It is very easy to be a critic. Also it is not difficult to find a band of followers when you are a critic. But when you crave relevance, simply pitch tent with the opposition as a critic, you can be assured…
The speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Onyekachi Ochei, has commended the State Executive Council for the harmonious relationship that has been existing between the executive and the legislature, adding that the State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan had…
The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq., has sued for continued support for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan from Deltans so as to engender more development across the state. Commissioner Ogeah made this appeal while receiving members of Uduaghan Ladies Vanguard, who…
Children have been described as precious gift from God and should be treated with love, respect and honour at all times. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Community Development, Chief (Mrs.) Betty Efekodha, stated this in Okpanam during a sensitization and educational…
Teachers in the public schools who absent themselves from school without permission and perpetual late comers will be sanctioned henceforth. This directive was given in Warri by the State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghara when he paid an…
Delta State government has assured the people of Aniocha North Local Government Area of the speedy completion of the on-going Isele-Uku – Oniocha-Uku – Okunzu-Obomkpa road. The Commissioner for Works, Rt. Hon Funkekeme Solomon, stated this yesterday during an inspection of the…
Delta State Government has approved the construction of a modern Olympic Swimming Pool at Oghara in Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state at the contract sum of N463, 366,961.21. The State Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq., disclosed this while…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has assured intending investors that President Goodluck Jonathan is poised to use the Gas Base Industrialisation agenda to harness the utilization of the country’s gas resources to boost industrial growth. Uduaghan told Nargarjuna Fertilizer and Chemicals…
(From Left To Right): Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Comrade Ovuozuorie Macaulay (SSG), Chief Solomon Ogba and Chief Benjamine Elue PIX 2 Cross Section of Children of Late Pa James Ekpre Otobo PIX 3 Cross Section of Children of Late Pa…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has condoled the Otobo family and the entire people of Isoko on the death of Pa James Augustine Ekpre Otobo who died recently at the age of 86. The governor attended the funeral alongside Chief Edwin…
Fellow Compatriots, On this day 51 years ago, the British Union Jack was lowered and replaced by our national Green-White-Green flag, heralding the independence of our nation. The 1st of October remains a special day for us, for Africa, and indeed the…
This is an official response from Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru to the Appeal Court verdict of September 22, 2011. The statement, made available to Blank NEWS Online was signed by Doyin Iyiola, media consultant to Ogboru. “Today the 22nd of September 2011,…
The Appeal court sitting in Benin, has upheld the ruling of the lower tribunal which declared Emmanuel Uduaghan winner of January 6, 2011 re-run governorship election in Delta State, as it dismissed the Appeal filed by the Democratic Peoples’ Party (DPP) candidate…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, has fixed Thursday, September 22, 2011 for judgment in the Delta state January 6, 2011 governorship re-run election appeal filed by Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru against the decision of a lower tribunal which upheld the…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and the immediate past Governor of the State of Carlifonia, USA, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday deepened ties with other sub-national States across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific as well as Middle East, on…
Delta state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has appealed to Deltans in Diaspora to come home and partner with his administration in its quest to accelerate economic development and transform the state. Dr. Uduaghan who made the appeal while swearing in a new…
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has been commended for appointing, Engr. Gabriel Amuchi as the Managing Director of Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA). A socio-political organization, Ndokwa Unite made the commendation in a communiqué issued at the end of their monthly meeting at Obiaruku,…
National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Mohammed Garba, has concluded a two-day tour of the Chapels of the Union in the oil and gas wealthy Delta State. Garba called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently tackle the unwholesome…
Delta State Government has sought for N100 billion bond from the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) to enable it accelerate Infrastructural development in the State. The State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan who announced this when the Chief Executive Officer of the Exchange, Mr…
Delta State government is to punish officers in the state Civil Service who approve building plans in unauthorized places in the state. The state governor Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan who announced this at the 2nd edition of state climate change dialogue in Asaba…
The State Government has given approval for the renovation of 45 secondary schools in various parts of the state. This information was given in Asaba by the State commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare when the headmistress and staff…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has condoled with the Aikhomu family and the government and people of Edo state over the death of former military vice president, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (rtd). In his condolence, Dr. Uduaghan expressed shock at the sudden death of the…
Delta State governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has kicked off the campaign for immunization against polio with a call on Deltans to be alert and sensitive as the decease carried the burden of lifelong disability. Dr. Uduaghan who immunized children at Asaba as…
Delta state government has appointed a new Management Board for the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). Members of new Board, screened and cleared by the State House of Assembly on August 11, 2011, following their nominated by Governor Emmanuel…
The election petition tribunal for the April 26, 2011 governorship election in Delta state has struck out two of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s applications, seeking for the dismissal of Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru’s petition. Ogboru, a governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party…
Over 20 Navy Seals from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan after the Taliban allegedly shot down a Nato helicopter conveying them. They were attached to the US special force…
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) stands at 6.4 per cent, expecting to hit 7.85 per cent by end of year. Sanusi told the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by…
Delta state Government is to reorganise farm settlements in the state as a step towards making Agriculture the biggest employer of labour in the state. The state governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan who announced this at a meeting with residents of Mbiri Farm…
THE Delta state re-run election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, has dismissed the petition filed by Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples party (DPP), challenging the declaration of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the January…
Anxiety has gripped the people of oil and gas rich Delta state ahead of the Monday, July, 25th, 2011 date fixed for final judgement by the re-run election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba. Justice Uzoamaka Doris Ogwurike, chairman of the three-man panel…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei has berated attempts by by a group of faceless petitioners to impugn on his integrity by alleging that he was engaged in a N27 Billion contract deal outside due process….
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approved minimal flight schedule for the ongoing Asaba International Airport, following its attainment of Global safety standards. The state government has also received its certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the airport…
Senator Chief Akpor Pius Ewherido (DPP) has gained legal victory over Chief Ighoyota Amori (PDP) on the April 9, 2011 Delta Central Senatorial Election won by the former deputy speaker of the Delta state House of Assembly, Ewherido. Following the ruling, Senator…
Celebrated woman with seven kid births, Mrs. Precious Ogbonna has been remanded in Federal Prisons, Owerri for child trafficking. She was arraigned by the Imo State Police Command at an Owerri Magistrate Court. The charge is contained in suit number OW/289C/2011 and…
Witnesses in the Delta state re-run election petition tribunal, sitting in Asaba, Delta state had on Friday, July 8, 2011 testified that election did not hold in several wards of eight contentious local government areas during the January 6, 2011 re-run election…
LIST OF DELTA STATE COMMISSIONERS & PORTFOLIOS 1. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon -Works 2. Charles Amajuoritse Ajuyah SAN -Justice 3. Dr. Chris Oghenechovwen -Water Resources 4. Chief Paulinus Akpeki -Housing 5. Barr. Christopher Chike Ogeah -Information – 6. Prof. Patrick Muoboghare -Basic/Secondary Education…
The attention of the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has been drawn to a paid advertisement in the Vanguard Newspapers of Monday, July 4, 2011 by one group – The Concerned Elders League of Delta State. Let it be stated…
In a bid to encourage home-based investment and boost the growing economy of Delta state, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has appealed to Deltans living outside the State to return home and invest since the environment has steadily become conducive for investors. The Governor…
