Financial Recklessness: Delta Assembly Suspends Ex-Speaker, Monday Igbuya

Financial Recklessness: Delta Assembly Suspends Ex-Speaker, Monday Igbuya

The immediate past speaker of the Delta state House of Assembly, Hon. Monday Igbuya has been suspended for three months over allegations of financial recklessness during his tenure as speaker. Although, some free thinkers are claiming that the state executive is behind…

Delta: Ebie, Ikem, Apokwu Tips Vocational Education, Training For Nat’l Growth

Delta: Ebie, Ikem, Apokwu Tips Vocational Education, Training For Nat’l Growth

Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie has admonished teachers in the state to always update themselves through consistent training and retraining in order to be abreast with modern trends in teaching profession. Mr. Ebie, gave the advice…

HOW TO DEFEAT PRESIDENT BUHARI IN 2019: An Open Letter To PDP Chairman

HOW TO DEFEAT PRESIDENT BUHARI IN 2019: An Open Letter To PDP Chairman

The best chance that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stands to sack President Buhari of the all Progressives Party (APC) is in 2019. If, for any self-inflicted reason, the PDP failed to remove the APC in 2019, it is not likely going…

Nationwide Warning Strike: Delta NLC Enforces Labour Strike Over Poor Wage

Nationwide Warning Strike: Delta NLC Enforces Labour Strike Over Poor Wage

-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…

PDP National Convention: Party Leaders Disagree Over Venue  **As Gov. Okowa Heads Convention Planning C’ttee

PDP National Convention: Party Leaders Disagree Over Venue **As Gov. Okowa Heads Convention Planning C’ttee

There are indications that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are yet to agree on a venue for party’s presidential primaries fixed for Oct. 6, following a sharp disagreement between the leaders of the party on Monday in Abuja. The disagreement…

Nigeria: NIMASA Vows To Free Abducted Crew Of Hijacked MV Glarus In Rivers

Nigeria: NIMASA Vows To Free Abducted Crew Of Hijacked MV Glarus In Rivers

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…

Cricket: Survey Reveals 51% Of People In Gulf Countries Love Game

Cricket: Survey Reveals 51% Of People In Gulf Countries Love Game

-Cricket is second only to football in the region – -Survey commissioned by UAE Exchange – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Cricket’s popularity is striking in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a demography that has historically been inclined towards football. Gulf Cooperation…

Flooding: Dame 0kowa Rekindles Hope Of IDPs In Asaba Camps

Flooding: Dame 0kowa Rekindles Hope Of IDPs In Asaba Camps

**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 Hails Pinnick’s Re-Election As NFF President 

Gov. Okowa Hails Pinnick’s Re-Election As NFF President 

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated, Mr. Amaju Pinnick on his re-election on Thursday, as President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Governor Okowa said he wasn’t surprised over the overwhelming victory of Amaju Pinnick in the election given his…

Flooding: Delta Govt Establishes 6 IDP Camps …Plans To Forward 2019 Budget Proposals To Assembly  

Flooding: Delta Govt Establishes 6 IDP Camps …Plans To Forward 2019 Budget Proposals To Assembly  

The Delta State Government has approved the establishment of six Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps to cater for residents of the state whose homes are in flood prone areas to avoid loss of lives and properties. Also put in place is the…

Fear, Panic As FG Designate Delta State National Disaster Zone …Osinbajo, Okowa Inspect Flood Ravaged Communities

Fear, Panic As FG Designate Delta State National Disaster Zone …Osinbajo, Okowa Inspect Flood Ravaged Communities

*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…

Flooding: NEMA Declares National Disaster In Delta, Kogi, Anambra, Niger

Flooding: NEMA Declares National Disaster In Delta, Kogi, Anambra, Niger

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…

Osinbajo, Okowa, Dangote, Others Say Africa, Making Progress  … As Ovia Launches Book, Africa Arise And Shine

Osinbajo, Okowa, Dangote, Others Say Africa, Making Progress … As Ovia Launches Book, Africa Arise And Shine

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…

Abuja Court Dismisses Case Against Nigerian Journalist Jones Abiri

Abuja Court Dismisses Case Against Nigerian Journalist Jones Abiri

  New York, September 18, 2018–An Abuja magistrate’s court on Monday struck out a case against Jones Abiri, publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Weekly Source, Samuel Ogala, a lawyer who represents Abiri, told CPJ. The court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over…

Score Card: Ukah Pledges Commitment To Effective Information Gathering, Dissemination In Delta

Score Card: Ukah Pledges Commitment To Effective Information Gathering, Dissemination In Delta

Delta State Commissioner for Information, Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah, has pledged his ministry’s continued commitment to the effective gathering and dissemination of the policies and programmes of government, to keep Deltans abreast of the implementation of the campaign promises of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa…

Uduaghan Hails N’Delta Youths On Nation Building, Unveils Plans For Isoko Youths

Uduaghan Hails N’Delta Youths On Nation Building, Unveils Plans For Isoko Youths

Immediate past Governor of Delta State and APC 2019 Delta South Senatorial hopeful, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has said that Niger Delta youth leaders were becoming articulate and active contributors to nation building. Uduaghan was a Special Guest of Honour at the…

2019: In Less Than Two Years, I’ll Achieve What Manager Couldn’t In 16 Years –Johnny Boasts

2019: In Less Than Two Years, I’ll Achieve What Manager Couldn’t In 16 Years –Johnny Boasts

