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Attack On Emir’s Convoy: Yobe Gov Calls On Security Agencies To Step Up Game

January 17, 2020
Breaking News / Foreign News / International Relations / News / State Of The Nation

NIGERIA: Degenerating Insecurity In N’ East Worrisome, Says United Nations
Breaking News / Legal Matters / News / Politics

Court Kicks Ifeanyi Uba Out Of Senate For Using Forged NECO Certificate To Contest Election
Breaking News / Features / News / Security Watch / State Of The Nation

AMOTEKUN AND THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
Breaking News / EDUCATION / News

Delta Vocational Education Centres: Uzum Implores Parents To Enrol Children, Ward
Breaking News / Business & Economy / News

Perform Or Face Sack: Delta Internal Revenue Boss Reads Riot Act To Tax Officers

January 16, 2020
Breaking News / EDUCATION / News

DELTA NEWS: UKAH PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ADULT EDUCATION AGENCY
Breaking News / Legal Matters / News

S’ Court “Validates” Mbaka’s Prophecy, Nullifies Ihedioha’s Electoral Victory, Declares Hope Uzodinma Imo Governor

January 14, 2020
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PHOTOGRAPHER AND HER PRESIDENTIAL JET
Breaking News / News / State Of The Nation

Breaking: Gov. Okowa Approves New National Wage For Delta Workers …Labour Commends Govt

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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).

Attack On Emir’s Convoy: Yobe Gov Calls On Security Agencies To Step Up Game

Attack On Emir’s Convoy: Yobe Gov Calls On Security Agencies To Step Up Game

On January 17, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Mike SOGBOLA: Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni has called on security agencies to step up their game and put a stop to growing insecurity in the nation. Reacting to the attack on the convoy of Emir of…

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NIGERIA: Degenerating Insecurity In N’ East Worrisome, Says United Nations

NIGERIA: Degenerating Insecurity In N’ East Worrisome, Says United Nations

On January 17, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Mike SOGBOLA: The United Nations has said that the degenerating security situation in the Northeast of Nigeria has become worrisome. Commenting on the release of three aid workers and some civilians abducted by insurgents, UN said…

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Court Kicks Ifeanyi Uba Out Of Senate For Using Forged NECO Certificate To Contest Election

Court Kicks Ifeanyi Uba Out Of Senate For Using Forged NECO Certificate To Contest Election

On January 17, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Our Political Correspondent: Senator Ifeanyi Uba representing Anambra south and candidate of Young Peoples Party (YPP) has been shamefully kicked out of the revered Red Chambers of the Nigerian Senate. Uba lost the appeal to rescind the court…

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AMOTEKUN AND THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM

AMOTEKUN AND THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM

On January 17, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Austen AKHAGBEME: One of the many things that makes Nigeria an amazingly impossible knot in the eye of some people, and public policy a nightmare, is the multiplicity of contrasting opinion and the plurality of emotion displayed…

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Delta Vocational Education Centres: Uzum Implores Parents To Enrol Children, Ward

Delta Vocational Education Centres: Uzum Implores Parents To Enrol Children, Ward

On January 17, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Johnson EBIGIDE: Director General of the Delta State Orientation Bureau, Eugene Azuka Uzum Esq, has advised parents in the state and beyond to encourage their children and ward to embrace vocational education towards the acquisition of useful…

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Perform Or Face Sack: Delta Internal Revenue Boss Reads Riot Act To Tax Officers

Perform Or Face Sack: Delta Internal Revenue Boss Reads Riot Act To Tax Officers

On January 16, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Sir Monday Onyeme has read the riot act to tax officers operating as Assistant Tax Controllers, Resident Coordinators and Motor Licensing Officers across the State, to be more creative and…

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DELTA NEWS: UKAH PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ADULT EDUCATION AGENCY

DELTA NEWS: UKAH PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ADULT EDUCATION AGENCY

On January 16, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) : Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has pledged his continued support for the board of the Agency for Adult and Non-Formal Education to enable them actualise their mandate. Chief Ukah gave the…

