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ECOWAS, Private Sector Unveil Strategies to Boost Tourism in W’Africa

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North-West Governors Seek UN Support for Troubled Region

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MANPOWER SHORTAGE: Oborevwori establishes new health college in Delta

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Three Former Police Officers Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

May 17, 2024May 17, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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BE CAREFUL IN USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN REPORTING, MEDIA PRACTITIONERS WARNED

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Investments in Delta safe, secure – Gov. Oborevwori

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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Be courteous, professional in state functions, Funkekeme Solomon charges Protocol Officers

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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Nigeria Calls for Collaboration Among ECOWAS States to Develop Tourism Sector in W’Africa

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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RIVERS ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS IBOROMA AS COMMISSIONER

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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The many lies against Oborevwori

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online

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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).

Executive, Legislature Partners In Progress -Ukah

Executive, Legislature Partners In Progress -Ukah

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Delta State Government has assured members of the State House of Assembly that it will continue to maintain a robust relationship between the Executive and Legislative arms of government. The Secretary to the Delta…

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STRANSACT JOINS RSM AS CORRESPONDENT FIRM IN NIGERIA

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: RSM, the leading network and a provider of audit, tax, and consulting services to the middle market, has announced Stransact as its Correspondent Firm in Nigeria. RSM is the sixth largest network of independent audit,…

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Okpanam Community To Host Delta SSG To A Grand Reception

Okpanam Community To Host Delta SSG To A Grand Reception

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE people of Okpanam Kingdom, Oshimili North Local Government Area, is to host their illustrious son, Chief Patrick Ukah, who is the Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG) and the Akpatakpo Enyi 1 of…

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05 Initiative Gives Support To Orphanages In Delta **As Dame Okowa Hails Zenith Bank

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: WIFE of the Governor of Delta State and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has passionately appealed to well meaning individuals and corporate bodies to always support orphanage homes and care givers operating in…

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Delta Govt Approves N425bn “Indicative budget” For 2022

Delta Govt Approves N425bn “Indicative budget” For 2022

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: DELTA Government has approved an “indicative budget” of N425 billion for 2022. The reconstituted State Executive Council approved the budget at its maiden meeting presided by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba on Friday. Briefing newsmen…

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Protests May Rock Kashmir Over Alleged Election Rigging

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbolo with Agency REPORTS: TROUBLE is brewing in Pakistan occupied Kashmir as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to hold protests against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party for allegedly rigging the recently-held elections in the…

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THE EXPERIENCE: Cleric Inaugurates High-Powered C’ttee For Egugbo’s Book Presentation

August 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: VERY Rev. Fr. John Konyeke has inaugurated a high-powered committee for the public presentation of the book, THE EXPERIENCE, authored by renowned journalist, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo, Special Assistant (Media) to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State….

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AAU NEC Resolves To Engage Edo Govt Over Unwholesome Interference *As Meeting Ends In Asaba

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE National Executive Council of the Ambrose Alli University has promised to continue to engage the Edo State Government over the unwholesome interference in the management of the University and the enactment of the obnoxious…

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War Is Reaction To Jeopardised Rights -Sierra Leonean Judge

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: A Sierra Leonean Judge, Justice Tonia Barnett has said war is a reaction to jeopardised rights, even as she stated that it is only those that have not witnessed war that call for it. Barnett,…

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Army Recruitment: Zulum Gives N12.8m Support For 641 Borno Candidates

Army Recruitment: Zulum Gives N12.8m Support For 641 Borno Candidates

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has given N12.8m as support for 641 candidates from the state currently at their final stage of the recruitment exercises into the Nigerian Army’s 81 regular intake for 2021….

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Zulum Expresses Support For Buni’s Led APC Committee

Zulum Expresses Support For Buni’s Led APC Committee

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has expressed support and confidence in the Mai Mala Buni led All Progressives Congress (APC) national caretaker committee. Zulum expressed his support on Saturday in Mafa, his local government…

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Iteire Inspects Council Offices, Provides Furniture

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE Executive Chairman, Isoko North Local Government Council, Hon. Christian Othuke Iteire on Tuesday, embarked on an unscheduled inspection of directorate offices in the Council secretariat Ozoro, and provided furniture to the staffs of…

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Dame Okowa Commissions 16th Sickle Cell Clinic In Delta **Hails Warri South LG People For Actualization

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: WIFE of the Delta State Governor and founder O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has formally inaugurated the 16th Sickle Cell Clinic in Delta State, located at the Central Hospital, Warri. Commissioning the project on Friday…

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ABBA KYARI: A FLY IN THE OINTMENT?

