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Chief Utieyione passes on at 85

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          Chief Utieyione is dead Chief Nelson Utieyione, the Oguoyibo of Warri Kingdom is dead. He died at about 2am Tuesday January 12, 2021 after a brief illness. He was aged 85. Until his death, Chief Utieyione who is survived by wife, children and grandchildren was a staunch member of Rotary Club International, Ijala Descendants Union and Warri Progressive Society alias Otonloye where he was one time National President and pillar of Otonloye Warri branch.

OAIC WARRI SOUTH CHAPTER INSTALLS NEW EXECUTIVES

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OAIC WARRI SOUTH CHAPTER INSTALLS NEW EXECUTIVES By Tetsoma Neyin The Organization of African Instituted Churches under the aegis of OAIC, Warri South Local Government branch has inaugurated a new executive body that would pilot the affairs of the body for the next four years. The Ceremony took place on Saturday November 21, 2020 at Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Opposite Warri City Stadium. His Grace G.O. Akpata (JP) General Overseer St. Akpata New Jerusalem Church in his brief sermon titled ‘Move Forward’ admonished the executives to always look forward and not pay attention to gossip which will surely come. The Spirit filled man of God who took his sermon Scripture from Act Chapter 3 Verse 1-14 charged the executives to be transparent in all their dealings, and always relate to their various church heads for proper accountability. Giving a brief history of OAIC Warri South Branch, Most Sup. EV (Dr.) S.A. Orokuyeri (JP) stated that the Organisation of

CELEBRATION GALORE AS OTUMARA CLOCKS 60

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CELEBRATION GALORE AS OTUMARA CLOCKS 60 It was a mini carnival of some sort when Dr. Joseph Otumara, Chairman of Warri/Uvwie Environs Development Authority who is a prominent PDP Party Leader in Warri South L.G.A. celebrated his 60th birthday anniversary at his residence in Warri on Wednesday December 12, 2020. The ceremony which attracted family members, political associates, friends and well wishers from across the state saw the celebrant  who was also a three times Executive Chairman of Warri South Local Government Council and Commissioner of Health, Delta State beaming with smiles in a joyful mood of thanksgiving to Almighty God.  Our indefatigable Publisher who was physically present at the unique ceremony covered the event in pictures.

WARRI MULTI STAKEHOLDERS PLATFORM HOLDS IJAW, ITSEKIRI PEACEFUL DIALOGUE

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WARRI MULTI STAKEHOLDERS PLATFORM HOLDS IJAW, ITSEKIRI PEACEFUL DIALOGUE By Tetsoma Neyin  The Warri Multi Stakeholders Platform (MSP), a brain-child of the Partnership Initiative for Niger Delta (PIND), has organised a one day intervention programme for peaceful co-existence and sustainable livelihood between the Ijaw and the Itsekiri Ethnic Nationalities.  The impactful event was held on Thursday December 10, 2020 at Hotel Charles David Lot, Warri.  Participants from the two oil producing tribes were in attendance to brainstorm on possible ways to live in peace and harmony.  The Co-Chairmen of Warri MSP, Dr. Jeffery Wilkie and Amb. Meshack Ubabiri spoke on the need for both ethnic groups to live in peace and unity so as to attract more development to their region, saying that despite their huge contribution to the country's economy through their crude oil which is the major source of Nigeria's income, their region is still under developed.  Both Co-Cha

FEJIRO UGUTE: AN AMAZON OF MICRO-FINANCE BANKING IN DELTA STATE

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FEJIRO UGUTE: AN AMAZON OF MICRO-FINANCE BANKING IN DELTA STATE  Mrs. Oghenefejiro Evelyn Ugute “ FICA, MCIB” has recently risen to  prominence in her career in micro-finance banking sector  of the Nigerian banking industry, with her election as the General Secretary of National Association of Micro-Finance Banks in the South-South chapter, where she is representing Delta State.  After graduating with a B.Sc degree from the prestigious Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in 2005 in Botany, Fejiro then discovered that her real calling was in the banking sector. That was what spurred her after her NYSC in 2008, to pursue a course in micro-finance at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, coming out in 2015 with certificate -Micro Finance Certified Bankers.   Desperately looking for a niche for herself in human and economic leadership, she undertook a course and acquired a certificate on Women in leadership and Management Position from the Nigerian Institute of Management

Winners Chapel Worldwide Commences 21 days Prayer, Fasting Programme

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Winners Chapel Worldwide  Commences 21 days Prayer, Fasting Programme             Bishop David Oyedepo Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel commences its annual 21 days prayer and fasting programme for the year 2021. The 21 days prayer and fasting programme which is scheduled to hold from Monday January 4, to Sunday January 24, 2021 is to prepare winners members worldwide for the new which has been prophetically declared by God's Servant, Bishop David Oyedepo as " Our turnaround era". Bishop David Oyedepo made the declaration during his new year special message to all Winners family worldwide.

