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Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday  in Asaba  flagged off the Delta State Social Welfare Scheme for Widows with over 5500 widows benefitting and a promise that no deltan would be left out in the prosperity  for All Deltans agenda. Speaking at the eventful ceremony, Senator Okowa who was represented by the commissioner for health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge said that the scheme would take care of the financial and health needs of the widows in the state as only a healthy people can contribute to the wealth and development of the state. “Today we are here to witness another milestone in the health care system in the state , the welfare  scheme which is designed for selected widows in the state, is meant to pay  them a monthly stipend of 5,000 naira and enrol them into the state contributory health insurance scheme to cater for all their health needs. The state government will pay for their premiums monthly”, he said, adding, “A total of 5,555 widow...

Ahead of  the 2019 elections,Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been described as the compass for a rubust Nigerian economy. (Watch the interview) Peoples Democratic Party PDP Chieftain in Delta State ,Chief Sunny Onuesoke in an Interview with TheLivePen asserted that Atiku's business acumen, innovative mind, political sargacity, Will power  and passion for the youths is what Nigeria needs to bridge the gap with other advanced nations. He said Atiku's successful business empire and willingness to stand against the 3rd term bid of ex - president Olusegun Obasanjo are some pointers to his leadership abilities. ON THE PDP PRESIDENTIAL TICKET Chief Onuesoke said Atiku currently has the support of top PDP governors and party chieftains from the ward to the national level and expressed belive that  that Atiku will emerge as the PDP presidential candidate. ON OBASANJO'S LETTER TO BUHARI AND 3RD FORCE COALITION He commended  Obasanjo for the recent letter to president ...

The new edition of the Big Brother Nigeria dubbed Double Wahala  has commenced. Organizers of the  competition suffered moment of Embarrassment on Sunday as the Microphones handed to the new house mate  during their introduction failed. BBNG will last for 90 days. The opening ceremony which was colorful was anchored by  Mr. Ebuka Amara. Some of the new contestants include Alex Princess Pandora D-one Miracle Bambam Annehkea Rico Bito K-rule Leo Angel Ifu Glory

Newly sworn in Chairman  Warri South local government area, Michael Tidi has handed marching orders to traders at Hausa Quarter Warri ,to ensure clean up of their environment. (Watch Tidi in ACTION) Speaking when he visited the spot during Saturday's sanitation exercise,he warned the Hausa traders that his administration will not accept their nonchalant attitude towards sanitation. "This should be the last time  You will fail to clean up your environment during sanitation, I will not take that". Tidi equally frowned at the establishment of a fruit market opposite GKS Warri by some Hausa traders without the consent of government, and therefore ordered them to relocate to Hausa quarter where government originally approved for them At the Okere Market, the Warri South Boss appealed to the traders to comply with sanitation laws as it will no longer be business as usual.. He added that a new task force will be set up in the next few day to ensure strict compliance. While speak...

(Watch video) Following recent increase in the price of petrol,motorists and residents of Warri and environs have been subjected to untold hardship by the operators of Matrix Petrol Station Airport road Warri, as they have refused to help in controlling the long queues that  disrupt traffic by blocking two lanes of the airport road on daily basis. For over five weeks activities at the filling station has continuously shut  one part of the road, thus forcing road users to squeeze into the opposite lane. While Management of the station has so far done well in dispensing fuel at the approved rate of 145/per liter, the time has come for it to be responsible for controlling the huge turnout of customers on daily basis. The Delta state government must also ensure that situations like this in all part of the state.

As consultation for 2019 Elections begins, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has called for love, commitment and focus among Peoples’ Democratic Party [PDP] members to galvanise the party to victory. Speaking on Thursday when he received Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido and his team in Government House, Asaba,   Governor Okowa said that the PDP needed to remain united and committed and carry all its leaders and members along so as to  achieve victory in future elections. Latest football news “I am happy that our party is rediscovering itself after our successful convention in which the leaders were able to come out as one united family, committed to the future of the nation and the party, our party is founded on love and commitment, we need to stay focused and sit down and take decisions as a party.” He said, adding “ we must start a relationship among our leaders to enable us talk about issues of our party and the nation and reassure Nigeria...

Following the calls for the establishment of Cattle Colonies across the Country by the Federal Government and with the full support of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the Delta state government has said it will not donate.   Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Mr. Charles Aniagwu who disclosed this during a media interaction with members of the Indigenous Correspondents Chapel (ICC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, maintained that the State will not cede even a plot of land for the purpose of creating Cattle Colony. He urged all parties interested in cattle business to go purchase lands to run their business. 

