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Category: Editorial
Tinubu’s son says this about his father’s APC-led govt: “We must endure to reach good side of Nigeria’s future”—Seyi
Seyi, son of President Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to endure the current hardship in the country, adding that the decisions taken by the president should have been made years ago. He also expressed optimism that, while the difficulties exist presently, the…
Obiano Shuns Soludo’s Transition C’ttee Inauguration, Journalists Barred From Event
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Sunny A. DAVID/AWKA: Some correspondents of National Media Organisations in Anambra State were on Thursday barred from covering the inauguration of Prof. Charles Soludo transition committee. The event which was held at Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu in…
DELTA 2023: PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER, BASHORUN ASKIA ADVICES URHOBO NATION
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Managing Director,/Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has advised the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, to put its house together ahead of the 2023 governorship…
Minority Caucus Flaws FG On Harassment Of Channels TV, The Media
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has flayed the Federal Government over an unwarranted harassment of Channels Television and its staff; a development that smacks of another toxic push against press freedom and…
Journalists Laud Okowa On 2022 Budget Proposal
PRESS RELEASE -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Editor’s DESK: JOURNALISTS under the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, have lauded the state government for it’s proactive steps taken in approving the 2022 budget proposal of N425…
OF ROTATIONAL PRESIDENCY AND ELITE INSENSITIVITY IN RECENT TIME
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: One of the major challenges of the Nigerian state, especially in a supposedly majoritarian rule such as ours, is the gross insensitivity of our elites to the real issue plaguing the nation. The mismanagement of…
Online Publishers Want NASS To Quash Obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), has called on the National Assembly to urgently jettison the obnoxious Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts amendment Bill that is presently before it. In a…
COMMUNIQUÉ: MEETING OF GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA IN LAGOS ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AFTER THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA AT THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE, ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021 NIGERIAJuly 5, 2021 THE Southern Governors Forum at the end of the meeting…
NUJ Decries Growing Call for Nigeria Break-Up, Rolls Out Plans for Unity
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has decried ongoing call for the dismemberment of the country, even as it rolled out planned to fortify the unity of Nigeria. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on…
Delta: Gov Okowa Dissolves Exco, Drops Advisers
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 dissolves the State Executive Council (SEC) comprising the 25 commissioners, drawn from the 25 local government areas of the state. The governor also dropped the Secretary to…
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NUJ President Isiguzo Gets Confidence Vote, As Union Dares FG On State Of Nation
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Frowns @ Non Payment Of Journalists By Media Owners Wants Covid-19 Bail-Out Fund For Media Practitioners Urges FG To Rejig Security Apparatus Tasks FG To Tackle Electricity Supply Problems Condemns Soaring Unemployment Expresses Worry With…
Bashorun Askia Hails Prof Akpotu’s Emergence As IDU President *Pledges DESOPADEC Partnership
Pledges DESOPADEC Partnership, Cooperation With Leadership Of Isoko Development Union –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The Udu of Isoko Nation, Odio Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has congratulated the newly elected executive of Isoko Development Union (IDU) and hailed…
DELTA: Aniagwu Pledges Robust Synergy, Support To Asaba Correspondents’ Chapel
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Commissioner for Information, Delta State, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has reiterated his commitment to sustain the cordial working relationship existing between the state government and journalists in the state. Aniagwu stated this when he received the newly elected…
Journalists Decry Continued Undermining of Media by Gov’s Media Aide
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Members of the Borno State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Tuesday raised the alarm over continued attempts by one of the media aides to Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum to undermine the working…
2019 POLLS: NUJ Cautions Politicians Against Hate Speeches, Urges security agencies to eschew overzealous tendencies on journalist… CALLS ON INEC TO BE TRANSPARENT…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, held its monthly congress on Thursday, 7th February, 2019 at its temporary Secretariat, Labour House, Asaba. The well attended congress deliberated on sundry issues affecting the welfare of its members, professional practice and…
ABRAKADABRA: APC, PDP Parley In Delta Over Okowa’s Re-Election **”Principle Of Rotation Favours Gov. Okowa’s Return To Govt House” –APC Leaders
-By Albert OGRAKA: Blak NEWS Online recently reports that the ongoing overwhelming campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have driven the opposition parties into their shell of shame. It is true that some political parties exist only by INEC registration…
2019 Elections: Delta NUJ To Host Political Debate For Governorship Candidates
In line with global practices, the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has set machinery in motion to organize live debate for gubernatorial candidates of political parties participating in the forthcoming 2019 general elections in the state. The…
Nigerian President Buhari Must Ensure Release Of Journalist Jones Abiri –CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit organization that champions press freedom internationally, and 18 other organizations, have called for the release of journalist Jones Abiri, who has been held by Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) for nearly two years. A statement…
EDITORIAL: Delta Govt Media Management: The Case Of Harold Ojji, The Chef And Butler
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Chef: The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. Butler: A manservant having charge of wines and liquors. The chief male servant of a…
Employment Fraud Rages In Delta *Job Seekers Loss Fortunes To Scammers *Govt. Helpless?
Nigeria, September 11, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Scammers and fraudsters have allegedly beseiged oil wealthy Delta state, fleecing unsuspecting people, especially job seekers off their hard earned monies through undercover agents pretending to act on the behalf of the state ministries,…