Home Blog

Alleged Defection: Count Me Out – Oborevwori 

By
Hill Nigeria
-

…My covenant to do more for Deltans stands

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has said that he had no plans to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing that his covenant to do more for Deltans stands.

The Governor spoke through the State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu at a live television programme monitored in Asaba.

He said those peddling the rumours that Governor Oborevwori wants to move to the All Progressives Congress (APC) were only wishing that he comes to swell up their ranks.

“Governor Oborevwori is not only a proud member of the PDP and remains a leader of PDP, both in Delta and in Nigeria.

“He is also a performing governor who has also been able to show that he can be regarded as the poster governor for the PDP. And so those who are wishing that he is jumping ship, we want to tell them that Oborevwori is not in the business of jumping.

“Apart from that, I am also happy that even following your recognition and by way of nomination as among those who are performing, that Oborevwori is trying to let Nigerians know that the PDP have the strength to deliver, even as we continue to cooperate with the president of Nigeria, because at the moment he does not have any opponent as a president.

“When the governor declared that he needed to support the president, even as they support the governor for the purpose of bringing good governance, it was in the spirit of patriotism not on the platform of looking for where to jump to.

“Today, Tinubu is the president of Nigeria, and I know nobody is contesting that and so if Tinubu does not have an opponent as a President, because he is no longer a presidential candidate, when in 2027, and we are going into election, we can begin to talk about those who want to challenge Tinubu.

Today, he is the president. We have an enlightened self-interest that the success of Tinubu cascades into the success of any governor in Nigeria.

“In Delta, we are not in the business of fighting constitutional authority. We’re always in the business of supporting those in authority, because by so doing, we are also bringing development to our people.

“Oborevwori remains in the PDP, he did not even dream, not to talk of the reality of leaving the party. Those who are rumoring, like you said, are very free to rumor and are very free to wish, wish is very free, that he comes to swell up their party but for us in the PDP, we know that Oborevwori will remain a poster governor.”

On developments in the state, Aniagwu said Governor Oborevwori was fulfilling his administration’s promise to deliver more projects for the people.

He remarked that while continuing and completing inherited projects, his administration has also initiated and completed lots of projects across the three Senatorial districts.

He listed some of the legacy projects to include the Beneku bridge in Ndokwa East, Orere bridge in Ughelli South, Ayakoromo bridge in Burutu LGA, Trans-Warri Roads and bridges as well as Warri and Effurun flyovers being executed by Julius Berger.

“Aside these laudable projects, we have several completed road projects like the Emevor-Orogun road, Okpanam-Ibusa bypass, Isheagu-Ewulu Road, Ezesi road dualisation in Orerokpe as well as Ohorhe-Adagbrasa-Ugolo-Okuodiete road among others.

Ejinyere Lauds Govt’s Ban On Concrete Mixing On Tarred Road Surfaces, Pavements

By
Hill Nigeria
-

…Urges residents of Warri, Uvwie, Environs, to comply to avoid sanctions

By Media Dept of WUEDA

The Director General of Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Devt Agency, (WUEDA), Hon. Prince Godwin Ejinyere has praised the State Government for placing a ban on indiscriminate mixing of concrete on tarred road surfaces and pavements in all parts of the State.

Prince Ejinyere said the ban which was announced on Thursday, 16th of January, 2025 by the Delta State Commissioner for Rural Roads and Public Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, takes immediate effect.

Hon. Ejinyere noted that the ban was in tandem with WUEDA’s mission for the Oil City, explaining that the ban was due to indiscriminate mixing of concrete in public places which defaces and destroys tarred roads and concrete pavements.

He noted that while Govt was committed to providing road infrastructure across the State, Govt and WUEDA would not fold their arms and watch unpatriotic individuals destroy the roads already constructed, and that Govt would sanction any person caught mixing concrete on tarred roads and sidewalks, while the construction site would be sealed.

Prince Ejinyere said the Agency’s Task Force on Environment had been put on red alert to monitor the length and breath of the Metropolis, with a view to arresting any defaulter of the Govt ban on indiscriminate mixing of concrete on tarred roads and pavements.

He urged residents of Warri, Uvwie and their environs to mix their concrete within their premises and not on tarred road surfaces and pavements, so as to avoid punishment according to the law.

 

 

 

 

 

I Won’t Sacrifice Quality Jobs For friendships – Oborevwori

By
Hill Nigeria
-

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has said his administration’s priority remains delivering quality projects aimed at giving value to the people, regardless of personal relationships.

Speaking during inspection of multiple projects in Asaba, the state capital, Governor Oborevwori emphasized that competence, integrity, and value for money was critical to his administration’s M.O.R.E Agenda.

