Okowa congratulates Diete-Spiff at 80 By Egbemavoice, Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated the Amanyanabo of Twon-Brass, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, on his 80th birth anniversary. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, Okowa stated that the monarch, a distinguished soldier and administrator, had since ascending the throne, 44 years ago, provided purposeful leadership for his people and the Niger Delta. He remarked that King Diete-Spiff had continued to use his good office as Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, to support the growth and development of the state through peaceful and meaningful engagements with government and other stakeholders. According to the governor, King Diete-Spiff contributed immensely to the development of Rivers and Bayelsa states when he was military governor of the old Rivers State. He said that the Twon-Brass monarch

By Egbemavoice, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Delta, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Thursday said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s performance in the state in the last seven years had been widely acknowledged as impressive contrary to criticism in some quarters. Indeed, Ifeajika, who spoke as a guest on "Bridge Parliament" programme on Bridge Radio, Asaba, described the governor’s delivery of democratic dividends to people of the state as ``superlative’’. According to him, prior to his emergence as governor, Okowa promised to give prosperity to all Deltans and he has since delivered on that, with thousands of youths engaged in entrepreneurship endeavours and doing well. He said that OKowa’s administration deliberately set up multiple empowerment programmes to make youths self-reliant and employers of labour. Ifeajika recalled that when the governor assumed office in 2015, there was crave for white collar jobs, with everyone pushing to be in government employment. ``But, the opening

By Egbemavoice, Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated  Most Revd. Daniel Okoh on his election as President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).  The General Assembly of the Association on Thursday formally validated the election of Okoh as its new President after garnering 100 per cent votes of the 259 delegates at the 12th general assembly of the association. In the congratulatory message contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba on Friday, Okowa also commended the Christian community in Nigeria for the peaceful conduct of the convention, saying that it reflected the promotion of peace and unity which they preached.  He noted that Nigerians were facing diverse economic and security challenges, and urged the new president of CAN to mobilise all citizens to collectively intercede "for our country as we take practical and actionable steps to #RescueNi

Okowa mourns Amb. Clark By Egbemavoice, Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has condoled the Bekederemo-Fuludu-Clark family of Kiagbodo in Burutu Local Government Area of the state over the passing of Ambassador Blessing Clark.  Amb. Clark, a foremost diplomat and younger brother of South-South and Ijaw National Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, died on Tuesday in Lagos at 92.  In a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Friday in Asaba, Okowa said the demise of Amb. Clark was a great loss to the family and humanity given his invaluable contributions to the country and the world. He stated that the deceased was a quintessential diplomat, who served meritoriously at the African Union and the United Nations.  “On behalf of my family, the government and people of Delta, I send my profound condolences to Pa E.K Clark and the larger Bekederemo-Fuludu-Clark family on the passing of Ambassad

By Egbemavoice, Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has sent warm felicitations to his Taraba counterpart, Darius Ishaku, on his 68th birth anniversary.  Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Saturday in Asaba, said Ishaku had had marvelous contributions to the development of Taraba and Nigeria as a successful urban planner, architect and politician.  He lauded Ishaku for his political and administrative sagacity, which he brought to bear in his responsibility as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and as Governor of Taraba.  He noted that Ishaku's trajectory of excellent leadership culminated in his election as Governor of his state for two terms.  According to Okowa, Ishaku is an astute administrator and a leader with unquenchable obsession for the well-being and proper development of his people, and has continued to blaze the trail, especially in tackling the challenges

I hear that David Edevbie wants to jail all NWC members of PDP as well as INEC CHAIRMAN and all the National Commissioners over a party primary where he scored a mere 113 votes while our amiable party governorship candidate, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori polled 590 votes. We know that he has so much billions of dollars at his disposal to jail everybody in PDP over his inordinate ambition to impose himself on the party and on Deltans. One thing is sure, at the end of the SPOILER  GAME against Delta PDP and our amiable governorship candidate, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, Edevbie will not be governor of Delta State in 2023. Expect M.O.R.E from 2023 to 2031. Oborevwori is a GOAL!

By Nelson Egware  The 2023 general election is fast approaching. And, for Nigerians another opportunity beckons to choose their next set of leaders and representatives to steer the ship of state from the rubble of neglect, backwardness, nepotism, grave insecurity and ineptitude in governance.  During twenty-three years of unbroken democratic rule since 1999, expectations were high that Nigeria, as the most populated black nation in the world, would march decisively to her well-deserved coveted seat in the comity of nations.  Ironically, however, the nation's expected journey to glory turned out to be a march to folly and the glimmering hope of grandeur dimmed into thick darkness of gloom. Untold hardship, pervasive suffering and poverty have been the inevitable consequence, which has become the defining physiognomy of the continental giant Nigeria would have become. The situation keeps worsening by the day, especially in the last seven years of the rudderless All Progressives Congr

