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Blank NEWS Online founding Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Albert Eruorhe Ograka, is a Graduate of Mass Communication. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Journalism from the International Institute of Journalism (IIJ).

2023: PDP Remains Nigerians Hope For Life of Peace, Eco Prosperity – Elumelu

2023: PDP Remains Nigerians Hope For Life of Peace, Eco Prosperity – Elumelu

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK MINORITY Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has said that returning the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to power in 2023, remains the best hope for Nigerians to enjoy a life of…

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NDLEA Destroys 14 Hectares Cannabis Farms In Edo

NDLEA Destroys 14 Hectares Cannabis Farms In Edo

September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have destroyed over 14 hectares of cannabis cultivated farms in Edo State. This is part of continued nationwide ‘offensive action’ against drug traffickers in the past…

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OF FANI-KAYODE’S VOLTE-FACE AND THE SURVIVAL INSTINCT

OF FANI-KAYODE’S VOLTE-FACE AND THE SURVIVAL INSTINCT

September 18, 2021September 18, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THERE is an instinct shared by all animals, it is the survival instinct. This alludes to the fact that self-preservation is truly the first law of nature. It is on this premise that one can…

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Job Creation: How GEEP Made Beneficiary An Oil Palm Development Expert

Job Creation: How GEEP Made Beneficiary An Oil Palm Development Expert

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: OMOEFE UCHE GODSWILL hails from Emu-Obedeti in Ndokwa West Local Government Area. She attended the University of Port Harcourt where she obtained a BSc. in Agricultural Economics 2012. She was unemployed till she got enrolled…

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Good News For Nigerians, As FG Launches Youth Employment Action Plan For Job Creation

Good News For Nigerians, As FG Launches Youth Employment Action Plan For Job Creation

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK THE Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to mobilising the full energies and capacities of the youth in the country towards minimising the risks to national security posed by rising youth unemployment and underemployment, in…

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Gbajabiamila Harps On Need For More Women Participation In Politics

Gbajabiamila Harps On Need For More Women Participation In Politics

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has said there is needto pave the path for a more equal, safer and more inclusive Nigeria where women can optimally and effectively contribute their own quota to…

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UNHCR Says Lake Chad Needs More International Attention

UNHCR Says Lake Chad Needs More International Attention

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday said the world should be worried about happenings in the sub Saharan region, especially the Lake Chad axis. Addressing a press conference in Abuja after…

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Bashorun Askia Commends Progress On Emevor Bypass Road *As Community Hails Okowa, DESOPADEC

Bashorun Askia Commends Progress On Emevor Bypass Road *As Community Hails Okowa, DESOPADEC

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has expressed satisfaction with the pace of construction work on the Phase One of the Four Kilometers Emevor Bypass road under…

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Envoy, NIDCOM, Nigerian Community condemn killing of Nigerian by her Italian husband in Italy …Call for Justice

Envoy, NIDCOM, Nigerian Community condemn killing of Nigerian by her Italian husband in Italy …Call for Justice

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: NIGERIA’S Ambassador to Italy, Amb Mfawa Omini Abam, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as well as the Nigerian Community in Italy, have demanded full investigation into the killing of a…

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Okowa Deserves To Be President of Nigeria, Says Elumelu …Calls on him to make self available for post

Okowa Deserves To Be President of Nigeria, Says Elumelu …Calls on him to make self available for post

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK DELTA Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has been called upon to make himself available for the president of Nigeria come 2023. The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu made the…

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Egypt-ICF Releases Cairo Communiqué To Drive Global 2030 SDGs

Egypt-ICF Releases Cairo Communiqué To Drive Global 2030 SDGs

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: A new document charting the way forward for developing economies to achieve the UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) has been released in Cairo. The Cairo Communiqué was released on September 9, 2021 at the…

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EFCC Re-Arraigns Woman For N12.7m Fraud In Maiduguri

EFCC Re-Arraigns Woman For N12.7m Fraud In Maiduguri

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, re-arraigned one Dookenger Takon before Justice Umaru Fadawu’s Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a four -count amended charge bordering on cheating, forgery, issuance of dud cheque…

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Liman Describes Hoodlums’ Attack Of Firefighters Unacceptable

Liman Describes Hoodlums’ Attack Of Firefighters Unacceptable

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: The Controller General of Federal Fire Service. Dr. Liman Ibrahim has condemned the attack on firefighters and destruction of fire trucks by hoodlums, saying that the action is unacceptable and those responsible will definitely not…

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Outgoing Minister Of Environment Hands Over To Ikeazor