The projects inspected include; Ogbeosonwe, Ogbeilo road, Ogbogonogo market storm drainage project and Ogbe-Ofu Road, Off Jarret Road, Cable Point, Asaba.

Others are; 1.7km Amaechi Agusi Street with 10 adjoining streets, Dorah Allanah Street, Oluu Street, Burutu Drive, Off Infant Jesus Road, Odilison Junior Crescent, Agbogun Close, Ngozi Odiaka Avenue, Aloy Isomede Street, Ezeobi Ojukwu Street, and Ajudua Street, Okpanam, Aretha Table Water Street, Off NTA Road Asaba and Redeemer’s Street Asaba.

Governor Oborevwori said, “I was elected to serve the people of Delta, not to please a select few. Friendship cannot and will not take precedence over the quality of projects we provide for the people.

“Contractors in the state know that; I have always emphasized on the need for quality jobs but the people who are causing this problem are not the big companies, it is some of our indigenous contractors that are causing these problems.

“The problem we are having majorly are the indigenous contractors, if you don’t patronize them they will say you want to suffer them, they will blame you for not supporting the growth of indigenous contractors. We need to also patronize them but they should do well because some of them are not doing well and like I have said the ones that are not doing well, will be blacklisted.

“The interest today is the public interest because the interest of the people is more important than any other thing. Some of them are not too happy but it is important the majority of the people are happy with what we are doing now.

“We are not doing media show, what we are doing is real and those who know me very well know that I will not compromise. So if you want to be my friend do a good job, if you don’t want to be my friend then don’t do a good job and I will kick you out.

“Some people say that this kind of governor who is doing like EFCC, is good for the people. The masses voted for me and they appreciate what we are doing so I will not allow a few people to decide for us, I will not take that from them.”

On requests for upward review of projects, Oborevwori said rates had gone up, adding that he usually visits such projects to see the extent of work done before carrying out any upward review.

“We can only review jobs awarded 2022 and early part of 2023 before I assumed office. This is because when we came in the dollar was around N750 now dollar is about N1600. Materials have gone up and we also feel for them but most especially we want them to do good job.

“You can see most of the contractors have returned to sites, we are not going to spare anybody, do the right thing.”

Governor Oborevwori who spoke further, appealed to residents of Asaba to keep their environments clean and directed the State Commissioner for Environment, Chairman Waste Management Board and the Chairman Taskforce on Environment to ensure total compliance.

PRESS UNIT,
GOVT.HOUSE, ASABA

Delta Riverine Development: Mulade Commend Tompolo, Tonlagha, Others

By
Hill Nigeria
-

Warri: Niger Delta-born human and environmental rights activist, Comrade Mulade Sheriff has commended High Chief, Dr Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo a.k.a (Tompolo), Engr Mathew Tonlagha, Managing Director, Maton Oil and Gas Services Ltd, High Chief Engr Kestin Pondi, Managing director, Tantita Security Limited and others for their effort towards the development of riverine communities in Delta State.

The renowned Delta State-born peace and development advocate applauded these illustrious sons of ancient Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of the State for their infrastructural revolution initiatives and human empowerment efforts across coastal dwellers in the state, has part of their corporate social responsibilities to the communities.

The United Nations Peace Ambassador and the Ibe-Serimowei of Ancient Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Mulade Sheriff, call on all sons and daughters of riverine communities to give them maximum support and cooperation towards opening up and expanding the development infrastructures in the coastal communities for economic growth, as Tantita continues to carry out its surveillance operations across the communities.

Sheriff noted, “it is imperative to state that the coastal communities that warehouse the nation’s economy but were totally neglected by federal and state governments in spite of their huge contributions, which environment has suffered several degradation ranging from oil and gas pollution, marine erosion/surge that as wash away many communities, leading to lost of traditional fishing rights and farming, etc”.

“I wish to sincerely commend Tompolo, Engr Mathew Tonlagha, and Engr Kestin Pondi for their doggedness towards the exposition and development of the riverine communities through the infrastructural revolution and human empowerment.. Permit me to equally use this medium to express my gratitude to them for saving our once bastardized environment through the Tantita Security Surveillance Contracts. I applaud and encourage you to continue to demonstrate that capacity by saving the Niger Delta environment, which is more critical to the region and the yet unborn generations” he asserted.

Stressing further, he emphasized, ‘it is imperative to appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR to sustain the Tantita security surveillance contracts to grow the nation’s oil production and sustain the relative peace in the Niger Delta”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call Up Numbers Are Not Given In Secretariat – NYSC Tell Prospective Corp Members.

By
Hill Nigeria
-

By Ben-Whyte Iminabo

The National Youth Service Corps has debunked social media reports suggesting that Prospective Corps Members who have not received their Call-Up Numbers should visit State Secretariat to obtain them.

