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 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…
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…
By Johnson Ebigide The Kenneth Obieh-led state Information Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Delta State has concluded plans to organise a two day press week with a view to stepping up healthy living among members of the chapel. A statement from the chapel, signed by the Chairman and the Secretary, comrades…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, urged government at all levels to work hard to reduce unemployment and check rising insecurity in Nigeria. Okowa made the call when he received participants of Course 44 of Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, at Government House, Asaba. He said that the theme of this…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, has bagged the ‘Best Governor of the year’ award on Peace and Conflict Resolution in the recently concluded 2021 National Peace Awards. The award which was bestowed on the governor at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, was in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in promotion of peace, conflict resolution and…