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…
**HAILS ATIKU’S EMERGENCE AS PDP PRESIDENTIAL FLAG-BEARER **LAUDS GOV. OKOWA’S TRANSPARENCY -By Albert OGRAKA: A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state, Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh JP, has expressed satisfaction in the way the Chairman, Planning Committee of the…
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has appealed to the Federal Government, organized private sector and individuals to urgently come to the rescue of victims of flooding in the state with relief materials. Governor Okowa, who cried out during a resent visit to…
As a result of the ravaging flood wrecking havoc in different parts of the country, about 22 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps have been set up in Delta State. 12 of the camps were created by the Delta State Government, while about…
The Executive Director, Finance and Administration, DESOPADEC Bashorun Askia Ogieh JP on Friday 28th September, 2018 visited the Emede Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state and donated relief materials worth millions of naira. The…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NUT), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) have enforced the stike order of the organized national labour body, in a bid to strenghten the union’s current…
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Monday said it had started rescue operations for the 12 crew members of MV Glarus hijacked on Saturday by pirates in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that crew men of…
**Peaches God’s Love, Donates Relief, Food Items To IDPs – -By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to assuage the predicaments of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as a result of the current flooding in parts of Delta state, wife of the state Governor and…
*Gov. Okowa Gets Kudos On Proactive Steps *Reads Riot Act To Coastal Residents -By Albert OGRAKA: The Federal Government of Nigeria has designated Delta State as National Disaster Zone with three other states of the country, following the ravaging flood that has…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has declared a ‘national disaster’ in Kogi, Anambra, Delta and Niger, following high levels of flooding in the states. Mr. Mustapha Maihaja, NEMA Director-General made the declaration during an assessment visit to River Niger on Monday…
NIGERIA’S Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, erudite scholar, Dr Christopher Kolade, among others on Monday, September 17, 2018 graced the launch of the book, ‘Africa Arise and Shine’, authored by…
