Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated Deltans on the 28th anniversary of the creation of the State. In a message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor thanked the people of the state for…
–From Mike Sogbola: The Boko Haram insurgents have set ablaze 73 houses and 28 shops in Thursday’s attack on three Borno villages, the state government revealed on Saturday. The governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara, had complained to President Muhammadu Buhari…
The Okpe Advocacy Group (OAG) has castigated the Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption (CHURAC) for its attack on the Chairman of the Delta state Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Hon. Michael Diden, aka Ejele, and seeking to go to court…
Abia Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah Minister of State Mines and Steel Development Adamawa Muhammadu Musa Bello Minister of Federal Capital Territory Akwa Ibom Sen. Godswill Akpabio Minister of Niger Delta Anambra Dr. Chris N. Ngige Minister of Labour and Employment Anambra Sharon O….
From Michael Ekokoruwe : There was pandemonium as residents of Irri and Oleh communities struggled to catch a glimpse of a strange woman alleged to be a witch, who allegedly fell down after an Owl was killed by security night guard at…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Babatunde Fashola Fashola born June 28, 1963 in Lagos State is a lawyer and a politician. He won the governorship election of Lagos State in 2007 and 2011 on the platform of the defunct All Progressives Congress (APC)….
The tragedy of our time is the continuous repetition of history by the so called book makers. Ordinarily one won’t even veer into sordid matters as less time and attention should be thrown at inconsequential issues but history and posterity will not…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, has condemned the attack on Sen. Ike Ekweremadu at the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday. Okowa said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Sunday…
Delta state Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has decried the frequent loss of lives from herdsmen attack on defenseless farmers and other Nigerians, insisting that the Federal Government must curb the menace through stringent measures. He therefore urged the Federal Government to…
The State Task Force on Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration set up by the Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is already being courted by foreign partners as the Grand Explorer Production GEP studio of Russia and Dublin seeks for its…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Godwin Elumelu, has felicitated with former Nigeria Military President and head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR, on the occasion of his 78th birthday anniversary. In a congratulatory message signed personally…
-By Albert OGRAKA/ Prosper EDO: The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has assured that the present management is committed to driving the vision of His Excellency, Dr….
-From Crime Desk: A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Delta State who was allegedly kidnapped at the weekend along the Benin-Asaba-Onitsha expressway has regained freedom after an alleged payment of N3 Million ransom. But the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke…
The outspoken Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives, headed by Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has called on Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, forgiveness, and sacrifice in order to move the nation forward. The caucus made the call in an Eid-el-Kabir…
-From Mike Sogbola: Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara has called for prayers for those in the trenches fighting Boko Haram. This is just as his Yobe state counterpart, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni called for prayers for improved security, unity, peace and socio-economic development…
***Seeks Judicial Panel Of Inquiry The minority caucus of the House of Representatives, has condemned in strong terms, the killing of three police officers allegedly by military personnel in Taraba State and the purported escape of a kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala…
African Action Congress (AAC) has slammed its 2019 Presidential candidate and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore suspension for six months. The suspension took place during a Special Congress of the party held in Owerri, Imo state on Friday, August 09, 2019. A…
DELTA Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for greater collaboration between the Federal and State governments to attract positive development to the people at the grassroots. Speaking on Thursday (08/08/19) when he commissioned The Goldcoast Memorial Market built in memory of…
Former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has spoken on the need for credible and robust opposition in a constitutional democratic country like Nigeria, noting that the robust engagement of the ruling party by the minority in the National Assembly…
Export quality yellow garri, the pilot product of the Delta State Government’s Foods Export Initiative has hit grocery shops in the United Kingdom. This is another significant milestone achievement in Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s determination to develop the agricultural value chain and to…
-By Michael EKOKORUWE: Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells. Typical garden snails are usually safe to handle and eventually eaten by many, but forbidden by majority depending on the reasons which majorly stern from traditional…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon) Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has a on behalf of the Commission felicitated with the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori. “On…
-By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said accountability is as an indispensable tool of management and hallmark of his administration and charged all political appointees to embrace it. The governor stated this on Wednesday in Asaba at…
The Delta Online Publishers’ Forum (DOPF) has congratulated Ogbuehi Patrick Ukah on his appointment as a member of the Delta State Executive Council and subsequent deployment to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education as commissioner. The body aso felicitated with the…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today praised leaders at the World Bank for quickly committing $300 million in aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for its efforts to contain and eliminate an outbreak of Ebola in that country that has claimed…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Deltans from oil producing communities, comprising Urhobo, Ijaw, Itsekiri, Isoko and Ndokwa ethnic nationalities, have expressed satisfaction over the appointment of the new Board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) by Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa….
-From Mike Sogbola: Over 60 persons were killed at a graveside in Borno State, Chairman of Nganzai local government, Muhammad Bulama, told journalists on Sunday. Bulama, lamented that the insurgents who were pushed back two weeks ago returned on a reprisal mission…
By EA Uzumnism The pendulum swung in favour of Festus Keyamo SAN who took the Senate Chamber on a voyage of legal tourism and moot suggestions during his clearance as a Minister designate. I congratulate him. As expected, Keyamo seized the floor…
Amid the intrigues surrounding the Minority Leadership positions of the House of Representatives, it has emerged that a recent petition sent to the Peoples Democratic party, PDP leadership, discrediting the Committee set up by the PDP Board of Trustees to investigate the…
-Blank NEWS Online Education Desk: The Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has warned School Heads in public secondary schools in the state to stop the practice of engaging their students in labour exercise just before the…
FROM SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA The Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue says the Ministry is desirous of riding Anambra State of Mentally Challenged People and Beggars. Lady Mezue disclosed this while parading Fake Beggars in her Office…
From Mike Sogbola: Suspected members of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have attacked a convoy of aid workers in Borno State, killing one person and believed to have abducted six others. A statement signed by Shashwat Saraf, Country Director of…
-FROM MICHAEL EKOKORUWE: The remains of Miss Elozino Ogege was laid to rest at the weekend amidst tears from students of Delta State University and family relatives at Oleh, Isoko South local government area of Delta State. Speaking during a short funeral…
From Michael EKOKORUWE: The President General of Isoko Development Union, High Chief Iduh Amadhe and Hon. Emmanuel Egbabor, Chairman Isoko North local government area, has averted Oyede community traditional monarchy crisis at Oyede, Isoko North local government area of Delta state. Anonymous…
A two day training programme on entrepreneurship and business management has been organized for 41 graduates of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP). The training which took place at the Conference Hall of the Office of the Chief…
Operation of the soldiers in 19 Battalion, Koko, Delta State of Nigeria against illegal oil bunkering has began to yield tremendous result says the military. In particular, incessant oil bunkery activities within Benin river along Abide community, an area our source described…
**Recommends standard walkway of 1.5m high to discourage anyone who might want to jump from the bridge into the river FROM SUNNY A. DAVID / ONITSHA The Federal Controller of Works in Anambra State, Mr. Adeyemo Ajani, on Saturday said the second…
-FROM SUNNY A. DAVID / ONITSHA: In an effort to improve the standard of education in her community, wife of the Traditional Ruler of Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, HRH Odua Nwanyj Adaeze Ngoddy, alongside her friend Mrs….
Income alone cannot be used to classify rich and poor people, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said. According to the United Nations body, findings from the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) have shown that there are disparities in how…
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on Wednesday congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for qualifying for the Semi finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. The Super Eagles of Nigeria qualified for the Semi finals of the 32nd edition…
