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DTSG  Assures Deltans Of Peace Amongst Herders, Farmers In Uwheru

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By Christy Aboghe

Delta State government has assured Deltans of a peaceful resolution of the long aged dispute between cattle herders and farmers in the state, particularly those in Uwheru, in Ughelli North Local Government Area.

The Chairman of the Delta State Livestock Management Committee (DLMC) and Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Godfrey Enita, gave the assurance while speaking with our reporter shortly after a closed door meeting with stakeholders and representatives of Uwheru community in Asaba.

Enita said that the meeting was fruitful and had revealed insight on the main causes of the clashes between the farmers and the herders and noted that the main culprits in the clash were normally migrant herders from the eastern part of the country,  who invade Delta communities at certain seasons of the year.

The Commissioner who noted that Uwheru community had raised alarm over attacks by certain herders who had  prevented them from accessing their farms in the area said the meeting was convened to look into the root causes of the farmers/herders clashes in Uwheru community, it’s environs and other LGAs.

“We are trying to prevent what happened in Patani LGA from happening at Uwheru. This is because we have observed that these herders who unleash mayhem come from the eastern flank of the country.

“They are not the traditional herders that we have in the state that we know and can easily identify. We are told that it was these ones who migrated from the east that caused the kind of havoc that happened at Patani LGA in the state, where a family lost a father and his child. This we want to stop from repeating at Uwheru.”

He further disclosed that about 40 flash points had been identified in 12 LGAs in the state that and the information at the disposal of the government would help them track those migrant herders who had swum across the rivers into the state to cause trouble in the communities.

The Commissioner reassured that the Committee would in no distant time swing into action, so as to mitigate the crisis, adding that sub committees had been created with members of DLMC whose profile has been presented to security agency to investigate before commencement of actions that would lead to a peaceful co-existence between both parties as well as ensure food security in the state.

Delta North Would Be Known For Tourism, Say Ned Nwoko

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…Urges Nigerians To Vote Same Political Party Candidates For Effective Representation

By Christy Aboghe

Delta North Senatorial under the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Hon. Prince Ned Nwoko has assured the people of his constituency of transforming the senatorial district to a tourist attraction centre in the state,

Nwoko gave the assurance during a meeting with members of the fourth estate of the realm on the, “The Platform with Ned Nwoko”, at the  NUJ Press Centre in Asaba, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

He said the senatorial district was blessed with beautiful vegetation and good geographical location that can be turned into one of the best tourist destinations in Africa.

Nwoko also revealed his plans on improving large scale farming in Anioma, as a means of generating more revenue beyond oil for the state.

While addressing Journalists, he harped on the need for them to be objective in their reportage, always hold government accountable to the people and shun from every form of inducement.

The Senatorial Candidate said Journalists as the conscience of the society do not need any encouragement before carrying out their obligations to the general public, just as it is in governance, adding that once a political candidates are elected, solution of problems in the society should be their top priority as they are for all and not to any section in particular regardless of political affiliation.

He urged Journalists to educate the electorate on the need to vote in a team, so as to ensure positive representation from the political candidates, adding that it would be difficult to achieve effective representation if the candidates were in different political parties.

Rev Pam Urges Intending Pilgrims To Pray For The General Election, Unity Of Nigeria

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The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission ,Rev Dr Yakubu Pam has urged intending Pilgrims of Lagos,  Ogun and Oyo to pray for the success of the 2023 general election and the unity of Nigeria.

He made this known on Sunday, February 5, 2023 in Ikeja, Lagos State during a farewell ceremony for the intending Pilgrims who would be embarking on Holy Pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan.

In the words of the NCPC boss,” this is our year of general election, I see your prayers being answered”. He added, “please whatever you are going to do, make sure you pray for the unity of Nigeria”.

Rev Pam hinted that since the commencement of the 2022 December pilgrimage exercise to Israel and Jordan, he had visited almost every geo – political zone where inaugural flights of  intending pilgrims took place and Lagos should not be an exception.

He lauded the  Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for advancing the cause of Christian pilgrimage in the state and Nigeria as a whole.

He described the Number one citizen of Lagos State as being friendly to NCPC and had made Christian Pilgrimage activities a means of uniting the country. He further commended him for his leading role in the sponsorship of pilgrims to the Holy land in the whole of South West.

Rev Pam further affirmed that under his leadership, Pilgrimage had been used to better the image of the country.

He enjoined the intending pilgrims to ensure they all return back to the country after their successful Pilgrimage exercise by avoiding the temptation of abscondment.

According to him, “you are returning back , all other batches that have gone , we have not recorded any abscondment and this sixth batch we will not record any either”.

In his remarks, the Special Adviser to the state Governor on Christian Religious Matters, Very Reverend Olubukola Adeleke charged the intending pilgrims to be good ambassadors of the state and Nigeria.

