Seeks Accountants’ Forum Cooperation With Gov. Okowa On “Stronger Delta” –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: As Nigeria is gradually becoming entangled in the web of ensuing global recession occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Forensic Accounting expert, Bashorun Askia Ogieh,…
>>Market To Boost Eco-Tourism, Attract Employment, Large Scale Trade Zone –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Delta State Government on Wednesday said the floating market at Oghoye, a fishing community along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, will be ready before the end of…
Establishes 144 Unemployed Youths In Fashion and Textile Design Enterprise -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau has continued to top-up the number of engaged youths in skill acquisition, with additional 144 unemployed youths established…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- In continuation of its Job Creation Programme, the Delta State Government through its Job Creation Bureau has established another 44 STEP graduands who recently completed their vocational training in Electrical Installation and Solar works. The 44 STEPreneurs were…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): From Albert OGRAKA: Internationally acclaimed Forensic Expert, Bashorun Askia Ogieh (FCNA, CrFA), has thrown light into some grey areas that may be an inhibition to Nigeria’s economic growth process. He however proffered solutions to tackling some myriad issues and how…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, today, Tuesday, October 27, 2020 presented the Appropriation Bill of N378.48 billion for 2021 to the state House of Assembly for consideration. The budget presentation earlier scheduled for Thursday,…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Sylvester ILOBA: The Delta State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a private indigenous investor, Akewa Colmar Terminal Ltd for the development of the Burutu Ports in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Government has redoubled it’s efforts at increasing entrepreneurship prowess with improved yields in Poultry output for sustainable Agriculture, especially among the youths. This exemplary feat was achieved by the state government when…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) From Mike SOGBOLA -North-East Bureau Chief: Borno State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Adamu Lawan on Monday claimed the state remains the least indebted state in the country. He said this was despite the fact…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Senate Committee Chairman on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has denied media publication reporting it to have indicted the Chairman of the UBA Group, Dr. Tony Elumelu, over a N41 billion allegation fraud. This followed a clarification…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): More than five years after the termination by the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), of maritime security contract it entered with Global West Specialist Vessels Limited, a company said to be sponsored by ex-warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Editor: Delta State is poised to ensure maximum food production for the people in the midst of and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The feat is seen to be achievable as more beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): REDAVIA, a global market leader of cost-effective, reliable, and clean solar power for businesses, signed a lease with Exotic EPZ LTD, an international nuts and oils processing and export company. Exotic EPZ Ltd is led by a dynamic…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Delta State government, is through a collaborative effort, strengthening engagements with Persons Living with Disabilities (PwDs) by enhancing their usefulness to the society, through various areas of endeavours. The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Prof. Eric…
-Blank NEWS Online (BANJUL, Gambia): The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) recently signed an agreement with the Republic of The Gambia to provide a loan to finance the second phase of a development project at the capital’s Banjul International Airport. The improved…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA/Gertrude ONYEKACHUKWU-UTEH (Communication Officer): Trainees of the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural and Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) of the 2019/2020 Programme Cycle have been charged to take the training seriously in order to build themselves into entrepreneurs…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Our Reorder: The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) to stop further collection of electricity bill under the estimated billing system. The suspension order signed by NERC’s Chairman, Mr. James…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Waste Management Board was inaugurated on September 24, 2019 with Hon. Emmanuel Bazim Chinye as Executive Chairman; while Mr Jude Onya, Mr Mofe Edema and Mr Daniel Ighedo are members. No doubt,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Sunny A. DAVID: Nigeria may soon record zero importation of lubricants, as local production is coming on high and big.This was stated by the Director General, Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON, Mr. Osita Aboloma when he…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: The public protest, demonstration and outcry of some prominent Christian Religious group yesterday, brought to the front burner, once again, the demoralizing state of insecurity in the nation and the resultant insensitivity of government to…
–-Blank NEWS Online (ACCRA, Ghana)-: Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit saw a 43% growth in remittances to Africa from higher income nations in 2019. The top five countries receiving remittances from the diaspora in 2019 included, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, with Nigeria…
–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…
–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…
–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…
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…
–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…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has signed the 2020 Delta State Appropriation Act into law. Governor Okowa, on Thursday, December 12, 2019 signed the Appropriation Act which was recently passed by the Delta…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State House of Assembly has passed the 2020 State Appropriation Budget of N395, 475, 393, 668 billion into Law as against the initial N389 Billion presented to the House by The State Governor…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Mike SOGBOLA: Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara on Monday presented an appropriation bill of N134.5 billion for 2020 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Presenting the budget proposal to the Borno state House of Assembly tagged:…
Approximately US$1.2 billion equivalent in recent Asian investments into AFC Success exemplifies Asian investors’ interest in Africa’s development –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)– Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the leading investment-grade infrastructure solutions provider, today announces the closing of its inaugural US$140,000,000 Kimchi Term…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Mabamije Balogun A section of the Ughelli Main Market that leads to Oteri Community was today gutted by fire destroying goods worth millions of naira. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained but an unconfirmed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to actualize the promise made to Delta State workers by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on payment of the new minimum wage, the State Government has fomally constituted a Committee to parley with the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbola: Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni on Wednesday presented an appropriation bill of N108.4 billion to the Assembly. The proposed budget, the first by Buni, indicates an increase of N16.7 billion or 15.5 percent over the budget…
See Full Text Of Budget Inside: –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has presented the year 2020 proposed budget of N389,190,799,362 Billion to the State House of Assembly. Presenting the 2020 Budget Proposals, christened “Budget…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By FIDELIS EGUGBO : The world has become a global village through the aid of technology, to the extent that as an event breaks, it is known by anyone who cares. Based on United Nations (UN) data, Nigeria,…
-Blank NEWS Online (Shenyang, China): Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday said the state government was ready to provide 10 million dollars counterpart fund for prospective investors towards the construction of Kwale Industrial Park in the state. He made this known…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The foreign trip of the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa to China will afford him the opportunity to meet with key investors as part of government efforts to make Kwale Industrial…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): In continuation of its implementation of measures at repositioning government hospitals in the Delta State for better service delivery, the Medical Director, Eku General Hospital, Dr Vincent Oziga, has been replaced with Dr Lucky Oyeye with the mandate to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Governor of Nigeria’s oil and gas wealthy Delta state, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has arrived China for a Working Visit. Official source from Government House, Asaba hinted Blank NEWS Online on Monday, October 21,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted an eight-man Economic Advisory Council (EAC). The council which would report directly to President Buhari has former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Charles Soludo and renowned economist, Bismark Rewane as…
