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State of the Nation: “Convoke national dialogue”, Okowa urges FG

August 28, 2021August 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to create an avenue for a national dialogue to dissect and seek a panacea to various challenges facing the country. Okowa made the call at an inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service to mark the 30th anniversary of the creation of Delta State held at St. Peters Anglican Cathedral, Asaba, yesterday. He said that there were too many voices of anger calling for justice, fairness and equity in the affairs of the nation and urged the Federal Government to take steps…

Recovered �4.2m Ibori loot returned to Delta – FG

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has said the �4.2m looted by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, which the Federal Government recently repatriated from the United Kingdom, has been returned to the State. Besides, the AGF, pleaded with the House to make the Treasury Single Account, (TSA) legal and constitutional, for it to be more effective, as the Attorney-General of Federation, (AGF) Abubakar Malami, (SAN), rejected claims by the House Panel that he spent over N3billion from funds recovered graft funds. He was responding to posers…

Lagos, Rivers, FCT, Delta top 2020 IGR chart – NBS

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 Aminu Imam

�States IGR drops to N1.31tr in 2020 Lagos, Delta, Kaduna and Ogun States topped the 2020 Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) chart in the country, a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The NBS disclosed this on Friday, in its �Internally Generated Revenue At State Level� report for the fourth quarter and full-year 2020 published on its website. The NBS said Lagos State recorded the highest IGR of N418.99bn, closely followed by Rivers, with N117.19bn and the FCT with N92.05bn. Delta State recorded N59.732bn; Kaduna N50.768bn;…

Breaking; Okowa of Delta is dead

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has lost his father Sir Arthur Okowa. It was gathered that the Governor�s father died in the early hours of today Thursday 28 January, 2021. Born in 1932 in Owa Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of the state, Arthur was said to have passed on at the age of 89.

Kidnapping, Violent Crimes: Delta security outfit gets December launch date

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has said that the state�s security outfit, �Operation Delta Hawk�, created to tackle kidnapping and other violent crimes, including farmers-herders� clashes, would commence operations before Christmas. The governor, who disclosed this at a meeting with traditional rulers and religious leaders in Asaba, said establishing the outfit took a while because he wanted to ensure that everything was in place. He said that necessary operational equipment required to enable it tackle carry out its mandate had been procured and that it would work closely with vigilante…