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AAU Alumni Association Lagos Branch Passes Vote of Confidence on Worldwide President

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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WE’LL APPLY OUR IGR FOR POSITIVE CHANGE – GOV. FUBARA

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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World Press Day 2024: DOPF Stands Firm On Professionalism, Ethical Journalism

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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GOV FUBARA ASSURES RIVERS WORKERS OF SALARY INCREASE

May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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AZEMHE AZENA FELICITATES WITH EDO WORKERS, CALLS FOR VIGILANCE IN UPCOMING GUBER POLLS

May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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DR AZEMHE AND HIS GENDER-BALANCED TICKET: THE BEGINNING OF CHANGE (Opinion)

April 30, 2024May 1, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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Lions Club confers long service award on Funkekeme Solomon

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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Former Delta info Commissioner Loses Wfe At 62

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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US Position on Palestine Becoming Full Member of UN, Hypocritical- Palestinian Envoy

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 by Blank NEWS Online
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Zulum Approves Employment for 15 People with Disability

April 28, 2024April 28, 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).

Sickle-Cell Disorder Day: Dame Okowa Preaches Love, Awareness Of Genotype Status

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: AS the world celebrate the 2021 World Sickle cell day, wife of Delta State Governor and founder O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has advocated that patients with Sickle Cell Anaemia deserve adequate care, devoid of…

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Open Grazing: Desert Warrior Arrives Asaba To Join Gov. Okowa In Fight Against Environment Degradation

Open Grazing: Desert Warrior Arrives Asaba To Join Gov. Okowa In Fight Against Environment Degradation

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: “So we are here with you and ready to go any length with you because what you have started in Asaba must be sustained to check degradation of the environment.” –Founder of Fight Against Desert…

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Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Ministry Of Youth, Sports Assures Of Better Outing

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: As the battle for a place among the athletes at the Olympic trials continues today, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has assured Nigerians of a better outing at the Olympic Games holding…

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Law Enforcement Officer, 6 Others Arrested For Dealing In Cocaine, Other Illicit Drugs . As NDLEA Uncovers Heroin In Pakistan-Returnee’s Anus At Lagos Airport

Law Enforcement Officer, 6 Others Arrested For Dealing In Cocaine, Other Illicit Drugs . As NDLEA Uncovers Heroin In Pakistan-Returnee’s Anus At Lagos Airport

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: A serving officer of one of the law enforcement agencies, Popoola Abayomi has been arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in…

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FG Inaugurates Okowa Led Board Of AFN

FG Inaugurates Okowa Led Board Of AFN

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Federal Government has inaugurated the Board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) after the successful conduct of the elections to fill executive position of the association saddled with the control of the nation’s…

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GOODBYE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

GOODBYE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IN a seismic bid to oust the twelve year reign of the former Isreali Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a coalition of Parties of strange bedfellows was necessary and required. With a collective desire to change…

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UAE Ambassador Advocates Empowerment Of Women, Protection Of Girl Child

UAE Ambassador Advocates Empowerment Of Women, Protection Of Girl Child

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): AMBASSADOR of United Arab Emirate to Nigeria, Fahad Al-Taffaq has called on Nigerian government to continue to empower more women and protect the girl child. Speaking at the UAE Women Empowerment Webinar in Friday, Al-Taffaq said: “Women and…

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JUNE 12: TODAY’S REALITY AND THE MISTAKE OF YESTERDAY

JUNE 12: TODAY’S REALITY AND THE MISTAKE OF YESTERDAY

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE nation Nigeria, did not begin from June 12 1993; but her elongated dilemma and potpourri of woes can be partly traceable to that hysteric and historic date. That was the day ethno-religious politics was…

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Aniocha/Oshimili Council Chairmen Hail Elumelu For Effective Representation

Aniocha/Oshimili Council Chairmen Hail Elumelu For Effective Representation

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): AS the 9th Assembly of the House of Representatives marks its second legislative year, Chairmen of Councils in Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta State, have paid glowing compliments to the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon….

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Democracy Day: FG Declares Monday, June 14 Public Holiday

Democracy Day: FG Declares Monday, June 14 Public Holiday

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -Mike SOGBOLO: THE Federal Government has declared Monday, 14th June, 2021 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government,…

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NASS Joint Minority Caucus Asks Nigerians To Continue Using Twitter

NASS Joint Minority Caucus Asks Nigerians To Continue Using Twitter

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has met over the ban on Twitter by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government and restated its condemnation of the embargo as draconian and unacceptable….

