We Are Proud Of Elumelu, Says PDP National Chairman, As Over 900 Persons Benefit From Elumelu’s Empowerment Programme

We Are Proud Of Elumelu, Says PDP National Chairman, As Over 900 Persons Benefit From Elumelu’s Empowerment Programme

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dr. Iyorchia Ayo has applauded the Minority leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu for his outstanding contributions towards human capital development of the people in his Aniocha/Oshimili Federal…

Dame Okowa Inaugurates 19th Sickle Cell Clinic *Flags Off Patani/Bomadi Free Eye Treatment

Dame Okowa Inaugurates 19th Sickle Cell Clinic *Flags Off Patani/Bomadi Free Eye Treatment

By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta State Governor and founder, 05 initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has formally commissioned the 19th Delta owned sickle cell clinic in the state. She inaugurated the newly built and equipped clinic at Bomadi General Hospital in Bomadi…

I Am a Testimony that YAGEP is Successful -Akpukane

I Am a Testimony that YAGEP is Successful -Akpukane

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-UTEH: MERCY OGHALE AKPUKANE has an OND in Business Administration. She hails from Isoko North Local Government Area and is the CEO of Mercy O.G Global Venture. Four years after her higher education, she enrolled in the Delta State Government’s Youth…

Breaking: Panel Issues Arrest Warrant on Police Commissioner

Breaking: Panel Issues Arrest Warrant on Police Commissioner

The Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday issued a warrant of arrest on the Commissioner of Police in charge of legal services at the Force Headquarters, CP…

NDLEA Arrests Billionaire Drug Baron Linked with N3bn Abba Kyari’s Team Tramadol Deal

NDLEA Arrests Billionaire Drug Baron Linked with N3bn Abba Kyari’s Team Tramadol Deal

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said the billionaire drug baron fingered in the N3 billion tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, is now in their net. A statement…

Large Quantities of Cocaine in Teabags Seized at Abuja, Lagos Airports

Large Quantities of Cocaine in Teabags Seized at Abuja, Lagos Airports

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted plans of drug traffickers to smuggle large quantities of cocaine in teabags into the country through Lagos and Abuja international airports. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi…

Correctional Facilities Now Impregnable – Aregbesola

Correctional Facilities Now Impregnable – Aregbesola

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said the nation’s correctional facilities (prisons) are now impregnable to attacks, insisting that the federal government has taken all needed measures to secure them against intruders. The Minister made this assertion on Friday in…

Int’l Donors Confab Holds May 5 to Source Fund For Ukraine Humanitarian Needs

Int’l Donors Confab Holds May 5 to Source Fund For Ukraine Humanitarian Needs

As the United Nations (UN) has declared that 13 million people living in Ukrainian territory are in need of vital humanitarian aid; including shelter, food and medical supplies, countries across the world has scheduled a conference for May 5 to raise finance…

Anambra Chairman Nigeria Red Cross Society Prof. Katchy, Raises Alarm Over Increasing Mental Health Issues In Nigeria

Anambra Chairman Nigeria Red Cross Society Prof. Katchy, Raises Alarm Over Increasing Mental Health Issues In Nigeria

BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Nigerians have been urged to join hands with the government to tackle the increasing challenge of illicit drugs and substance abuse to stem the alarming rate of mental illness across the Country. Speaking to journalists in Awka, the…

Peter Obi: I Will Fix Nigeria In Less Than Four Years

Peter Obi: I Will Fix Nigeria In Less Than Four Years

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential aspirant, Mr. Peter Obi, has said he will reposition Nigeria in less than four years if voted as the president of the country in the next year’s general elections. He stated this in Awka, the Anambra State…

MNJTF Operation Lake Sanity Makes In Road Into Terrorists’ Enclaves In Lake Chad Region

MNJTF Operation Lake Sanity Makes In Road Into Terrorists’ Enclaves In Lake Chad Region

In a clear demonstration of it’s determined efforts to speedily eliminate the Boko Haram Terrorists /Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents hibernating along the fringes of the Lake Chad, the forces of the Multinational Joint task Force (MNJTF) have in…