He further enjoined them to pray fervently for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the support he had been giving to both the Christian community as well as the Muslim community in Lagos State.

He prayed that there would be peace in Lagos State and Nigeria. According to him, “you will go in peace and come back to meet your family in peace”.

The sixth batch of NCPC 2022 December pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan was made up of Lagos , Bayelsa, Ogun and Oyo.

Voting Tinubu’ll Stifle Democracy In Nigeria – PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council has cautioned Nigerians against voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu saying a vote for him would lead to the death of democracy in the country.

Spokesman of the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Charles Aniagwu gave the advice at a news conference on Sunday in Asaba.

He said that Tinubu had stifled opposition in Lagos State to the extent that it had become almost impossible to display the insignia of other opposition parties in Lagos without being attacked by elements loyal to the APC Presidential Candidate.

Aniagwu said: “Today, democracy has taken a nose dive in Lagos, you cannot even go and advertise any candidate or place the insignia of any political party apart from the APC in Lagos.

“Imaging if that kind of person becomes the president of Nigeria it means that it would be worse than military rule. Any vote for Tinubu is a vote for the death of democracy in Nigeria, its a vote for the death of electoral democracy in Nigeria.

“Hence Nigerians must take notice that the issue is not about his state of mind at the moment but that those canvassing for him, have ulterior motive.

“We don’t believe that their interest is Nigeria because they would have understood quite well that Bola Tinubu does not believe in democracy, if he does, he will not prevent people from being able to freely participate in democracy in Lagos.

“You will recall what happened in 2019 to our brothers in FESTAC area of Lagos, today you can’t have any billboard showcasing the insignia or the picture or campaign message of any of the political parties apart from the APC in Lagos.

“Is that the kind of person we want in our Nigeria were we believe that freedom is the major ingredient of democracy? Therefore this election is not just about voting but about the democratic and socio-economic survival of our country which Bola Tinubu cannot provide solution to,” Aniagwu stated.

He added that the APC had adopted a new tactics of dissociating their Presidential candidate from the policies of the government because they have failed as a government and as a political party.

“You hear them say that the naira redesign and the issue of fuel scarcity and the challenges associated with it is not the policy of the APC and i wonder who owns the policy?

“They are now trying to take away Tinubu who has been the self acclaimed National Leader of the APC. He wants to take himself away from the abysmal performance of the APC.

He said Lagos was only better than Damascus in Syria, a city in a country that has been at war and yet they want to make us believe that Tinubu has done well in Lagos.

Aniagwu who is also Commissioner for Information in Delta, said the state government had uncovered plans by the APC in the state to malign the government by printing posters and banners urging the people to reject the PDP over alleged fresh loans.

“Sometime ago we informed you about the efforts of the APC to blackmail the leadership of the state and indeed the PDP Presidential candidate and his running mate.

They have not succeeded in the many times they have tried but now we have it on good authority because we have evidence that they have printed posters, banners and billboards to discredit this administration on the frivolous allegation of collecting new loans.

“The APC here in Delta had attacked us before now particularly in the area of infrastructure and they couldn’t make any headway because we were able to prove to persons outside Delta that we have justified the resources at our disposal.

“Those in Delta have seen the enormous resources that we have invested in building a number of infrastructure in road, education, aviation sectors and human capital development through the various job creation platforms that we have deployed for the purpose of creating entrepreneurs and reducing unemployment in our state.

“Because they cannot attack us on these planks, they are now resorting to propaganda and lies and one of such is the printing of posters, banners and billboards alleging that we are taking a new loan which is not true.

“We are placing it on record that that is what they are planning so when you see them coming out with posters, banners and bill boards, take note that it is politically motivated as it has nothing to do with what we are doing in Delta.

“I appeal to Deltans not to fall for the cheap blackmail and propaganda orchestrated by Omo-Agege and his cohorts,”

On the Warri NBA statement accusing Okowa of frustrating appointment of judges, Aniagwu slammed the Warri Bar Association for exhibiting crass ignorance on the judiciary in the state.

He advised the Warri NBA Chairman to go back and check the law guiding the appointment of judges, adding that the state government had fulfilled all the requirements expected by the NJC.

“First this administration is among the first to grant autonomy to the judiciary in this country. Today our judiciary is autonomous in terms of their operations and finances.

“Secondly we have been able to provide better court rooms than any other administration had ever done and thirdly the National Judicial Council NJC, has a role to play in the appointment of judges do even when you nominate judges, not until the NJC approves that those judges be appointed you cannot proceed to make the appointment.

“One of the criteria is for the NJC to send a team to verify two major things after they have done their screening, which is availability of vehicles and residential quarters and we have already put in place those two criteria.

“The NJC need to create the time to come and am aware that sometime this week the team from NJC would be coming for the purpose of that verification.