Outgoing Minister Of Environment Hands Over To Ikeazor

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: The outgoing Minister of Environment, Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar has officially handed over the affairs of the Ministry to the Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Abubakar,…

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NEDC Says Boko Haram Destroyed 500,000 Structures In North East

NEDC Says Boko Haram Destroyed 500,000 Structures In North East

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Friday decried the destruction by Boko Haram on the North East region, lamenting that 500,000 structures from the existing 4 million in the region were destroyed. Speaking at the…

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2023: Reps Minority Leader Elumelu Says Nigerians Ready to Follow PDP To Victory

2023: Reps Minority Leader Elumelu Says Nigerians Ready to Follow PDP To Victory

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has expressed the confidence and willingness of Nigerians to follow the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to Victory in 2023. Elumelu in his remarks…

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Work Hard To Achieve Bright Future, STEPreneur Okocha Advises STEP/YAGEP Beneficiaries

Work Hard To Achieve Bright Future, STEPreneur Okocha Advises STEP/YAGEP Beneficiaries

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: JENNIFER CHINASIAOKWU OKOCHA (2016/2017 STEP CYCLE). Our STEPreneur for the week is Jennifer Chinasiaokwu Okocha, trained in Audio-Visual Services. She hails from Aniocha South. She is the CEO of JennyChi Studios, Asaba. Jennifer attended Delta State Polytechnic,…

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How NDLEA Intercepted N6bn Insurgents’ Drugs In Lagos Port –Marwa

How NDLEA Intercepted N6bn Insurgents’ Drugs In Lagos Port –Marwa

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CHAIRMAN/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday gave details of how loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine meant for insurgents’ camps in Nigeria…

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EFCC Arraigns Bureau de Change Operator for N43.3m Fraud in Maiduguri

EFCC Arraigns Bureau de Change Operator for N43.3m Fraud in Maiduguri

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: A Bureau de Change Operator in Maiduguri, Bukar Mohammed has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the Justice Aisha Kumaliya’s Borno State High Court on a one-count charge of obtaining…

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Ikechukwu Akozor: We Lost A Team Builder, Gem, Brother -Says DESOPADEC MD/CEO

Ikechukwu Akozor: We Lost A Team Builder, Gem, Brother -Says DESOPADEC MD/CEO

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has expressed profound shock of the death of Hon. Ikechukwu Akozor, Commissioner representing Ndokwa nation on the Board of…

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TINUBU AND THE BAD SAMARITANS

TINUBU AND THE BAD SAMARITANS

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: ASIWAJU Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leader of the Nigerian ruling Party, APC, and the former Governor of Lagos State, did not quite look like this. Sandwiched between two ‘uninvited’ visitors, the lion of Bourdillon seems…

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Borno To Export Wheat, Gum Arabic To Sudan

Borno To Export Wheat, Gum Arabic To Sudan

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State is to export wheat and gum arabic to Sudan. This follows discussion between Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum and a team of experts at theheadquarters of Arab Bank for Economic Development in…

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Breaking: Section Of Uzere Road Bridge Caves-In, Commuters Urged To Seek Alternative Routes

Breaking: Section Of Uzere Road Bridge Caves-In, Commuters Urged To Seek Alternative Routes

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE major bridge to Uzere kingdom in Isoko South local government area and other Ndokwa East reverine Communities of Delta State has caved – in and commuters have resorted to alternative routes tor their…

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Pilgrimage: Okowa, Ihedioha, Elue, Obiosa, Others For Book Launch

Pilgrimage: Okowa, Ihedioha, Elue, Obiosa, Others For Book Launch

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: GOVERNOR of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and former Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha will on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, attend the public presentation of a book titled, “The Experience.” Alternate…

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Int’l Day of Charity: Dame Okowa Gives Succour To Residents Of Illah Community

Int’l Day of Charity: Dame Okowa Gives Succour To Residents Of Illah Community

September 6, 2021September 7, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: As the world marks the 2021 International Day of Charity, wife of Delta State Governor, Dame Edith Okowa, brought succour to residents of Obioma Camp, Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area after they received…

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DEATH AT SOWORE’S DOORSTEP

DEATH AT SOWORE’S DOORSTEP

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE spate of killings and the orgy of evil pervading the land, especially at the twilight of this regime, has become a painful riddle waiting to be unravelled. Families have been wantonly decimated by daredevil…

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Breaking: Nigeria Condemns Guinean Coup

