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Zulum Approves Employment for 15 People with Disability

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Four Chinese Arrested for Illegal Mining in Nasarawa

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Romania Donates Educational Tools to Nigerian Army School

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Ondo APC youths protest at APC secretariat, demand election rerun

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Nigeria Insists Africa Needs to Unite Against Insecurity for Growth, Development

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Tinubu, CJN, others for National Justice Summit 2024 Wednesday

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International IDEA, other development partners to hold National Justice Summit

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EFCC Advised to Follow Due Process in Its Case Against Yahaya Bello

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NUJ Celebrates Newly Constituted The Pointer Editorial Team

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U.S. govt berates ‘Nigeria for arbitrary arrests’ of Emefiele, Kanu by DSS

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Blank NEWS Online founding Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Albert Eruorhe Ograka, is a Graduate of Mass Communication. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Journalism from the International Institute of Journalism (IIJ).

Bisalla: "Media Must Not Be Cowed" -Says Chike Ogeah Esq

Bisalla: "Media Must Not Be Cowed" -Says Chike Ogeah Esq

July 4, 2014February 28, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

Vexed by the circumstances in which professional journalists now operate in Nigeria as a result of the new phase of national insecurity, caused by Islamist terrorists, Delta state Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq., has called on media practitioners to brace up…

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ABIA: Gov. Orji Appoints Deputy Transition Committee Chairmen In LGAs

July 4, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

In furtherance of the formal swearing-in of the 17 LGA Transition Committee Chairmen in Umuahia on 1 Jul 2014 by the Abia State Governor Theodore Orji, the Governor has subsequently approved the following people as Deputy Transition Committee Chairmen in their respective…

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Libel: Okowa Sues Detractor For N20Bn *Writes Jonathan On Political Plot Against Him

Libel: Okowa Sues Detractor For N20Bn *Writes Jonathan On Political Plot Against Him

July 4, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

In a bid to curtail the excesses of political detractors who are head-bent on destroying the reputation of Senator Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, ahead of the 2015 Delta governorship elections, a N20 Billion libel suit (A/151/2014) has been filed against one Mr. John…

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Strike: JOHESU Threatens To Sue Medical Doctors

Strike: JOHESU Threatens To Sue Medical Doctors

July 3, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba chapter has threatened to drag the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria and Nigeria Medical Association (MDCAN/NMA), to court over the irrational decision to embark on the on-going strike action…

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Tributes: Uduaghan Mourns Umaru Dikko, Says He Was A True Nationalist

Tributes: Uduaghan Mourns Umaru Dikko, Says He Was A True Nationalist

July 2, 2014February 28, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed deep condolences to the people and Government of Kaduna State on the passing away of elder statesman and one time Minister of Transport, Alhaji Umaru Dikko. In a statement signed by Mr Felix Ofou,…

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NMA Strike: Patients Groan As Doctors Down Tools In Delta

NMA Strike: Patients Groan As Doctors Down Tools In Delta

July 1, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Following the declaration of an indefinite nationwide industrial strike action by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) today, Tuesday, June 01, 2014, the Delta state branch of the NMA has followed suit, as all public health institutions in Delta state have been partially…

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Emab Plaza Bombing: Uduaghan Commiserates with New Telegraph, Bisalla's Family

Emab Plaza Bombing: Uduaghan Commiserates with New Telegraph, Bisalla's Family

July 1, 2014February 28, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed his deep condolences to the management and staff of the New Telegraph Newspaper on the unfortunate death of their Managing Editor, Mr. Suleiman Bisalla who was one of the victims of the Emab Plaza…

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Delta Is Safe for NYSC Members, Says Gov. Uduaghan

Delta Is Safe for NYSC Members, Says Gov. Uduaghan

July 1, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said the state is peaceful and secured for members of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC). Speaking on Monday, June 30, 2014 in Asaba when the new Director of NYSC in the state, Mrs Olive Etukudo…

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15 Deltans Graduate From Italian Shoemaking Institute *As UNIDO, Delta Sign Pact

July 1, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Fifteen students sponsored by the Delta State Government for a training in Footwear Design and Technology yesterday graduated from the prestigious Moda Pelle Academy, Milano, Italy after two weeks of intensive training. The state had also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with…