Delta 2021 Council poll: Ceding of Warri North Chairmanship Position is Illegal and Unconstitutional------Ukubeyinje

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Delta 2021 Council poll: Ceding of Warri North Chairmanship Position is Illegal and Unconstitutional-------Ukubeyinje Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Delta State Governor     The alleged ceding of the Chairmanship position of Warri North Council in the forthcoming 2021 council polls in Delta State is illegal, baseless and unconstitutional because the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has not conducted the party primaries from where the party flag bearer would emerge.   A former Member of the Delta State House of Assembly representing Warri North, Hon. Misan Ukubeyinje made this assertion, Wednesday in Warri in a chat with Warri Voice Newspaper saying that “only a few minute persons without the requisite mandate and authority in Itsekiri land took that decision without involving critical stakeholders in the Council area.   Hon. Ukubeyinje who was a two-time Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources and also Lands and Surveys noted that despite the call by Dr. Emmanuel Iwetan

Lawal Africas Bags Warri Voice Award of Excellence

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Lawal Africas Bags Warri Voice Award of Excellence High Chief Lawal Africas displaying his award By Tetsoma Neyin. The Network Coordinator of the Partners for Peace in the Niger Delta,  High Chief Lawal Africas has been conferred with the prestigious Warri Voice Newspaper Award of Excellence as the "Best Peace Builder" in the Niger Delta. The honorary award conferred on him due to his outstanding performance on peace building initiative in the Niger Delta, was made in specific reference to  his peace efforts, mediation and advocacy for peaceful coexistence,  especially in the three Warri Local Government Areas in Delta State. High Chief Lawal Africas in a group photograph with some members of Warri MSP The presentation ceremony of the prestigious award took place at G.T Guest House, Mabiaku Drive GRA, Warri, Saturday December 19, 2020. The Publisher of Warri Voice Newspaper, Mr Femi  Odonmeta, while presenting the award to the recipient, called on him

INYC calls on Delta State Government to shun Ijaws demand for ward creation in Warri South LGA

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INYC calls on Delta State Government to shun Ijaws demand for ward creation in Warri South LGA By TeshWhyte The Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC), Warri South Chapter has called on the Delta State Government to shun the fraudulent protest of the Ijaw people residing in Warri South for the creation of more Wards in their favour. The aggrieved Itsekiri youths who stated with references  from different court judgement barring the Ijaws from demanding for wards and inclusion in Warri South LGA due to the fact that the Ijaws have no land to their name in Warri South, saying that those areas been occupied by the Ijaws majorly belongs to the Itsekiri people and the Government which they occupied forcefully after the infamous Warri crisis. They made this call to the Delta State Government in a press briefing held recently in Warri arising from an urgent meeting of the executives of INYC Warri South chapter and chairmen of all Itsekiri communities in Warri South LGA. The grieve

DO NOT LET YOUR PAROCHIAL INTEREST TRUNCATE THE FIFA GOAL PROJECT...... INYC WARNS

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DO NOT LET YOUR PAROCHIAL INTEREST TRUNCATE THE FIFA GOAL PROJECT...... INYC WARNS The leadership of Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC), has expressed  its displeasure  over  the parochial attitude by the Ugborodo Interim Management Committee since the inspection of NFF/FIFA team to the site of the Goal Project in the community.  The Itsekiri Apex Youth body in a Press Statement on Friday November 28,  through their Media Director, Comr. Lucky Futughe frowned even more at the recent ultimatum issued by the Ugborodo community leaders through their lawyer threatening the smooth commencement of the multi-billion Naira FIFA Goal Project.  "The community leaders’ action is unacceptable  and fast unbecoming of leaders whose mandate should be about attracting development to their community", "The emergence of a court suite against FIFA regarding land acquisition remind us of the sour taste the abandonment of the Export Processing Zone(EPZ) Project left in our mouths due