Nigerian Students Studying in US Can Renew Visa Without Interview -Embassy

Nigerian Students Studying in US Can Renew Visa Without Interview -Embassy

Nigerian students currently studying in the United States may now renew their student visa without interview. A statement by the US Embassy on Thursday read: “If you are currently studying in the United States, you may be eligible to renew your student…

FG Needs to Deploy Technology to Tackle Violence During Election -CSO

FG Needs to Deploy Technology to Tackle Violence During Election -CSO

Federal Government has been advised to tackle violence during the upcoming electoral season by deploying technology. The advised was given on Thursday in Abuja by a Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Stand To End Rape, STER, which lamented that many incidences of electoral…

NDLEA, DSS Seal Off Abuja Hotel to Stop Launch of New Psychoactive Drink

NDLEA, DSS Seal Off Abuja Hotel to Stop Launch of New Psychoactive Drink

A joint team of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Services (DSS) have raided and sealed off Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja. A statement by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said the hotel was sealed off…

UN Allocates $15 million to Address Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in North East

UN Allocates $15 million to Address Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in North East

The United Nations has allocated US$15 million to support humanitarian assistance in Nigeria’s North East. A statement by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) on Thursday said the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr….

Nigerian Air Force To Investigate Cause Of Trainer Aircraft Crash In Kaduna

Nigerian Air Force To Investigate Cause Of Trainer Aircraft Crash In Kaduna

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has stated that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will ensure it thoroughly investigate the cause of the Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crash that Tuesday, 19 April 2022 at NAF Base, Kaduna. He stated…

Surrender of over 35,000 Boko Haram/ISWAP, is through divine intervention -Zulum

Surrender of over 35,000 Boko Haram/ISWAP, is through divine intervention -Zulum

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has claimed that the mass surrender of over 35,000 fighters and commanders of Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) was divine intervention through the endless prayers from all over the globe. The…

Group Identifies IPOB Elements Working Against Kanu’s Freedom

Group Identifies IPOB Elements Working Against Kanu’s Freedom

Making Huge Capital From Kanu’s Detention Attacking Anambra Frustrate Soludo’s Effort To Free Kanu A Group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL has said that some elements in the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB were responsible for attacks in Anambra State….

Gunmen Abduct 5 Men Returning From Anambra Commissioner Relatives Wedding

Gunmen Abduct 5 Men Returning From Anambra Commissioner Relatives Wedding

At least five person have been kidnapped by unidentified men wielding guns in Anambra State on Easter Monday. It was gathered that the five person who attended the traditional marriage ceremony of a cousin to the Commissioner for Special Duties, Barrister Sly…

Nigerian Politicians And Their Kingmakers

Nigerian Politicians And Their Kingmakers

Politics and politicking in Nigeria are becoming like a game for the opaque and deceitful minds, masquerading as politicians, Statemen, Patriots and heroes. In Nigeria today, every political aspirant is busy, running up and down, looking for endorsement by some kingmakers, power…

Gov Soludo’s Community Allegedly Invaded By Gunmen, One Policeman Killed

Gov Soludo’s Community Allegedly Invaded By Gunmen, One Policeman Killed

Gunmen on Friday invaded Isuofia Community, Aguata Local Government Area, where Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo hails from. Our correspondent gathered one Policeman was killed in the process, and that the incident happened at a junction leading to the Governor’s House….

2023 Guber: Delta South PDP Leaders, Stakeholders Forum Want Oborevwori

2023 Guber: Delta South PDP Leaders, Stakeholders Forum Want Oborevwori

Delta South Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Leaders and Stakeholders Forum in Delta South have reiterated their support for the governorship aspiration of Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori in the 2023 gubernatorial election. Oborevwori who is the Speaker of the State House of Assembly…

Prioritize Safety During Easter, Acting CG Federal Fire Service Urges Nigerians

Prioritize Safety During Easter, Acting CG Federal Fire Service Urges Nigerians

The Acting Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Dr. Samson Karebo has called on Nigerians to prioritize safety during the ongoing Easter celebration. The Acting CGF made the call while wishing Christians a peaceful Easter, which is a celebration in commemoration…

