Okowa congratulates African Poetry Prize winner, Othuke Umukoro

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated budding poet, Othuke Umukoro, for emerging winner of Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021. Okowa’s felicitation with the Olomoro in Isoko South of Delta-born poet was conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba. He described Umukoro, a teacher, as one of…

DTSG Pledges Continuous Support To NYSC Scheme

Oghenero Orovwuje The Delta State Government has pledged it willingness to continue to support the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in the state in order to ensure the objectives for which it was established is achieved. The Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Chief Patrick Ukah, made this known today when he received…

News Bulletin for Thursday, July 22, 2021

NO DTS 1428: GOV OKOWA CONGRATULATES SHAKA MOMODU, OTHER EDITORS. NO DTS 1429: DELTA NEEDS MORE UNIVERSITIES — SAYS ORUGBO NO DTS 1430: URHOBO GROUP REJECTS PIB, LAUDS GOV OKOWA, OTHERS OVER REJECTION Editor: Johnson Ebigide Tel: 08077308769 Website: information. Deltastate.gov.ng; Facebook: @delmininfo;Instagram: @delmininfo;  NO DTS 1428:  ASABA, NIGERIA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2021 GOV OKOWA CONGRATULATES…

My Business Success, Product of YAGEP’s Efforts In Training – Morrister

By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh Helen Morrister is another success story of the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural and Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP). She hails from Isoko South Local Government Area and is the Managing Director of Odhi Technical and Energy Services Fish Farm located in Orokpokpor in Ughelli. She is a Political Science graduate from the Delta…

News Bulletin for Wednesday, July 21, 2021

NO DTS 1423: GOV OKOWA IS GOD FEARING — SAYS FUNKEKEME NO DTS 1424: EID- EL- KABIR: ASEKUTU FELICITATES WITH MUSLIM FAITHFUL NO DTS 1425: COURT DISMISSES INEC APPEAL AGAINST UPIO NO DTS 1426: STAKEHOLDERS WOO INVESTORS TO CURB INSECURITY IN OKPE NO DTS 1427: EID-ED-KABIR CELEBRATION : ABE 1 URGES MUSLIMS TO PRAY FOR…

Okowa: Six Years Like Six Decades

by Kenneth Orere When the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released the 2020 National Poverty Index which saw Delta State leapfrog to second least poorest state (state with lowest number of poor people) in Nigeria, it came as no surprise to many Deltans. By 2010, Delta was ranked 10th. It is now classified as second…