MEMBERS of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have said the topic, MANAGING POST-ELECTION CHALLENGES: Nigeria As Case Study, chosen for discussion at the first Maris Annual Lecture is “apt, relevant to strengthen peace and unity of Delta…
Journalists in Abuja gather on March 9 during Nigeria’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections to report on a press briefing at the Civil Society Situation Room, which collected information from thousands of election observers, including on attacks against the press. (Jonathan Rozen/CPJ) Abuja,…
-From Sunny A. DAVID: AWKA- The Chairman of the National Peace Commitee, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has urged Candidates in the State Assembly elections to remain committed to ensuring peaceful conduct of the March 9 elections. The Former Military Head of State made…
Nigerian authorities should immediately drop charges against journalist Obinna Don Norman, release him from prison, and reform the 2015 cybercrime act to ensure it is not used to prosecute journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Norman, owner and editor-in-chief of…
-By Albert OGRAKA: AS Deltans prepare to go to the polls this Saturday, March 09, 2019 for the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh JP, has…
“We totally condemn Mr. President’s moves and schemes and say that they are mean and uncomplimentary….. We warn that he should not do anything that would be seen as his interference in the process that will make Saturday’s election not to be…
Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential Election Results At A Glance as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Deltans have continued to count their losses through alleged denial of their legitimate civic duties by the Nigerian military during last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls. More than 400 electorates were allegedly disenfranchised at ward 13 unit 3 of Owhelogbo in…
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARION FRIDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2019 Dear Nigerians, Finally, we have reached the eve of the rescheduled first round of this year’s general elections. 2. Tomorrow, the polls open. Tomorrow, we affirm that Nigeria stands as a democracy…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, may have perfected plans for President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, having accused him of colluding with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in…
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has doled out cash rewards worth more than N403 million to athletes who participated in the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival tagged, Abuja 2018.In a colourful event on Monday, February 11, 2019, attended…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, held its monthly congress on Thursday, 7th February, 2019 at its temporary Secretariat, Labour House, Asaba. The well attended congress deliberated on sundry issues affecting the welfare of its members, professional practice and…
From SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA Residents of Asaba, capital city of Delta State and their counterparts in Awka, Anambra state are now living in fear over raging bloody cult mayhems that have claimed lives in both cities.Orient Daily gathered that no less than 10…
One of the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been gutted by fire. The incident occurred on Saturday night while the office was completely burnt down with all its content comprising ballot boxes, generators filled with fuel, cubicles, newly…
Less than 22-days to the governorship election and after about four years of suspension of 2015 recruitment exercise by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, over alleged irregularities, the Delta state government has set up new strategies to ensure the governor’s return to office. Recall…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday suspended its nationwide strike after three months. ASUU National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who announced the suspension of the individual strike action at a press conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital, disclosed that…
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Delta State Ministry of Justice has raised alarm over the high cases of defilement of minors in the State.Barr. Mrs. Uche Akamagwuna, Director, Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Ministry disclosed…
BY SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA The Commissioner for Trade, Market and Wealth Creation, Dr. Christian Madubuko, says the state is losing over six billion naira to revenue extortioners yearly. Dr. Mmadubuko, disclosed this in Awka when his men apprehended some illegal…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will probe the TraderMoni micro-credit scheme of the Federal Government. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this to reporters on Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. While the preparations for the coming elections were…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili as presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). INEC insists that “the deadline for Ezekwesili or any candidate in that category to withdraw or be replaced…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, presided over by Justice Abdul Aboki, has barred the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from proceeding with hearing in the false assets declaration filed against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Walter Onnoghen. At the resumed…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday granted an order of interim injunction restraining President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF from removing the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen, from office. Justice Inyang…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated an advisory technical committee on the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage. The committee which is made up of experienced economists and administrators is to be headed by a popular economist, Bismark Rewane. Buhari while inauguration the committee…
°°°Strike May End Soon The Federal Government has approved over N35.4 billion for the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union and the federal government reached the agreement on Monday, after a two-hour meeting in Abuja. The government agreed to…
-By Michael EKOKORUWE: The president of the women wing of Isoko Development Union, Chief Mrs. Felicia Suleiman, has urged Nigerians to avoid hate speeches as it is retrogressive to the development of the society especially as the 2019 general election gets closer….
-By Ifeanyi OLANNYE: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited Warri and Asaba on Friday to inaugurate the TraderMoni programme as well as felicitate and enlighten traders on the government’s Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP). Osinbajo who was heralded into the cities with warm…
The Isoko clusters of Oil Producing Communities of the four flow stations that constitute a major part of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 has insisted that their recent pullout from the newly constituted Community Development Board (CDB) set up to operate…
The Adoration Ministry Enugu has allegedly claimed that there was an assassination attempt on its Director, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, who was allegedly shot at, at Emene, near Enugu, the state capital. The claim is contained in a statement signed by the President,…
-By Michael Ekokoruwe: Delta State University Vice Chancellor, Professor Victor Peretemode and the women wing of Isoko Development Union led by Chief Mrs. Felicia Suleiman has commiserated with the family of Miss Elozino Joshuana Ogege, a 300 level student of Delta State…
Hundreds of aggrieved youths from Delta state host communities to OML 30 and some ex-agitators from phases one to three of the Federal Government amnesty programme, on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 protested to the state Government House in Asaba over an alleged…
“Okowa needs second term to consolidate because he is a good product. You don’t throw good product when you don’t know what the new one will bring.” -OBJ After he successfully steered the Peoples Democratic Party to what has been acclaimed as…
Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigeria can only progress when all its citizens have a sense of security, unity and belonging. Speaking on Monday in Asaba at a meeting with the Executive members of the Delta state Traditional…
A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE DELTA ONLINE PUBLISHERS FORUM (DOPF) AT END OF ITS CONVENTION HELD IN ASABA ON 7TH NOVEMBER 2019. The Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), a certified Corporate organization held its annual convention with the theme: The Role of…
In line with global practices, the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has set machinery in motion to organize live debate for gubernatorial candidates of political parties participating in the forthcoming 2019 general elections in the state. The…
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed that the abductors of four Catholic priests who were kidnapped on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 by unknown gunmen around Umutu/Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State have started making contacts. As at…
-BY Michael EKOKORUWE: The Isoko Association of North America through its President Chief Obaro Odu, has donated relief materials worth over a million naira to alleviate the plight of internally displace persons (IDP) at Emede and Ozoro camps in Isoko South and…
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has slammed former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose with money laundering charges, ahead of his formal arraignment early next week in court. The EFCC, which started following Fayose’s financial transactions more than…
-By Michael Ekokoruwe: Isoko women in their numbers staged a peaceful protests over alleged relocation of 100 level engineering students from Oleh campus in Isoko South local government area of Delta State to Abraka by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Victor Peretemode on…
An elderly man kidnapped by his nephew Mr. Evi Okumo, leader of suspected group of kidnappers from Ada – Irri in Isoko South local government area of Delta State, has died while in custody of the kidnappers at Olomoro, Isoko South local…
Delta state government have been commended for execution of people oriented projects in all the nook and crannies comprising the urban and rural communities within the state in concordance with the SMART agenda of the Senator Ifeanyi Okowa led administration. Cross…
