-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Boniface ONYEDI: Just like yesterday, the rave and captivating moments of the second half of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration began with a resounding symphonies on May 29, 2019 after securing the mandate of Deltans once again. It…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Michael EKOKORUWE: A political group known as Ozoro Political Class under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, has affirmed that Ozoro community will produce the next executive chairman of Isoko…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has eulogized the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, saying that he has demonstrated sensitivity and proactive leadership in the administration of the state. In…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: In Edo state today, hearts are truly beating in irregular and uncoordinated rhythms. The political gladiators are having a field day, firing salvos from all angles all aimed at undoing the perceived enemy as the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Odion- Ewere of Ekiuwa Community in Benin City, Edo State, Elder Benson Omobude has lauded Gift a Child Initiative, a non governmental organization (NGO) for putting smile on the faces of children in the community at the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Leader of the House of Representative, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has expressed shock over the burnt section of the Ogbeogonogo Market in Asaba, Delta State on Tuesday. In a statement on Wednesday, 27th May, Hon. Elumelu described…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): A CBS series based on Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer novels and helmed by David E. Kelley, of The Practice and Ally McBeal fame, was to begin production – as in, fully-invested cast and crew ready to proceed – on Monday, March 16 of this…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA, NORTH EAST BUREAU EDITOR: Towards rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has put measures in place to fast track the building of 10,000 housing units in…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): From Mike SOGBOLA, North East Correspondent: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) , Lt . Gen. Tukur Buratai has said that Nigerian troops withstood the rigour of Lent and Ramadan to inflict major defeats of Boko Haram, killing…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Mike SOGBOLA: Two persons were lost in an inferno at an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, the Chairperson of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA), Hajiya Yabawa Kolo has said. Kolo, made the revelation…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has described Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark as a towering pillar and source of strength to many he…
-From Sunny A. DAVID (South-East Bureau Editor) Indigenes of Abba Community in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State have lamented the incessant attacks and wanton destruction of properties in their community by people believed to be from the neighbouring Ukpo Community. Our correspondent…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has extoled the leadership qualities , patriotism and relentless commitment of elder statesman and former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark even as he clocks the age 93 years. Minority…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has described this year’s Eid el Fitr celebrations as sobering with great lessons learnt following stringent restrictions…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated Nigerians on the successful completion of the Ramadan fast and called on them to use the Eid-el-fitr celebration to activate the much-desired national rebirth . The Minority Leader…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): NAF DEPLOYS SPECIAL FORCES ELEMENTS, ADDITIONAL PLATFORMS TO BOOST ONGOING OPERATIONS IN KATSINA In furtherance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on the launch of a major crackdown against bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements in Katsina and other States…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Pastor Joseph Obaro IKUPA: Born 54 years ago to Urhobo parents from Ughievwen kingdom in Ughelli South LGA of present day Delta State, Rev. Ejiroghene Francis Waive is a man among men. From a humble beginning he…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -Edited By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, speaks on the Impact of COVID-19 on Oil Bearing Communities of the Niger Delta region and…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Oyolo KIGHO: QUOTATION: “If there are any who desire to be strangers in their own country, foreigners in their own Cities and always children in knowledge; let them Please themselves, I write not for such humours”. …
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) From Mike SOGBOLA: The death has occurred of Honourable Justice Garba Musa Nabaruma, the Yobe State Chief Judge. Nabaruma, who has been sick for sometime, died on Monday night at the National Hospital, Abuja. Nabaruma who was sworn…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA: Borno State Government has disclosed that about N400 million that could have be lost to fraud was saved in the state’s pension bill as a result of ongoing verification exercise. The government said the saving…
-Blank NEWS Online (Abu Dhabi, UAE): The world has witnessed what is described as an unprecedented historic scene on Thursday, 14th May, when millions of people around the world united in prayer to supplicate to God for an end to the COVID-19…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- Dame Edith Okowa, wife of Delta State Governor and founder of 05 Initiative, has stressed the need for couples to allow God’s blessing to manifest in their marriages by continually renewing the bond of love for each other….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: There’s no denying the fact that everyone is being negatively mesmerized by the trends of unforeseen events trailing the advent of the covid 19 pandemic. Even those who earlier dismissed the notion that covid 19…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA, MAIDUGURI: The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) on Sunday discharged six COVID-19 patients. The six were part of the list of 24 patients kept at the hospital’s isolation centre after they were initially tested…
-As Some Churches Flout Facemask, Social Distancing Order -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Michael EKOKORUWE: The President and General Overseer of New Testimony Gospel Church, Oleh, Isoko South local government area of Delta State, Primate Dr. Moses Ogbodogbo (JP) has affirmed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Foreign Desk Correspondent: President Donald Trump and Vice President Pence and most White House Aides would not stay out for 14 days, the recommended time frame to quarantine once exposed to the virus. Two staff members were diagnosed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Nike SOGBOLA: Yobe House of Assembly member Lawan Nguru has agreed to the test that he was positive for COVID-19. He also said he had at no time refused to be isolated, though he still feel health….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Bawo Akpo OFERE/Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to ensure the safety of staff, ahead of the partial resumption to work after the government lockdown order, necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Editor: Delta State is poised to ensure maximum food production for the people in the midst of and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The feat is seen to be achievable as more beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA, Maiduguri: The Borno State High Powered Committee on COVID-19 seems to have shied away from the press and public scrutiny for fear that they may be compelled to divulge the cause of death of prominent…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Editor: Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has said that public and private primary and secondary schools in the state will remain closed till May 30, 2020 as directed by the Governor…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Editor: Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has said that the free teleclass learning programme on radio and television will continue to run till schools resume in the state for the benefit of the target…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Our Crime Correspondent: A man has been arrested in Yobe State for defiling a-18 month old baby girl. A statement on Thursday by ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Public Relations Officer, Yobe State Police Command said: “During…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Odio Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has felicitated with workers across the globe, as they mark Labour Day on…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Ex-militants in the Niger Delta region, have alleged that certain dubious and corrupt contractors to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were sponsoring the incessant attacks against Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. The ex-militants who…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL) the operator of OML 30 has taken very definitive action to cushion the impact of the novel COVID-19 pandemic on its host communities. Acting on behalf of the joint venture partners, NPDC…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA, Maiduguri: The two COVID-19 positive persons that were reported to have been on the run in Maiduguri, on Monday resurfaced. One of the two, Abbas Hassan, a 24 year-old male, who tested positive was found…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: A renowned Delta State based Biometrician Geneticist and member of International Biometrician Geneticist Convention (MIBGC), Olisemeka Isiekwe PhD, has predicted that Covid-19 flu infections, would rise, hitting a 3,000 high in May. He also said…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): From Mike SOGBOLA, North East Correspondent: Fear has gripped Maiduguri, the Borno State capital as two patients, Abbas Hassan, a 24 year-old male and Hauwa Mohammed, 42 year-old female, are on the run after testing positive to COVID-19…
