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).
As a result of the recent controversy and bickering which trailed the naming of a road in Asaba, Delta state capital, after the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, the state government has put the records straight in a bid to halt further…
Warri Wolves Football Club received a boost during the week when attacking midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu returned from a long span injury he sustained in Bizerte, Tunisia in the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup and will be available for selection against…
In recognition of his development strides in providing critical infrastructure, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON, governor of Delta State, has been honoured as Governor of the Year 2013 by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). A statement signed by Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu,…
President Goodluck Jonathan made history on Saturday when he performed the ground breaking ceremony for the first maritime university in Africa, the Nigeria Maritime University at Okorenkoko, Warri Soith West Local Government Area of Delta State. Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan…
Western media ever obsessed with bad news from Africa have been feasting on Boko Haram -The shameful terror of the extremists, accentuated by mystery abduction of Nigerian school girls. Here in London the BBC, aided by her global sisters across the world…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has described the death of Ambassador Ralph Uwechue as a big loss to Federal Government and Delta State explaining that they would miss his sincere advise on developmental issues. Uduaghan who stated this when the Federal…
Abia State government has accused Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha of being insensitive to the plight of his citizens especially Imo workers disengaged from Abia State civil service. Reacting to a statement credited to Governor Okorocha on May Day in which he…
As Nigeria continue to tread on the threshold of insecurity, wife of Delta state governor, Deaconess Roli Nere Uduaghan has advised Nigerians to turn away from sin and wholeheartedly embrace God, who is the author and finisher of all things. Deaconess Roli…
7th May, 2014: DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND MAKES REMARKABLE BREAKTHROUGH INTO THE GRUESOME MURDER OF 2 VIGILANTE CHIEFS FROM THE WARRI AXIS OF THE STATE Following the gruesome murder of Hon Prosper Erhinyojare – Chairman of Udu Central Vigilante Group on 17th…
Blank NEWS Online can reveal that officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has on Wednesday, May 07, 2014 swooped on the Director General of Direct Labour Agency (DLA), Mr. Emmanuel Edafe Igbini, in Asaba. The anti-graft team who were…
Delta State has taken the lead in the generation of renewable energy as Canada invests five billion United States dollars in Nigeria to produce 3,000 megawatts of electricity. The initiative of the State Government to key into the green economy programme of…
We, the Governors of the South-east geo-political zone received with sadness the news of the transition to eternity of our illustrious Son, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa after attaining 96 years of age. The eminent jurist had been missing from the public space as…
President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has called for urgent international response to the Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria and describing the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls by the Islamists sect as “heartbreaking” and “outrageous”. “It’s a heartbreaking…
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekua to be prepared to meet him on the battle field. Addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt, Asari dismissed the threat by the leader of…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has condoled with the Oputa family on the sudden demise of legal icon and retired Supreme Court Justice, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa at the age of 96. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has eulogised the late former military administrator of Delta State, Colonel John David Dungs (rtd.) and late justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa who recently passed on. Uduaghan described Late Oputa…
AHEAD the 2015 general elections, Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned politicians against defacing the environment with posters and billboards. Governor Uduaghan declared that his administration will not waver in its commitment towards having a clean Delta State and as…
Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji has formally sacked the Transition Committee (TC) chairmen and Councillors of the 17 Local Government Areas in the state. The governor’s action, according to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,…
The Senator President, Chief David Mark has decried the spate of bombing and abduction by the Boko Haram sect and charged the federal government to declare war on the terrorist group. Senator David Mark who made the call on Friday, May 02,…
THE Governors of Delta and Niger States, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and Dr Babangida Aliyu have reaffirmed their faith in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying that the dark days of the party were over. Speaking in Asaba Thursday evening, the Governors conceded…
Governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to the prompt payments of salaries and allowances due to workers in the state, just as he expressed happiness over the cordial relationship existing between Labour and our Government….
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has assured workers in the state of improved welfare, better working conditions and extra pay at the end of the year to enable them meet the financial strains during the yuletide season. Giving the assurance on…
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has made history by becoming the first Nigerian Governor to abolish the concept of non-indigeneship. Amaechi, announced this, weekend, at Government House in Port Harcourt, during a solidarity visit by the non-indigenes in the state, under…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has advocated a national masterplan for the development of small and medium scale industries to stimulate economic growth and boost employment. Governor Uduaghan who made the call on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 in Asaba while inspecting…
Ambrose Ezeanwani, the 32 year old ex-University of Lagos student, an alleged students’ bursary scammer, who also blew the whistle over a purported racket in the students’ bursary scheme in Delta state, has been denied bail and subsequently remanded in Prison custody…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said industrial disharmony can be curbed when the Federal Government involves the states in negotiations of wages and allowances with the organised labour. Speaking on Monday, April 28, 2014 in Asaba when he received members…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan administration’s giant developmental strides have continued to receive recognition and commendation within and outside the shores of the country. The United Nations and revered cleric, Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church…
Blank NEWS Online can report that the recent rampage by undergraduates of the Otefe Polytechnic at Oghara in Ethiope West local government area of Delta state over forcible payment of tuition by the institution’s authority has led to unwantom destruction of property…
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected an Executive Committee (EXCO) to run the affairs of the party and usher in the next APC administration in the State in 2015. The election, according to Blank NEWS Online…
In his persistent search for the increased good health and well-being of Abia citizens, the Governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji has commissioned an ultra-modern eye centre to return Abians to their 20:20 eye vision. While commissioning the new landmark project…
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has called for the suspension of all democratic institutions in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states to allow the military have full control of the states until peace and order…
The controversial and widely condemned “memo of genocide” written by Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako has been derided by Nigerian governors who also cautioned the “dissident” Nyako to mind his utterances on national security issue. The governors took a swipe at Nyako…
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, all ward chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have unequivocally adopted the Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, as the consensus candidate for the Abia Central senatorial district seat come 2015 election. The unanimous…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has described the crowning of Port Harcourt as World Book Capital 2014 as yet another evidence of the visionary and focused leadership being provided by Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. According…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Labaran Maku,, has described Adamawa state governor, Murtala Nyako’s comment and accusation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of carrying out genocide in the north eastern Nigeria as “irresponsible and unfortunate”. The governor had in a memo sent to…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has attributed the current spate of terrorism and rising incidence of violent crimes in the country largely to the problem of youth unemployment. Governor Uduaghan, launching the Delta State Micro Insurance Scheme (DMIS) in Asaba on…
Oil exploration activities of the largest fossil fuel company in Nigeria, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) may be heading towards a gridlock over rift between it and one of it’s host communities in the Niger Delta region. Indigenes of Letugbene community, an…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has revealed that his administration has contributed over N16 billion as counterpart funding to the New Pension Scheme since its inception in 2007. He also disclosed on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, that the state spends over…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has insisted that no on-going project embarked upon by his administration would be left undone at the end of his tenure in office, explaining that he was determined to ensure that they were completed and handed…
All is now set for the ground breaking ceremony of the $16 billion Gas City Project located at Ogidigben in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, the State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has revealed. Governor Uduaghan, during a recent…