By Egbemavoice reports, According to a news that was published by the Punch Newspaper Online this morning, it was reported that the former Director of the Department of State Service, Mike Ejiofor, has reacted to the issue of insecurity in the country, as he said the NSCDC was not supposed to be addressing the general public on the issue of insecurity. While he was talking in an interview with Punch correspondent, Mike said that, the NSCDC does not have the right to address Nigerians about the issue of intelligence or make the people panic over insecurity in the country, as he said that the main reason why the security organization was established was to only protect the pipelines in the country. He said, "If we all begin to issue alarms or alerts on security like the NSCDC is doing, people will get distressed and there may be a frenzy just as we have now in Abuja" He said he was shocked that the NSCDC is now issuing statements to members of the public, causing panic. "I

Gboyega Akinsanmi in Lagos and Alex Enumah in Abuja Six senior lawyers in the country have thrown their weight behind some members of the National Assembly over their six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately halt the rising insecurity in the country or face removal from office. The lawmakers, particularly some members of the Senate, who staged a walkout from Wednesday’s proceedings, had expressed anger that the current administration had woefully failed to curtail terrorism, which has come to the doorsteps of the seat of power in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.In their separate interviews with THISDAY at the weekend, the senior lawyers described the move as commendable. The SANs – Mr Femi Falana, Chief Mike Ozekhome, Mallam Ahmed Raji, Reverend John Baiyeshea, Mr Dayo Akinlaja and Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa – justified the ultimatum given to President Buhari by the federal lawmakers.Some of the senior lawyers who described the lawmakers’ threat as a “wake

By Egbemavoice The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Betta Edu, has boasted that Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the capacity to make Nigeria the economic capital of the world. She made the comment at a conference with the Young Progressives Women Forum in Abuja, where she asked all women in the party to begin to mobilise support for its 2023 presidential candidate, Tinubu. According to Edu, Tinubu is the best candidate on the 2023 ballot who can fix Nigeria. She appealed to the APC women to activate the social media platforms to sell Tinubu’s candidacy. The women leader also asked the forum to begin door-to-door campaign. “Sitting in your house and sitting in your space and saying you are a Young Progressive Woman will not work the magic. “It is time to drop the excess baggage. It is time to forget gossips and jokes. It is time to hit the streets door-to-door, person-to-person, shade-to-shade, shop-to-shop, one young woman to the next one, Twitter page to the next Tw

NCDC website Till date, 260,977 cases have been confirmed, 253,690 cases have been discharged and 3,147 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 213 new cases are reported from 12 States- Edo (77), Oyo (32), Kaduna (27), Rivers (27), Delta (13), Kano (9), Cross River (7), Imo (7), Ekiti (6), Sokoto (4), Bayelsa (2), and Nasarawa (2). A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

By Olufemi Morgan and Godfrey George, Buhari and service chiefs Some security experts and a civil society organisation have said the N4.85tn spent by the Buhari regime was gulped by corruption allegedly perpetrated by the ‘corrupt service chiefs’ and other officers. Saturday PUNCH reported that the Federal Government has provided N4.85tn to the armed forces in the last eight years, through its yearly budgetary allocations. The budgetary allocations made by the Federal Government to the Army, Navy, and Air Force were mainly to cater for personnel and overheads, as well as recurrent and fixed expenditures. According to documents from the Budget Office of the Federation made available to one of our correspondents, the Nigerian Army received N3tn between 2015 and 2022, while the Nigeria Navy got N889bn from the Federation Account in the same period. Expressing their frustration that such an outrageous sum has not been able to deal decisively with the problem, they asked the government to a

By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe #eacgovdelta Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, on Friday July 29, had fruitful discussions with his brother governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom in Abuja, over the next positive moves to pacify aggrieved governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. The two Democrats and leaders of Delta and Benue States politics assured Nigerians that the lingering crisis which was borne out of the just concluded presidential primary of the party shall be genuinely resolved to pave way for all stakeholders in the party to harmonise efforts to rescue Nigeria. The two leaders emphasized the need for PDP and Nigerians to rescue the nation from total collapse, occasioned by the misrule of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under President Mohammadu Buhari. Nigeria's Vice President in-waiting, Senator Okowa said the slight delay in the commencement of genuine reconciliation w

By EgbemaVoice,  Abuja___ The executive director of the Original Inhabitants Youth Empowerment Organization (AOIYEO)/ FCT Youth Network, Commandant Isaac David, have been invited to attend the Niger Delta Youth Peace Summit, slated for September 30, 2022, in Uyo town, Akwa Ibom state. The national President progressive youth leadership foundation of Niger Delta and chairman of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) chief Diplomate Adama Ebimobowei Oritsewayeinmi, made this known to the newsmen when he led a team of oriented youths on a courtesy call to the executive director of AOIYEO, Commandant Isaac David, in Abuja on Friday.  Added that, his team whom he described as young-oriented people decided to officially invite Commandant Isaac David, to the preparation of the  peace youth summit because of the quality representation of the youth of the FCT. Executive director AIOIYEO Commandant Isaac David, recieves letter of invitation to attend Niger Delta Youths Peace submit in Abuja on