Recent directive by governor Ifeanyi Okowa to newly elected Local Government Chairmen in Delta state to pay special attention to their environment is clear indication that the governor and commissioner for environment  Barrister John Nani are fully committed to keeping the state clean. The Member representing Delta central on the Waste Management Board, Sir Igho Akpojotor who made assertion on Sunday January 2st 2018,  in Warri noted  that level of cleanliness in the state has remarkably improved from what it used to be. " From Asaba to Warri and through major cities in the state you will see sweepers who sweep the major roads, and this has greatly improved cleanliness, things are no longer as they used to be and we  sincerely appreciate the efforts of the governor and the commissioner in this regards. " According to him fresh the directives will further take efforts  to fully sanitize the state to grassroots. Akpojotor while congratulating the new LGA chairmen ...

...AS DELTA GOVT COMMENCES LEGAL ACTION TO RECOVER ARUOTON SHORELINES CONTRACT SUM. Anti-corruption and non-governmental Organization, Kill Corruption And Develop Delta Initiative (KCDI), will storm the headquarters of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) next week to lodge a strong-worded petition against the newly installed  Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayiri Emami and his company, EASYQUEST NIGERIA LTD, over alleged advance fee fraud of N800 million received from Delta State Government in 2013. The group's Director of Publicity, Donald Ebikabor in a statement said the petition against Ayiri and EasyQuest Nig Ltd, will kick-start the investigation process to ensure that the corporate citizen and its human elements directing its affairs are made to refund the money and go to jail, as the law demands. "Chief Ayiri is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), working with President Muhammadu Buhari to eliminate corruption from Nigeria. It is ther...

Chairman of the Center For Peace and Environmental Justice CEPEJ Comrade Sheriff Mulade has wondered why president Mohammed Buhari has failed to deal decisively with the continued attacks of unarmed farmers by violent Fulani herdsmen across the country describing his body language as disturbing. While rejecting recent shoot at site order issued by the Ghanaian police against herdsmen, he warned the president against pushing Nigerians into self defence.

The Ijaws and and Itsekiris must join hands to defeat a common enemy called Underdevelopment if both ethnic groups intend to reach their full potential. Activists Sheriff Mulade in an interview with  TheLivePen posited that both ethnic groups have been created to live together by God and must find ways to make it work. According to him God did not make a mistake creating them together. ON THE RECENT GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION Comrade Mulade decided the silence of the Nigeria Gas Company over the situation and called on relevant agencies to ensure the needful is done and to avoid anything that will  disrupt current peace. STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH THE MARITIME UNIVERSITY Mulade described recent memo released by the Attorney general of the federation as regrettable, stressing that the publication  is not only misleading and may be a ploy to further delayed takeoff of the institution, as such memo will generate argument that can be capitalized on by certain individuals within Gove...

Flairs reaching TheLivePen says the Delta state Oil Producing Areas Development Commission DEOSPADEC  is likely to reopen on Monday 22nd January  2018. This is according to a source within the board of the commission. It followed series of meetings between management and workers of the commission following  recent protest that disrupted activities at the  commission.

It has emerged that Chief Ayiri Emami the Ologbotsere (Prime Minister) of Warri Kingdom REPORTEDLY  received and pocketed N800m advance payment for a contract to tackle the coastal erosion ravaging the entire shorelines of Aruoton, an Itsekiri community in Warri-South West LGA. On February 11, 2013, the Delta State Government (STB/10/T/60) awarded  the contract for the construction of Shoreline Protection Measures (Phase 1) at Aruoton community to  Emami’s company, EasyQuest Nigeria Limited at a total sum of N1,694,211,750.00 (one billion, six hundred and ninety-four million, two hundred and eleven thousand, seven hundred and fifty naira).  The company was mobilised with the sum of N800m (eight hundred million naira) as per the terms of the contract. But despite repeated appeals, Chief Emami’s company has not done a single work at the site, five years after the contract was awarded.  (CULLED FROM A DELTA STATE GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASE)

                                            PRESS STATEMENT GOVERNOR OBIANO READS RIOT ACT TO ANAMBRA OFFICIALS, SAYS MONITORING TEAM UNDER WAY. The Governor of Anambra state Chief Willie Obiano  has warned that any commissioner, civil servant or government official in the state  found to be involved in any act of corruption or fraud would be made to face the full weight of the law. To this end the Government has put measures in place to fish out bad eggs in the administration. In a statement on Tuesday in Awka the Anambra state capital, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on Media and Strategic communications, Prince Oliver Okpala quotes the Governor as saying that his administration would not shy away from prosecuting and committing such corrupt officials to prison. According to the statement Governor Obiano who was addressing top government offici...

