Delta Governor, Sen. Dr Ifeanyi Okowa was on Tuesday honoured with a special merit award for high performance and excellence in school and youth sports development in Nigeria by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, (SWAN). The award was presented to Governor Okowa at the sidelines of the 2021 Zenith Bank/Delta Principals’ Cup finals at…
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Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccines, saying that vaccination was safe and that no death had been recorded as a result of administration of the vaccine in the country. Okowa made the call at his quarterly interaction with journalists on Tuesday in Asaba. He said that…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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It is hereby announced for the information of Deltans and other residents in the State; that the monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise for the month of November will hold in the State on Saturday November 27, 2021, between the hours of 7am and 10am. There will be restriction of movement of persons and vehicles except those…
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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…
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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…
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By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh ETERIGHO ONANEFE JOSHUA (2015/2016 CYCLE)LGA: ISOKO SOUTHENTERPRISE: BARBING Joshua Onanefe Eterigho, the CEO of Adept Spring Unisex Salon, Azagba Ogwashi, with a HND in Graphic Design from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic. He was trained in Barbing in the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) and has long diversified into Hairdressing and…
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