After nearly six months of legislative impasse and following an Abuja Federal High Court ruling which nullified a resolution by the National Assembly to usurp the functions of the Rivers state legislature since July 2013, members of the state House of Assembly…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 78,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has commissioned 100 Toyota Hiace Buses and 30 Innoson High Capacity Buses with a pledge to continue to boost the Delta State Mass Transport programme. Governor Uduaghan who made this pledge on Monday, December 23, 2013…
As the Christians all over the world celebrate Christmas, Nigeria‘s President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan have enjoined Nigerians to strengthen their resolve to remain united for the well-being of the country. In a Christmas message…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has presented a N391.51 (three hundred and ninety one billion, five hundred and ten million naira) budget proposal for the 2014 fiscal year to the state Legislature with an assurance that his administration will finish strong….
Delta State Goveronor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has joined other world leaders in reacting to the death of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, as he also urged world leaders to engage in actions that will only encourage peaceful coexistence. The Governor, who…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of oil and gas rich Delta State, has urged the International community aid Nigeria to grow its economy in the on-going campaign against crude oil theft. Uduaghan, who is also chairman of the National Economic Council on Crude Oil…
After commencing commercial flight operations on July 13, 2011, Asaba Airport has handled 6,331 flights and 192,651 passengers at the end of October 2013. A statement issued by Mr. Pius Mordi, Special Assistant to the Delta state Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah…
Chief Engr. Christabel Oke Obiuwevbi, an Executive Assistant to Deputy Governor, Delta State was recently honoured by His Majesty, Richard Oghenevwogaga Ebelle Okorefe 1, Ovie Of Agbarha-Otor Kingdom in Ughelli North LGA, Delta State as the AVWEROTOMA of Agbarha-Otor for her contributions…
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…
Former Acting Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Joyce Nkemakolam has revealed that the N240 million approved budget for operational vehicles was deliberately inflated to N643 million by the Ministry of Aviation. This revelation came on the heels of series…
NIGERIA civil war veteran and renowned author, Brig.General Godwin Alabi Isama (rtd), has laid out a four-element pathway to sustainable development of the Nigerian nation. Isama, at the launch of the ‘Memoirs Of A journalist In Government Media’ authored by the Chairman,…
South-South and South-East Governors have urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their on-going industrial action in the interest of the Nigerian students and the nation. The Governors made the call Sunday, September 29, 2013 at the end…
Delta State government has revealed plans to airlift pilgrims from the Asaba International Airport, located in the state capital, to the holy lands overseas. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State said his administration would collaborate with the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC)…
Delta State government has once again re-affirmed its pledge to support the economically poor and underprivileged families in the state and enhance its poverty alleviation programme by setting up a special scheme which will avail such families of monthly financial assistance and…
The once peaceful scenario of Asaba, the Delta state capital, may soon turn into a hot-bed of crisis if urgent security measures are not put in place to curb an alleged impending invasion by thugs on the orders of embattled Director General…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Godwill Obielum has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to be distributed among indigenes of the seven Itsekiri communities in Delta state, who were recently displaced as a result of an attack on their…
In a bid to give sucour and heed the grievances of handicaps in Delta state, especially those who held the state under siege on Monday, July 08, 2013, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has met with the leadership of the Physically Challenged persons in…
The Delta state Ministry of Information Chapel of the NUJ has on Tuesday, June 04, 2013 been formally constituted. The new exco is headed by Comrade salvation Ogono who was returned for a second term in office. The oath of office was…
It was pomp and pageantry enmeshed in culture at the ancient Ubulu-Uku Kingdom, when the Prime Minister (Onishe), Chief Emma Ejiofor marked his eight year on the stool. The event which took place at the Onishe’s palace in Ubulu-Uku and witnessed a…
FUNERAL CEREMONY OF PRFESSOR CHINUA ACHEBE HELD AT ST. PHILIPS ANGLICAN CHURCH, OGIDI, ANAMBRA STATE ON MAY 23, 2013. Photos by Henry Unini
The Ovie of Umiagwa-Abraka Kingdom, HRM Air Vice Marshal L. O. Ararile (Avwaeke I) on Friday, March 29, 2013 conferred a Honorary Chieftaincy title of Ivie of Abraka kingdom on Chief Engr. Christabel Obiuwevbi as a result of her outstanding contribution to…
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has assured that the state will accord the late Prof. Chinua Achebe a befitting burial in line with his stature as a global citizen and a foremost ambassador of Africa and Nigeria. Obi said this in…
The Kalabari are Ijaw-speaking people comprising three Local Government Areas of Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru and Degema with Buguma as its traditional capital in Rivers State. They live on 23 islands in the Niger Delta of Southern Nigeria. Their traditional economy is based on…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has decried the injustice being suffered by the people of the Niger Delta region. Speaking at Silverbird ‘Man of the Year 2012’ award held Thursday night in Lagos, where two Deltans bagged awards, Governor Uduaghan said…
As the Good Governance Team embarks on tour of Delta state, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, on Thursday, lauded the Delta State Government for the use of local content in infrastructural development in the state. The Minister of Information, while…
FORMER General Secretary of Nigerian Baptist Conference, Rev. Ademola Ishola, on Wednesday in Warri, gave Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state and his wife, Roli Nere, a pat on the back for coming back to God after 25 years of marriage to…
The details of the proposed Delta State 2013 budget which formed part of a press briefing by Mr. Kenneth Okpara, Commissioner for Economic Planning on Thursday, January, 2013 was made available to Blank NEWS Online by the Commissioner, through his Special Assistant, Omamuyovwi Edewor….