GAS EXPLOSIONS: GBARAMATU COMMUNITIES GIVE NIGERIAN GAS COMPANY TWO WEEKS ULTIMATUM, THREATENS TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS Ikpokpo, Okpeleama, Otogbene, Atanba and Opuedebubor communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State affected by gas explosions from the Escravos to Warri gas pipeline at Ikpokpo Community has given the Nigerian Gas Processing and Transportation Company Limited (NGPTC), owners of the pipeline facility two weeks ultimatum within which to clean up their environment, provide relief materials and pay compensation to people and communities affected by the gas explosions in their communities. They also demand for a permanent solution to the incessant gas explosions in their communities to avoid a disaster such as the case in part of Lagos State. The communities reached the decision at the end of an enlarged meeting of the affected communities at Ikpokpo Community, Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta St...

The Delta state Advocacy Committee against Vandalism  of Oil and Gas Facilities led by the Deputy Governor, Kingsley Otuaro, says no amount of force or deployment of military apparatus can fully secure oil and gas facilities as much as the host communities. In a communique issued on Monday  at the government house annex Warri,following a two day conference in Ogulagha town, in Burutu LGA, the committee emphasized the need for collaboration between stakeholders. The committee also advocated for the acquisition of modern fish farming equipments for locals by multinational companies, the adoption of bio-re-mediation for the environment, employment of qualified youths from the area by oil companies as well as the relocation of the headquarters of oil companies back to their areas of operation... 

A Peoples Democratic Party youth leader in Delta state  Chuks  Odiase was among some of the Nigerians who were this week evacuated from Lybia by the Federal government. Mr. Odiase reportedly sold an empowerment starter pack  worth 2.5 million and journeyed to Lybia from were he hoped to cross Europe through the Mediterranean. He was however caught and enslaved by some Arabs for 2years  before his recent rescue by the federal government.

Management of the Delta state Oil producing Areas Development Commission DESOPADEC has assured workers of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration's commitment to their welfare. Speaking following a protest by the workers Comrade  Owen Oghenero Edafe, Personal Assistant on media and publicity to the Managing Director /CEO of Delta state oil producing Areas Development Commission(Desopadec) Williams Makinde, reiterated that the MD is aware of their grievances and remains committed to addressing them as the state's economy continues improve. He added that recent economic downturn and attacks on major oil and gas installations has negatively impacted the State's finance. Owen however disclosed that talks are currently going on with leadership of the worker's various unions  and pleaded with them to return to work.

Workers of the Delta state Oil Producing Areas Development Commission  DESOPADEC  have commenced protest against what they term oppression and marginalization by the board of the Commission. The workers who barricaded entrance to the Commission on Monday carrying placards with various inscriptions  alleged that the current board has for the past two years withheld workers promotion and payments of their 13th month salary or bonus as well as other areas... They also alleged that top members of the board have been collecting the bonus while denying the workers theirs. Reacting to the protest  Comrade  Owen OgheneroEdafe, media assistant chairman of  Commission  Williams Makinde, reiterated the commitment of governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Olorogun Makinde to the welfare of the  workers. He also disclosed that talks are currently going on with leadership of worker's various unions  and pleaded with them to return to work while their grievance's are b...

Following the conclusions of the last Saturday's Local government election, the Delta State independent Electoral Commission has declared Ramson Tega Onoyake winner of the Uvwie local council chairmanship  position . Onoyake gathered a total of 103, 308 votes as against the 593 votes that was scored by his All Progressive Congress APC counterpart. In Udu LGA the PDP also recorded a landslide win as Kite Brown scored 62668, APC 5491 and Labour Party 32740. DELTA LGA ELECTIONS: LIST OF LGAS AND HOW THEY VOTED  Ndokwa East APC 126 PDP 44,195  Delta LG Polls: Isoko South APC 4,372 PDP 79,784  Delta LG Polls: Oshimili South APC 1898 PDP 46,183 Delta LG Polls: Ndokwa West APC 2107 PDP 66,92  Delta LG Polls: Patani LGA APC 277 PDP 35,752  Delta LG Polls: Ukwuani LGA APC 5,611 PDP 32,858  Delta LG Polls: Warri South LGA APC 2,806 PDP 92,564  Delta LG Polls: Warri South West LGA APC 1751 PDP 107,973  Delta LG Polls: Warri North  LGA APC 6,221 PDP...