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S’ Court “Validates” Mbaka’s Prophecy, Nullifies Ihedioha’s Electoral Victory, Declares Hope Uzodinma Imo Governor

S’ Court “Validates” Mbaka’s Prophecy, Nullifies Ihedioha’s Electoral Victory, Declares Hope Uzodinma Imo Governor

On January 14, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Nigeria’s Apex court, the Supreme Court has nullified the victory of the sitting Governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Party (PDP) as…

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PHOTOGRAPHER AND HER PRESIDENTIAL JET

PHOTOGRAPHER AND HER PRESIDENTIAL JET

On January 14, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By:Austen Akhagbeme: Nigerians are interesting People: and this makes us so special. Sometimes,(depending on which side of the buttered bread one is standing on) our logic of argument can be so illogical one wonders whether the rules…

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Breaking: Gov. Okowa Approves New National Wage For Delta Workers …Labour Commends Govt

Breaking: Gov. Okowa Approves New National Wage For Delta Workers …Labour Commends Govt

On January 14, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Albert OGRAKA: Al last, after series of meetings between the Delta State Government and mounting pressure from Labour unions on the new national minimum wage for workers in the state, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has finally agreed to…

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EMPOWERMENT: BASHORUN ASKIA DOLES OUT BIZ FUNDS, FARM SEEDLINGS TO MARKET WOMEN, FARMERS, OTHERS IN ISOKO

EMPOWERMENT: BASHORUN ASKIA DOLES OUT BIZ FUNDS, FARM SEEDLINGS TO MARKET WOMEN, FARMERS, OTHERS IN ISOKO

On January 12, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In fulfillment of the promises made during the 2019 elections, the Managing Director/CEO, Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, (FCNA, CrFA), through the Bashorun Askia Foundation (BAF) has donated the sum of N5 Million to Isoko Market…

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Delta Govt Enrols 850 Youths In STEP, YAGEP for 2019/2020 Cycle

Delta Govt Enrols 850 Youths In STEP, YAGEP for 2019/2020 Cycle

On January 11, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online ((NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: A total number of 850 unemployed youths have been engaged by the Delta State Government to train as entrepreneurs in the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Training (STEP) and in the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme…

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Delta Govt Organises Orientation Workshop for 2019/2020 Cycle STEP Trainees

Delta Govt Organises Orientation Workshop for 2019/2020 Cycle STEP Trainees

On January 10, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online ((NIGERIA) – BY Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Government has commenced Orientation and Personal Effectiveness Training for STEP beneficiaries enrolled in the 2019/2020 cycle of its job creation programme. According to a statement issued by the Communication Officer, Gertrude…

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DESOPADEC Boss Bashorun Askia Leads Officials On Project Inspection In Isoko Nation

DESOPADEC Boss Bashorun Askia Leads Officials On Project Inspection In Isoko Nation

On January 10, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA says the Commission has commenced the inspection of projects to ascertain the level of work done…

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Delta 2023: Beating The Gun The Dubious Way

Delta 2023: Beating The Gun The Dubious Way

On January 9, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By A Special Correspondent: Though Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa is barely seven months into his second and final term as Governor of Delta State, the politics of who succeeds him in 2023 seems to have become the major…

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REPS MINORITY LEADER CAUTIONS NERC TO STOP CONTEMPLATING ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE

REPS MINORITY LEADER CAUTIONS NERC TO STOP CONTEMPLATING ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE

On January 8, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has condemned moves to increase electricity tariff in the country and cautioned the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to end all contemplation in that direction. The Minority Leader…

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Okowa’s Supreme Court Triumph: Victory For Deltans, Says Elumelu

Okowa’s Supreme Court Triumph: Victory For Deltans, Says Elumelu

On January 8, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Ndudi Elumelu has hailed the Supreme Court Judgment affirming the victory of the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, saying that it is a victory for the…

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S’ COURT VICTORY: BASHORUN ASKIA CONGRATULATES Gov. OKOWA, SAYS LEGAL DISTRACTION OVER

