By JOHNSON EBIGIDE When Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa was sworn in as the governor of Delta State for the first tenure in 2015, most of his detractors heaved a sigh of relief, believing that whatever was propelling his success in wherever he found himself had been abated by the daunting challenges confronting him as the…
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday said the new state-of-the-art Central Secretariat Complex built by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba was one of the governor’s legacies of inspirational and visionary leadership in Delta State. Osinbajo said this on Monday in Asaba while inaugurating the secretariat complex named after the Asagba of Asaba and…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh VINCENT OSOKOGWU has great passion for farming. He hails from Abavo in Ika South Local Government Area. He is the CEO of Fedvins Enterprise and a graduate of Biology Education from the Delta State University, Abraka. Upon graduation in 2010, he took to “okada” riding and farming till he enrolled in Green…
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, on Thursday, said the state government had provided key infrastructure targeted at ensuring peace in the state and improve on the living standard of the people. Aniagwu made the disclosure while speaking on a live television programme on ChannelsTv monitored in Asaba. He said that the objective…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, announced that the state government would give financial assistance to 2,500 artisans in 2022 to stimulate the growth of small and medium enterprises in the state. Okowa announced this while speaking at Artisans Day celebration held at the Cenotaph, Asaba. He said that the financial assistance would…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, called on the Federal Government and relevant policy makers to initiate steps towards reducing the rising cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. Okowa made the call at a two-day LPG sensitisation and awareness campaign organised by the National LPG Expansion Plan, Office of the Vice…
By Tina Oki Delta State Commissioner for Works, (Urban and Highways), Mr Noel Omodon said that the construction of the Koka Interchange is a deliberate plan by the state government to redirect traffic in a way to avoid vehicular gridlocks daily experienced at the Koka junction. The works commissioner made the clarification today in his…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, has commended the leadership of the state Information Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for organising a press week in the state. Mr. Aniagwu stated this during the grand finale of the press week at the Labour House in Asaba, the state…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on his conferment with the Lawmaker-Of-The-Year Award at the Independent Nigerian Parliamentary Excellence Awards. The award, which was organised by the Daily Independent Newspapers Limited in association with African Consolidated Analytical Limited (ACAL), was presented to Oborevwori on…
The Delta Government on Tuesday, dismissed the allegation that it was proliferating the state with universities but failed to pay salaries of staff of its pioneer university in Abraka. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, dispelled the allegation while speaking to newsmen at the end of the state’s Executive Council meeting at Government…