The Immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has emerged the new Emir of Kano, succeeding late Ado Bayero. Governor Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, had promised to unveil the new Emir on Sunday when the Kano Kingmakers…
The huge crack in the Rivers State APC, after weeks of neglect has come out in the open. “The APC Legacy Parties, comprising the former ACN, ANPP and CPC parties in the state have not only distanced themselves from the just concluded…
The Speaker of the Delta state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Peter Onwusanya, has named Mr. Patrick Nwanze as the Chief Press Secretary (CPS). Until his appointment, on official secondment, Mr. Nwanze is the Group News Editor of the Delta state owned…
The respite and indignation that greeted the recent report of President Goodluck Jonathan’s grant of amnesty to the unrepentant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has taken a new dimension as the President and Commander In Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces denies ever…
These press statements made available to Blank NEWS Online were signed by the Delta state Commissioner of Police, IKECHUKWU ADUBA NPM, PSC (+) and the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP. CELESTINA KALU of the Delta state Police Command respectively. Delta…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has been advised against plans to close down all public schools in Nigeria over delay in the safe release of abducted Chibok girls and killing of teachers, as their action could be misconstrued as support for…
The Nigeria -Turkey relations may soon be broken as facts made available to Blank NEWS Online indicate that Turkish Airlines and the Turkish intelligence service MIT may have been aiding islamist terrorists with massive supply of arms to wage war against Nigeria’s…
The Heads of State of Benin, Cameroon, Chad, France, Niger and Nigeria, as well as representatives of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, participated on 17 May 2014 in a Summit in Paris dedicated to security in Nigeria. This…
President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter of request to the National Assembly, seeking an approval to extend the proclamation of the state of emergency for another 6 months in the three terrorist infested north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe may have suffered a…
The Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government at the ongoing National Conference, has adopted a rotational principle for presidency and governorship positions in Nigeria. The committee, through a majority vote, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 agreed that the rotational principle…
Warri Wolves Football Club received a boost during the week when attacking midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu returned from a long span injury he sustained in Bizerte, Tunisia in the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup and will be available for selection against…
President Goodluck Jonathan made history on Saturday when he performed the ground breaking ceremony for the first maritime university in Africa, the Nigeria Maritime University at Okorenkoko, Warri Soith West Local Government Area of Delta State. Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan…
Blank NEWS Online can reveal that officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has on Wednesday, May 07, 2014 swooped on the Director General of Direct Labour Agency (DLA), Mr. Emmanuel Edafe Igbini, in Asaba. The anti-graft team who were…
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekua to be prepared to meet him on the battle field. Addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt, Asari dismissed the threat by the leader of…
AHEAD the 2015 general elections, Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned politicians against defacing the environment with posters and billboards. Governor Uduaghan declared that his administration will not waver in its commitment towards having a clean Delta State and as…
Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji has formally sacked the Transition Committee (TC) chairmen and Councillors of the 17 Local Government Areas in the state. The governor’s action, according to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,…
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has made history by becoming the first Nigerian Governor to abolish the concept of non-indigeneship. Amaechi, announced this, weekend, at Government House in Port Harcourt, during a solidarity visit by the non-indigenes in the state, under…
Ambrose Ezeanwani, the 32 year old ex-University of Lagos student, an alleged students’ bursary scammer, who also blew the whistle over a purported racket in the students’ bursary scheme in Delta state, has been denied bail and subsequently remanded in Prison custody…
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has called for the suspension of all democratic institutions in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states to allow the military have full control of the states until peace and order…
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, all ward chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have unequivocally adopted the Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, as the consensus candidate for the Abia Central senatorial district seat come 2015 election. The unanimous…
