The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, said it cancelled its planned Presidential Campaign rally in Rivers State due to rising spate of insecurity in the state. Spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Charles Aniagwu disclosed this while speaking on Kakaaki on AIT.He said that the party opted out of the rally because…
Delta State government has assured Deltans of a peaceful resolution of the long aged dispute between cattle herders and farmers in Delta, particularly those in Uwheru, in Ughelli North Local Government Area. The Chairman of the Delta State Livestock Management Committee (DLMC) and Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Godfrey Enita, gave the assurance…
by Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Isioma Okeleke Malvin Nnamdi Kukaye is the CEO of Dave Agro Services. He hails from Ndokwa East LGA and has M.Sc. in Environmental Management. He enrolled into YAGEP in the 2015/2016 cycle, and was supported to start business in Fish Production. Seven years later, Malvin is still in business. He shares…
We have read with keen interest the open letter to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark. First we accord him his due respect as an elder statesman and a respected father in our state, but we state categorically that his letter is not a true reflection of the state of affairs in…
Delta State Government yesterday commenced training of agricultural field extension officers and enumerators to equip farmers with innovative farming techniques and technologies for the 2023 farming season.The training occurred at the Delta Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (DARDA) headquarters in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.At the opening ceremony of the training…
Delta Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Godfrey Enitan, has said that 35 flashpoints of illegal cattle grazing has been identified in the state. Enitan, who doubles as the State Chairman, Delta State Livestock Management Committee (DSLMC), disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the committee’s meeting on Wednesday in Asaba. He noted that the…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh Christopher Esiphri is a Brown YAGEPreneur in Fish Production in the 2020/2021 cycle of the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP.) He hails from Ughelli South Local Government Area, but his farm is located at Achalla Ibusa. He is the CEO of KrissWill Integrated Services. He has an HND in Mechanical…
National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu, on Wednesday said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta earned the party’s Vice-Presidential ticket for the forthcoming general elections as he inaugurated the multi-billion naira Ogheye Floating Market in the state. He said that the market, like the State Secretariat in Asaba, also built by Okowa,…
Governor of Delta and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has described as “very sad and unfortunate”, Saturday’s attack and kidnap of passengers by gunmen at a train sub-station in Igueben, Edo State. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba on Sunday, Okowa deplored…
The Governor of Delta and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has deplored the gruesome murder of a medical doctor, Uyi Iluobe, in a hospital in the state. The deceased was alleged to have been attacked and killed by the relatives of his patient at a hospital in Oghara in…