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As calls for inclusion of all segments of the Nigerian society in governance deepens, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, has pledged to look deeper into issues affecting women and to mainstream women into media coverage. The editors took the position in respond to a presentation on The Role of the Media in Mobilizing Women for Political Participation delivered by Mrs. Ibim Seminatari, a former Information and Culture commissioner in Rivers State and acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commissioner. The occasion was a South-South Capacity training workshop for editors which held May 11-12 in Port Harcourt. Seminatari charged…

State and local governments in the Niger Delta have been called upon to come up with action plans and policies that will enable them key into existing national plan and international funding opportunities for effective mitigation of climate change in their localities. Executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center, Obonogwan Emem Okon made the call all in a post-event interview with journalists in Port Harcourt. She stressed that though communities in the Niger Delta are vulnerable to the now annual ravages of climate change, there are not in place, policies and frameworks for addressing the menace. Said she:…

Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu on Thursday said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa remains irrevocably committed to working to better the lives of Deltans till the last day of his administration. Addressing a news conference at his office in Asaba, Aniagwu said the politics of 2023 would not deter the governor and his administration from delivering more infrastructural development, wealth creation and peace and security for Deltans and residents of the state. The Commissioner who was reacting to certain unsubstantiated reports in the social media said that the state government would not be distracted by such reports ahead of…

The Edo State Coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Edobor Chukuka, has made an offer to Edo State Council of of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) to train journalists to acquire new skills that can make them self-reliant. The NDE coordinator, who made the offer when he and other senior officials of the agency in Edo State visited the newly elected executive committee of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State council in Benin City, said the directorate already training many youths in agriculture and allied areas. Chukuka congratulated the new Chairman of the NUJ…

The government of Delta state plans to take technical education to every local government area of the state in order to boost technical education in the state. Delta state Chief of Staff, Hon. Ovie Agas stated this in Asaba yesterday after inspecting the Asaba Technical College which is nearing completion. According to the Chief of Staff, Governor Okowa realised from the beginning that to go forward and to change the narrative of the youths, there was need to give them relevant skills and knowledge and that was why he decided to renovate the existing technical colleges and build…

Governorship aspirants in Delta State under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have been cautioned against campaigns of calumny in their bid to become the consensus candidate after the party primaries. The state chairman of the party, Barr. Kingsley Esiso stated this yesterday at the party’s secretariat, Asaba during the public expression of the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, to contest in the 2023 governorship elections. According to Esiso, ‘’we encourage members of the PDP to aspire to various positions because we are aware that nobody pays money to aspire. The implication of this…

A presidential aspirant under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Sam Ohuabunwa, has said that God has heard the prayers of Nigerians. Dr. Ohuabunwa said this in Asaba when he visited the leadership of the PDP in Delta State as part of his consultation round the country. Addressing journalists after the meeting with party leaders, the aspirant said he was in Delta State to commune with the party leaders and to formally informed them of his ambition to run for the office of the president. Dr Sam Ohuabunwa, revealed that he had been going round…