Child Right: Bashorun Askia Hails Roles Of Girl Child Ambassador, Premier Queen

Child Right: Bashorun Askia Hails Roles Of Girl Child Ambassador, Premier Queen

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA:  The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA) has applauded the roles of the “Ambassador of Girl Child, South South”, Queen Idara Ekong and that of…

Return Of History In Nigerian Schools: HSN Holds 64th Annual Confab In Delta  **Plans To Digitalize Teaching, Learning

Return Of History In Nigerian Schools: HSN Holds 64th Annual Confab In Delta **Plans To Digitalize Teaching, Learning

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Albert OGRAKA: The Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN), established in 1955 to promote an enduring sense of history and historical consciousness amongst the citizenry has expressed its determination to employ digital technology in teaching Nigerian history after…

Zulum Approves One-Off Subsidy For 26 Borno Students In Madinah Varsity

Zulum Approves One-Off Subsidy For 26 Borno Students In Madinah Varsity

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)– From Mike Sogola: Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the release of one million naira each to 26 citizens of the state undertaking different Degree programs at the Islamic University of Madinah in the Kingdom of Saudi…

Delta Govt Approves N1.5bn 2019 UBE Counterpart Funds **Plots 2020 Work-Plan for Job Creation

Delta Govt Approves N1.5bn 2019 UBE Counterpart Funds **Plots 2020 Work-Plan for Job Creation

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): In a bid to sustain the payment of its counterpart fund to the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Delta Executive Council has approved the release of N1.5 billion for funding of primary education in the state for 2019….

EDUCATION: Delta State Govt Launches Back to School Programme

EDUCATION: Delta State Govt Launches Back to School Programme

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education is to partner with corporate bodies, individuals and the political class to fully actualise it’s “Back to School Programme”, which is an offshoot of Support-a-School Programme, starting from this…

Pragmatic Education Commissioner Ukah Bans School Labour Before Exams In Delta

Pragmatic Education Commissioner Ukah Bans School Labour Before Exams In Delta

-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…

Delta Govt To Partner Community Vigilantes To Secure School Facilities

Delta Govt To Partner Community Vigilantes To Secure School Facilities

-From Blank NEWS Online Education Desk Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has called on community vigilantes to partner with the state government in securing school facilities against vandals in public schools in the state. The commissioner…

UKAH CHARGES EDUCATION MINISTRY STAFF TO SUSTAIN DEVELOPMENT STRIDES FOR GOV. OKOWA’S STRONGER DELTA

UKAH CHARGES EDUCATION MINISTRY STAFF TO SUSTAIN DEVELOPMENT STRIDES FOR GOV. OKOWA’S STRONGER DELTA

***PS Dietake Congratulates Ukah The newly appointed Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah has charged management and staff of the ministry to be up and doing with their duties so as to sustain the development strides attained in the…

DELTA POLY STUDENTS HONOUR IBORI THROUGH SPORTS FIESTA  **HAIL EX-GOV FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE POLYTECHNIC

DELTA POLY STUDENTS HONOUR IBORI THROUGH SPORTS FIESTA **HAIL EX-GOV FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE POLYTECHNIC

From Michael EKOKORUWE:  Delta State polytechnic students from the three campuses located at Ozoro, Ogwashukwu and Oghara, have organized a sports fiesta, tagged ‘’Ibori sports fiesta 2019” to commemorate His Excellency Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Delta State for the…

Delta APSON Commends Gov. Okowa For Ebie’s Appointment As SSG

Delta APSON Commends Gov. Okowa For Ebie’s Appointment As SSG

From Theophilus UZI The Association Of Private School Owners Of Nigeria (APSON), Delta State Wing has commended the state Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for approving the appointment of Barr. Chiedu Ebie, the former commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education as the Secretary to…

Gov. Okowa Offers Job, Scholarship To Orphan, DELSU Best Graduate Of 4,252 Students

Gov. Okowa Offers Job, Scholarship To Orphan, DELSU Best Graduate Of 4,252 Students

-By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA State Government has given automatic employment and scholarship to the all time overall best graduating student of the the Delta State University, Abraka, Mr Abel Jonathan, an orphan with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.91. Governor Ifeanyi…

Bashorun Askia Donates To School To Fulfil Gov. Okowa’s SMART Agenda   *Conferred With “ADIKIHEKEGBA” Title In Umeh

Bashorun Askia Donates To School To Fulfil Gov. Okowa’s SMART Agenda *Conferred With “ADIKIHEKEGBA” Title In Umeh

-By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to further strengthen the trust of Deltans on the initiatives enshrined in the SMART agenda, a prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), High Chief Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has donated truck-load of…

No Admission For Best 2019 UTME Candidates –JAMB Registrar

No Admission For Best 2019 UTME Candidates –JAMB Registrar

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has expressed fears that the best candidates and the runner-up in the 2019 UTME might not secure admission in 2019 window. The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), on Saturday, revealed…