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INSECURITY: DOPF Wants Gov Okowa To Activate Law On Community Security

INSECURITY: DOPF Wants Gov Okowa To Activate Law On Community Security

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: ASABA/Nigeria: Following increasing security threats to lives, property and attack on state facilities in Delta State, the Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), has called on the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to urgently activate the…

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Humanitarian Ministry Announces Next Stage Of Enrollment For N-power Batch C Stream 1

Humanitarian Ministry Announces Next Stage Of Enrollment For N-power Batch C Stream 1

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – Albert OGRAKA: THE Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has announced the next step for the N_power Batch C Stream One applicants. In a release, signed by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the Special Assistant on…

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Remodeled Chibok School Where Over 200 Girls Were Kidnapped In 2014 Commissioned

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Mike SOGBOLO: SEVEN years after over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram from it’s hostel, Government Secondary School, Chibok wears a new look with the commissioning major facilities by theMinister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen on…

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Fire Razes NYSC Offices @ Federal Secretariat, Asaba

Fire Razes NYSC Offices @ Federal Secretariat, Asaba

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Blank NEWS Online can report that there was huge fire outbreak which engulfed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Offices at the Federal Secretariat complex along Okpanam Road in Asaba, Delta State capital. The NYSC office is located…

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I.D.U. Commiserates With Akpotu Family Over Demise Of High Chief S.O. Akpotu

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE sociocultural organization of Isoko ethnic nationality, Isoko Development Union (I.D.U.) at the weekend, paid commiseration visit to the family of the clan Otota of Olomoro Kingdom, High Chief Stephen O. Akpotu, who passed on…

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Okowa Swears In Ukah As SSG, Urges Political Appointees To Shun Complacency

Okowa Swears In Ukah As SSG, Urges Political Appointees To Shun Complacency

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): DELTA Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has charged political appointees in the state to shun complacency and redouble their efforts to help his administration to deliver on its promises to Deltans. Okowa made the call while inaugurating the…

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NDLEA Seizes Drugs To Boko/ISWAP Camps, Intercepts Hard Drugs @ Lagos Airport

NDLEA Seizes Drugs To Boko/ISWAP Camps, Intercepts Hard Drugs @ Lagos Airport

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLO: DRUGS suspected heading to Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) enclaves in Borno State have been intercepted by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos. In the same…

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United States Berates Federal Govt’s Ban of Twitter In Nigeria

United States Berates Federal Govt’s Ban of Twitter In Nigeria

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLO: UNITED States has condemned the banning of Twitter in Nigeria, stating that it is a violation of Nigerians’ fundamental rights. The United States, in a statement by it’s Embassy in Nigeria on Saturday said: “Nigeria’s…

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Reps Minority Caucus Condemns Suspension of Twitter

Reps Minority Caucus Condemns Suspension of Twitter

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned, in its entirety, the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria by the Federal Government describing it as a clear violation of freedom of speech and other democratic rights and…

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NSCDC Promotes 19 Officers Stagnant For Decade

NSCDC Promotes 19 Officers Stagnant For Decade

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC) has promoted 19 senior officers that have stagnated on positions for over ten years. Commandant-General, (CG), of the corps, Dr. Ahmed Audi, during the decoration of the…

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Zulum, VSF Equip Families Of 61 District Heads Killed By Boko Haram

Zulum, VSF Equip Families Of 61 District Heads Killed By Boko Haram

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: FAMILIES of 61 district heads killed by Boko Haram since the outbreak of insurgency in the Northeast in 2009 have received humanitarian intervention from both Victims Support Fund (VSF) and Borno State Government. The VSF…

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NUJ Decries Growing Call for Nigeria Break-Up, Rolls Out Plans for Unity

NUJ Decries Growing Call for Nigeria Break-Up, Rolls Out Plans for Unity

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has decried ongoing call for the dismemberment of the country, even as it rolled out planned to fortify the unity of Nigeria. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on…

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EDWIN CLARK UNIVERSITY KIAGBODO ADMISSION IN PROGRESS, CLOSES IN TWO WEEKS

EDWIN CLARK UNIVERSITY KIAGBODO ADMISSION IN PROGRESS, CLOSES IN TWO WEEKS

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, admission into full-time undergraduate programmes for the 2020/2021 academic session is in progress and closes its admission of eligible candidates in two weeks…

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Don’t Depend On FG For Firefighting -Aregbesola Tells States, LGs

Don’t Depend On FG For Firefighting -Aregbesola Tells States, LGs

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: MINISTER of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has warned both local and state government levels not to depend on the federal government for fire fighting in their domains. Speaking at the commissioning of 20 newly procured…

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NIS Comptroller-General Shuts Abia Passport Office Over Alleged IPOB Attack