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Delta 2015 Guber: "I Was Forced To Implicate Okowa On My Shooting" – Sunny Okonye

Delta 2015 Guber: "I Was Forced To Implicate Okowa On My Shooting" – Sunny Okonye

June 30, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

A new twist to the alleged shooting of a hotelier by suspected political hoodlums in Boji-Boji-Agbor, Ika South Local Council of Delta State over an alleged burning down of a campaign billboard has emerged. The victim, Mr. Sunny Okonye, has clarified his…

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2015 Elections Will Be Violence Free -Says Gov. Uduaghan *As US Diplomat to Nigeria Visits Delta

2015 Elections Will Be Violence Free -Says Gov. Uduaghan *As US Diplomat to Nigeria Visits Delta

June 25, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta State Governor DR. Emmanuel Uduaghan has assured Nigerians that the 2015 general elections would be free, fair and devoid of violence. Governor Uduaghan who gave this assurance on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 in Asaba when he received the United States Ambassador…

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PDP Chieftains Banish APC Member From Community In Delta *As Ikpide-Irri People Seek Govt Intervention

June 25, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

A youth leader and an All Peoples Congress (APC) member in Ikpide-Irri, Isoko South local government area of Delta state, has allegedly been ostracised by his community for challenging a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator at the National Assembly for failure to…

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MR. PRESIDENT, JEGA, INEC ON RIGHT PATH; CONGRATS TO FAYOSE, FAYEMI, EKITI PEOPLE- Great Ogboru

MR. PRESIDENT, JEGA, INEC ON RIGHT PATH; CONGRATS TO FAYOSE, FAYEMI, EKITI PEOPLE- Great Ogboru

June 23, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

The peoples General, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru has lauded the victory of the new governor-elect of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose as well as the incumbent, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for playing the game of politics according to desirable rules. Ogboru, in a statement…

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Uduaghan mourns Ndagene, former NUJ President

Uduaghan mourns Ndagene, former NUJ President

June 23, 2014February 28, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has expressed regrets at the sudden and unexpected passing away of Mr. Ndagene Akwu, a former President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) describing the death as “very shocking”. In a reaction by Mr Felix…

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Communal Conflict: Ossai, Azuka, Emetulu, Others Assure Of Lasting Solution To Ibabu/Iselegu Feud

Communal Conflict: Ossai, Azuka, Emetulu, Others Assure Of Lasting Solution To Ibabu/Iselegu Feud

June 23, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

While the Delta state government is battling to quell the communal crisis that has bedevilled Ibabu and Iselegu Communities in Ndokwa West and Ndokwa East Local Government Areas of the state, the member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ossai…

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FOOTBALL: WARRI WOLVES RESUME FROM WORLD CUP BREAK, JUNE 23

FOOTBALL: WARRI WOLVES RESUME FROM WORLD CUP BREAK, JUNE 23

June 23, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

All players of Warri Wolves Football Club have been advised to resume training for the second stanza of the Globacom League on Monday, 23rd, June, 2014 at the Warri City Stadium unfailingly. According to a brief statement made available to Sports Writers…

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EKITI GUBER POLLS VICTORY: JONATHAN, UDUAGHAN, ORJI, FAYEMI, OTHERS CONGRATULATE FAYOSE

EKITI GUBER POLLS VICTORY: JONATHAN, UDUAGHAN, ORJI, FAYEMI, OTHERS CONGRATULATE FAYOSE

June 23, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Abia State counterpart, Chief Theodore Orji and the defeated incumbent governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi have congratulated Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on his victory at the…

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Breaking News: APC Panics As PDP Leads For Fayose In Ekiti Guber Polls

Breaking News: APC Panics As PDP Leads For Fayose In Ekiti Guber Polls

June 21, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

The Ekiti guber polls seem to have reversed predictions by Nigeria’s foremost opposition party, All Progressive Congress (APC) as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coasts home victory for former governor, Ayo Fayose (Oshokomole, Ekun-Oko Ekiti, Jogunomi 1 of Ekiti). From the results…

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486 Arrested Boko Haram Suspects: Abia Govt Tells Jigawa Lawmakers, Others To Let Security Agencies Act

