Archive for June 16th, 2012
Okolugbo, Okubor, Others Seek Support For God’s Work
Delta State Commissioner for Multilateral Relations and Abuja Office, Comrade Gloria Okolugbo has stressed the need for all to support the work of God without hesitation. The Commissioner stated this during the foundation laying ceremony of the Bishops Court of the Anglican Communion at Obiaruku. Comrade Okolugbo in company of Dr. Festus Okubor, Chief of Staff, Government House, and State Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha described the foundation laying stone of the church as a call to service [...]
Continue ReadingItsekiri Kompini Dance: In Honour of Heroic Leaders
When it comes to dance performance, it goes beyond its artistic form of nonverbal communication of the body. Its movement is clearly defined by the rhythm of music and they serve as a form of expression or social interaction. In Africa where dances express the livelihood of our communities, like hunting, fishing and cooking; it is also a code in transmitting traditional values of ethics, code of conduct through the songs and gestures of the hips, shoulders, legs, hands and [...]
Continue ReadingLawmakers Okay Promotion Of 15 DSIEC Electoral Officers
BY LUCKY OYIBO Respite will soon come the way of the 15Chief Electoral Officers of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) serving in various local government areas in the state who allegedly were downgraded by the commission in 2007, following the resolution of the Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) that thirteen of the affected officers be promoted to salary grade level 15 and two of them to SGL 14 respectively to tally with the year of their first [...]
Continue ReadingEminent Citizens Extol Late Okumagba
By AMBROSE OLOGIDE Eminent citizens, including President Goodluck Jonathan have lauded the contributions of late Benjamin Okumagba (JP), Okumagba 1 the Orosuen of Okere Urhobo Kingdom, Warri, saying that he contributed immensely to the prevailing peace in the Warri area. Professor Amos Agbe Utuama (SAN) the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Chief E.K. Clark, Ijaw national leader and elder statesman, former Military Governor of Delta State Colonel John Dung, Elder Godsday Orubebe Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Author Ifeanyi [...]
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