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OIL THEFT: TANTITA SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED, NSCDC, ARMY ARREST ANOTHER MASSIVE VESSEL

OIL THEFT: TANTITA SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED, NSCDC, ARMY ARREST ANOTHER MASSIVE VESSEL

•••Tantita, Army and the Navy on Another Stand Off Suspected Vessel Operatives of the Tantita Security Services Limited, the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp have arrested a massive vessel in the coastal waters of Ondo States. Authoritative…

ECOWAS COURT PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS DECISIONS

ECOWAS COURT PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS DECISIONS

West Africa’s regional court – ECOWAS Court of Justice is participating in a two-day capacity building seminar organised by the Pan African Lawyers’ Union (PALU), aimed at advancing strategies for the implementation of decisions of regional courts. In his keynote remarks, Mr…

NDLEA Officers in Crossfire with Hoodlums in Notorious Edo Hemp Forest…3 Operatives Injured, One Undergoes Brain Surgery

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have engaged armed hoodlums in crossfire during a siege on forest warehouses in Opuje community, Owan West local government area of Edo state where drugs to be sold during the forthcoming Yuletide period…

COP28: Commonwealth Unveils New Framework for 56 Member States

COP28: Commonwealth Unveils New Framework for 56 Member States

The Commonwealth has launched a new implementation framework to facilitate coordinated action among the 56 Commonwealth countries, including African member states, on land, biodiversity and climate challenges, directly impacting a quarter of the world’s land area. A statement on Tuesday from the…

NDLEA Smashes Attempts to Smuggle Drugs in Jeans Hems, Dolls, Buttons to Europe, Asia

NDLEA Smashes Attempts to Smuggle Drugs in Jeans Hems, Dolls, Buttons to Europe, Asia

Attempts by drug syndicates to smuggle illicit substances including various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of beverage to Europe, United Arab Emirate and Asia have been thwarted by operatives…

UKODHIKO EMPOWERS 144 YOUTHS, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS IN ISOKO FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY

UKODHIKO EMPOWERS 144 YOUTHS, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS IN ISOKO FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY

-BY MICHAEL J. EKOKORUWE: The member representing Isoko federal constituency in the House of Representatives , Hon. Engr. Jonathan Ukodhiko, has empowered 144 youths and women in Agricultural business at the council secretariat Ozoro, Isoko North local government area of Delta State….

OPEC Pegs Nigeria’s Crude Oil Production at 1.5 M Barrels Per Day, As Petroleum Ministry’s Perm Sec, Amb. Aduda, Emerges Alternate Chair of Organisation’s Board of GovernorsNigeria’s crude oil production for 2024 has been pegged at 1.5 Million Barrels Per Day

OPEC Pegs Nigeria’s Crude Oil Production at 1.5 M Barrels Per Day, As Petroleum Ministry’s Perm Sec, Amb. Aduda, Emerges Alternate Chair of Organisation’s Board of GovernorsNigeria’s crude oil production for 2024 has been pegged at 1.5 Million Barrels Per Day

The above is one of the major outcomes of the 36th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, which ended in Austria, Vienna, on Thursday. Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa, Deputy Director and Head of the Press and Public Relations Unit in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources,…

DTSG APPLAUDS HEOSL, OML30 JV PARTNERS…As OML 30 CDB Marks one Year, commission projects

DTSG APPLAUDS HEOSL, OML30 JV PARTNERS…As OML 30 CDB Marks one Year, commission projects

By Michael J. Ekokoruwe The Delta state Governor, Elder Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori this week Wednesday in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area commended Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited ( HEOSL) operator of the OML 30, the joint venture partners and the…

“I NEED YOUR PRAYERS TO SUCCEED” – Apostle M. T. O. Oki

“I NEED YOUR PRAYERS TO SUCCEED” – Apostle M. T. O. Oki

–By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: The president of Isoko Christian Association Nigeria, Apostle Dr. Thomson Oki, yesterday urged christians of Isoko South and North to pray towards the successful completion of the National secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria (C.A.N) building. Apostle…