Breaking: Nigeria Condemns Guinean Coup

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: NIGERIAN Government has condemned the coup d’etat in Guinea A statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, Mrs. Esther Sunsuwa read: “The Nigerian Government is saddened by the apparent coup…

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NDLEA Boss, Marwa Advocates Drug Test Before Marriage

NDLEA Boss, Marwa Advocates Drug Test Before Marriage

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CHAIRMAN/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has buttressed the need for pre-marital drug test as a key factor to a stable home. Marwa spoke at a…

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INDONESIA: HOME OF HOSPITALITY

INDONESIA: HOME OF HOSPITALITY

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank News Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: AS a diplomatic reporter, most of my work is among the diplomatic community. Having covered the foreign Missions in Nigeria for over 10 year now, I can say authoritatively that Indonesians are full of hospitality….

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Think Outside The Box Within Our Environment For Needs You Can Provide, Survive On, YAGEPreneur Okafor Tells Delta Youths

Think Outside The Box Within Our Environment For Needs You Can Provide, Survive On, YAGEPreneur Okafor Tells Delta Youths

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: JOHN OKAFOR is the CEO of G.Husb Enterprise located at Ugbolu. He hails from Ika North East Local Government Area. He holds a BSC, MSC and is about to complete his PhD in Economics from the…

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$418m Judgement Debts: Reps Minority Caucus Back Govs, Demand Probe …Urges Buhari To Halt Payment Until After Probe

$418m Judgement Debts: Reps Minority Caucus Back Govs, Demand Probe …Urges Buhari To Halt Payment Until After Probe

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has cautioned against the reported approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for the payment of the $418 million suspicious debt despite wide spread national objection by stakeholders, including…

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Minister’s Sack Is Diversionary Gimmick To Cover Failure – Reps Minority Caucus

Minister’s Sack Is Diversionary Gimmick To Cover Failure – Reps Minority Caucus

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has described the sack of two Ministers by President Muhamadu Buhari as a diversionary gimmick geared towards covering failure. In a Statement on Thursday September 2, 2021…

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Iteire pledges to revitalize Isoko language, Says it remains Identity of Isoko people

Iteire pledges to revitalize Isoko language, Says it remains Identity of Isoko people

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: ISOKO-NORTH local government Council Chairman, Hon Christian Othuke Iteire yesterday, gave the support of his administration to revitalise Isoko Language for it not to go into extinction as it remains the Identity of Isoko…

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Lawyer Threatens Journalist

Lawyer Threatens Journalist

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: A self acclaimed lawyer, Mr. Emma Emordi has initiated Threat on a practising journalist in Delta State, Mr. Albert Ograka. The said lawyer, in a phone conversation at about 09:21 am on Thursday September 02,…

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Journalist Decry Police Inability To Act Over Threat To Life

Journalist Decry Police Inability To Act Over Threat To Life

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: A popular journalist and online newspaper publisher in Delta state, names withheld, has decried the inability of the state police command to take action against persons that have severally threatened his life and that of…

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Zulum Visits Pastor Whose Son Was Killed In Maiduguri Church Demolition Saga

Zulum Visits Pastor Whose Son Was Killed In Maiduguri Church Demolition Saga

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has visited the family of Pastor Bitrus Tumba whose son died during a reaction to an attempted demolition of a branch of EYN church in Maiduguri on August 5,…

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U.S. Coast Guard Begins Training With Nigerian Navy On Maritime Law Enforcement Capabilities

U.S. Coast Guard Begins Training With Nigerian Navy On Maritime Law Enforcement Capabilities

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: AS part of Nigeria’s military collaboration with the United States, 24 officers of the Nigerian Navy are currently participating in a four-week intensive U.S. Coast Guard Boarding Officer training programme which kicked off on Monday,…

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New CP Takes Charge In Borno

New CP Takes Charge In Borno

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ABDU UMAR has taken charge as the Borno State Commissioner of Police, he was recently appointed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba Ali. He resumed duty in his new position on Tuesday…

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Cholera Outbreak: Borno Confirms 43 Death

Cholera Outbreak: Borno Confirms 43 Death

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO state government has confirmed the death of 43 persons as a result of suspected cholera outbreak in the state. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Maiduguri, the Borno State Commissioner for Health, Mrs…

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ActionAid Condemns Planned Increase Of Electricity Tariff

ActionAid Condemns Planned Increase Of Electricity Tariff

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ActionAid Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation has condemned the alleged planned increase of electricity tariff, saying this action may further erode the purchasing power of Nigerians and add to impoverise them. The organisation in a signed…

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