NYSC Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, in a statement on Tuesday asked the general public to ignore such claims, saying that they did not emanate from the Scheme.

“The attention of the Management of the National Youth Service Corps has been drawn to misleading information being circulated by some mischief-makers, claiming that Prospective Corps Members yet to be issued Call-Up Numbers should proceed to the State Secretariat of the Scheme for this purpose,” the statement read.

“For the avoidance of doubt, all Prospective Corps Members who are yet to receive their Call-Up Numbers are enjoined to exercise patience, keep checking their dashboards.

Suspected Hausa Boy Caught With Vandalized Govt Sign Posts At Point Of Sale In Ekpan

By
Hill Nigeria
-

… Ejinyere says Hausa/Fulani leaders in Oil City must hear this

By Media Dept of WUEDA

Owing to reports of incessant stealing of Govt property in parts of the oil Metropolis, the Director General of Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Devt Agency, (WUEDA), Hon. Prince Godwin Ejinyere organized a surveillance group to watch over Govt. sign posts forbidding the dumping of refuse in specific areas of the City.

A few weeks after the group started work, a scavenger suspected to be Hausa has been caught trying to sell the Govt sign posts at Ekpan. The attention of the surveillance group was drawn to the theft through a public alarm raised at the point of sale.

When asked why he stole the Govt sign posts, the suspect said he wanted to sell them as scraps which he called damaged iron, adding that he had been doing the business for long.

After he was rescued from being beaten up by an irate mob, the suspect was taken to his “iron damage” union which agreed to replace the stollen sign posts that he had squeezed for sale as condemned iron.

The WUEDA DG who was shocked by the blatant disregard for Govt’s property by the suspect, condemned the act in its entirety, and promised to table the issue before the leadership of Hausa/Fulani Community in the Agency’s mandate areas, to forestall a reoccurrence.

Prince Ejinyere said the Oborevwori Govt would not condone the vandalism of any of its property which were provided in the interest of Deltans, in tandem with the More Agenda of his administration.

He wondered why a person in his senses should steal and sell or buy sign posts that were publicly placed to warn people to stop indiscriminate dumping of wastes in the City.

For some time now, youths suspected to be Hausa/Fulani had been apprehended in different parts of the Agency’s mandate areas stealing useful utensils, generators, iron rods and even kidnapping little babies from quiet compounds.

Vigilant residents had raised alarms to draw attention of security agents and vigilante groups to such cases, which most times led to the arrest of such suspects. Hon. Prince Ejinyere said this act must stop as part of Govt’s efforts towards restoring the lost glory of the Oil City.

OFAAC, A Vanguard Fighting For The Protection Of Anioma Identity – Ifeadi

By
Hill Nigeria
-

By Patrick Ochei

The President of the Organisation For the Advancement of Anioma Culture (OFAAC) – the culture umbrella body of Anioma Nation and Chief Executive Officer of the Contemporary Group Limited, Arc. Kester Ifeadi has said that the apex umbrella body of Anioma Culture has become a vanguard whose duty it is to fight for the protection of Anioma Identity in all aspects of it.

He made this assertion on Saturday, 11 January, 2025, when he hosted Directors and Zonal Executive members of the Organisation in a meeting at his country home in Ubulu-Okiti, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta state. Notably, he said, 2024 was a year to remember in OFAAC.

“It was the year we lost key pillars of OFAAC like the Asagba Prof. Chike Edozien, Obi Martha Dunkwu as Patrons and as well as some Directors of the Organisation and some of our friends. We have never had a traditional ruler that identified with us like the late Asagba of Asaba. And of course, our mother the Omu Anioma; a quintessential figure and role model . There was no way we could have held the Anioma cultural festival when it was even the period we lost the Asagba and the Omu”, he said.

He further affirmed that the year 2025 would yield enormous results in terms of deliverables in the areas of investing more of creativity into the foremost Anioma cultural festival, registration of more people into the micro credit scheme, health insurance and life insurance packages for members. He added that the Organisation had already received its life insurance benefits for dead members and would be disbursing at the meeting.

According to him, “In this year 2025, we are looking at more of the welfare of our people, because that is what OFAAC is about. As an umbrella body of Anioma Culture, it is our utmost duty to solve the issues of identity crisis bedevilling Anioma Nation. We are a people from different places, but we are distinct and unique because God has made us so.

“Like I said, Anioma is a blessed land, blessed people and productively intelligent people. The land of Anioma is about purity, honour, hospitality, peace and it is interesting to note that our people look forward to our festival annually, and OFAAC is the hope and bridge that connects our people in terms of culture. Anioma is a distinct identity, made up of people from different places and languages. Nobody can tell us who we are even though they are trying too hard to rewrite our history. We in OFAAC are the vanguard fighting for the protection of our identity. It’s becoming more of a spiritual concern to us and we must strive to preserve that sacred mandate from our forebears.

