-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IT has become very obvious that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the diminutive governor of Kaduna state, do not know how to choose his fights. When he’s not up ‘in arms’ against his Southern Kaduna people, or…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 dissolves the State Executive Council (SEC) comprising the 25 commissioners, drawn from the 25 local government areas of the state. The governor also dropped the Secretary to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: ESTABLISHED beneficiaries of the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in Fish Production in Delta State can now heave a sigh of relief, following recent government intervention to curtail flooding in some farms and boost the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Our Crime Correspondent: UNHOLY calm has descended on the Nsukwa community as unknown gun men allegedly attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters Nsukwa in Aniocha South Local government Area of Delta State, killed three Police officers and set…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Saturday 15th May, 2021 flagged off the distribution of empowerment items worth over 300 Million Naira to 456 beneficiaries drawn from Anioha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of the State. The empowerment items,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): DELTA State Government has said that it is not recruiting teachers, describing an advertisement trending online to that effect as untrue. The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, in a statement in Asaba, advised…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): MANAGING Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has called for deep sober reflections and prayers as Muslims mark the end of Ramadan fasting. Bashorun Askia in an…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated Muslims on the completion of Holy Ramadan fasting and urged Nigerians to use the occasion of the Eid-el-Fitr to rekindle hope in the unity of the country The…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE six months land dispute/crisis between Igbide and Emede communities in Isoko South local government area of Delta State that claimed many lives and property worth millions of naira destroyed, have been finally resolved…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): SOUTHERN members of the House of Representatives have endorsed the resolution of Southern Governors demanding restructuring, true federalism, state police and ban on open grazing in the South. The members in a statement signed by the Minority Leader…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Governors of Southern States of the country on Tuesday, announced their resolution to ban open grazing and movement of cattle by foot across the region as part of measures to check incursion of armed herders and banditry….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO:: YOBE State Governor, Hon. Mai-Mala Buni has called for intensive air patrol and warfare to effectively check the resurgence of insurgency in the North East region. The governor, who is also the Chairman of All…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has raised alarm on the alleged looting of over N165 billion operating surplus as well as other diverted funds running into billions of naira, by top officials of the Nigerian…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): BARELY 24 hours after prominent leaders from Delta North Senatorial District, spoke out on the prospects of 2023 gubernatorial ambition of former Minister of Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, Ughievwen youths, men and women have endorsed him to run…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has handed over starter packs to forty women drawn from twenty host communities in Abia, Akwa Ibom and Rivers States, trained in five…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): FRONTLINE Delta guber aspirant in the 2023 governorship election, Olorogun Barrister Kenneth Gbagi, has called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on the security system in Nigeria. Gbagi told journalists under the aegis of…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE Bashorun Askia Foundation (BAF), in a bid to inculcate the culture of speaking the Isoko language into the younger generation and save it from sudden extinction, has donated Isoko language text books to all…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): • World economy facing US$3.8 trillion economic hit, with half absorbed by wealthiest countries• New report ‘21 Priorities for Governments in 2021’ Identifies Five Areas in Post-pandemic Recovery A seminal report launched by the World Government Summit Organization…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA State government has further reaffirmed it’s determination to sustain the various ongoing, upscaled empowerment and wealth creation programmes, especially amongst youths in communities across the oil rich State. This is just as the state…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has assured that the Commission will deepen its resolve as a reliable partner in the collective march to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated Nigerian workers as they join their compatriots in other parts of the world to celebrate this year’s Workers’ Day The lawmakers, in a statement by the Minority Leader…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO with additional report: BORNO State Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur is to serve as the Acting Governor of the State until May 19, 2021 with the House of Assembly approving the letter by the Governor, Prof….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon) Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has been conferred with PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGER OF THE YEAR 2020 at the Independent Annual Awards,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IT is becoming increasingly nauseating, listening to our Presidential Spokesmen of late. From the vocal cords of Mallam Garba Shehu to the erstwhile intelligent but polluted mind of Deacon Femi Adesina, truth and reality has…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: A drug trafficker, Chigbogu Obiora, aged 47-years, has excreted 97 wraps of cocaine after his arrest and being placed under observation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO/Abuja: THE African Union Commission and the AU Peace and Security Council have undertaken a fact finding mission to the Republic of Chad. The situation in Chad has become worrisome after his President and strongman, Idriss…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) has come under severe criticisms for its governance ineptitude, that has left the Nigeria nation dysfunctional in its six years of despicable rulership and wrecking the ship of state, with…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): NIGERIAN universities have been charged to always comply with global best practices in terms of corporate governance, operations, benchmark, quality assurance and judicious application of resources for impact. The chairman of the Federal Government Visitation panel to the…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) : DEPUTY President of the Senate, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised of more dividends of democracy to the electorate in Delta State. Obarisi Omo-Agege, made the pledge on Saturday, April 24, 2021 when he inspected the rehabilitation work…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: VIRGIN Mary statues are sentinels of grace placed to guard the heart; they are safe sanctuaries, symbols of the authentic devotion, and reciprocal love. Mary’s role in Christian history represents faithfulness, devotion, humility, purity. But…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE women from Oleh, Olomoro and Emede Communities in OML 30 Cluster 5, have staged a peaceful protest against Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited over the non release of cluster 5 management committee 2019 and…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Etene PROSPER: THE Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Odio Bashorun Askia Ogeh, FCNA, CrFA has received award from E. K. Clark Solidarity Movement for Okowa led by the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: MYSTERIOUS thunderstorm has allegedly killed three persons in Delta state. According to anonymous sources, a young man known as Victory Emuobor was allegedly knocked out while playing football with other boys at Evoja primary school…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: INTERNALLY displaced persons in Jere local government area of Borno State were given N100,000 each and food for Ramadan by the member representing the constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Satomi Amount spent on…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo for selling drug cookies. The duo specialize in the production of drug cookies,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: JUST as everything in life that has a beginning must come to an end, President Idriss Deby of Chad has met his Waterloo at the very frontline where he courageously went to visit his fighting…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE planned protest by the women of Oleh community in Isoko South local government area of Delta State, has been averted by the representatives of Isoko South local government council. Speaking to Journalists at Oleh,…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: TWO persons detained by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport have excreted a total of 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation. This…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Austen AKHAGBEME: FOR a growing economy such as ours, the ministry of communication and Digital Economy is a sensitive place for anyone to cast aspersion upon. But the youthful minister, Ali Patami, has helped to draw the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has commiserated with the family of Rt. Revd. Jonathan Francis Edewor, just as both political and prominent leaders of Isoko nation eulogized his demise at Oleh,…