ABBA KYARI: A FLY IN THE OINTMENT?

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: TAFA Balogun was a heavily built, haughty and hawkish cop who once traverse the length and breadth of our policing world. He was a former Inspector General of Police, who fell from office shamefully, with…

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Elumelu Constituency Projects: Harvest Of Projects In Aniocha South As Okowa Commissions More Projects Executed By Elumelu

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: IT was a harvest of people oriented projects on Thursday, 29th July, 2021 as the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa continued with the commissioning of Constituency Projects executed by the Minority Leader of…

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Access Bank Risks Litigation Over Assault, Unlawful Detention, False Accusation Of Staff *As Attorneys Issue 7 Days Ultimatum

Access Bank Risks Litigation Over Assault, Unlawful Detention, False Accusation Of Staff *As Attorneys Issue 7 Days Ultimatum

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE Management of Access Bank Plc have been issued a seven-day ultimatum to urgently cause an independent investigation and redress the wrongdoings to one of its staff, with a written apology or risk legal action….

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How GEEP Made Me Gainfully Employed, Says GEEPreneur Oge

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: UCHUNU DOMINICA OGE: Many beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Job Creation Scheme have continued to share amazing testimonies of how the scheme took them out of the streets and made them meaningfully engaged to…

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Onoyona Resuscitates Grassroot Musical Talent Hunt In Delta

Onoyona Resuscitates Grassroot Musical Talent Hunt In Delta

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE Second Edition of the Grassroot Musical Talent Hunt, an initiative of the Delta Youths of Today Association (DYT) was held at the weekend, at the Anglican Women Hall, Oleh, Isoko south local government area…

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Zulum Finalizes Relocation of IDPs, Refugees to Abadam

Zulum Finalizes Relocation of IDPs, Refugees to Abadam

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has moved towards finally relocating the people of Abadam local government, in the shores of the Lake Chad back to their homes. The governor in order to actualize this…

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FG Launches Strategy Document To Tackle Deforestation, Forest Degradation

FG Launches Strategy Document To Tackle Deforestation, Forest Degradation

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Federal Government has launched the Nigeria’s National Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Strategy document to tackle the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation. The journey towards the development of the REDD+…

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Ghanaian Govt Denies Alleged Addo’s Disparaging Comment On Nigeria

Ghanaian Govt Denies Alleged Addo’s Disparaging Comment On Nigeria

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Ghana government has denied a disparaging comment credited to it’s President Akufo Addo on Nigeria and Nigerians. The Ghanaian President in the report on the social media was alleged to have asked Nigerians to…

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Okonjo-Iweala Laments Rate Of COVID-19 Vaccination In Nigeria, Says WTO Will Change Narrative

Okonjo-Iweala Laments Rate Of COVID-19 Vaccination In Nigeria, Says WTO Will Change Narrative

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: DIRECTOR General, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has lamented the rate of COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria and in the rest of Africa, promising that her organisation is working to change the story. Speaking…

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BETWEEN PATRIOTIC PLATITUDE, EMOTION AND JUSTICE

BETWEEN PATRIOTIC PLATITUDE, EMOTION AND JUSTICE

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: AMIDST the many compounded issues surrounding the ongoing trials of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Igboho, nationalistic ethos and fabricated echoes are almost always sounding like a broken record in our collective…

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Isoko North LG Boss Iteire Rescue Child Delivered By Mentally Challenged Woman

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE Executive Chairman, Isoko North Local Government Council, Hon Christian Othuke Iteire on Monday, visited Ozoro General Hospital, Isoko North local government area and rescued mentally-challenged, homeless woman who delivered a male child on…

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BREAKING: Court Adjourns Kanu’s Trial To October 21, As Nyako Orders DSS To Produce IPOB Leader

BREAKING: Court Adjourns Kanu’s Trial To October 21, As Nyako Orders DSS To Produce IPOB Leader

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court Abuja has been adjourned because of Kanu’s absence in court, just as Justice Binta Nyako called the DSS…

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BREAKING: Sowore Arrested At Abuja Federal High Court

BREAKING: Sowore Arrested At Abuja Federal High Court

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): FORMER AAC presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested by the Nigerian police at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore was arrested and whisked away while in court to show solidarity with the leader of…

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Eid-el-Kabir: Greater Devotion To God Will Enthrone Justice, Fairness -Bashorun Askia

