–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: ONE of the most sensitive issues of discourse in Nigeria today is the security challenges in the South East. It is sensitive not because of the geographical location but the people, the enterprising and resilient…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: AS the world celebrate the 2021 World Sickle cell day, wife of Delta State Governor and founder O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has advocated that patients with Sickle Cell Anaemia deserve adequate care, devoid of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: “So we are here with you and ready to go any length with you because what you have started in Asaba must be sustained to check degradation of the environment.” –Founder of Fight Against Desert…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: As the battle for a place among the athletes at the Olympic trials continues today, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has assured Nigerians of a better outing at the Olympic Games holding…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Federal Government has inaugurated the Board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) after the successful conduct of the elections to fill executive position of the association saddled with the control of the nation’s…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE nation Nigeria, did not begin from June 12 1993; but her elongated dilemma and potpourri of woes can be partly traceable to that hysteric and historic date. That was the day ethno-religious politics was…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): AS the 9th Assembly of the House of Representatives marks its second legislative year, Chairmen of Councils in Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta State, have paid glowing compliments to the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has met over the ban on Twitter by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government and restated its condemnation of the embargo as draconian and unacceptable….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: ASABA/Nigeria: Following increasing security threats to lives, property and attack on state facilities in Delta State, the Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), has called on the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to urgently activate the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – Albert OGRAKA: THE Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has announced the next step for the N_power Batch C Stream One applicants. In a release, signed by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the Special Assistant on…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Blank NEWS Online can report that there was huge fire outbreak which engulfed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Offices at the Federal Secretariat complex along Okpanam Road in Asaba, Delta State capital. The NYSC office is located…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): DELTA Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has charged political appointees in the state to shun complacency and redouble their efforts to help his administration to deliver on its promises to Deltans. Okowa made the call while inaugurating the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLO: DRUGS suspected heading to Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) enclaves in Borno State have been intercepted by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos. In the same…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLO: UNITED States has condemned the banning of Twitter in Nigeria, stating that it is a violation of Nigerians’ fundamental rights. The United States, in a statement by it’s Embassy in Nigeria on Saturday said: “Nigeria’s…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC) has promoted 19 senior officers that have stagnated on positions for over ten years. Commandant-General, (CG), of the corps, Dr. Ahmed Audi, during the decoration of the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: FAMILIES of 61 district heads killed by Boko Haram since the outbreak of insurgency in the Northeast in 2009 have received humanitarian intervention from both Victims Support Fund (VSF) and Borno State Government. The VSF…
–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…
Re: Distressing State Of DESOPADEC Under The PDP-Led Government When Facts Are Turned On Their Head By The Delta APC In a bid to set the record straight on the steady and unhindered trajectory of interventions by the Delta State Oil Producing…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: HIS Royal Majesty, Ogurimerime Ukori I, Ovie of Agbon Kingdom, has lauded the Sterling qualities of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Review will hold its South South zonal public hearing in Asaba, Delta State. According to statement signed by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mchael J. EKOKORUWE: THE student of Bellarks Polytechnic Kwale, Ndokwa West local government area of Delta State, have been urged to acquire the necessary Skills that promote self reliance, towards addressing Nigeria’s unemployment problem. The Rector of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE escalating security situation in South Eastern Nigeria is getting to a fearsome crescendo. And from the way things are going, the mystery of the “unknown gunmen” need to be quickly unravelled and permanently addressed….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: GOVERNOR Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state, has suggested that to fulfill the stipulated Constitutional review of the revenue sharing formula, members of the RMAFC should be appointed by their respective states to remain detached from…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, led administration in the Country has failed on all fronts in the last six years. In a Statement signed by the Minority Leader…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): NIGERIA’S President Mohamadu Buhari has on Thursday, May 27, 2021 appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff to replace Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash I. Kaduna on Friday, 21st of…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council has congratulated children as they celebrate the 2021 Children’s Day. A statement signed by the NUJ Chairman,Delta State Council. Comrade Michael Ikeogwu and his Secretary, Comrade Patrick Ochei reads: “We…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): From Albert OGRAKA: THE Federal government through the ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Tuesday flagged off the distribution of Utensils under the National Home Grown School Programme in the North Central Zone. In…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Editor’s DESK: THE Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has reacted to recurring media report on the £4.2m Ibori Loot. An official Press Release made available to Blank NEWS Online on Wednesday, May…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has effected a ‘minor’ cabinet reshuffle with the redeployment three commissioners. The decision is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Acting Secretary to the State Government, Danjuma…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: NIGERIAN government has asked from the immediate release of Malian Interim President and Prime Minister, Bah Ndaw and Moctar Ouane, reportedly detained by soldiers. A statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the Ministry of…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE Delta State Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) beneficiaries in the 2020/2021 Crop Production Cycle have been given support packages to sustain their entrepreneurship endeavorus. The beneficiaries of the farm inputs who are all youth…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau has commenced its Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) with OFET for already existing youth farmers in Crop Production. Addressing the 158 YAGEP beneficiaries in Crop Production at Unity…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE managing director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has described Pa Edwin K. Clark as the bastion of justice, fairness and integrity. In a message to the elder statesman on his…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has congratulated Justice Theresa Diai, on her swearing-in As the Acting Chief Judge of Delta State. In a Statement, Elumelu expressed delight over her appointment and said…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development is rolling out Rapid Response Register (RRR), an intervention to assist those in the urban and semi-urban areas that are economically impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic. A…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has applauded the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for signing the Judiciary Autonomy Law as passed by the State House of Assembly granting full operational…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): SINCE his inauguration into the 9th National Assembly about two years ago, as Member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has continued to demonstrate his love and passion for the people, which to him is the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has described the National President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Dame Onome Adewuyi, as…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IT has become very obvious that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the diminutive governor of Kaduna state, do not know how to choose his fights. When he’s not up ‘in arms’ against his Southern Kaduna people, or…
-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…
