Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: In my earlier treatise, ( far before the NBA and El-Rufai’s “search” for the true Nigerian), I had made attempts to dispassionately look at the possibility of one thinking Nigeria first before Tribe and its…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The leadership of Isoko Development Union (IDU) and Traditional rulers of the various kingdoms in Isoko Nation have commended the efforts of the Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC),…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Albert OGRAKA, OLEH Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has revealed that the Commission has delivered 41 projects, while 29 others in the pipeline are already awarded and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) Delta State Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday inaugurated a Newborn Screening equipment for the treatment of sickle cell in the state. The equipment was donated to the Sickle Cell Referral Centre, Asaba Specialist Hospital, Asaba, by…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is widely known for one conspicuously obvious reason. And that is far from his accidental appointment as the Nation’s Aviation minister or his biological ties with the famous Fani Power of the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) From Mike SOGBOLA -North-East Bureau Chief: Borno State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Adamu Lawan on Monday claimed the state remains the least indebted state in the country. He said this was despite the fact…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East): Elections into local government councils in Borno State are now to hold on November 28, 2020, the Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC) has announced The electoral body also said all political activities in…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: When the ecclesiastical come calling, every other duty or obligation of mine takes the back seat. This is the very reason yours sincerely couldn’t catch up with the trends of events in the national and…
Lady Stella Njaka Bows Out, As Obini Onuchukwu Gets EMC Endorsement Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From SUNNY A. DAVID The Honourable Minister of Education, Malla Adamu Adamu has approved the appointment of Mr. Obini Onuchukwu as the Acting Registrar of Federal Polytechnic…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East Bureau Chief): The village head of Mashio in Fune local government area of Yobe State, Isa Mashio has been released by his abduction, the Police said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the freed village head has…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: Against the backdrop of both the objective and subjective conditions that have helped to shape Nigeria’s Political History over time and her citizens’ perception of one another; it is also pertinent to seek to know…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Editor The news of Asaba Airport’s re-opening has been confirmed and contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Chiedu Ebie and made available to Blank NEWS Online on Thursday, August 13…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Dr. Askia Ogieh; the Majority Leader Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Tim Owhefere; the Director General…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Senate Committee Chairman on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has denied media publication reporting it to have indicted the Chairman of the UBA Group, Dr. Tony Elumelu, over a N41 billion allegation fraud. This followed a clarification…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Michael EKOKORUWE: In continuation of the peace advocacy to actualize the vision of a stronger Delta, the Special Adviser to Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State on peace building and conflict resolution, Chief Edwin…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Mike SOGBOLA, North-East Bureau Chief:: A communique is expected later in the day as Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states, making the North East Region, are meeting in Maiduguri the Borno State…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA: Eighty-five (85) persons have been arrested for drug related offences by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno State. The NDLEA also got two persons convicted for drug offences, the Borno State’s Commandant…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: The Special Adviser to Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State on peace building and conflict resolution, Chief Edwin Uzor JP, has urged community leaders, women and youths to take proactive actions in order…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The Board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC), led by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has commissioned all completed projects executed by the Commission in Isoko…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has expressed satisfaction with the level of teachers’ and students’ compliance as SS 3 students in the state resumed school today (04/08/2020) preparatory to their West African…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has felicitated with the former Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, as…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: Ozoro youths, alleged to be Yahoo Boys, went on rampage in Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, protesting over harassment, brutality and extortion by the police in the area. The youths…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has said it is ready to move on with the resumption of Senior Secondary schools in the state, in strict adherence to the Federal Government guidelines…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Former Managing Director of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Dr. Tony Elumelu has given the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, Senator Ayo Akinyelure seven days, to retract a statement credited to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East Bureau Chief): Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has said that the war on insurgency should have been over had it not been for sabotage. The war on Boko Haram has been since 2009…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: For those who were familiar with Nigeria journalism in the late eighties and early nineties, ” Afghanistanism ” was a term used to describe the act of writing glowingly about the troubles abroad, while ignoring…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East Bureau Chief): The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment towards improving secondary education opportunities for girls in seven states in Nigeria. The credit,…