NUJ Pledges Adequate Publicity For Maris Lecture  … Says Lecture Topic, Relevant For Peaceful Co-existence

NUJ Pledges Adequate Publicity For Maris Lecture … Says Lecture Topic, Relevant For Peaceful Co-existence

MEMBERS of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have said the topic, MANAGING POST-ELECTION CHALLENGES: Nigeria As Case Study, chosen for discussion at the first Maris Annual Lecture is “apt, relevant to strengthen peace and unity of Delta…

I WAS NOT SACKED, I LEFT DELSU VOLUNTARILY – PROF. OKABA

I WAS NOT SACKED, I LEFT DELSU VOLUNTARILY – PROF. OKABA

BY MICHAEL EKOKORUWE Professor Benjamin Okaba, Director Institute of Foundation Studies Federal University, Otuoke Bayelsa State, has dismissed online report by Sahara reporters alleging that ‘Governing Council sacks, slams DELSU provost with 5 months suspension over financial misappropriation and assault’. Okaba while…

SPC Asaba Old Boys Set To Honor Alma Mater At 75

SPC Asaba Old Boys Set To Honor Alma Mater At 75

National Old Boys’ Association of St Patrick’s College Asaba (SPC), is set for a grand 75 years anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) of their Alma Mater and to rebrand the institution for academic excellence in line with global best practices. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Asaba as part of activities preceding the…

2019 Polls: Delta Govt Alters Academic Calendar For Public, Private Schools  **Adopts 2 Mid-Term Breaks

2019 Polls: Delta Govt Alters Academic Calendar For Public, Private Schools **Adopts 2 Mid-Term Breaks

The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has amended the approved school calendar for 2018/2019, academic session for primary and post-primary schools both public and private, in Delta State to accommodate the period scheduled for the general elections. A statement signed by…

Breaking: ASUU Suspends Nationwide Strike  **See full text by ASUU President

Breaking: ASUU Suspends Nationwide Strike **See full text by ASUU President

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday suspended its nationwide strike after three months. ASUU National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who announced the suspension of the individual strike action at a press conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital, disclosed that…

DELTA RECORDS HIGH CASES OF RAPE, DEFILEMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  ** Justice Ministry raises alarm

DELTA RECORDS HIGH CASES OF RAPE, DEFILEMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ** Justice Ministry raises alarm

The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Delta State Ministry of Justice has raised alarm over the high cases of defilement of minors in the State.Barr. Mrs. Uche Akamagwuna, Director, Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Ministry disclosed…

ASUU Strike: FG Releases N163 Bn To Universities **”Strike Still In Force” –ASUU President

ASUU Strike: FG Releases N163 Bn To Universities **”Strike Still In Force” –ASUU President

**”Strike Still In Force” –ASUU President Despite the lingering industrial strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since Nov. 5, 2018, the Federal Government said it has released N163 billion to the universities from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund…

Education: Sultan of Sokoto (Nigeria), Kabaka of Bugunda (Uganda) Want Royal Fathers To Unite In Keeping Girls In School

Education: Sultan of Sokoto (Nigeria), Kabaka of Bugunda (Uganda) Want Royal Fathers To Unite In Keeping Girls In School

Assembling leaders from across the continent to champion initiatives for keeping girls in school ABUJA, Nigeria, January 15, 2019/ –– The Sultan of Sokoto (Nigeria), His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, together with The Kabaka of Bugundu (Uganda), His Highness Ronald Edward…

Breaking: FG On Terms With ASUU, Releases N15.4bn For Salary Shortfalls

Breaking: FG On Terms With ASUU, Releases N15.4bn For Salary Shortfalls

°°°Strike May End Soon The Federal Government has approved over N35.4 billion for the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union and the federal government reached the agreement on Monday, after a two-hour meeting in Abuja. The government agreed to…

Education: AURAK Hosts the Canadian Embassy On Partnership

Education: AURAK Hosts the Canadian Embassy On Partnership

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) hosted a meeting with the Trade Commissioner and Regional Education Coordinator of the Embassy of Canada, Mabelle Sawaqed-Hen, to discuss the possibility of establishing international partnerships with Canadian…

Yahoo Killers: DELSU VC, Isoko Development Union Women Wing Commiserate With Family Of Elozino Ogege

Yahoo Killers: DELSU VC, Isoko Development Union Women Wing Commiserate With Family Of Elozino Ogege

-By Michael Ekokoruwe: Delta State University Vice Chancellor, Professor Victor Peretemode and the women wing of Isoko Development Union led by Chief Mrs. Felicia Suleiman has commiserated with the family of Miss Elozino Joshuana Ogege, a 300 level student of Delta State…

