Wife of Delta state governor and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has renewed her zeal and zest to increase the life expectancy of persons with sickle cell disorder by ensuring that a state of the art Sickle Cell Centre is…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reopened its investigation into a N21.74 billion Independent Power Plant (IPP) project in Oghara, Delta State, New Telegraph is reporting. The contract for the project was awarded by the Delta State Government to an indigenous…
–By Michael EKOKORUWE Leaders of Isoko extraction, Isoko traditional ruler’s council, president -generals and chairmen of OML 30 cluster groups from Isoko communities, have demanded for a new General Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) between Heritage Energy Operational Limited and host communities of…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Like a wildfire that arouses anxiety and like the caressing moonlight at night, “Hope Alive”, an emerging independent political pressure group, routing support for Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas of Delta…
The Delta State government has approved the renovation of 107 Primary Health Care Centres operating the Contributory Health Scheme in the state. In addition, the reactivation of Airfield Ground Lightning Systems at the Asaba International Airport and the renovation of the existing…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned against what he called a consistent pattern of departure from constitutional due process to tendencies of authoritarianism. The former Vice President said in a statement marking the 25th anniversary of June 12 that there is…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 15 and Monday, June 18 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Id-el Fitr. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement…
At last, the Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, Humphrey Nwosu, has broken silence since the illegal annulment of the June 12, 1993 polls presumably won by Chief Moshood Abiola. The option A-4 June 12, 1993 election has been adjudged as the…
The general thrust seems to be that a current OPL 245 contract tender has been rigged for corrupt purposes benefitting Shell, ENI and certain Nigerian parties. Shell has past expertise in such matters By John Donovan More information has arrived as a…
Nigerian reggae icon, Ras Kimono, has died, sources close to the musician said, according to multiple reports on Sunday. He was 60 years old. Kimono was said to have taken ill on Saturday on his way to the US. Friends rushed him…
Two pan Niger Delta groups, the Pacesetters advocacy group and the Izon-Ebe in Diaspora, have thrown their considerable weight behind the House of Assembly aspiration of Mr. Tony Okirika, who is contesting for the Warri South West Constituency seat at the Delta…
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has sued for the cooperation of the different ethnic nationalities in the state to enable him execute more people-oriented projects as encapsulated in his admiregistration’s SMART agenda. Governor Okowa was speaking on Saturday, June 9, 2018 in Oleh, Isoko…
FORMER Governors of Delta State, Chief James Ibori and Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, former Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Brodrick Bozimo, former Defence Minister, Dr Roland Orisejafor, President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Chief Solomon Ogba, among others, have endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa…
*** CLAIMS OIL COMPANIES WORKING AGAINST RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT *** WANTS AGIP’S MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERROGATED A social crusader group, the Grassroot Movement Against Corruption (GMAC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately direct the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the National…
**Tells Journalists To Be Guided By Professional Ethics -By Albert OGRAKA: Speaker of Delta state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has said the legislature and the executive are enjoying a harmonious working relationship because the Governor of the State, Senator…
A traditional ruler in Delta state, HRH Sunday Olisewokwu, Obi of Ogodo community in Aniocha North local government area who was kidnapped Sunday has been released by his abductors. He was reportedly released on Tuesday evening around Asaba and is presently in a…
Press Statement NASS RESOLUTION ON BUHARI HAS VINDICATED US, SAYS PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the resolutions of the joint session of the National Assembly against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency is a vindication of its stance on the Buhari administration….