An Eyewitness sent us this video from one of the centers in Warri,during the Delta state Local government elections on Saturday.

MARITIME UNIVERSITY: MALAMI MEMO A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION The National Association of Itsekiri Graduates (NAIG) wish to commend the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami (SAN) on his timely and proactive Memo to the clerk of the National Assembly on the Naming of the Maritime University Okerenghigho. The Attorney General has by this singular act proven to the entire world that the Federal Government of Nigeria is committed to a country where rule of Law as enshrined in our constitution is obeyed at all times. The memo to enforce the Supreme Court judgement on the land of the Maritime University is not only timely, but also has averted a needless crisis, and proven to the world that the earlier claims by the Ijaws on the floor of the National Assembly that the court judgements relied upon by Itsekiris were fraudulent, being challenged in Court etc. were misleading. In one of the various papers submitted by the Ijaws, the Gbaramatu Rebirth Initiative, states as fo...

Violence on Saturday prevented voting in Oporoza ward 15 in Warri South West L.G.A during the Delta state Local government elections. Moses Yabrade an All Progressives Congress APC executive official in the ward told TheLivePen that trouble started when officials of the Delta state Independent Electoral Commission DISIEC allegedly refused to display the plain result sheet, after meeting with Peoples Democratic Party PDP top brass in the area. According to him the refusal to display the result sheet led to clashes between APC and PDP supporters resulting in destruction of some sensitive voting materials while PDP members allegedly absconded with other materials. Mr. Yabrade maintained that no Election took in the Ward as a result of the violence.

IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL (IYC) WORLDWIDE   PRESS RELEASE January 5, 2018 RE: CORRECT LOCATION OF PROPOSED MARITIME VARSITY IN DELTA STATE: A INVITATION TO CRISIS IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION Our attention has just been drawn to a publication in the Vanguard newspaper of Friday, January 5, 2017 at page 12 wherein one H. A. Tahir, an officer in the office of the Attorney General and Minister for Justice issued a memo to the effect that the correct name of the community hosting the Nigerian Maritime University should be Okerenghigho and not Okerenkoko. The Attorney General is said to have given the advise on the strength of a supreme court judgment. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) wishes to responds as follows to set the records straight THAT: The site or community wherein the Nigerian Maritime University is situated has never been known, addressed or called Okerenghigho at any time. The actual, historical and legally recognized name of the host community to the Nigerian Maritime University is Ok...

Following the fire incident at Saipem Camp, It has emerged that  Pipeline Product Marketing Company PPMC Warri, has no truck for its fire fighters. Some individuals who lost their valuables in the incident claimed that when PPMC which is opposite the Saipem camp was called for assistance, but officials reportedly said they had no fire truck. Other companies close to the Saipem Camp include WRPC and Daewoo.

Fire today destroyed properties worth millions of naira at Saipem Camp, in Warri. The cause of the fire has been blamed on an electrical fault by some officials while others blamed it on a faulty gas cooker. Pix

16 Suspected kidnappers, along the Abuja-Kaduna road have confessed to drinking blood of victims who cannot afford ransom. The kidnappers who were paraded by the Nigerian police on Tuesday in Abuja claimed that drinking of victim's blood is the last resort if all effort to get ransom fails. They confessed to killing of over ten people. Speaking to newsmen Nigeria police spokesperson Jimoh Moshood, said the suspects will soon be charged to court.

In view of the forthcoming Local Government Council elections billed to take place in Delta State on Saturday, 6 th  January, 2018, the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Zanna M. Ibrahim,  psc  has ordered the restriction of vehicular movements in Delta State from  6am -3pm  on the Electi on Day.  The CP who gave the order, Tuesday, 2 nd  January, 2018, noted that only those on official and emergency duties with valid means of identification as well as the electorates with permanent voters’ cards, going to their registered polling units to cast their votes, will be allowed passage during the restriction order. While noting that the restriction order is a security measure tailored towards checkmating movement of probable mischief makers and political thugs, the CP warned that any person or group of persons that foment trouble during the exercise will be arrested and prosecuted in line with the provisions of the law. The CP therefo...