NIS Comptroller-General Shuts Abia Passport Office Over Alleged IPOB Attack

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, (CG), of the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has ordered the closure of Abia State Passport Office as a result of attack on the facility by suspected members of the Indigenous People of…

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NDLEA Foil Attempt To Sneak Drugs Into Belgium, Turkey

NDLEA Foil Attempt To Sneak Drugs Into Belgium, Turkey

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled attempts to export skunk and methamphetamine through Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to European countries of Turkey and Belgium. A statement by the spokesman…

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How Delta APC Turns Facts On Their Head -Re: Distressing State Of DESOPADEC

How Delta APC Turns Facts On Their Head -Re: Distressing State Of DESOPADEC

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

Re: Distressing State Of DESOPADEC Under The PDP-Led Government When Facts Are Turned On Their Head By The Delta APC In a bid to set the record straight on the steady and unhindered trajectory of interventions by the Delta State Oil Producing…

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China Explains Role in Blocking Taiwan From World Health Assembly

China Explains Role in Blocking Taiwan From World Health Assembly

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CHINA has explained her role in the blockade of Taiwan from attending recently held World Health Assembly. A statement from the spokesman of Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Zhang Hang said China could have unilaterally blocked…

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FG Asked To Increase Tax On Tobacco To 75%

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: NIGERIAN government has been asked to increase the tax on tobacco to meet the Article 14 of the World Health Organisation (WHO) which pegged it at 75 percent. Addressing a press conference to mark the…

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ECOWAS Suspends Mali Until Return to Civil Rule

ECOWAS Suspends Mali Until Return to Civil Rule

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: MALI has been suspended from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) until the current military dictators vacant office and return the country to civil rule. The decision was announced…

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Agbon Monarch Hails Bashorun Askia For Quality Service Delivery In DESOPADEC

Agbon Monarch Hails Bashorun Askia For Quality Service Delivery In DESOPADEC

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: HIS Royal Majesty, Ogurimerime Ukori I, Ovie of Agbon Kingdom, has lauded the Sterling qualities of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA,…

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House Of Reps Constitution Review: S’South Zonal Public Hearing To Hold In Asaba

House Of Reps Constitution Review: S’South Zonal Public Hearing To Hold In Asaba

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Review will hold its South South zonal public hearing in Asaba, Delta State. According to statement signed by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House…

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BELLARKS POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS URGED TO ACQUIRE SKILLS FOR SELF RELIANCE

BELLARKS POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS URGED TO ACQUIRE SKILLS FOR SELF RELIANCE

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mchael J. EKOKORUWE: THE student of Bellarks Polytechnic Kwale, Ndokwa West local government area of Delta State, have been urged to acquire the necessary Skills that promote self reliance, towards addressing Nigeria’s unemployment problem. The Rector of…

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OF GULAK’S GORY TALE AND THE UNKNOWN GUNMEN

OF GULAK’S GORY TALE AND THE UNKNOWN GUNMEN

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE escalating security situation in South Eastern Nigeria is getting to a fearsome crescendo. And from the way things are going, the mystery of the “unknown gunmen” need to be quickly unravelled and permanently addressed….

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May 29: Elumelu Hails Okowa For Bringing About A Stronger Delta

May 29: Elumelu Hails Okowa For Bringing About A Stronger Delta

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has commended the steadfastness of the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, in bringing about rapid and sustainable overall developments across the State. In a congratulatory…

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Constitutional Amendment: Tambuwal Wants States To Choose Reps In RMAFC, FCC, Others

Constitutional Amendment: Tambuwal Wants States To Choose Reps In RMAFC, FCC, Others

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: GOVERNOR Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state, has suggested that to fulfill the stipulated Constitutional review of the revenue sharing formula, members of the RMAFC should be appointed by their respective states to remain detached from…

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May 29: Reps Minority Caucus Declares APC Administration Failure

May 29: Reps Minority Caucus Declares APC Administration Failure

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, led administration in the Country has failed on all fronts in the last six years. In a Statement signed by the Minority Leader…

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2021 Delta Praise, Thanksgiving Day: Some Roads To Be Closed -Ukah

2021 Delta Praise, Thanksgiving Day: Some Roads To Be Closed -Ukah

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Organizing Committee of the 2021 Delta State Praise and Thanksgiving Day in commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa administration has announced that some roads leading to the Stephen Keshi International Stadium, venue of…

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Profile of Buhari’s New Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen Yahaya

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 by Blank NEWS Online

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): NIGERIA’S President Mohamadu Buhari has on Thursday, May 27, 2021 appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff to replace Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash I. Kaduna on Friday, 21st of…

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