Nigeria police force authority has dismissed one Mr. Richard Gele, the Police Inspector who was caught in a viral video dignifying and justifying extortion of members of the public and official corruption which trended in the social media, the memo partly reads with Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.4/159 Date: July 29, 2022,  POLICE DISMISSES, DE-KITS POLICE INSPECTOR IN VIRAL VIDEO The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed one Mr. Richard Gele, the Police Inspector caught in a viral video dignifying and justifying extortion of members of the public and official corruption which trended from the 25th of July, 2022. The Inspector, with AP/No. 188547, who until his dismissal, was attached to Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron, Okene, Kogi State and deployed to the Itobe – Anyigba Road, for safety of road users and commuters, along the route, where the incident occurred. The dismissed Inspector who hails from Benue State, was enlisted into the Force in September, 200

Today, 29th of July 2022, on the preparation of the Niger Delta Youth Peace Summit 2022 at Akwaibom State Capital Uyo town, the National president of progressive youth leadership foundation of Niger Delta, chief Diplomate Adams and team of young oriented Youths paid a courtesy visit to officially invite Commandant Isaac David, the Special Adviser to the Honourable Minister of FCT on Youths Matters and also the National Coordinator to (ED) Abuja Original Inhabitants Youths Empowerments Organization . According to the National president Infact,  a lot of issues were raised and unveil for better working synergy between Niger Delta youths and Ijaw Youth Council IYC Abuja/ Northern Nigeria Chapter.  As a Chairman of the Council, in the Northern part of Nigeria, I  also capitalise on the opportunity to give him a letter of Courtesy visit on behalf of the 4th Leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council IYC Abuja/Northern Nigeria Chapter, to have a robust familiarization meeti

By EgbemaVoice, Delta State Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, has approved the 4th edition of Delta State Communication Workshop, DELCOM, an annual capacity building programme organized by the Office of the Executive Assistant on Communications to the Governor. Executive Assistant to the governor on Communications, Dr Barr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe in a statement on Wednesday said the workshop will focus on enhancing the capacities of participants towards electioneering campaign media politics and comprehensive review of the achievements of Okowa administration in the past seven years and counting. He disclosed that participants shall be selected from the mainstream and new media as well as political appointees of government who are desirous of upgrading their verbal, written and creative writing skills. Oghenesivbe said that at the end of the workshop participants will be able to effectively and

By EgbemaVoice, Ijaw nation was turned to mourned situation as Foremost diplomat, Ambassador Blessing Akporode Clark, is dead. Ambassador Clark who died 26th July, 2022 in Lagos at the age of 92 years is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark.   In a statement signed by Dr. Christopher C. Clark for the family, the late Clark was Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York. The statement is titled, ‘Press Statement on the passing on of Ambassador Blessing Akporode Clark, CON’. “The Bekederemo-Fuludu-Clark family of Kiagbodo Town in the Burutu Local Government Council of Delta State, announce with profound sadness, the passing onto glory of Nigera’s foremost Diplomat, Amb

Niger Delta United Group  of Ex Agitators Gives PAP August 10th, 2022  Notice To Shut Down Oil  Assets  in The Niger Delta Region If Dikio  Fails To Meet Their  Demands  By Wilson Macaulay The leadership of the Niger Delta United Ex Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, ( PAP) Phase 3 in strong terms  has given a Protest notice to Cornnel Milland Dikio (RTD) and other relevant agencies of the Federal Government to   shut down critical  oil  Infrastructures and installations in the Niger Delta region if what they called their legitimate demands are not looked into within  the time band of August 10th 2022. The former War lords in an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari , copying PAP  Office, FCT Abuja, Director General, DSS, lnspector General of Police, IGP,  South South Governors, Director, DSS Delta State Command and Commander of Joint Joint Task Force, JTF Delta State, signed by General Joseph  Akpos Jericho as Chairman,  General Timibra Gabriel,

Barely few minutes that Vanguard reported the protest rocking Lagos, another protest has reportedly commence in Ondo state. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday promised to embark on a two-day nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other affiliate unions over the lingering industrial action in public universities in Nigeria. The national president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba in a statement told fellow workers that the national days of protest was in support of unions in Nigeria’s public universities who are fighting for quality education. “In line with the decisions of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress held on the 30th of June 2022, we have scheduled as follows the national days of protest to get our children back to school and support our unions in Nigeria’s public universities fighting for quality education. Promoted Content “You are requested to immediately convene the meetings of your SAC t