Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Delta State Government has intervened in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of eight Federal roads of 149.01 kilometres and 25.11 kilometres of drain in different parts of the state. Speaking to Journalists during the recent inspection of…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta state Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro has encouraged Deltans, especially those of the oil and gas bearing communities to embrace peace in order to enhance oil production and shore up the revenue base of…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The South East Governors’ Forum rose from a critical meeting held on Friday, September 15, 2017 in Enugu and announced the proscription of activities of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Announcing the proscription, the…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Johnson EBIGIDE: Dr. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), American Psychotherapist, stated in his theory on ‘’work and why people work’’ that work is a very important part of our lives to which we dedicate more than half of our…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Against the backdrop of clamour for the general overhaul of his cabinet and complaints that the state executive council is composed of persons regarded as square pegs in round holes, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Anxiety mixed with joy has enveloped Delta state, as former governor of oil and gas wealthy Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has returned to Nigeria after his release from a United Kingdom prison. But…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – As the yuletide sets in and as a result of an unsuccessful armed robbery attempt made at some banks in Agbor and Owa, Ika South Local Government Council of Delta, banks in the area have closed business…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – President Mohammadu Buhari may not be ready for a quick solution to the request presented to him by stakeholders from the Niger Delta, who on Tuesday presented a 16-point demand to him and requesting for an inclusive…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has been elected President of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB). Emefiele, who was elected by the Assembly of Governors of AACB at its 39th…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – An emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held today, Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Bolton White Hotels, Abuja on the on-going protest action against the increase in pump price…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – French President Francois Hollande confirmed the plane, which left Paris headed for Cairo carrying 66 passengers and crew, had crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after an unexplained disappearance from radar. Ships have been dispatched to the last…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) By Reuben Abati– The monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting was held the other day in Abuja, with the representatives of state governments again cap in hand, asking for their share of federal revenue – read: oil…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) By Reuben Abati– During the Jonathan administration, an outspoken opposition spokesperson had argued that Nigeria was on auto-pilot, a phrase that was gleefully even if ignorantly echoed by an excitable opposition crowd. Deeper reflection should have made it…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Reuben Abati “My brother, e ku exchange rate oh.” “Excuse me?” “I am greeting you. I am saying how are you and the exchange rate palaver. The dollar wahala”. “So, that is why you are saying e…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) By Reuben Abati– Something sad has happened and is happening, and is getting worse in our society: the decline of public intellectualism. And so I ask, where are the public intellectuals? Once upon a time in this country,…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Reuben Abati– Christmas looks so different these days from what it was when I was growing up. It is so different it is almost unrecognizable. In this same country, in the 70s, Christmas was a season of…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Governor of Delta state, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has ordered the immediate sack of the General Manager of Delta Transport Company Limited, Elder Eyione Isaiah. The Governor also approved the suspension from office of the Company Secretary…
em>Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – THE Delta State Executive Council presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, has approved the dismantling of the N6 Billion Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) lane in Warri which was initiated and later abandoned by former Governor Emmanuel…
Nigeria, July 09, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – It is hereby announced for the information of the general public, particularly candidates who collected the Delta State Government Job/Creation Application Forms, that the closing date for the submission of the completed application forms…
July 02, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Governor of Nigeria’s oil wealthy Delta state, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said Nigeria took the right steps by having laws against same sex marriage, describing it as unlawful union. Speaking when members of the…
Nigeria, May 24, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – >>>By Enalo James There are strong indications that living to its responsibility, the Nigeria police with the coming in place of Mr. Solomon Arase as the new Inspector-General of Police has vowed not to…
Now that the APC has won the March 28 Presidential elections, one of the Major concerns is how the new government will deliver affordable uninterrupted Power to Nigerians. Recall that the then Minister of Power under the Obasanjo government, the late Bola…
Following the conclusion of voting in most states in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Presudential election results in nine states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The States are Ekiti, Ogun, Enugu, Kogi, Osun, Ondo, Oyo, Nasarawa and…
As the campaign for the bye-election into the vacant position of Delta Central Senatorial District at the Senate hots up, the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has vowed to support only a candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He also said…
SOYINKA’S INSTINCT (A TRIBUTE TO WOLE SOYINKA AT 79) I. The Lion sniffs The pigs scamper for safety Hiding inside the dirty lake Like sloths in a sizzling feast Where are the sharks Try leave your confines And cross the Rubicon II….
Chief Ogboru’s company, Fiogret Limited, has filed a suit against Mr. Kunle Ogunba and other defendants for the disruption of its business activities on Friday, May 31, 2013. The idea, according a Blank News Online findings, is to challenge Ogunba’s ill-informed attempt…
Following the failure of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu to fulfill the payment of transfer fee of Chigozie Agbim as agreed, the Management of Warri Wolves has giving their Management two weeks to pay or have the player recalled. The Management…
The Executive Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR), Hon. Joel Onowhakpor-Thomas has said that the ongoing transformation process in the Board will soon make it a reference point in the whole of Africa in relation to the continent’s tax system,…
Blank NEWS Online can reveals that the Nigerian embassy in Gabon, under JOSEPH EZEMA, Nigeria’s envoy to Gabon, has continually turned deaf ear to recent predominant challenges being faced by Nigerians in that country. It has also been disclosed that Nigerian diplomats…
The Management of Warri Wolves FC has after a crucial meeting which ended at about 11am on Thursday, May 02, 2013, bowed to entreaties to PROVISIONALLY release Mba Sunday to Rangers International Football Club to play this weekend match against Angola in…
As workers across the world mark May Day today! Wednesday, May 01, 2013, Delta state government has broken a jinx of unending penury among some of its workers by approving the regularization of appointments of 1072 casual workers in Ministries, Departments and…
Warri Wolves Football Club will on Friday, 19th, April at the Warri City Satdium clash with their feeder team in one of the semi finals of the Federation Cup at the state level. The match which has become the talk of the…
The Executive Chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has fulfilled his promise to players and officials of Warri Wolves to pay all their salaries, bonuses for away matches drawn and 25% of their sign on fees if…
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical And Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) has Picketed the offices of the Direct Labour Agency (DLA) in Asaba. The DLA chapter of the Union has accused the Director General, Mr. Emmanuel Edafe Igbini of…
As part of its contribution towards the building of a Football House in Asaba, Delta State capital, the Management of First City Monument Bank has donated the sum of Ten Million Naira (N10m) to the Delta State Football Association (DFA). Chairman of…
Nigeria has picked up four more gold medals at the ongoing African Youth Athletics Championships taking place in Warri catapulting Team Nigeria to the top of the table. Recall that on Thursday, at the kick-off of the Championship in Warri, Nigeria’s Oreva…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has lamented the under utilization of the Warri Stadium in spite of boasting of the best of sporting facilities and acceptable modern equipment of international standards. Speaking after assessing the facilities in place for the AYAC…
President of Warri Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (WACCIMA), Mr. Alex Sharta, has challenged the federal and state governments including individuals to strive towards establishing industries to boost youth employment in the country. Sharta, who made the observation ahead of…