S’ COURT VICTORY: BASHORUN ASKIA CONGRATULATES Gov. OKOWA, SAYS LEGAL DISTRACTION OVER

On January 8, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/ Chief Executive of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has congratulated Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on his victory over the governorship candidate of the APC,…

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JAMB Commences Sale Of 2020 UTME Forms Jan 13th -Feb 17

JAMB Commences Sale Of 2020 UTME Forms Jan 13th -Feb 17

On January 8, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would commence the sales of its registration forms for 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from January 13, to February 17. This was made known by Fabian Benjamin,…

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Okowa’s Aide Presents Welding Equipments to Empowerment Beneficiary

Okowa’s Aide Presents Welding Equipments to Empowerment Beneficiary

On January 6, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Joel GRANDBALL Special Assistant to Delta State Governor on DESOPADEC Matters, Hon. Chief Prosper Edo has presented a complete set of welding equipments to one of the beneficiaries of his free empowerment scheme, Mr. Akpoviroro Ugala….

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New Year: Primate Ogbogbodo Counsels Christians On Love **Hails Okowa, Askia, Amadhe for Infrastructure Growth In Isoko Nation

New Year: Primate Ogbogbodo Counsels Christians On Love **Hails Okowa, Askia, Amadhe for Infrastructure Growth In Isoko Nation

On January 5, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Michael EKOKORUWE: The general overseer and president New Testimony Gospel Church Oleh, Isoko South local government area, Primate Dr. Moses Ogbodogbo (JP) in his new year message at the church headquarter on Sunday, commended the governor…

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Qasem Soleimani: US Kills Top Iranian General In Baghdad Air Strike

Qasem Soleimani: US Kills Top Iranian General In Baghdad Air Strike

On January 3, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport,…

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DESOPADEC Boss Appeals To Stakeholders On Sustainable Peace To Fast-Track Development

DESOPADEC Boss Appeals To Stakeholders On Sustainable Peace To Fast-Track Development

On January 3, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has appealed to traditional rulers, youth and community leaders in the various communities that form the oil producing areas of the State to continue to maintain…

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2020: “WE’LL BE TRANSPARENT, SURMOUNT OUR CHALLENGES” –SAYS BASHORUN ASKIA, DESOPADEC MD/CEO

2020: “WE’LL BE TRANSPARENT, SURMOUNT OUR CHALLENGES” –SAYS BASHORUN ASKIA, DESOPADEC MD/CEO

On January 1, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has pledge to run a transparent and people-oriented Commission, that is accountable at all times to all stakeholders. The pledge is contained in a 2020 unique…

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OLEH MONARCH COMMISSIONS HOTEL DE PEARL AT OKPAVIE COMMUNITY

OLEH MONARCH COMMISSIONS HOTEL DE PEARL AT OKPAVIE COMMUNITY

On January 1, 2020 by Blank NEWS Online

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: Hotel De Pearl located at Okpavie community in Oleh kingdom, Isoko South South local government area, has been commissioned by HRM Anthony William Ovrawah Omogha 1, the Odiologbo of Oleh kingdom and chairman Isoko traditional…

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Borno Gov. Umara Vows To Ignore Expenditure Outside N146.8Bn 2020 Budget

Borno Gov. Umara Vows To Ignore Expenditure Outside N146.8Bn 2020 Budget

On December 31, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA, Maiduguri: Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara on Friday signed the 2020 appropriation bill into law with a warning to commissioners not to come to him with any expenditure outside the budget. The governor told the…

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Saudi Fund for Dev Finances Road Project Serving 500,000 Citizens In Comoros

Saudi Fund for Dev Finances Road Project Serving 500,000 Citizens In Comoros

On December 30, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (Moroni, Comoros Islands): A 23 km new road network, 100% funded by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), has been inaugurated in the Comoros Islands. President of the Union of the Comoros Islands, Mr. Azali Assoumani, joined government officials…

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Gov. Okowa Resolves SPDC, Ojobo Community Crisis