Eid-el-Kabir: Greater Devotion To God Will Enthrone Justice, Fairness -Bashorun Askia

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has called for prayers to God to enthrone a new era of justice, fairness and development in Nigeria. Bashorun Askia, who…

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YAGEP Beneficiary Ascribes Business Success To Efforts Put Into Training

YAGEP Beneficiary Ascribes Business Success To Efforts Put Into Training

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: HELEN MORRISTER: The testimony of Helen Morrister is another success story of the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural and Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP). She is the Managing Director of Odhi Technical and Energy Services Fish Farm…

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DAIRO’S DEADLY DIARY AND THE REST OF US

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: HE missed death by the whiskers. And by sheer bravery, Flt Lt Abayomi Dairo, the hero fighter jet pilot, soldier on in the bushes of death, trying to save a nation so ravaged by terrorism…

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NDLEA Arrests Anambra Drug Kingpin **Nabs Notorious Interstate Traffickers In Adamawa, Benue

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Mike SOGBOLO: A major Anambra illicit drug kingpin, Okeke Chijioke, 44, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He was caught with 548,000 tablets of Tramadol branded as Tarkadol stored in…

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MSF Opens Malnutrition Treatment Centre in Maiduguri

MSF Opens Malnutrition Treatment Centre in Maiduguri

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Mike SOGBOLO: MÉDECINS Sans Frontières otherwise called Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has opened a centre in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital for the treatment of children with complicated forms of malnutrition. The MSF in a statement on…

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OF ROTATIONAL PRESIDENCY AND ELITE INSENSITIVITY IN RECENT TIME

OF ROTATIONAL PRESIDENCY AND ELITE INSENSITIVITY IN RECENT TIME

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: One of the major challenges of the Nigerian state, especially in a supposedly majoritarian rule such as ours, is the gross insensitivity of our elites to the real issue plaguing the nation. The mismanagement of…

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2023: Elumelu Expresses Worry Over Voter Apathy, Suppression, Political Alienation, Extra-Civic Voting In Nigeria **Proffer Solutions

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: RT. HON. NDUDI ELUMELU, Nigeria’s House of Representatives Minority Leader, yesterday expressed worries over the many factors promoting voter apathy, political alienation and voter suppression, as well as extra – civic voting patterns in Nigeria….

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Application Of Technology Strengthens Democratic Process, Says Bashorun Askia

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA, Warri: AGAINST the backdrop of the furore generated by the debate on the mode of transmission of election results, a wider application of information technology will strengthen the democratic process by reducing the impact of…

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Aregbesola makes case for more women in paramilitary

Aregbesola makes case for more women in paramilitary

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Mike SOGBOLO: The Minister of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has made case for more place for female in the nation’s paramilitary services. Aregbesola said in order to strengthen the fight against insecurity in the country, more women…

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FG Declares next Tuesday and Wednesday Public Holidays for Eid-El-Kabir

FG Declares next Tuesday and Wednesday Public Holidays for Eid-El-Kabir

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Federal Government has declared Tuesday July 20 and Wednesday July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf…

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Online Publishers Want NASS To Quash Obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills

Online Publishers Want NASS To Quash Obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), has called on the National Assembly to urgently jettison the obnoxious Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts amendment Bill that is presently before it. In a…

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FOUR YEARS AFTER, STEP BENEFICIARY SHARES AMAZING SUCCESS STORY -Says Gov. Okowa’s Job Creation Programme Real, Well Thought Out

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: ATANO, OCHUKO KELVIN has a BSC in Accounting and a PGD in Business Management from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife. He hails from Ughelli North Local Government Area. He got enrolled in the Delta State Government’s…

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ODOGU ISELEGU (FOR WOLE SOYINKA AT 87)

ODOGU ISELEGU (FOR WOLE SOYINKA AT 87)

July 13, 2021July 15, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

ODOGU ISELEGU(FOR WOLE SOYINKA AT 87) At eight seven, your roadIs full of sacrifices on the bankOf a suffocating stifling river. And the vapour of vanityShy away from your blinding presenceLike the leaves of Itikoti shrine. Daring deity of duelsBorn into clamorous…

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Iteire Partners Isoko NUJ On LGA Programmes, Commends Gov Okowa For Flood Alert

July 10, 2021July 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE executive chairman of Isoko North local government area of Delta State, Hon. Deacon Christian Iteire has commended Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State for flood alert sensitization. Iteire said this when…

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