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 By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaMinister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has lamented the high rate of maternal mortality which he put at 40,000 deaths every year.The minister made this disclosure during the opening of the 62nd National Council on Health (NCH) meeting in Asaba, Delta State.The minister urged the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to, as a matter of urgency, commit to and implement national policies on maternal and newborn health and also dedicate a budget line with appropriate allocation released on time for reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality and nutrition intervention at all levels.The minister, who noted…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaNigeria’s Under-23 Olympic Football Team mauled their Sudanese counterparts 5-0 in an Under 23 Nations Cup qualifier played at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State.The match in Asaba was the return leg of the African qualifier which the Nigerian team entered into with a lone goal deficit after suffering a lone goal defeat in the hands of the Sudanese when the two sides met Khatoum, Sudan last week.However, with three goals in the first half and two goals in the second stanza, the visitors were simply overwhelmed by their Nigerian counterparts.Taiwo Awoniyi opened scoring with…

Chief Allen Onyema, chairman Air Peace Airline who, donated his aircraft to fetch home Nigerians being hounded by xenophobic South Africans says the gesture is costing his company N280million.“I put together over N280million in order to bring these people back. Air Peace decided to bring them free of charge. Nobody paid us a dime, we decided to do it free of charge for our country and for our people”, he was reported as saying.The young business executive said he was moved to tears by the solidarity and unity he witnessed from the returnees as he stepped into the aircraft.“When I…

By Chiemeka Green, YenagoaYouth from the nine states of the Niger Delta region recently traded words over the alleged plan by some politicians to influence the sack of the Presidential Amnesty boss, Prof. Charles Dokubo and replace him with Chief Dennis Otuaru from Delta State.A group known as Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) the coalition of the nine militant groups in the creek, described the plan as alleged ‘gang up’ the move to replace the Amnesty boss with Chief Dennis Otuaru, the younger brother to the Deputy Gov of Delta State who is reportedly an ally to foremost former militant…

By Chirmeka Green, YenagoaThe head of Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Niger Delta Resource Centre and project officer of ERA, Comrade Alagoa Morris says the restoration government led by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has not achieved much especially in the area environment as he warned of another impending flood predicted by NIMET.Comrade Alagoa who stated this during an exclusive interview with Daily Times in Yenagoa, said Bayelsans are suffering from worst pollution occasioned by individuals putting on their generators, adding that Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State which ought to have development, does not have drinking water and electricity, basic amenities.“As we speak…

By Mbah Okem, Yenagoa A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Kpodoh has accused the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole of shady and bias support to the former governor and minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva to deliver David Lyon as the party’s flag bearer over fake promises of oil bloc.Chief Kpodoh, commenting on the outcome of the APC governorship primaries in Yenagoa, called on the national chairman, Adams Oshiomole not to be deceived by empty promises, into allowing the party lose the forth coming election with the fraudulent emergence of a flag bearer without…

Delta State has concluded arrangements to participate in 34 different sports at the forth coming National Youth Games taking place in Ilorin, Kwara State with over 400 athletes representing the state. Executive Chairman, Delta State Sports Commission, Chief Tonobok Okowa disclosed this in Asaba while speaking with journalists his office on the state’s contingent’s preparation.

The Election Petition Tribunal Panel 1 sitting in Asaba has quashed the election of Hon. Benson Rolands Igbakpa (PDP) as member representing Ethiope Federal Constituency in the green chambers of the National Assembly. Hon. John Agoda of the APC, who contested the February 23, 2019 National Assembly Election against Hon. Igbakpa, had approached the tribunal complaining of gross irregularities by Hon. Igbakpa, PDP his party, and INEC against him.He urged the tribunal to cancel the election or in the alternative, declare him the winner having scored the highest number of valid votes cast, allegations Hon. Benson Roland Igbakpa denied. The tribunal presided…

Election Petition tribunal sitting in Asaba has affirmed the victory of Senator Peter Nwaboshi, representing Delta North in the senate as duly elected in the last election into the Senate. Also, the election of Senator James Manager, representing Delta South in the senate was quashed at the tribunal. In the judgment presented by Justice C. O. Onyeabo, chairman of Panel 2 of the tribunal, it was affirmed that the Prosecution Witness 2 had been able to prove his case of over voting and other irregularities beyond every doubt. In the judgment which lasted for more than three hours, Justice Onyeabo ordered that fresh election be held in six Local Government Areas of the senatorial district namely- Isoko North, Warri North, Burutu, Bomadi, Patani and Warri South-West. Speaking to newsmen after the judgment, Counsel to Senator James Manager, Selekeowei Larry SAN expressed…

By Mbah Green Okem, YenagoaBayelsa elders drawn from the eight local government areas of the state has thrown their weight behind the decision of the Former Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri to reject the outcome of the controversial Governorship primaries held on Wednesday, saying the processes were flawed and a mockery of the internal democracy of the All Progressive Congress (APC).The Bayelsa Elders, led by the Former Security Adviser to Bayelsa Government and a Chieftain of the APC from Sagbama, Chief Richard Perekeme Kpodoh, said the conduct and the processes of the disputed primaries that led to…