Chairman of Egbema, Gbaramtu Communities’ Development Foundation, EGCDF, Chief Michael Johnny has vowed that in less than two years in the Senate, he will achieve what the current Senator, James Manager couldn’t achieve in 16 years, if given the mandate to represent…

Isoko Nation Advocates For Rotation Of Delta South Senatorial Seat

Isoko Nation Advocates For Rotation Of Delta South Senatorial Seat

-By Michael EKOKORUWE: The President General of Isoko Development Union (IDU), High Chief Iduh Amadhe says, rotation of the senate position in South Senatorial district between Isoko, Itsekiri and Ijaw ethnic nationalities, will foster equity, justice and fair play in the actualization…

NYSC Exemption Certificate Brouhaha: Kemi Adeosun’s Resignation Letter As Minister Of Finance

NYSC Exemption Certificate Brouhaha: Kemi Adeosun’s Resignation Letter As Minister Of Finance

14th September, 2018 His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria State House Aso Villa Abuja Dear Excellency, Let me commence by thanking you profusely for the honour and privilege of serving under your inspirational leadership. It has been a truly…

Illegal Detention: Court Orders DSS To Pay Journalist, Abiri N10

Illegal Detention: Court Orders DSS To Pay Journalist, Abiri N10

A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay Mr. Jones Abiri, the sum of N10 million being damages for his illegal detention. Abiri, a Bayelsa-based journalists and publisher…

Chief Edo Congratulates Igbide Monarch HRM Obukeni 1 On 44th Coronation Anniversary

Chief Edo Congratulates Igbide Monarch HRM Obukeni 1 On 44th Coronation Anniversary

The Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on DESOPADEC Matters, Chief Prosper Iwoma Edo MIIPS, has congratulated the Ovie of Igbide Kingdom, HRM Obukeni 1, on His 44th Coronation Anniversary on the throne. In a congratulatory message to HRM Obukeni…

2019 Presidential Poll: Buhari Submits Nomination Form To Seek Re-Election, Despite Opposition Moves

2019 Presidential Poll: Buhari Submits Nomination Form To Seek Re-Election, Despite Opposition Moves

Despite the opposing moves to oust the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his nomination form to seek re-election for the post of the president. Buhari, who on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 expressed appreciation to the Nigerian…

AKWA IBOM: My Administration Has Done A Lot, Let APC Guber Candidates Show What They Have Done -Gov. Udom Emmanuel

AKWA IBOM: My Administration Has Done A Lot, Let APC Guber Candidates Show What They Have Done -Gov. Udom Emmanuel

Governor Udom Emmanuel has urged aspirants showing interest in his seat to first tell Akwa Ibom people how they are making good use of their current public offices to the benefit of the people of the state. Speaking with Government House reporters…

Delta State Fast Becoming Fish, Rice, Poultry Hub For Economic Development Through YAGEP Scheme

Delta State Fast Becoming Fish, Rice, Poultry Hub For Economic Development Through YAGEP Scheme

In a bid to build an economic trust on the trending agricultural transformation across Delta state, the Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa’s led administration, through its Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) under the SMART agenda has intensified efforts to make the state a…

2018 International Day of Charity: Dame Okowa Cleans Tears From Patients Faces With N5 M Donors’ Funds

2018 International Day of Charity: Dame Okowa Cleans Tears From Patients Faces With N5 M Donors’ Funds

  Delta State First Lady and founder of 05 Initiative, Her Excellency, Dame Edith Okowa on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 led Deltans in commemorating the 2018 International Day of Charity by paying the hospital bills of 25 indigent patients who were discharged…

Ukah To Be Honoured With Enyi 1 of Okpanam Kingdom Title 

Ukah To Be Honoured With Enyi 1 of Okpanam Kingdom Title 

The Ugoani of Okpanam Kingdom in Oshimili North Local Government Council of Delta State, HRM Michael Mbanefo Ogbolu, has approved the conferment of the chieftaincy title, Enyi 1 of Okpanam Kingdom, on the Delta State Commissioner for Information, Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah. A…

TOMPOLO’S STOLEN N10 BILLION PROPERTY: GROUP WANTS NAVAL PERSONNEL INVOLVED BROUGHT TO BOOK

TOMPOLO’S STOLEN N10 BILLION PROPERTY: GROUP WANTS NAVAL PERSONNEL INVOLVED BROUGHT TO BOOK

The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For  Radical Change (NDIMRC) has called on Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewo not to leave any stone unturned in bringing to book the Naval Personnel involved in the alleged stealing of…

OPINION>>UDUAGHAN: A MAN IN A CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE, SAYS DELTA PDP

OPINION>>UDUAGHAN: A MAN IN A CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE, SAYS DELTA PDP

The Delta State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed as a “pipedream” the statement credited to a former Governor of the State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, that the APC “will wrest power from the PDP” in 2019. In a statement…

BUHARI IN BEIJING: NIGERIA, CHINA TO SIGN $328M AGREEMENT ON ICT  

BUHARI IN BEIJING: NIGERIA, CHINA TO SIGN $328M AGREEMENT ON ICT  

PPresident Muhammadu Buhari arrived Beijing Saturday to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding September 3 – 4, 2018. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu disclosed this in a statement made available to…

Volkswagen Signs MOU With Nigerian Govt To Develop Automotive Hub

Volkswagen Signs MOU With Nigerian Govt To Develop Automotive Hub

Volkswagen has identified Nigeria as a country with significant potential for the growth in the new vehicle market The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) to develop a joint vision to secure the development of…