Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: Governor of oil and gas wealthy Delta state, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed confidence that the prevailing peace in the creeks of the Niger Delta region would be sustained. The governor dropped the hint on Thursday,…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, has revealed that out of the N237 million approved for the ministry in the 2016 budget, the ministry was only able to access N147 million and was able…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Background In the ministry, he worked with Pastor Paul Egogo of Christ Apostolic Church at Udu Road in Warri. He is the evangelist in charge of Christ Apostolic Church (Royal Court of Grace) Ijala. Marriage> According to…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – DESPITE the economic down turn in the country, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has earmarked the sum of one hundred and nineteen billion, one million naira (N119.001bn) for capital expenditure for the 2017 fiscal year…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By ISAIAH OGHENEVWEGBA OGEDEGBE– INTRODUCTION First and foremost, I want to commend my friend Baile S. Golly Debi for choosing this theme: “HOW TO GROW YOUR MONEY.” Nearly everyone wants to grow his or her money, but few…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has described entrepreneurship as the best way out of the current unemployment challenges facing Nigeria. According to the governor, getting jobs in government organizations are becoming very difficult based on…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, on Tuesday in Abuja said N510.2 billion was shared among the federal, states and local governments as revenue realised in August. Adeosun made the disclosure while addressing a news conference on…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Sam Ijeh — The global economic recession is seriously affecting positive developments, not just in all tiers of governments, but in individual families world wide. For Nigeria, the end of the economic slide might not just be…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Nigeria’s Debt Management Office has disclosed that the Federal Government is planning to borrow N120bn ($387m) in local-currency denominated bonds at an auction on September 14. The DMO said on Tuesday it would raise N40bn each from…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – The Federal Government has deducted a total sum of N32 billion from allocations of states from the Federation Account in the month of April 2016 for different loans they incurred. The loans included the bailout funds granted…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – FORMER Commissioner, Ministry of Lands in Delta State, Chief Fred Majemite has urged government at all levels to explore the use of hydro-powered energy supply to ensure speedy development of the country. Speaking to journalists in Asaba,…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –Albert OGRAKA– The Delta state government has vowed to declare all Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) that are not electronically generated into its “FastTrack Delta” data base invalid within 90 days. The ultimatum was issued on Friday,…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has disclosed that the Delta State Investment Development Agency would soon be established to harness investment potentials in the state. The Governor who stated this when he received on courtesy…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has advocated a paradigm shift from dependence on revenue from oil to revenue generation from knowledge-based development. The governor dropped the hint Monday (25/07/16) in Asaba at the public presentation…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – The Delta state government says it has keyed into the National Social Safety-Net Programme (NAPPS) of the Federal Government designed to tackle poverty and unemployment in the country. The claim was made at the instance of the…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –BY KOLA EKE-OGIUGO The Delta State Government confirmed yesterday its resort to the staggered mode of payment of public officers in the light of the persisting challenging economy. The state’s economy has been on the downward slide in…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called for the full implementation of the the N6.06 ensuring budget for the good of the electorate and to ensure national growth. This is just as the Federal Government has assured…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Firebrand former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari for adopting a ‘Command and Control Economic System’ that failed the nation when he was Nigeria’s Military Head of State in 1984. Speaking…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – In a bid to further boost power generation in the oil and gas producing Delta state, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with Alpha Energy and Electric Inc., an American company, for the…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta State Government has launched its FAST TRACK 90 scheme to fast track the issuance of Certificate-Of-Occupancy [C-of-O] to property owners. Governor Okowa at the event assured that the innovative policy would enhance the ease of doing…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta State Government has challenged residents and people of Okpanam, Oshimili North local government area of the state, to key into the entrepreneurial programmes and other economic projects of the state in order to improve on their…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – DESPITE the downturn in the economy, the Delta State government has disbursed a total of N101 million naira loans to 1000 persons in 101 cooperative groups under the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] Micro, Small and Medium…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Most state governments in Nigeria run an opaque budget system opening rooms for deep seated corruption and non delivery of good governance , a report of several weeks of study has revealed. The report by the Civil…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) By Albert OGRAKA– The Principal Secretary to Delta state governor, Senator Dr.Ifeanyi Okowa , Mr .Hilary Ibegbulem says prompt and regular payment of workers salary ,against all odds had established the governor as a prudent and disciplined leader…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has called for strategic alliance between host communities in oil producing areas, the international Oil companies (IOCs) and security agencies in securing oil and gas investments in the state. The…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has presented a budget proposal of two hundred and sixty five billion, six hundred and sixty eight million, one hundred and fifty six thousand, one hundred and seventy four naira…
Nigeria, November 03, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – African heads of state, government ministers and top officials from the United Nations, African Union and private sector groups have gathered in Senegal to chart a plan for boosting the uptake of intellectual property…
Nigeria, October 11, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – AS Nigeria grapples with the effects of dwindling oil price, the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has challenged members of the National Assembly to proffer solution to the situation. Governor Okowa…
Nigeria, September 30, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has disclosed that his administration would provide the enabling environment for investments to thrive in the state so as to reinvigorate the economy. Speaking when the South…
Nigeria, September 10, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – The Delta State House of Assembly has approved the request of the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to apply for the sum of N20.9 Billion bailout loan from the Federal Government through the Central…
Nigeria, September 07, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has urged multi national companies exploring oil in the state to employ people in their host communities to foster sustainable cooperation and conducive environment. Okowa’s statement is coming…
Nigeria, August 28, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Considering the critical nature of the new composition of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission [DESOPADEC] as well as the unsavoury postulations of some Deltans on the newly amended law establishing the Commission,…
Nigeria, August 22, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – By Nwaorgu Faustinus The news about the directive or rather order by the senate on the 11th of this month to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the fixed charge of N702.00,…
Nigeria, August 22, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – By Daramola Babalola The Nigerian tax system has faced several challenges in recent times. Under current Nigerian law, taxation is enforced by the 3 tiers of government, i.e. federal, state, and local governments, with…
Nigeria, August 21, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has advocated the establishment of mini refineries to decrease the level of pipeline vandalism in the country. According to Governor Okowa, establishing mini refineries in different areas…
Nigeria, July 22, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Governor of oil rich Delta state, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to re-establish their office in the state due to the numerous benefits derivable from such. He…
Nigeria, July 13, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a three-pronged, long term financial relief package to stave off the embarrassing economic situation the last administration, especially state governments, plunged the country into. To this end, the bailout…
June 29, (Blank NEWS Online) – The Delta State Government has rolled out six entrepreneurship schemes with an assurance from the State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, that 6,000 direct jobs would be created in the next six months as a result. The…
Blank NEWS Online can disclose that President Muhammadu Buhari has plans to totally remove fuel subsidy and use the proceeds for the provision of free and compulsory primary and secondary education across the country. The federal government will set up committee to work…
DELTA State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has assured multinational Oil corporations in the state of peaceful and contusive working environment. He also assured that the state government will partner with the oil companies to generate employment for the people. Senator Okowa…