486 Arrested Boko Haram Suspects: Abia Govt Tells Jigawa Lawmakers, Others To Let Security Agencies Act

June 21, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Abia State Government has lambasted lawmakers in the Jigawa State House of Assembly in their plot to drag the Abia State government to court over the recent arrest of alleged 486 Boko Haram suspects who are mainly Northern citizens by Nigerian Military…

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Ndokwa West PDP Opposes Imposition Of Candidates For Delta LG Elections

June 21, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

AS the October date for local government elections in Delta State draws nearer, members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ndokwa West local government area have resolved that only popular aspirants will be fielded as candidates for the election. The member…

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Delta Partners UNIDO To Grow Agribiz, Others

Delta Partners UNIDO To Grow Agribiz, Others

June 21, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

In its determination to further boost bee keeping, fishery and oil palm production in Nigeria’s oil and gas wealthy Delta State, the Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan led government has reached an agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to provide technical…

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Delta LG Election: Group Adopts Chairmanship Aspirant In Ukwuani LGA

June 20, 2014February 27, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

Ahead of the up-coming LGA elections in Delta State, a socio-political interest group, Ukwuani Volunteers, has adopted Mr. Chris Ogoegbunem Ijibike as the group’s sole candidate for Ukwuani Chairmanship. The adoption was made known after an exclusive meeting to mark its mid-year…

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Delta LG Polls: Ndokwa Group Urges Gov. Uduaghan To Accept People's Candidate

June 20, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Ndokwa Economic and Socio-Political cum Cultural Organization (NESPCO) has called on the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to critically examine, screen and X-ray candidates to be presented by the Party Leaders in the Three LGAs of NDOKWA Nation during the forth-coming council…

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Revealed: "Wanted Boko Haram Kingpin Among Arrested Suspects In Abia" -Army DHQ

Revealed: "Wanted Boko Haram Kingpin Among Arrested Suspects In Abia" -Army DHQ

June 18, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Doubts on whether the 486 arrested suspects in Abia state were either innocent Nigerians or members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been put to rest as the Nigerian Defence Headquarters has disclosed that one of the most wanted terror kingpins…

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Breaking News: 486 Suspected "Boko Haram" Terrorists Arrested In Abia

Breaking News: 486 Suspected "Boko Haram" Terrorists Arrested In Abia

June 17, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

The 144 battalion of the Nigerian Army, Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State last Sunday arrested a convoy of 33 buses conveying 486 suspected insurgents including eight females between Aro Ngwa and Imo Gate along the Enugu- Port…

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Tributes Trail High Chief Ubeku's Final Journey Home in Aviara

Tributes Trail High Chief Ubeku's Final Journey Home in Aviara

June 16, 2014February 28, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

It was encomium and tribute galore as the remains of Chief Abel Ubeku, a former member, PDP Board of Trustees and first Nigerian Managing Director of Guinness PLC was laid to rest at the weekend in his Aviara country home in Isoko…

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Eulogy: We have lost a gem in Kefee, says Uduaghan

Eulogy: We have lost a gem in Kefee, says Uduaghan

June 16, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has commiserated with the family of Kefee Obareki on the untimely demise of their daughter. Governor Uduaghan in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sunny Ogefere described the death of Kefee as a…

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Eulogy For Akunyili: We Lost A Pride Of The Nation -Ogeah Esq

Eulogy For Akunyili: We Lost A Pride Of The Nation -Ogeah Esq

June 16, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta state Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq., has expressed condolences on behalf of media practitioners in Delta state to the Akunyili family, saying that the late Dora Akunyili contributed immensely to the socio-economic development of Nigeria. A statement titled, “Akunyili: We…

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Music: Exit Of Kefee Don-Momoh

Music: Exit Of Kefee Don-Momoh

June 14, 2014February 28, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

The entertainment industry was thrown into great shock on Friday, June 13, 2014 when news filtered in that the revered Branama crooner and gospel singer, Kefee Don-Momoh was dead. Kefee reportedly died in a hospital in the United States of America where…

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Athletics: Uduaghan Challenges States on Grassroots Sports Development

Athletics: Uduaghan Challenges States on Grassroots Sports Development

June 14, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged States in the country to pay greater emphasis to grassroots sports development as part of measures towards improving Nigeria’s performance in international sporting meets. Governor Uduaghan speaking on Friday, June 13, 2014 at the…

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Rejoinder: Abia Govt Denies Involvement in Ihejirika’s Alleged Governorship Ambition