“OFAAC is an Organisation that is into so many things for the welfare of our people in order to preserve our identity. We have even gotten the life insurance benefits for those of our members who are dead. And let me assure you that we must work together more than ever before, and everyone must actively participate at the highest level in this year’s cultural festival. The 2025 festival will be done effortlessly to the glory of God”, Ifeadi concluded.

During the session, reports were given from various zones (Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Oshimili, Ika, Ndokwa and Ukwuani) making up the Organisation while members took time to appreciate the Arc. Kester Ifeadi led management team for the end of the year monetary gifts, provision of farm implements for the farming season and of course the regular loan disbursements to members. The management team which includes the Vice President of OFAAC, Mr. Paddy Ugboh, Secretary, Barr. Monday Olodu, Chief Coordinator, Prince Andrew Obi and others were commended for their strategic leadership support that has distinguished OFAAC from other known Organisations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storm Water Drainage Project, Ugboroke Must Be Completed Within Time Frame, Despite Unforseen Challenges -Ejinyere

By
Hill Nigeria
-

Report by the Media Dept of WUEDA

The Director General of Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Devt Agency, (WUEDA), Hon. Prince Godwin Ejinyere has assured that the State Govt’s storm water drainage projects now ongoing in Ugboroke area of the Oil City would be completed in record time despite the discovery of some obstructions such as electric poles and cables.

Prince Ejinyere gave the assurance on Monday when he led a team of WUEDA’s civil engineers on an unscheduled visit to Ugboroke where he inspected the storm water flood control projects at River Road and Olarhe Quarters of Ugboroke, in Uvwie LGA of Delta State.

The WUEDA DG who frowned at the slow pace at which electric poles and cables were being removed to pave the way for unhindered execution of the project, urged those involved in the process to hasten up the removal of such obstacles, as the rainy season would soon set in.

He urged officials of CCECC, the contractor handling the projects, to take concrete measures to stop underground water from flowing into the floor of the drainage channel at Olarhe Quarters, to guarantee its integrity and long life span.

The WUEDA DG said the unscheduled inspection visit was in line with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s directive that projects should be frequenty inspected to ensure that jobs were not only delivered within stipulated time frame but also according to specifications, so as to meet international standards.

WUEDA’s Director of Project and Works, Engr. Ofoeyenor Bemigho assured the Director General that the electric poles and cables which caused obstructions to the projects, would be conveniently removed when the work got to that point.

The DG directed Engr. Bemigho to work out a definite date for the removal of the poles and cables, to fast track the job, urging CCECC not to delay the projects because of obstructions that could be removed easily.

WUEDA’s Assistant Director of Project, Engr. Okeme Obruche was among those who accompanied Hon. Godwin Ejinyere on the unscheduled inspection visits.

Support Families Of Fallen Heroes, Oborevwori Urges Nigerians

By
Hill Nigeria
-

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has urged Nigerians to demonstrate enduring commitment to the welfare of widows and families of the country’s fallen heroes.

The governor made the plea while addressing journalists shortly after participating in the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Cenotaph in Asaba, the state capital.

Governor Oborevwori, who led other top government functionaries, military, and paramilitary personnel to lay wreaths in honour of the nation’s fallen heroes, stressed the significance of the event in commemorating the sacrifices of Nigeria’s Armed Forces.

“This day happens to be a day we celebrate every year in remembrance of our fallen heroes.

” My prayer is for God to grant the souls of our fallen heroes eternal rest and also to console with their families,” the governor said.

He assured the families of the deceased military personnel that their sacrifices would not be in vain.

“I want to reassure their families that they will never be neglected. Whichever way we can support them, we will continue to support the widows and also those in the forefront today.

“It shows that Nigeria cares, our people care. I will encourage them to stand firm, to stand for our country, Nigeria,” Oborevwori added.

Highlight of the ceremony was the laying of wreaths by the Governor, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, military commanders, and the Commissioner of Police, among others.

Wife Stabs Husband To Death over Infidelity

By
Hill Nigeria
-

By Ben Whyte- Iminabo

A lady identified as Iyanu Adedeji has allegedly stabbed her husband, Funsho Jimoh to death in the Gbonogun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

According to reports from an unknown source, an argument over an accusation by the deceased of his wife’s extramarital affairs led to the incident, as his wife stabbed him on the cheast with a knife.

He was confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, where his wife had rushed him to.

123...136Page 1 of 136

MOST READ

LATEST STORIES

POPULAR POSTS

POPULAR CATEGORY

© 2022 - The Hill Nigeria