The Delta State Police Command has announced the release of the names of successful candidates who participated in the 2020 recruitment exercise. In a statement signed by the Delta State Command PPRO, DSP Bright Edafe, he “advised candidates to visit www.policerecruitment.gov.ng to check for their names or come to the Police Command Headquarters, Asaba. According…
The Urhobo nation has been thrown into a mourning state as a prominent educator and traditional chief -- the Ahwotu of Urhoboland, Chief Johnson Modika Barovbe has passed away at the age of 76 years. The Delta-born businessman and founder of the prestigious Westminister College, Lagos, was said to have passed away after suffering a…
A renowned Educationist and proprietor of Westminster College, Lagos, Chief Johnson Barovbe, is dead. Barovbe who, until his death, was an astute education administrator and a Lagos-based socialite, hailed from Ovu in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. A source from his family confirmed the late Urhobo leader passed on on Monday 28,…
Less than one week after a Delta Councillor, Adjekpovu, died from wounds sustained in an attack by suspected hoodlums along Eku-Abraka road, another Delta lawmaker has been shot by suspected assassins around Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. Reuben Rume Izeze, member representing Ughelli South Local State Constituency, was reportedly shot on…
There has been a unanimous agreement that the Delta State Passengers' Welfare Scheme currently in operation in the state is a worthwhile policy of the government in the overall interest of passengers of commercial vehicles and Deltans in general. This position was unanimously endorsed at a stakeholders' meeting held in Asaba, yesterday where it was…
Barely 24 hours after Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State inaugurated a 19-member committee for the implementation of the state Anti-Open grazing law, a councillor from Ethiope East Local Government Council, Jude Adjekpovu, has died from gunshot wounds inflicted on him by Fulani herdsmen. The New Diplomat learnt that the lawmaker who was returning from…
Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has described the Late Itsekiri sage, Pa. Isaac Omirestuli Jemide, as a father figure to many, a champion of many good causes and a promoter of equity in the utilization of resources for the development of communities. In a condolence message signed by Mr. Yomi Odunuga, Special Adviser…
... Youths give ultimatum to shut down Coy operation The executives of Egbema Youth Council, EYC, have exonerated the Warri North Local Government Council chairman, Smart Asekutu over the activities of the youth body, including its recent peaceful protest to shut down the platform of NPDC/Elcrest Joint Ventures in Egbema kingdom. Addressing the press in…
The Oshodi of Warri Kingdom and one of the seven founding members of Rotary Club of Warri, Chief Isaac Jemide, is dead. He reportedly died on Sunday morning. The announcement was made by a member of the Jemide family of Warri Kingdom today, Monday "With a heavy heart, I wish to notify the passing on…