-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: This is surely not the best of times for the Governor of Ekiti State and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi. Yet, he seems to be riding in the storm, purportedly…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA (North East Bureau): The convoy of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum was again attacked on Sunday morning around Baga. The latest attack, which recorded no death, happened when the convoy was on their way…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Olamilekan Agbeleshe, also known as Laycon has been declared winner of the 2020 Big Brother Naija Reality show (Season 5), with Dorathy as the first runner-up to beat 19 other housemates. He becomes the 4th male housemate to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East Editor): Police on Saturday confirmed the attack on the convoy of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum. In the convoy the governor was however absent as he chose to travel by air to Baga…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Twenty-six beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), on Friday, September 25, 2020 received their starter packs in Asaba, having successfully completed their training and passed the second Post Training…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Michael EKOKORUWE: The President General of Isoko Development Union, High Chief Iduh Amadhe, has called on Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State, for urgent intervention to rescue people and vehicles stranded as ravaging flood cut’s…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has attributed the reelection of Mr. Godwin Obaseki…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Michael EKOKORUWE: The President General of Isoko Development Union, High Chief Iduh Amadhe at the weekend commiserated with the family of High Chief Patrick Wilson Omonose as he was laid to rest at Olomoro, Isoko South local…
–Blank NEWS Online ( NIGERIA) – Front Albert Ograka: Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has described the death of the Emir of Zazzau (Zaria), Alhaji Shehu Idris, as a personal loss…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Austen AKHAGBEME: Not everybody saw it coming, neither do I, too. Not with the vociferous echoes of assurances coming from the APC national leadership and the misunderstood demagoguery of her local chieftains. It was a rude shock…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the governorship election in Edo State. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, who announced the total result of the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: The special adviser to the governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on peace building and conflict resolution, Chief Edwin Uzor, has urged the people of Aboh, Ndokwa East, Kwale, Ndokwa West and Obiaruku,…
PRESS RELEASE OFISOKO ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA (IANA)ON THE DEMANDS OF THE ISOKO NATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA The Isoko Association of North America (IANA) is the umbrella organisation of people of Isoko descent living in North America, committed to…
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JOB CREATION OFFICERGraduates Employment Enhancement Programme (GEEP) Organizes Job-Readiness Workshops in collaboration with PIND Foundation Have you completed your NYSC and searching for employment in the organized private sector? Are you desirous to improve your job-readiness and employability through capacity…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Primary schools in Delta State are to resume academic activities as primary six pupils have been asked to resume school on Wednesday, September 16, 2020.In the same vein, all primary school teachers in the state have been ordered…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) —By Ogbeide Osas KENNEDY: Chief Obafemi Awolowo the only Nigerian referred to as the late SAGE. Have you ever wondered the dictionary meaning of a sage ‘’wise, knowledgeable, learned; shrewd, skillful”. No other Nigerian till date has been…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Following the review of the interim leadership constituted for the Delta Online Publishers’ Forum (DOPF) in 2017, an elected leadership to steer the affairs of the body has been elected. The new Executive Committee (Exco) inaugurated on Thursday,…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: To the average political pundit and the avowed political watcher, Sen Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his politics needs no introduction. This owes partly to his near cult figure among his followers and his many political…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Combatant men of the Nigerian Police are said to have rescued some of victims who were allegedly kidnapped by hoodlums who attacked Tungan Maje village, a community bordering the Federal Capital Territory and Niger State. A joint team…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Etene PROSPER/Albert OGRAKA: Elders Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Isoko South local government area has re-assured the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and the MD/CEO of DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: *Builds Boreholes *2500 LG Women Get Palliatives *Food, Clothing For Needy In Churches To Mark Int’l Day Of Charity As part of activities to mark the 2020 International Day of Charity, wife of Delta State…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) Students in JS 3 in public secondary schools in Delta State are to resume academic activities tomorrow, September 8, 2020. The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, in a statement in Asaba yesterday, said…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By S/E Bureau Chief: All Passengers allegedly traveling in a speeding commercial bus, were on Sunday, September 06, 2020 tragically burnt beyond recognition when their vehicle went into flames along Ihiala- Onitsha road, Anambra State. Blank NEWS Online…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Government has redoubled it’s efforts at increasing entrepreneurship prowess with improved yields in Poultry output for sustainable Agriculture, especially among the youths. This exemplary feat was achieved by the state government when…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: In my earlier treatise, ( far before the NBA and El-Rufai’s “search” for the true Nigerian), I had made attempts to dispassionately look at the possibility of one thinking Nigeria first before Tribe and its…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The leadership of Isoko Development Union (IDU) and Traditional rulers of the various kingdoms in Isoko Nation have commended the efforts of the Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC),…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Albert OGRAKA, OLEH Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has revealed that the Commission has delivered 41 projects, while 29 others in the pipeline are already awarded and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) Delta State Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday inaugurated a Newborn Screening equipment for the treatment of sickle cell in the state. The equipment was donated to the Sickle Cell Referral Centre, Asaba Specialist Hospital, Asaba, by…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is widely known for one conspicuously obvious reason. And that is far from his accidental appointment as the Nation’s Aviation minister or his biological ties with the famous Fani Power of the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) From Mike SOGBOLA -North-East Bureau Chief: Borno State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Adamu Lawan on Monday claimed the state remains the least indebted state in the country. He said this was despite the fact…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East): Elections into local government councils in Borno State are now to hold on November 28, 2020, the Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC) has announced The electoral body also said all political activities in…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: When the ecclesiastical come calling, every other duty or obligation of mine takes the back seat. This is the very reason yours sincerely couldn’t catch up with the trends of events in the national and…
Lady Stella Njaka Bows Out, As Obini Onuchukwu Gets EMC Endorsement Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From SUNNY A. DAVID The Honourable Minister of Education, Malla Adamu Adamu has approved the appointment of Mr. Obini Onuchukwu as the Acting Registrar of Federal Polytechnic…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East Bureau Chief): The village head of Mashio in Fune local government area of Yobe State, Isa Mashio has been released by his abduction, the Police said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the freed village head has…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: Against the backdrop of both the objective and subjective conditions that have helped to shape Nigeria’s Political History over time and her citizens’ perception of one another; it is also pertinent to seek to know…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Editor The news of Asaba Airport’s re-opening has been confirmed and contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Chiedu Ebie and made available to Blank NEWS Online on Thursday, August 13…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Dr. Askia Ogieh; the Majority Leader Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Tim Owhefere; the Director General…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Senate Committee Chairman on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has denied media publication reporting it to have indicted the Chairman of the UBA Group, Dr. Tony Elumelu, over a N41 billion allegation fraud. This followed a clarification…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Michael EKOKORUWE: In continuation of the peace advocacy to actualize the vision of a stronger Delta, the Special Adviser to Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State on peace building and conflict resolution, Chief Edwin…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Mike SOGBOLA, North-East Bureau Chief:: A communique is expected later in the day as Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states, making the North East Region, are meeting in Maiduguri the Borno State…