ISOKO WOMEN PROTESTS AGAINST RELOCATION OF 100 LEVEL ENGINEERING STUDENTS FROM OLEH CAMPUS TO ABRAKA

ISOKO WOMEN PROTESTS AGAINST RELOCATION OF 100 LEVEL ENGINEERING STUDENTS FROM OLEH CAMPUS TO ABRAKA

-By Michael Ekokoruwe: Isoko women in their numbers staged a peaceful protests over alleged relocation of 100 level engineering students from Oleh campus in Isoko South local government area of Delta State to Abraka by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Victor Peretemode on…

Education: AURAK Ranks High In Scopus Database In UAE

Education: AURAK Ranks High In Scopus Database In UAE

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) ranked twelfth among 103 UAE institutions with Scopus affiliations, with a total of 403 Scopus documents published by the AURAK faculty and researchers. Scopus is the largest database…

Delta: Ebie, Ikem, Apokwu Tips Vocational Education, Training For Nat’l Growth

Delta: Ebie, Ikem, Apokwu Tips Vocational Education, Training For Nat’l Growth

Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie has admonished teachers in the state to always update themselves through consistent training and retraining in order to be abreast with modern trends in teaching profession. Mr. Ebie, gave the advice…

Nationwide Warning Strike: Delta NLC Enforces Labour Strike Over Poor Wage

Nationwide Warning Strike: Delta NLC Enforces Labour Strike Over Poor Wage

-By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NUT), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) have enforced the stike order of the organized national labour body, in a bid to strenghten the union’s current…

Flooding: Dame 0kowa Rekindles Hope Of IDPs In Asaba Camps

Flooding: Dame 0kowa Rekindles Hope Of IDPs In Asaba Camps

**Peaches God’s Love, Donates Relief, Food Items To IDPs – -By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to assuage the predicaments of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as a result of the current flooding in parts of Delta state, wife of the state Governor and…

Back To School: World Bank Helps Nigeria With $611m

Back To School: World Bank Helps Nigeria With $611m

The World Bank will support Nigeria with $611 million dollars to get children back to school under the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme, the Coordinator, Prof. Gidado Tahir, has said. Tahir made this known in Kaduna on Friday at…

Encomiums Trail Delta First Lady Dame Okowa’s 57th Birthday Anniversary, As She Celebrates Among Children With Disabilities

Encomiums Trail Delta First Lady Dame Okowa’s 57th Birthday Anniversary, As She Celebrates Among Children With Disabilities

-By Albert OGRAKA: The wife of the governor of Delta state and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, on Friday, June 01, 2018 celebrated her 57th birthday anniversary with pupils at the Special Education Centre (School for the Handicapped), Agbor in…

CHILDREN’S DAY: Gov Okowa And Wife Cook For Delta Children  **Urges Parents To Pay More Attention To Children

CHILDREN’S DAY: Gov Okowa And Wife Cook For Delta Children **Urges Parents To Pay More Attention To Children

-By Albert OGRAKA: AS Children’s Day was celebrated in Nigeria on Sunday, May 27, 2018, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, through the O5 Initiative Kitchen prepared sumptuous buffet for children at the Cenotaph, in Asaba with the…

NUC Bursts 58 Illegal Universities Operating In Nigeria

NUC Bursts 58 Illegal Universities Operating In Nigeria

The National Universities Commission, NUC has released a.list showing 58 illegal universities currently under operation in Nigeria. The institutions are said not to have been licensed by the federal government and have been shut down. In addition, eight other universities are being investigated…

Dame Okowa’s 05 Initiative Takes Campaign On Drug Abuse, Cultism To Schools In Delta

Dame Okowa’s 05 Initiative Takes Campaign On Drug Abuse, Cultism To Schools In Delta

In a bid to inculcate good values and virtues among students, the 05 Initiative has taken the campaign on drug abuse and cultism to publiic secondary schools in Delta state. Wife of the state governor and founder of the 05 Initiative, Dame…

GROUP COMMENDS FG OVER SMOOTH TAKE-OFF OF MARITIME UNIVERSITY, OKERENKOKO  **WANTS BUHARI TO CONSTRUCT ROAD FROM WARRI TO UNIVERSITY, PERMANENT SITE 

GROUP COMMENDS FG OVER SMOOTH TAKE-OFF OF MARITIME UNIVERSITY, OKERENKOKO **WANTS BUHARI TO CONSTRUCT ROAD FROM WARRI TO UNIVERSITY, PERMANENT SITE 

THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change has hailed the Federal Government for the smooth take off of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The group has been at the forefront,…

Delta Govt Flags Off $120,000 World Bank, SEEFOR Digital Integrated Learning Platform For Technical, Vocational Institutions

Delta Govt Flags Off $120,000 World Bank, SEEFOR Digital Integrated Learning Platform For Technical, Vocational Institutions

By Albert OGRAKA: Delta state has become the first state in Nigeria to implement and deploy the digital integrated learning solution for six trades in the state owned technical colleges and vocational education centres. The $120,000 World Bank assisted SEEFOR project with…