“So for the NBA in Warri to progress in error, to begin to think that it is only the governor that picks a judge, you cannot undermine the constitutional powers of the NJC to appoint judges.

“But the NBA in Warri and its leadership delved into the political arena and as such lost sight of the constitutional requirements that determines how somebody becomes a judge.

“We don’t want to join issues with them because they have only demonstrated ignorance of the law that they claim to be apostle of and that is very pitiable.

“We advise the Chairman of the Warri NBA to go back and look at what the law says in the appointment of judges so that he would discover that he progressed very seriously in error on the issues he raised because it is not the governor that just wakes up and appoint a judge.

“The Governor will wait for the NJC to give its nod before the person can be sworn-in as a judge,” he stated.

NCPC Boss Lauds Good Conduct Of Pilgrims In Jordan, Israel

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Dr Yakubu Pam has commended the good conduct of Pilgrims in the just concluded pilgrimage exercise of the fifth batch of Pilgrims to Jordan and Israel.

Rev.Pam who was represented by the Deputy Director and Coordinator of Port Harcourt office NCPC, Mr Ben Okoh, gave the commendation recently during the Jerusalem Pilgrim conferment ceremony on Pilgrims, which was held at Ramada Royal Hotel at Jerusalem in Israel.

He appreciated them for dedicating their time to the service of God and being good ambassadors of Nigeria.

He expressed gratitude to the Delta State governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa for the love he has shown to his people by sponsoring 386 pilgrims and even extending hands of love to other states.

The NCPC boss appreciated the State, Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board,  Archbishop Cyril Odutemu and the Executive Secretary of the Board, Apostle Samuel Okoh for their diligence and successful coordination of the Pilgrims.

He equally applauded the various state Pilgrim Welfare Boards Chairmen and Secretaries for their cooperation and humility during the pilgrimage exercise.

“Our lives have been affected positively, we have always recorded a 100 percent success and this time around there is no different, We want to thank God for all that have worked towards making this pilgrimage a remarkable experience”, he said.

Present at the ceremony was the Special Adviser to the Governor of Borno State, Barr. Simon Malgwi, Chairman, Kogi State Pilgrims Welfare Board Barr. Simon Ajinuti amongst others

Okowa, A Man After God’s Heart Says, DPG Press Secretary

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By Christy Aboghe (Israel)

Special, Assistant to Delta State governor on  Religious and Political matters and Press Secretary of Directorate of Politics and Governance, (DPG), Hon. Pastor Augustine Obiodogwu, has described the state governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa as a man after God’s heart.

Obiodogwu made this known while speaking with Journalists in Israel.

He said the magnanimous gesture of  Sen. Okowa towards Pilgrims to the Holy land was evident of his love for God.

While commending the governor for giving Nigerians the opportunity to walk some the parts Jesus walked while on earth, he said it has helped to improve on the spiritual life of the Pilgrims.

He said the likes of Okowa are meant to be in leadership position and prayed God to make his electoral ambition a success.

He also appreciated the secretary to the state governor, Chief Patrick Ukah for his commitment to the development of the state and for availing him the opportunity to be part of the Pilgrims.

On his part, Assistant Director of  Protocol, DPG, Apostle Dr. Liberty Usiayo said he was grateful to God as the election victory of PDP is sure adding that God would make it come through for every candidate of the Party.

Usiayo urged all Nigerian to ensure they get their PVC to vote in PDP  at the poll.

At 71,I have Many Reasons To Be Grateful, Says Modupe Lawale

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The Chief Executive Officer of Emmanuel Tours, Mrs Modupe Lawale has revealed reasons behind her gratitude to God.

Mrs Modupe made this known while speaking with Pressmen in Nazareth.

She said the  countless blessings of God  upon her life was the reason for the grand style celebration.

According to the  celebrant, God has been so merciful to her, adding that blessing her at the age of 53 with a child, good friends, family, sound health and prosperity was enough to thank God.

As an achiever of great success who started her career in the late 70s with one of the national media and upon her retirement started a travel agency and tour operation she said it was her prayer to witness more colourful years.

According to her,  she had earlier desired to celebrate her 70th birthday in the Holy Land,  but was not possible because of the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic, but was grateful to God for making in possible for  her to celebrate her 71 anniversary in the Holy land.

Mrs Modupe said she was optimistic of more years to come and expectant of God’s hands upon her life, radiant; strong and also to have  Christ  in her life.

Cleric Lauds Okowa’s Contribution Towards Pilgrimage

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The Anglican Priest of Ika Dioceses and bus captain of Delta Pilgrimage Bus one,  Rev. Daniel Egun has charged Pilgrims to be more spiritually minded so as to possess their heart desire.

Egun gave the charge while speaking with our reporter at Capernaum, the city of Jesus.

He said it would bring their expectations to them, adding the spiritual controls the physical.