PRESS BRIEFING UPDATE OF POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE OFFA BANKS ROBBERY AND GRUESOME MURDER OF MORE THAN THIRTY THREE (33) INNOCENT PERSONS INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN AND NINE (9) POLICE OFFICERS ON 5th APRIL, 2018, IN OFFA, KWARA STATE. • Twenty Two (22)…
Nigeria Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris is in “hot soup“, as the National Assembly, on Tuesday, June 5, 20¹8 passed a vote of no confidence on the IGP. The three hours of closed door meeting is not unconnected with the fact…
CHAIRMAN of South-South Governors’ Forum, Chief Seriake Dickson has commissioned multi-billion naira projects in Delta State, describing Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as prudent manager of resources. Chief Dickson who is the governor of Bayelsa State, today (05/06/18) commissioned road projects at Jesse, Ethiope…
A political pressure group, the National Atikulate Movement 4 Emancipation – NAME has said that the only Nigerian by the grace of God that is capable of unseating President/General Buhari in the coming 2019 general elections is the first former vice president…
The leadership of a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), known as nPDP, has announced withdrawal from dialogue with the APC-led federal government, accusing the Nigerian presidency of double-standard and lack of good faith in the dialogue it entered with…
São Tomé and Príncipe, June 5, 2018 – The first President of the African Development Bank group to set foot on São Tomé and Príncipe, Akinwumi Adesina has arrived in the country for a five-day official visit to strengthen alliances between his…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Executive Director (Finance and Administration) at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh JP, has commended the people of Delta state for supporting the second term bid…
The traditional ruler of Ogodor and Chairman of Aniocha North Traditional Rulers Committee, HRM Sunday Olisewokwu has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen who invaded his palace over the weekend. Ogodor is an agrarian community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of…
Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to his invitation by the Nigeria Police Force over the recent bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State, describing it as baseless. He alleged that the plot was designed to embarrass him, and would fail. Force…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The wife of the governor of Delta state and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, on Friday, June 01, 2018 celebrated her 57th birthday anniversary with pupils at the Special Education Centre (School for the Handicapped), Agbor in…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta state House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Anthony Chuks Obuh and Mr. Lawson Efenudu as the Chairman and Secretary of Delta State Bureau for Pensions. Obuh, a retired Permanent Secretary and former Commissioner for…
THOUSANDS of Deltans on Tuesday (29/05/18) attended praise worship and thanksgiving at the Event Centre, Asaba to mark this year’s Democracy Day with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa expressing confidence that more people-oriented projects will be executed in the state. Governor Okowa who attributed the…
As Deltans and Nigerians in general mark another Democracy Day, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, speaks on the three years of the administration of Governor Okowa. He tells Journalists in Asaba, the State Capital…
-By Albert OGRAKA: AS Children’s Day was celebrated in Nigeria on Sunday, May 27, 2018, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, through the O5 Initiative Kitchen prepared sumptuous buffet for children at the Cenotaph, in Asaba with the…
**Residents Gear Up For Protest Over Outrageous Estimated Bills, Negligence -By Albert OGRAKA: The unholy acivities of the Benin Electricity Development Company (BEDC) in parts of Delta state have become a torn in the flesh of Deltans as a result of gross…
The National Universities Commission, NUC has released a.list showing 58 illegal universities currently under operation in Nigeria. The institutions are said not to have been licensed by the federal government and have been shut down. In addition, eight other universities are being investigated…
A British judge ruled on Thursday that Bodo community in the Niger Delta region, which has been involved in a protracted legal battle with Shell over the clean-up of two 2008 oil spills, should retain the option of litigation for another year….
In fulfilment of earlier promise and commitment to serve for a single term, Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Nuhu Gadado on Wednesday tendered his resignation letter, some of his aides have confirmed Mr Yakubu Adamu, his Special Assistant on Communication Matters said…
Federal, states and local governments have shared N701 billion as revenue for the month of April, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, said. Isa-Dutse told newsmen that the amounts shared were the outcome of Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)…
**Re: Idumuje Ugboko monarch throws weight behind Nwaoboshi The tradidional Prime Minister, Iyase of Idumuje-Ugboko, Chief Chris Ogwu has discountenanced recent claims that the Senator representing Delta North, Peter Nwaoboshi received royal blessings from the “Monarch” of Idumuje Ugboko, Justin Chukwunonso “1V”…
In a bid to inculcate good values and virtues among students, the 05 Initiative has taken the campaign on drug abuse and cultism to publiic secondary schools in Delta state. Wife of the state governor and founder of the 05 Initiative, Dame…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has stated that police officers must first surrender themselves to be searched before they search Nigerians, revealing that this is the “procedure.” Idris said this yesterday during an interactive session with Nigerians on Twitter, through…
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has started recalling cough syrup containing Codeine from its stakeholders in compliance with Federal Government’s directive. The Registrar of PCN, Mr Elijah Mohammed, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
