 2021/2022 cycle in which he was retrained and supported as an existing poultry farmer. He is an SSCEholder. He shares his testimony. “YAGEP has impacted on me positively and has givenme financial…

Oborevwori, The Governor-Elect For Maris Lecture

Oborevwori, The Governor-Elect For Maris Lecture

SINCE the inception of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture series, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, will be the first person to attend the lecture as Governor-elect. Rt. Hon. Oborevwori, Governor-elect, Delta State, can be described as a…

EDO 2024: ZOOMING IN ON AZEMHE

EDO 2024: ZOOMING IN ON AZEMHE

By Austen Akhagbeme: There’s no denying the fact that Edo State is in dire need of purposeful and people-oriented governance, devoid of intra and inter-party crises that distract and takes the government far away from the people. The Politics of Vendetta, ego…

AAU Inaugurates Sapele Main Branch

AAU Inaugurates Sapele Main Branch

-By Pastor J. O. Ikupa (Worldwide Publicity Secretary) The Worldwide President of the Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association, Ekpoma, Dr. Clifford Imade Omozeghian, has inaugurated the Sapele main branch of the association. The inauguration of the branch took place on April 8th…

NDLEA, Customs sign MoU to Tackle Menace of Drug Trafficking

NDLEA, Customs sign MoU to Tackle Menace of Drug Trafficking

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at working jointly at tackling the menace of drug trafficking in the country. The MoU aimed at sharing information and strategies that would…

Dabiri-Erewa Congratulates Anthony Joshua on Victory, Describes it Long Awaited

Dabiri-Erewa Congratulates Anthony Joshua on Victory, Describes it Long Awaited

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has congratulated British-Nigerian former World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (AJ) for getting his mojo back by defeating American Jermaine Franklin on Saturday.after successive lost. Dabiri-Erewa, in a signed statement on Sunday by one…

Governor-Elect: DOPF Congratulates Oborevwori, Tasks Him on Fulfilling Promises to Deltans

Governor-Elect: DOPF Congratulates Oborevwori, Tasks Him on Fulfilling Promises to Deltans

Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, has congratulated the state governor-elect, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, even as it has called on him, to fulfill his pledges and promises to Deltans as encapsulated in his M.O.R.E Agenda, when he assumes office as Governor. This…

Daregha thanks Deltans for electing Oborevwori

Daregha thanks Deltans for electing Oborevwori

-From Harrison Akamule: Dedication, consistency, loyalty and obedient to political leadership earned the governor elect , Rt. Honourable Sheriff Oborevwori’s well deserved victory, says Simeon Daregha, Senior Special Assistant to Delta state Governor on Political Matters. Speaking to journalists via Telephone interview,…

Zulum Rewards 149 firemen with N100,000 each for Gallantry During Market Inferno

Zulum Rewards 149 firemen with N100,000 each for Gallantry During Market Inferno

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N14.9 million as grants to about 149 firemen in the state. The governor gave the approval in appreciate of the gallantry at arresting the inferno at Gamboru Market in Maiduguri over…

Humility, integrity, commitment, total trust Earned PDP, Sherrif Delta Governor-elect, Says Mutu *Urges Deltans to celebrate victory

Humility, integrity, commitment, total trust Earned PDP, Sherrif Delta Governor-elect, Says Mutu *Urges Deltans to celebrate victory

From Hàrrison Akamule: Humility, integrity, commitment and total trusts in why the Almighty God provided the well deserved victory for Rt. Honourable Sheriff Oborovwhethe Delta state Governor- elect and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Says Hon. Nicholas Mutu. Mutu asked Deltans to sing…

<strong>STEP Made Life Easier for My Family, Says </strong><strong>Nwanagbogwu</strong>

STEP Made Life Easier for My Family, Says Nwanagbogwu

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: Ngozi Stella Nwanagbogwu hails from OshimiliNorth Local Government Area. She is the CEO of Hi Style, a hair beauty salon. She enrolled into the 2018/2019 STEP cycle as a Brown STEPreneur when she could not establish herself for lack of funds. She is an SSCE holder. Her business potentials came alive when…

DESOPADEC Human Capital Development: The Winning Streak of a Legacy Board

DESOPADEC Human Capital Development: The Winning Streak of a Legacy Board

As a mission statement expressly provided in the law setting up DESOPADEC by the Delta State House of Assembly in 2006 and fully activated in July 2007, the Commission is meant “To put smiles on the faces of the people in the…

<strong>How Gov. </strong><strong>Okowa</strong><strong> Repositioned</strong><strong> </strong><strong>My Life –</strong><strong><em>STEPreneur</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong>Ovetiri</strong>

How Gov. Okowa Repositioned My Life –STEPreneur Ovetiri

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Godwin Ubogu: Evi Ovetiri has HND in Accounting. He hails fromIsoko South LGA. He is the CEO of Demeg Studios, an outfit he established after he enrolled into STEP in the 2016/2017 cycle. He was trained and established in Information Technology Services. Ovetiri has carved a niche for himself in ICT business in his locality…

$618 MILLION I-DICE PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES LAUNCHED  

$618 MILLION I-DICE PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES LAUNCHED  

 A $618 million Investment in Digital & Creative Enterprises (I-DICE) Programme has been launched for the promotion of digital technology and creative industries in the country. The Programme, according to a statement on Wednesday by the French Embassy was an initiative from…