The Cleric revealed that the spiritual journey was an eye opener of all that was written in the Bible and a preparation of one’s sojourn on earth as they journey through to the promise Land.

According to him, it gives the Pilgrims a biblical opportunity to expose themselves to the Christian belief and thought of the Lord Jesus, whom he described as the owner of man’s life.

Egun commended the state government, ably led by Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa for finding them worthy to be part of the exercise, adding that Okowa had done excellently well by approving the pilgrimage.

According to him, unlike some Pilgrims from Lagos State who personally sponsored themselves with huge sum of money, Sen. Okowa ensured that Deltans and some other states contingents had the privilege of visiting the holy land of Israel, which called for much appreciation.

Delta South 2023: Ejele Seals Victory In The Holy Land

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The February 25 Presidential and National Assembly election of Honourable Michael Diden, (Ejele) into the Senate for the Delta South Senatorial seat under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has received heaven’s attention in the holy land as fervent prayers have been made for him.


The second batch of pilgrims from Delta State presently in the holy land of Jordan and Israel visited several biblical sites where miracles and the raw acts of God was manifested in the bible days, where they interceded for him.


Hon. Diden who is currently running to represent Delta South Senatorial seat in the red chambers had his intention tabled before God for him to secure victory at the poll.


The Personal Assistant to the PDP Delta Senatorial Candidate on Religious Matters, Dr Raphael Ogunyemi led a special prayer for Hon. Michael Diden’s victory at Mount Nebo in Jordan.


Mount Nebo is the mountain where God showed Moses the promised land,a land flowing with milk and honey as recorded in Deuteronomy 34:6.


Speaking to newsmen after the prayer session, Dr Ogunyemi said the prayer was made because Hon. Michael Diden believes in God and the efficacy of prayers and nothing else for his victory at the polls.


He noted that the way and manner Diden successfully won the PDP primaries to secure the Delta South senatorial ticket was made possible by God, hence those that believes in his leadership qualities and capacity to deliver on promises made have found time to pray for his victory at the holy land for the February 25 polls.


Dr Ogunyemi said Delta South Senatorial district deserves the best of representation and deserves no other person at this critical time than Hon. Michael Diden who had always kept his promises to the people added that a vote for Ejele was a vote for true representation, youth and women empowerment, unbiased representation, attraction of federal government to the development needs of the people and delivery of constituency programmes and projects.


While maintaining that Hon. Michael Diden was not a tribalistic persons, Dr Ogunyemi said the former lawmaker does not discriminate against anybody, ethnic groups or religion adding that his arms and gates were always wide open to receive people.


He recalled that while Diden was at the Delta State House of Assembly, he attracted several development programmes and projects to Warri North Constitutency adding that the Isokos, Ijaws, Itsekiris and the Urhobos in the Delta South senatorial district were in for the better days again if they give him the mandate to represent them.


Dr Ogunyemi appealed to the people of Delta South Senatorial district to come out enmasse and vote for Hon. Michael Diden describing him as a man with passion for the political emancipation of his people in order to secure more practical development.


At every biblical sites, Pilgrims made prayers and supplications to God in relation to their heart desires and sometimes drop written prayer points on those spots.

Abscondment Should Not Be Considered, Tells Pilgrim

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. .. Kebbi State Pilgrim Christain Welfare Board Executive Secretary, Lauds Okowa’s Support Towards Spiritual Growth

By Christy Aboghe (Jordan)


Executive Secretary, Kebbi State Christian Pilgrim Welfare Board, Mr Hussaini Bauta has enjoined Pilgrims to the Holy Land of Isreal not to consider abscondment as a choice, rather they should explore more other ways of empowering themselves.


Bauta gave the advise while speaking with our correspondent in Amman, Jordan.


He urged them not to think about it as any attempt to elope, would tarnish the image of the country and their families.


He urged them to be true ambassadors of Nigeria and conduct themselves as they journey to Israel adding that it is evident that Nigerians are respectful people an hardworking.


Bauta said, aside the spiritual impact they stand to benefit from the pilgrimage, they can key into some of the agricultural skills practiced in Israel when they get back to Nigeria.


He added that there were many Nigerian Pilgrims who had become successful in Nigeria after taking advantage of all they experience during their visit.


The Executive Secretary said he was optimistic that they would achieve spiritual renewal in their lives and that every Pilgrim would be edified in the Pilgrimage.


He said the Bible would be coming alive and also their hope and faith increases by the touching the places Jesus walked and seeing some of the land mark miracles that took place before and after Jesus time on earth.


While expressing gratitude to the Delta State governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and the state Chairman of the Board for extending a hand of fellowship and their magnanimity to other Nigerians to be inclusive in the spiritual exercise.
Describing the act as a true mark of leadership, he prayed God to continue to grant them the grace to continue to be a blessing to generations.

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