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).
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: “Fifty PwDs who are the first set of PwDs enrolled in the programme were selected from the twenty five local government areas of the state at the ratio of two per local government.” Persons with disabilities (PwDs)…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: It is no longer news that Delta state government, under the governance of Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is grappling with the premonition on how to either assist or pay up salaries of local government workers….
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: LECTURERS in the three polytechnics in Delta State, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, have begun an indefinite strike action over unresolved labour issues with the state government. The lectures are…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: In continuation of the handing out of starter packs to beneficiaries of its job creation programmes, the Delta State Government has established STEPreneurs trained in Plumbing; Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Services and Furniture &…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The wife of the governor of Delta state and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, on Thursday, June 01, 2017 celebrated her 56th birthday anniversary with inmates of the five Prisons in the state….
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: It was funfare for Children in Delta State, as Wife of Delta State Governor and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, turned “Chef” by personally cooking and serving food at the 2017 National Children’s…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Following the violent attacks on citizens of Idumuje-Ugboko community in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, the Iyase (Prime Minister) of Idumuje-Ugboko, Chief Chris Ogwu, has averred that the panacea for peace to return in the…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of the governor of Delta state and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has lauded sons and daughters of Ughelli South local government area for their contribution towards the successful establishment of the…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –Albert OGRAKA: CHAIRMAN, Governing Council, School of Health Technology, Ofuoma (DESCOHTECH), Dr. (Pharm.) Nelson Ejakpovi, may have run into troubled waters, following the ongoing massive protest by students over an alleged tuition hike. Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The former governor of Edo State Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Deputy Governor of the State Comrade Philip Shaibu, the Secretary to the Edo State Government Barr. Osarodion Ogie and other leaders of the State have distanced themselves from…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: In continuation of the on-going handing out of starter packs to the beneficiaries of the 2016 Cycle of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), STEPreneurs trained in Catering and Confectionery have received theirs…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Anioma Youth Forum (AYF), has thrown its weight behind the establishment of the proposed Stars University and Golf Course in Idumuje-Ugboko, Aniocha LGA, by a philanthropist Prince Ned Nwoko, noting that the projects will not only transform…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The 2017 Couples’ Forum, organizd by the 05 Initiative, a pet project of the wife of Delta state governor, Dame Edith Okowa has held in Asaba, with a call on couples to adhere strictly to…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba Chapter, has registered a protest against the maltreatment of it’s Union members by Officials of Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, over non payment of their outstanding…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Town Hall meetings currently going on between the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and the entire people of the state and the commissioning and inspection of projects are fulfilment of a campaign promise that…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Executive Director (Finance and Administration) at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, JP, has lauded Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for initiating the on going Town Hall meetings which…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Executive Director to the Delta State Governor, on Orientation and Convener, Ika Village Square, IVS, Barr Eugene Azukaego Uzum, has said that the forthcoming Ika Economic Summit that has been scheduled to take place…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The 6th Delta State Sports Festival ended on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Ozoro with Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa promising his administration’s commitment to ensure that the state will continue to excel in national sports events. Speaking…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively report that tension has enveloped parts of Delta state as youths in Ossissa, Ndokwa East local government area of the state have taken up arms in protest against Fulani herdsmen for allegedly…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: In what could be termed “good riddance” in the legislature, the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Monday Ovwigho Igbuya has been impeached. His unpredicted impeachement was carefully hatched by the legislators in the…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The 6th Edition of the Delta State Sports Festival, tagged Unity Games, has kicked off in Ozoro, Isoko North local government area. Declaring the festival open, the state governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa who was…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Journalists have been advised to uphold their professional code of ethics at all times. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, gave the advice in a press statement to felicitate with Journalists in Delta State on…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: As the global community marked the World Press Freedom Day with the theme, Critical Minds for Critical Times, Media Role in Advancing Peace, Just and Inclusive Society on Wednesday, May 03, 2017, Blank NEWS Online…
“The programme is financed by a US$ 500,000,000 International Development Association credit to the Federal Republic of Nigeria over a period of four years with each state receiving US$1,500,000.” –Dr. Nicholas Azinge Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Delta State Government has…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, has called on the Federal Government and the Inspector General of Police, Idris Abubakar, to take urgent and proactive steps in disarming Fulani Herdsmen in the state and elsewhere…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Prosper Edo: OLOMORO – It was a mammoth gathering of PDP Elders, Leaders, Stakeholders and party faithfuls of Isoko South Constituency 2 in a Get – Together meeting at High Chief Dr. Idodo Umeh compound, Olomoro, Isoko…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Alanza Oduah of Oko-Ogbele, Chief Dr. Benjamin Anwasia JP has expressed pity and disgust at the ignorance of one Onihe Odumegwu Nwanze over his written reaction published in this medium in reaction to his recently launched…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The High Court of Justice, sitting at Otor-Udu, Delta State and presided over by Hon. Justice C.E Achilefu (Mrs.) today Friday, the 28th day of April, 2017 in Suit No: OUHC/111/2016 OGHENEJABOR IKIMI, ESQ., VS. GOVERNOR OF…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: A former Counsellor and a Staff of Delta State Judiciary to die by hanging for stabbing his co-flatmate’s wife to death A Delta State High Court sitting at Ughelli Judicial Division has sentenced one Narebor Stephen Donbrapade,…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –BY Johnson EBIGIDE: The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of contemporary English Language defines corruption simply as ‘’ dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority’’ . That is, corruption is using ones official power dishonestly and illegally…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Delta State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Barr. Mrs. Mary Iyasere, has inaugurated the Project Implementation and Strategy sub committee of the state Committee on Export Promotion. The ceremony took place yesterday (27/04/2017) at conference room in…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Police operatives investigating the case of alleged rape of 15-year old Princess and secondary school student (names withheld) in the palace of the Obi of Idumuje-Ugboko, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, recorded a success on…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: His Highness, Onihe Odimegwu Nwanze, the Okakwu of Oko-Amakom, Elders and Elites of uwaile (Isi-ani), quarters Oko-Amakom deem it necessary to debunk all the distorted stories and put the following facts straight and clear before the Author,…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Executive Director (Finance and Administration) at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, JP, KSJI, CNA, has affirmed that the current endorsement of Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa as…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has dismissed allegation of selective Town Hall Meetings in the Niger Delta Region against Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu. The oil monitoring group described…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The member representing Burutu state constituency 2 at the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Kennedy Daubry, has pledged full allegiance and loyalty to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urging all members of the…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Executive Director (Finance and Administration) at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, JP, KSJI, CNA, has been commended for funding numerous social media platforms to secure victory…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Doris Yeri Warri Aboh: FOLLOWING the Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa’s SMART agenda, encapsulating strategic wealth creation project and provision of jobs for all Deltans, meaningful peace building platforms aimed at political and social harmony…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Chairman, Association of HPMs and TLGs in Delta State, Comrade Monday Agbeyi has urged staffers of Local Government councils in the state to be committed to duty and be supportive to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and…