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2023: ANIAGWU URGES NIGERIANS TO SHUN POLITICS OF ETHNICITY, RELIGION

As Nigerians celebrate democracy day on June 12, Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has called on the people to de-emphasize ethnicity, religion and other primordial sentiments as they elect a new set of leaders for the country in the 2023 general elections. Aniagwu who was x-raying the impact of dividends of democracy on citizens said the political class have not been able … Continue reading 2023: ANIAGWU URGES NIGERIANS TO SHUN POLITICS OF ETHNICITY, RELIGION

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Delta Politics, News, Politics, PRESS BRIEFING

Okowa Should Be Given Right Of First Refusal To Produce Successor – DLM

A Pan-Delta socio/political group, Deltans Lives Matter (DLM), has strongly advocated that Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, should be given the right of first refusal to produce both the gubernatorial flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forth coming PDP Governorship Primaries and indeed his eventual successor in the 2023 Governorship elections. The leader of the group, Mr. Christian Moses Abeh, … Continue reading Okowa Should Be Given Right Of First Refusal To Produce Successor – DLM

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Delta News, PRESS BRIEFING

DELTA SECURES $40 MILLION DOLLARS PPP FOR SONGHAI PROJECT

Delta Government says $40 million dollars is to be injected for the upgrade of agricultural activities at Songhai Delta in Amukpe under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu disclosed this on Friday at Government House, Asaba, while briefing journalists on some of the decisions reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Aniagwu … Continue reading DELTA SECURES $40 MILLION DOLLARS PPP FOR SONGHAI PROJECT

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PRESS BRIEFING, Rivers News

RIVERS ACCESSES N2 BILLION CBN HEALTHCARE SUPPORT FUNDS; AS EXCO APPROVES FOR STATE GOVERNMENT TO BUY OFF ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN OLD, NEW GRAS

Rivers State Executive Council has received a brief that only N2 billion and not the requested N2.5billion, was eventually released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as its Healthcare Intervention Fund support to the State. Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant (Media) to the Rivers State Governor, reports that the briefing on CBN was one among the wide range of issues and approvals considered and given … Continue reading RIVERS ACCESSES N2 BILLION CBN HEALTHCARE SUPPORT FUNDS; AS EXCO APPROVES FOR STATE GOVERNMENT TO BUY OFF ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN OLD, NEW GRAS

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PRESS BRIEFING, Rivers News

RIVERS EXCO APPROVES ACCESS TO N15 BILLION CBN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Rivers State Executive Council on Wednesday gave approval for the State to access N15 billion (Fifteen billion Naira) facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Infrastructure Fund, in order to accelerate the completion of three critical projects. The three major projects are the Oyigbo -Okoloma Road; Chokocho-Igbodo Road and construction of the 10th flyover by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike’s administration at Rumuokwurushi-Elimgbu. Kelvin Ebiri, … Continue reading RIVERS EXCO APPROVES ACCESS TO N15 BILLION CBN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

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WE ARE NOT PART OF THREAT AGAINST OKOWA, DELTANS; FULANI LEADERS DISSOCIATE FROM “JIHADISTS” THREAT ON OKOWA

The Fulani community in Delta on Monday, June 14, dissociated itself from the 72-hour ultimatum to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by “Fulani Jihadists” over proposed ban on open grazing by governors of southern states. In a news briefing in Asaba, the Delta State capital, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Okowa on Special Duties, Alhaji Muktar Usman, flanked by the leadership of the Fulanis, announced that they … Continue reading WE ARE NOT PART OF THREAT AGAINST OKOWA, DELTANS; FULANI LEADERS DISSOCIATE FROM “JIHADISTS” THREAT ON OKOWA

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Second Anniversary: PASSAGE OF NEW DELTA UNIVERSITIES BILLS, OUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT – Delta Assembly

The Seventh Assembly of the Delta State House of Assembly has stated that the greatest achievement in its second year, was the passage of the Bills establishing three new Universities in the state. The State Legislature disclosed this during a press conference as part of activities to mark the end of its second anniversary for the 7th Assembly on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Briefing journalists … Continue reading Second Anniversary: PASSAGE OF NEW DELTA UNIVERSITIES BILLS, OUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT – Delta Assembly

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