A/Court judgment: Judiciary works for the people, says Solomon, Oborevwori’s aide

A/Court judgment: Judiciary works for the people, says Solomon, Oborevwori’s aide

The Director General of the Delta State PDP Campaign Organization in the 3024 general elections, Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, has lauded the judiciary for protecting the sanctity of voters in Delta State, saying that in dismissing the petition of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege…

Procurement Act Review: NEFGAD Decries that Over 70% of Public Procurements Done in Bedrooms, Says Amendment of Act Long Overdue

Procurement Act Review: NEFGAD Decries that Over 70% of Public Procurements Done in Bedrooms, Says Amendment of Act Long Overdue

A public procurement advocacy group, Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) has decried that 70 percent of procurement proceedings are being initiated and concluded in the bedrooms of privileged few in the country, even as itcommended the…

Haba!! Final-Year Student Resorted To Prostitution To Raise Money For Her Project, Clearance

Haba!! Final-Year Student Resorted To Prostitution To Raise Money For Her Project, Clearance

-BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Over 20 suspects of sex workerarrested in Onitsha, Anambra State by Operatives of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade. Sadly, some of the suspected sex workers confessed to Blank NEWS Online why they choose prostitution. One…

Anambra Budget: Gov Soludo Said, ‘I Have Not Borrowed Kobo, Despite Approval To Do So’, Funds Budget From Income Tax, IGR

Anambra Budget: Gov Soludo Said, ‘I Have Not Borrowed Kobo, Despite Approval To Do So’, Funds Budget From Income Tax, IGR

-From SUNNY A. DAVID: Prof. Charles Soludo, Governor of Anambra State has stated that he has not borrowed a kobo despite the approval by the State 7th Assembly to do so. The Governor made the declaration while presenting the 2024 draft budget…

Oborevwori identifies threats to ease of doing biz in Nigeria

Oborevwori identifies threats to ease of doing biz in Nigeria

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Monday, identified harsh and hostile operating environment, poor basic infrastructure, insecurity and policy flip flops as disincentive to both local and foreign investments in Nigeria. Governor Oborevwori also remarked that the nation’s tax to GDP…

ECOWAS Countries Need to Rally Together on Biodiversity, Climate Change to Ward Off Environmental Disaster, Insists Nigeria

ECOWAS Countries Need to Rally Together on Biodiversity, Climate Change to Ward Off Environmental Disaster, Insists Nigeria

Nigeria has called all other members of Economic Community Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to rally behind her to find solution to biodiversity and climate change to ward off environmental disaster that is not only threatening the region but the entire…

We’ve made significant progress in fighting GBV, discrimination with EU-UN Spotlight Initiative– Mrs Sanwo-Olu

We’ve made significant progress in fighting GBV, discrimination with EU-UN Spotlight Initiative– Mrs Sanwo-Olu

The First Lady of Lagos State, Dr Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has acknowledged that with the support of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls, Lagos State had made significant progress in creating a society where every woman and…

INTERIM INJUNCTION: ASABA HIGH COURT RESTRAINS ASAGBA OF ASABA FROM IMPLEMENTING HIS LETTER PURPORTING TO REMOVE ACTING VILLAGE HEAD OF UMUEZEAFADIA FAMILY FROM OFFICE

INTERIM INJUNCTION: ASABA HIGH COURT RESTRAINS ASAGBA OF ASABA FROM IMPLEMENTING HIS LETTER PURPORTING TO REMOVE ACTING VILLAGE HEAD OF UMUEZEAFADIA FAMILY FROM OFFICE

The Delta State High Court, Asaba, presided over by Honourable Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro, on Monday, the 13th day of November, 2023, granted an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Prof. Chike Edozien, by himself, his servants and agents…