With all the governors in the South-south geo-political zone belonging to one political party, there would be regional integration, consolidation, and development. This was the assertion by the governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki, when he paid a thank you visit to his Delta State counterpart, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa on Tuesday at Government House, Asaba.…
Breach of COVID-19 Protocols: Group Calls for Arrest and Quarantine of Obaseki
Insists there can be no sacred cow. The rowdy Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship primary election which took place on Thursday and ended in the early hours of Friday is still receiving backlash. The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, venue of the indirect primary, hosted more than 3,000 persons. Many have lampooned the governor for breaching his…
DESOPADEC Boss says only Operation Delta Hawk has capacity to tackle state security challenges
Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Askia Ogieh, has applauded Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa for initiating the process for the setting up a security outfit to protect lives, property, and businesses in the state. Askia, in a statement in Warri, Tuesday, described the move as a bold, practical and people-oriented…
Ogboru Rejects Olive Branch, Insists on Testing Tribunal’s Judgment at Appellate Courts
Amidst flurry of appeals not to pursue his governorship election petition any further after losing at the tribunal last Friday, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Great Ovedje Ogboru appears not swayed by the pleas from different quarters, including the state government and the traditional institution. Though the counsel to the aggrieved APC…
Power Outage Disrupts Judgment in Delta Governorship Election Tribunal
The Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba has been forced to adjourn, albeit temporarily due to power outage. The tribunal is billed to deliver judgment in the petition filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Great Ovadje Ogboru against the victory of Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, incumbent governor and candidate…
This Is Not Nigeria of Our Dream – Gov. Okowa
As a politician, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, governor of Delta State, has paid his dues to merit his present position. Before his election in 2015 as governor of the oil-rich state, Okowa, a medical doctor-turned-politician, had a four-year stint from May 29, 2011 as senator representing his Delta North senatorial district in the National Assembly. He…
Asaba Airport to get new Managers
All is now set for the concessioning of the Delta State-owned Asaba International Airport. Speaking this Wednesday after he was sworn in at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, for a second term in office as governor of the state, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa said towards this end, a Transaction Adviser was engaged by the State Government…
Okowa’s Second Term: Warri To Get Infrastructure Upgrade
Residents of the oil city of Warri, Delta State have reasons to look forward with great expectation, to the second term in office of the governor, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, which begins May 29, 2019. The harbinger of hope is the Warri/Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency Bill, recently passed by the state House of…
Okowa Confident of Victory as He Votes
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa says he would be returned for a second term in office as he cast his vote 8:40 am in today’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. Okowa, in company with his wife, Dame Edith Okowa, and his children, voted in different polling units in their Ward 2 polling centre…
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