Rejoinder: Abia Govt Denies Involvement in Ihejirika’s Alleged Governorship Ambition

June 13, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

The Abia State government has described the report written by one Willy Eya of The Sun newspaper linking the Abia First Family to the purported governorship ambition of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ihejirika (retd.), as deceitful and malicious. A…

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NAHAP Advocates Equity Among Health, Medical Pros *As Otumara Lauds Pharmacists' Conduct In Delta

NAHAP Advocates Equity Among Health, Medical Pros *As Otumara Lauds Pharmacists' Conduct In Delta

June 12, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Pharmacists have advocated equal treatment of both health and medical professionals as a panacea for lasting peace in the health sector. They said collaboration among health and medical professionals is key to permanent peace and stability in the sector, describing the practice…

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Delta: Protesters Stop Work At RENL, Utagba-Uno Over Neglect Of Host Community

Delta: Protesters Stop Work At RENL, Utagba-Uno Over Neglect Of Host Community

June 12, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Protesters today, June 12, 2014 stopped the operations of workers at the Rubber Estates Nigeria Ltd (RENL), Utagba-Uno, alleging insensitivity of the company to the plight of the host community. The protesters which included the oldest men and women, titled chiefs and…

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UK Expresses Readiness to Invest In Delta State *Lauds Gov Uduaghan’s Infrastructural Efforts

UK Expresses Readiness to Invest In Delta State *Lauds Gov Uduaghan’s Infrastructural Efforts

June 11, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

The British Government has expressed readiness to invest in Delta State and assist the state to develop its potentials to grow the economy. British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Peter Carter who disclosed this in Asaba yesterday during a visit to…

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True Federalism: Gov Uduaghan Seeks Cofab's Nod *Decries imbalance, distortions in Nigerian federation

True Federalism: Gov Uduaghan Seeks Cofab's Nod *Decries imbalance, distortions in Nigerian federation

June 11, 2014February 27, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

An untiring advocate of true federalism and Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has harped on the need for a practical federal system of government in Nigeria. He wants federalism to be practiced in its true sense with a belief that the…

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Experienced Nigerians Should Always Contribute To National Growth -Says Uduaghan

Experienced Nigerians Should Always Contribute To National Growth -Says Uduaghan

June 10, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged experienced Nigerians to continuously contribute their quota to building a better country. According to him, Nigeria still requires experienced hands in the area of security, infrastructure development and human capital development, stating that those…

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ENDLESS LAMENTATIONS OF KALU -By Tony Ibe

ENDLESS LAMENTATIONS OF KALU -By Tony Ibe

June 10, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Kalu’s lamentations will never end. His message read by a very disillusive aide at a retreat in Port Harcourt recently says much about the torments Kalu is passing through. He is in deep melancholy in spite of his stolen riches. We are…

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Uduaghan Calls for Global Collaboration against Terrorism *As Defence Attaches thumps up for Uduaghan’s Economic Model

Uduaghan Calls for Global Collaboration against Terrorism *As Defence Attaches thumps up for Uduaghan’s Economic Model

June 10, 2014February 27, 2018 by Blank NEWS Online

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged countries in the world to collectively step up actions to stem the tide of terrorism in Nigeria and other parts of the globe. Besides, Foreign Defence Advisers/Attaches to Nigeria have also commended the Delta…

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OPINION: Reagan Ufomba’s Gubernatorial Daydream -By Ikenna Nwankwo

OPINION: Reagan Ufomba’s Gubernatorial Daydream -By Ikenna Nwankwo

June 10, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Dreams of greatness are usually inviting but getting there is not a picnic. So, most desperadoes embark on all forms of shenanigans including dancing naked in the marketplace, just to illusively satisfy the daydreaming. Reagan Ufomba is of that stock. His obsession…

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Terrorism: Niger Delta Group Urges Northern Leaders To Support President Jonathan *Says Nothing Can Stop Jonathan's Re-Election Bid

Terrorism: Niger Delta Group Urges Northern Leaders To Support President Jonathan *Says Nothing Can Stop Jonathan's Re-Election Bid

June 9, 2014 by Blank NEWS Online

Blank NEWS Online can report that Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has urged retired Army Generals from the North to join forces with President Goodluck Jonathan to fight terrorism, making it known clearly to the Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan…

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