Gov. Okowa Resolves SPDC, Ojobo Community Crisis

On December 30, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

Nomalcy has returned to Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Beniseide Flow station as Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has waded into the crisis between the company and Ojobo community in Burutu Local Government Area. The governor met representatives of Shell and…

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SOWORE: A “HAMPER” AT CHRISTMAS

SOWORE: A “HAMPER” AT CHRISTMAS

On December 27, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Austen Akhagbeme: Like a bolt out of the blues, the news coming in from the office of the minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, was swift, thunderous and appears unbelievable:but…

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BREAKING NEWS: Encomiums, As Bashorun Askia Appoints 100 Liaison Officers

BREAKING NEWS: Encomiums, As Bashorun Askia Appoints 100 Liaison Officers

On December 27, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: As part of his pledge to building human capacity, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has issued appointment letters to a total…

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Ononye Fetes Oshimili South PDP Leaders At Christmas

On December 26, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

Ononye Fetes Oshimili South PDP Leaders At Christmas In the spirit of Christmas, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oshimili South Local Government Area, yesterday deepened its intimacy among members at the gesture of Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye. In attendance at…

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ELUMELU URGES LOVE, FELICITATES WITH NIGERIANS AT CHRISTMAS

ELUMELU URGES LOVE, FELICITATES WITH NIGERIANS AT CHRISTMAS

On December 26, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Christmas, the celebration of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, to rekindle their love and respect for one…

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DANJUMA’S GAFFE AND ELITE FRAGMENTATION IN RECENT TIMES

DANJUMA’S GAFFE AND ELITE FRAGMENTATION IN RECENT TIMES

On December 23, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By: Austen Akhagbeme: There’s no denying the fact that a larger part of Nigeria’s many knotty problems is the elites’ hegemonic tussle and fragmentation. The fight for relevance and inclusion is usually fierce and thrives on subterfuge and…

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BREAKING: US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHED

BREAKING: US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHED

On December 19, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA with Foreign Agency Reports The 45th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. US House of Representatives impeached Trump on both Articles…

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Federal Allocation: FG, States, LGs Split N635.8bn For November

Federal Allocation: FG, States, LGs Split N635.8bn For November

On December 18, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively report that a total sum of N635.826 billion have been shared among the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils, as federal allocation for the month of November 2019. A statement by the Director…

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Breaking: Federal Judiciary Approves Court of Appeal For Delta

Breaking: Federal Judiciary Approves Court of Appeal For Delta

On December 17, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta Government has confirmed the approval of the establishment of a Court of Appeal in the state by the Federal Judiciary. The state Information Commissioner, Mr Charles Aniagwu, made the disclosure on Tuesday while briefing…

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DESOPADEC Boss Bashorun Askia, Others Get Media Honours

DESOPADEC Boss Bashorun Askia, Others Get Media Honours

On December 17, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Albert OGRAKA: The Media and Public Affairs Unit of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has honoured the Commission’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bashorun Hon. Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, as the Most…

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Azman Air Operation In Asaba: “Gov. Okowa’s Investment In Upgrade Of Airport Facilities Well Made” -Aniagwu

Azman Air Operation In Asaba: “Gov. Okowa’s Investment In Upgrade Of Airport Facilities Well Made” -Aniagwu

On December 17, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has said with the new flight operations of Azman Air to and from Asaba Airport, the investment by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in upgrading facilities in the…

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GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE: A SHIFT FROM THE OLD SCHOOL

GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE: A SHIFT FROM THE OLD SCHOOL

On December 16, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By : Austen AKHAGBEME: Unlike a child learning how to walk, Gov Makinde’s steps were firm, steady and promising from the very beginning. His audacious disposition drew the irk of those who thought he was not real, especially…

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Delta Public Procurement Commission Parleys Stakeholders **DG Okeze Assures Enlightenment On Reforms

Delta Public Procurement Commission Parleys Stakeholders **DG Okeze Assures Enlightenment On Reforms

On December 16, 2019 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Public Procurement Commission (DSPPC), has expressed it’s determination to sensitise key stakeholders on the guidelines for the implementation of the new procurement law in the state. The Director-General of the Commission…

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