USAID Launches $3.5 Million Activity to Improve Water Safety in Jigawa, Kano

USAID Launches $3.5 Million Activity to Improve Water Safety in Jigawa, Kano

The United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) has through Partners for Development launched a three-year $3.5million Water Improvement and Sanitation Enhancement (WISE) activity to improve water safety in Jigawa and Kano states.According to a statement from USAID on Thursday, the WISE activity…

2023 DTHA: Fidel Onwodi Unveiled As PDP Hopeful For Aniocha North State Constituency

2023 DTHA: Fidel Onwodi Unveiled As PDP Hopeful For Aniocha North State Constituency

A foremost aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Aniocha North State Constituency Seat in the Delta State House of Assembly, Engr. Fidel Onwodi has formally been unveiled to the leaders, delegates and Stakeholders of the party in Aniocha North. Onwodi’s…

Easter: Reps Minority Caucus Urges National Rebirth, Economic Renewal

Easter: Reps Minority Caucus Urges National Rebirth, Economic Renewal

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has felicitated Nigerians on Easter, describing it as the celebration of the triumphant resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and the hope of a brighter future for Nigeria as a nation…

EASTER: Bashorun Askia Seeks Nigerians Rededication To God, Offers Self For National Service To Rebuild Nigeria

EASTER: Bashorun Askia Seeks Nigerians Rededication To God, Offers Self For National Service To Rebuild Nigeria

-By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State People’s Democratic Party, PDP Frontline politician and House of Representatives aspirant for the Isoko Federal Constituency, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has felicitated with Christians on the celebration of Easter. Bashorun Askia urged the entire Christendom to…

OMO-AGEGE AND HIS CATALOGUE OF LIES, DECEIT; HAS NOTHING TO OFFER DELTANS – PDP

OMO-AGEGE AND HIS CATALOGUE OF LIES, DECEIT; HAS NOTHING TO OFFER DELTANS – PDP

Press Statement 15th April, 2022 The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has dismissed the Thursday, April 14, 2023 Delta 2023 Governorship declaration speech of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a catalogue of lies…

YAGEP Has Created Employment for Many Youths in Delta, Says Eyimeje

YAGEP Has Created Employment for Many Youths in Delta, Says Eyimeje

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-UTEH: ANNA ONOME EYIMEJE, a graduate of Sociology, is a beneficiary of the Delta State Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2016/2017 cycle. She is the CEO of Anazek and Sons Enterprise located at the Fish Farm Cluster at Egbokodo-Itsekiri…

Construction Work On Elumelu Constituency Projects Progresses Across Aniocha/Oshimili, As Constituents Expresses Joy

Construction Work On Elumelu Constituency Projects Progresses Across Aniocha/Oshimili, As Constituents Expresses Joy

Ongoing construction Work on Constituency Projects and other projects attracted by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elemulu, located across Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta state, has steadily progressed with some completed and waiting for commissioning. The…

2023: Borno Assembly Aspirant Promises Effective Representation

2023: Borno Assembly Aspirant Promises Effective Representation

Borno state House of Assembly aspirant for Kaga constituency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon Mustapha Grema a.k.a (Baa Shettima) has assured his constituents of effective representation if given the mandate come 2023 general election. Grema made…

NDLEA Intercepts 101 Parcels Of Cocaine in Children Duvets At Lagos Airport

NDLEA Intercepts 101 Parcels Of Cocaine in Children Duvets At Lagos Airport

No less than 101 parcels of cocaine concealed in eight children duvets have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. According to a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of…

FG Promulgates National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime

FG Promulgates National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime

The Federal Government has promulgated the National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime in the country. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the launch of the National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime in Nigeria (2022-2026), the Minister of Environment,…

Nigeria, South Africa renew partnership on drug war

Nigeria, South Africa renew partnership on drug war

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, popularly called HAWKS have agreed to collaborate in tackling the menace of drug trafficking between the two countries. This was the highpoint of discussions at a virtual…