Insecurity: Interrogating the Okowa call for state police
By Ray Umukoro At the 2022 annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja, recently, Delta State governor and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
Okowa and Delta: Seven years after, By Ray Umukoro
There is so much difference that good leadership can make in a nation, state, in fact, in any community. It’s the same with corporates. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta, has…
Leo Stan Ekeh: A True Nigerian Dream Turns 66
Ray Umukoro In the late 80s when it was fashionable for young graduates and youths of his age to jet out of Nigeria to pursue the American or European dream,…
Okowa scores Bull’s Eye with Delta at 30 anniversary
September 10, 2021 On August 29, Delta joined 11 other states to mark their 30th anniversary since creation by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd) on the same…
Five Reasons Why Konga is Set to Rule the World
July 13, 2021 Ranked by experts and e-commerce pundits as the fastest-growing, most customer-friendly and best technically backed e-commerce house in Africa, Konga is priming itself for top-of-the-cream global positioning…
Konga as global e-commerce game-changer
June 5, 2021 At the cusp of the growing e-commerce market in Africa is Konga, trading under the name konga.com. Since its acquisition in 2018 by Zinox Group, in one…
2023: Okowa and treachery of Delta politics, by Ray Umukoro
MAY 22, 2021 Since 1999, Okowa holds the record of amassing the highest majority votes cast in favour of any gubernatorial candidate. His victory in 2015 was overwhelming. It got…
NNPC, US Report and Kyari’s transparency exemplum
By Ray Umukoro April 18, 2021 For the first time in as many decades, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, got into the good books of the United States and…
Leo Stan Ekeh: Toast to an entrepreneur-patriot
Ray Umukoro Nigeria is reputed to be a difficult place to do business, especially if your business is the type that requires constant power supply. It’s even more cumbersome if…
Okowa’s Town Hall Meetings: Inspiring Hope in Delta Youths
By Ray Umukoro The #EndSARS protests by Nigerian youths may be over but the impact lingers. In Delta State, the impact resonates in the streets, in homes and everywhere. But much more,…