The Delta State Government yesterday cleared the air on why the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, excused himself from the Arise News debate. Rt. Hon Onorevwori, currently the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, was among the candidates of frontline political parties in the March 18,…
Officers in the Delta State Civil Service can now heave a sigh of relief as the state government said officers who have stayed on grade level 16 for the mandatory four years will now receive notional promotion to grade level 17 without further delays. The Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, made this known…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ifeanyi Omenogor Glory Chioma Nwafor hails from Aniocha South LGA. She is the CEO of Chioma Farms. She is an SSCE holder; she enrolled into the 2018/2019 YAGEP cycle wherein she was trained and given farm support in Cassava Production. With the support, she progressed from subsistence farming to commercial…
Delta Government on Monday approved a new retirement age for teachers in the public service of the state. The teachers will henceforth retire at the attainment of 40 years of service or 65 years of age. The same is applicable to non-academic staff of the state-owned Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. The approvals were part…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has appealed to religious leaders and Deltans to rally round the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in the state, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori in the March 11 gubernatorial election. Okowa made the appeal on Friday at a meeting with members of Isoko Church Leaders Council held at God’s…
Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Charles Aniagwu has said that the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in the country did not comply substantially with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 as amended. Aniagwu who disclosed this while addressing a news conference on Thursday in Asaba said…
Ifeanyi Oyemike hails fromNdokwa West LGA. She is a B.Sc. holder in Criminology and Security Studies. She was unemployed till she enrolled into the 2015/2016 STEP cycle in which she was trained and established in Tiling. Though practising in a male-dominated enterprise, Ifeanyi has carved a niche for herself as she stands out among her counterparts.…
Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Charles Aniagwu, on Monday, urged the general public to disregard reports of cancellation of Presidential Election results for Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta. Aniagwu in a statement in Asaba, said the purported cancellation was a figment of the imaginations of the purveyors…
BY Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh A beneficiary of the Delta State Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), Mr Kelvin Ochuko Atano, emerged as the overall winner of the 2023 Technology and Innovation Expo in the State Ministry Category. The 2023 Expo organised by the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation last month was attended by the…
Workers under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) have endorsed the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, for Saturday’s presidential election. National President of NULGE, Comrade Ambali Olatunji, announced the endorsement on behalf of the workers at the end of…