-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: JUST like the three witches in William Shakespeare’s classic play, Macbeth, Nigeria politicians from all geopolitical zones, came in thunder, lightning and in the rain; invited and uninvited, fair or foul, just to meet with…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: BEST OKEH OFEGO is the CEO of Waplink Global Enterprises, Ozoro. He has a BSC in Sociology from the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. He searched fruitlessly for job for eight years after university education. Fortune…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Borno Emirate Council has clarified the position of it’s Shehu, Alhaji Garbai El-Kanemi on the reabsorption of repentant Boko Haram into the society. The people of the emirate have lost several thousands of souls…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: NIGERIA has been excluded from a list of countries whose citizens are eligible to apply for visa-on-arrival in the United Arab Emirates. According to reports, the Etihad Airways has released a list of countries whose…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has expressed doubt over the sincerity of both Federal Government and Plateau State Government to fish out and prosecute the perpetrators of Rukuba killings where 22 travelers…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has lamented the death of eminent statesman and former Deputy President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Ibrahim Mantu. In a statement on Tuesday August 17, 2021 by…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has congratulated fthe former Nigeria military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida GCFR, as he attains the octogenarian age of 80 years. The Caucus, in a statement signoed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has been presented with Leadership Newspapers “Person of the Year, 2020” nomination letter, the newspaper’s highest category of award. The Vice Chairman of leadership Media Group, Mike Okpere, led…
-Blank News Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has commenced consultations on how to react to the massive surrender of Boko Haram with a visit on Mondayto the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor in Abuja….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi has said his men are now prepared to speak to bandits and criminal elements in the language they understand. Speaking…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: CHIEF (DR.) CJ OGBODU, father of the publisher and Managing Editor of BIGPENNGR, an online media, is dead. Chief Ogbodu died on Sunday, August 15, 2021, after a protracted illness at 84 years. His first…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IT was just the right time for the embattled Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani to disappear; with his tail tucked between his legs, he did without looking back. The cover the American government gave him and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ANOTHER abducted Chibok schoolgirl has resurfaced with two children birthed in captivity seven years after Boko Haram kidnapped her alongside over 200 others. Hassana was one of over 200 schoolgirls abducted at a Government Secondary…
Germany To Build Dog School In Nigeria -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE German Government is to build a Dog School in Nigeria for the training of sniffer dog to enhance the ongoing war on narcotics The project is expected…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigeria Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended the decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja which ruled in favour of six women harassed and abused during raids in the capital city by Environmental Protection…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: NIGERIA High Commission in London has been closed down due to COVID-19 scare. The High Commission, according to a statement on Thursday will remain closed for ten days. A statement from the Nigeria High Commission…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE 12th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Delta Broadcasting Service Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (DBSMPCS) has been held with a unanimous return of the executive committee. According to a statement issued by the Secretary of DBSMPCS,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: MANAGING Director/CEO of DESOPADEC Odio Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has received commendation and honour from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faiithfuls for his human and infrastructure development prowess in Isoko nation. The rare honour was part…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: OGBIYE AYORUNME SIMON is the CEO of Omorovie Fish Farm located at YAGEP Fish Farm Cluster at Egbokodo-Itsekiri in Warri South Local Government Area. He got enrolled in the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme…
PRESS RELEASE -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Editor’s DESK: JOURNALISTS under the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, have lauded the state government for it’s proactive steps taken in approving the 2022 budget proposal of N425…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigerian Government on Tuesday summoned its Ambassador to Indonesia, Muhammed Buba Ahmed for debriefing over the circumstances surrounding the manhandling and arrest of the one of the nation’s diplomat in Jakarta. A Nigerian diplomat…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: COUNTRIES on the globe have been asked to work against hoarding of COVID-19 vaccine and ensure that it is made available everywhere on the planet in order to put an end to the pandemic. Arising…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: MARKETS, shops and other economic activities were crippled, as women of Oleh Community, Isoko South local government area staged a peaceful protest over illigality of appointed Community Development Committee by HRM Anthony William Ovrawah,…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a coordinated raids of seven states have seized a total of 8,268.2 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs. The states raided in a weeklong exercise include…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: RUTH PAGU, one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram at a secondary school in Chibok seven years ago on Saturday reunited with her parents with a gift of two grandchildren. Ruth was one of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Oleh Diocese, Rt. Revd. John U. Aruakpor has advocated for the restructuring of Nigeria to reflect true federalism where the states will be in control of their resources…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: PRESIDENT Adama Barrow of Gambia has commended Nigeria’s commitment to the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse, even as he called for more collaboration among anti-drug law enforcement agencies in Africa and the world…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: ONE person was killed and five others injured in a fracas between security attached to operatives of Borno Geographical Information System and some worshippers at a branch of EYN Church in Maiduguri, the Governor of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CUBA has cried that United States blockade against her and the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic have caused a loss of about $3.6 billion between April and December, 2020 alone. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou has revealed that the ECOWAS Vision 2050 will be validated and endorsed in December, this year. The President said this…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: KOREA and Nigeria have signed an agreement worth $13 million to boost eGovernment expansion in the country. The contract was on Thursday in Abuja by the Republic of Korea, through its grant aid agency, Korea…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: DELTA Governor, Sen. (Dr) lfeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, said loyalty and capacity earned Chief Patrick Ukah appointment as Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Okowa disclosed this at a civic reception organised in honour of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: CHIMA, EMMANUEL OGE: The STEPreneur for this week is Oge Emmanuel Chima, a Fashion Designer. He hails from Aniocha North Local Government Area and has a BSC in Sociology. He enrolled into the Delta State…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum and his predecessor, Senator Kashim Shettima have distanced themselves from embattled “Supercop” Abba Kyari, insisting that they have not met with him recently. A posting on the Facebook of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Delta State Government has assured members of the State House of Assembly that it will continue to maintain a robust relationship between the Executive and Legislative arms of government. The Secretary to the Delta…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: RSM, the leading network and a provider of audit, tax, and consulting services to the middle market, has announced Stransact as its Correspondent Firm in Nigeria. RSM is the sixth largest network of independent audit,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE people of Okpanam Kingdom, Oshimili North Local Government Area, is to host their illustrious son, Chief Patrick Ukah, who is the Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG) and the Akpatakpo Enyi 1 of…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: WIFE of the Governor of Delta State and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has passionately appealed to well meaning individuals and corporate bodies to always support orphanage homes and care givers operating in…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: DELTA Government has approved an “indicative budget” of N425 billion for 2022. The reconstituted State Executive Council approved the budget at its maiden meeting presided by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba on Friday. Briefing newsmen…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbolo with Agency REPORTS: TROUBLE is brewing in Pakistan occupied Kashmir as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to hold protests against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party for allegedly rigging the recently-held elections in the…
