Nigeria, November 13, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – The Delta State Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education is positioning itself to meet the current trends in the world of computerization of information. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie…
Nigeria, November 04, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – IN his determination to use education as tool for economic transformation, the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has inaugurated a six-man committee to organise an education summit. Inaugurating the committee in Asaba…
Nigeria, October 20, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has challenged Polytechnic lecturers to pay emphasis on multi-disciplinary research and practical life skills to ensure that Polytechnic graduates can be seif employed. The Governor who spoke…
Nigeria, October 14, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – The lid on petty fraud in Delta state public schols has finally been blown open, folowing the demotion of a school head over collection of illegal levies from pupils, despite the state government’s insistence…
Nigeria, Sepr 19, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – The Delta state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie has reiterated that the state government has no intention to reintroduce payment of school fees for the 2015/2016 academic session in both…
Nigeria, September 15, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie has assured Deltans that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led administration is determined to ensure quality basic education across the state. Ebie, who gave the…
Nigeria, August 19, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – The State Government wishes to inform the general public that it has not abolished its free education and free health care schemes in the state. This clarification has become necessary on account rumours making…
Nigeria, July 29, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – The authority of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku has affirmed its commitment to the production of quality students and in-depth scholarship to fire the engine of growth and progress of Delta State in particular and…
Friday, July 03, (Blank NEWS Online) – “Be Creators Of Labor By Engaging In Entrepreneurial Schemes” Say Ogidi Gbegbaje The Permanent Secretary Directorate of Government House and Protocol Mr. Edwin Ogidi-Gbebaje has charged youths to be creators of labor by availing themselves…
Nigerians have been called upon to contribute their quota to the infrastructural and educational growth of their alma mater within their possible capacity. The Delta State Deputy Governor Barr Kingsley Burutu Otuaro made the call at Ekpoma, Edo State when the Ambrose…
A N200 million fund for the building of a modern school cafeteria as well as renovation and equipping of science laboratories is to be launched by the St. Anthony’s College, Ubulu-Uku Old Boys Association (SACOBA). A statement signed by Mr. PIUS MORDI…
The Federal High Court has declared unconstitutional the state based admission inequality in Federal Government Colleges also known as Unity Schools, ordering the Federal Government and Education Minister to apply uniform cut-off marks to all states The declaration was made in a landmark…
Delta State Government has promised to sustain the drive in provision of infrastructures in public schools in the state. The Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Right Hon Peter Onwusanya, gave the assurance when he presented exercise books to more than…
NATIONAL President of University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Dr Kemi Emina has challenged members of Alumni Associations to contribute positively to the development of their alma mater. Dr Emina who was speaking after his election as the National President of UIAA…
Emevor Community in Isoko North local government area of Delta state, recently witnessed a historic event when the Isoko Study Centre of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) was commissioned on June 20, 2014. Prof. Godwin Sogolo; member, National Open University Governing…
President Jonathan performing the ground-breaking ceremony Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has performed the ground breaking ceremony for Eagle Heights University at Omadino, saying the university is one of the series of projects that is positioning Delta State as hub for investment. According…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged Nigerians not to be discouraged by the incessant attacks by the Boko Haram terrorists’ sect but continue to stand behind President Goodluck Jonathan and the various security agencies in their determination to defeat the…
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…
Abia State has recorded another feat in the education sector. Recently in far away United States of America, three Abians came tops in their academic pursuit as they were among the four best graduating students at Dillard University. The three students who…
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…
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…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has described the crowning of Port Harcourt as World Book Capital 2014 as yet another evidence of the visionary and focused leadership being provided by Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. According…
The Delta state Ministry of Higher Education has reacted to alleged statements published by an online portal, following the recent demonstration by some students of University of Lagos, which accused the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Hope Eghagha of fraudulent actions…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has challenged tertiary institutions in the country to be prudent in the utilization of revenues they generate internally in order to attract more funding from government and other donors. Governor Uduaghan, receiving the Vice Chancellor of…
The Permanent Secretary Government House and Protocol Mr. Anthony Obuh have charged Nigerians to cooperate so as to revive the ailing reading culture among children. Mr. Obuh who gave this charge on Friday, March 15, 2014 in Asaba during the unveiling and…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on Tuesday took his campaign of a clean Delta to schools with a charge on teachers, pupils and stakeholders of schools across the state to imbibe the clean culture. Governor Uduaghan gave the charge while inaugurating…
Despite claims that Nigeria’s embattled National chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur had handed President Goodluck Jonathan his resignation letter, there was a twist in the ensuing episode on Wednesday, when Tukur insisted that he is still chairman…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has justified the significance in merit and hardwork by reiterating that there will be no automatic promotion for teachers in government owned schools. The governor insisted that promotion would henceforth be based on merit, stressing that…
After series of protracted disputes and failed negotiations between Nigeria‘s Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Univerities (ASUU), the ASUU strike has finally been called off as of December 17, 2013. The five months-old strike, which commenced in July, was…
The President of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the Delta State University, Abraka, Comrade Joshua Agbaroli has called on the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of strike in the interest of education in the country. The SUG President said…
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has observed that the activities of Boko Haram and the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have impacted on Jonathan’s presidency. According to him, the activities of Boko Haram and the industrial…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ), on Sunday, November 10, 2013 said the issues of Association of Senior Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), payment of arrears owed pensioners and that of the power sector would soon be a thing of the past. He…
Traveling it is said, is a form of education. The truism of this saying became real to me when I was made to be part of the Delta State’s sponsored Journalists Training Programme in the United Kingdom, precisely at the world renowned…
Delta State has concluded arrangements to enhance the remuneration and welfare of Teachers, particularly in the riverine areas of the State, even as the state government has pledged to support the effective take-off of the schools handed over to Missions in the…
In a bid to ensure a desirable learning environment in higher institutions in Delta state, the state Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has pledged his administration’s determination to build befitting hostels for the College of Education, Warri. He also iterated that all illegal…
Oil rich Delta state Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has described education as panacea for sustainable growth of the Nigerian child and called on parents and guardians to genuinely give guaranty to their children’s early education to enable them face future challenges. The…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said his administration would not discriminate between public and private educational institutions in the quest of ensuring quality education for Deltans. Speaking at the weekend during the first convocation ceremony of Western Delta University, Oghara,…
Delta state governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has inaugurated the 7th Governing Council of Delta State University, with a charge to members to be resourceful and generate more revenue to improve infrastructure and academic excellence. Dr Uduaghan who performed the inauguration at the…
The Senate Committee on Education has expressed astonishment at the landmark achievement of the Delta state Government in the Basic and Secondary Education Sector. The Committee led by Senator Uche Chukwumerije also paid a courtesy call on Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan at Government…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has bagged the prestigious Thisday Award for his feat in improving school teachers’ welfare and exposing them to professional stardom. Receiving the award from former President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton who was…