Oil exploration activities of the largest fossil fuel company in Nigeria, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) may be heading towards a gridlock over rift between it and one of it’s host communities in the Niger Delta region. Indigenes of Letugbene community, an…
The President General, Ndokwa National Union (NNU), Pharm. Paul Enebeli, has said his people will demand restitution from the Federal Government of Nigeria over alleged deliberate marginalization and neglect. Enebeli, a delegate representing the South South minority in the ongoing National Conference,…
The arrested suspects who allegedly kidnapped Ebikeme Clark, son of elder statesman, Chief E. K. Clark have been arraigned before a Magistrates Court in Asaba. The suspects were brought to the court on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. A statement issued by the…
DELTA State Police Command on Monday, April 07, 2014, paraded the suspected kidnappers of Chief E. K. Clark’s son, Mr. Ebikeme Clark at the state Police Headquarters in Asaba, the state capital, saying that a mouth-watering reward awaits any public-spirited person with…
Blank NEWS Online can reveal that Aero Contractors, one of Nigeria’s leading airlines, begins scheduled flights at Asaba Airport today, Monday, April 7, 2014 with Lagos and Abuja as the initial routes. This brings to three the number of airlines operating flights…
Blank NEWS Online can disclose that the Delta state Police Command has uncovered and busted an alleged baby making factory and human trafficking syndicate in Asaba, the state capital. According to Blank NEWS Online dependable sources that a habitual human trafficker one…
THE GRUESOME MURDER OF BARRISTERS DAFIOGHO EGWUONO AND SAMUEL EKWAGHANJU IN A LONELY OIL COMPANY SERVICE ROAD AT OZORO Delta State Police Command deeply regrets the gruesome murder of Barristers Dafiogho Egwuono and Samuel Ekwaghanju on Thursday 27th March, 2014, at about…
Blank NEWS Online can reveal that 26 employees of the Delta State House of Assembly Service Commission (DSHAC) have been dismissed for parading fake certificate. The Chairman of the Commission, Barr. (Mrs) Josephine Ada Kachikwu who disclosed this in a statement made…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has signed a 451 billion naira 2014 Appropriation Bill into law with an assurance that more money would be spent on capital projects this year for the benefits of Deltans. Dr. Uduaghan who stated today [17-03-14]…
A 29 man Warri Wolves team led by Chief Emeka Inyama and Davidson Owumi touched down in Doula on Thursday afternoon in reradiness of their clash with Union Doula Football Club coming up today, Saturday, March 1, 2014.. The team comprising 18…
An Opel saloon car was stolen at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church, Sapele Road, Benin City on Sunday morning, February 23, 2014. The owner of the car, Wilfred Igunbor, a veteran journalist and worked with Daily Times is a parishioner of…
Delta State Government has broken another medical feat as the State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara has been equipped with sophisticated equipment to take care of infants during the first month after birth. A neonatal unit, according to medical experts, is intensive…
As the journey to the oil and gas rich Delta state governorship hots up, bookmakers’ predictions have pointed out that the candidature and emergence of the Chairman, Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, Dr. Ngozi Olejeme as governor in the 2015 general election…
President Goodluck Jonathan has today, Wednesday sacked four of his serving Ministers. Jonathan announced their sack at today’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The Ministers that were relieved of their appointments include, Elder Godsday Orubebe (Niger Delta Affairs); Ms. Stella Oduah (Aviation);…
Wednesday [12-02-14] In a bid for the people of Southern Nigeria to take a common position on the forthcoming National conference, the 4th General Conference of the Southern Nigeria People’s Assembly (SNPA) has held in Asaba, the Delta state capita, with a…
As the Rivers state polity remains heated up, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Prince Tonye Princewill has alleged a threat to his life by Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s spokesperson and Commissioner of Information, Ibim Semenetari. While condemning in strong terms the vitriolic…
The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) has reacted to claims by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State that there is no other party in the state, except the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a swift reaction to the “one party state” issue, Chairman…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ndokwa West local government area has secured a court order restraining the state party chairman and the party in the state from removing the party executive in the area from office, pending the determination of the…
True to expectation, Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has concluded plans to join forces with the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Blank NEWS Online can reveal. The move by Atiku, who is touted to be…
As a result of incessant road carnage and in a bid to fast-track the haphazard construction of the 149 kilometres Asaba/Ughelli road, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has ordered the state Ministry of Works to terminate section C of the project…
