Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Johnson EBIGIDE: Director General of the Delta State Orientation Bureau, Eugene Azuka Uzum Esq, has advised parents in the state and beyond to encourage their children and ward to embrace vocational education towards the acquisition of useful…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Sir Monday Onyeme has read the riot act to tax officers operating as Assistant Tax Controllers, Resident Coordinators and Motor Licensing Officers across the State, to be more creative and…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) : Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has pledged his continued support for the board of the Agency for Adult and Non-Formal Education to enable them actualise their mandate. Chief Ukah gave the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Nigeria’s Apex court, the Supreme Court has nullified the victory of the sitting Governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Party (PDP) as…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By:Austen Akhagbeme: Nigerians are interesting People: and this makes us so special. Sometimes,(depending on which side of the buttered bread one is standing on) our logic of argument can be so illogical one wonders whether the rules…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Albert OGRAKA: Al last, after series of meetings between the Delta State Government and mounting pressure from Labour unions on the new national minimum wage for workers in the state, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has finally agreed to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In fulfillment of the promises made during the 2019 elections, the Managing Director/CEO, Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, (FCNA, CrFA), through the Bashorun Askia Foundation (BAF) has donated the sum of N5 Million to Isoko Market…
–Blank NEWS Online ((NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: A total number of 850 unemployed youths have been engaged by the Delta State Government to train as entrepreneurs in the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Training (STEP) and in the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme…
–Blank NEWS Online ((NIGERIA) – BY Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Government has commenced Orientation and Personal Effectiveness Training for STEP beneficiaries enrolled in the 2019/2020 cycle of its job creation programme. According to a statement issued by the Communication Officer, Gertrude…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA says the Commission has commenced the inspection of projects to ascertain the level of work done…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By A Special Correspondent: Though Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa is barely seven months into his second and final term as Governor of Delta State, the politics of who succeeds him in 2023 seems to have become the major…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has condemned moves to increase electricity tariff in the country and cautioned the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to end all contemplation in that direction. The Minority Leader…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Ndudi Elumelu has hailed the Supreme Court Judgment affirming the victory of the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, saying that it is a victory for the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/ Chief Executive of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has congratulated Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on his victory over the governorship candidate of the APC,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would commence the sales of its registration forms for 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from January 13, to February 17. This was made known by Fabian Benjamin,…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Joel GRANDBALL Special Assistant to Delta State Governor on DESOPADEC Matters, Hon. Chief Prosper Edo has presented a complete set of welding equipments to one of the beneficiaries of his free empowerment scheme, Mr. Akpoviroro Ugala….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Michael EKOKORUWE: The general overseer and president New Testimony Gospel Church Oleh, Isoko South local government area, Primate Dr. Moses Ogbodogbo (JP) in his new year message at the church headquarter on Sunday, commended the governor…
Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport,…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has appealed to traditional rulers, youth and community leaders in the various communities that form the oil producing areas of the State to continue to maintain…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has pledge to run a transparent and people-oriented Commission, that is accountable at all times to all stakeholders. The pledge is contained in a 2020 unique…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: Hotel De Pearl located at Okpavie community in Oleh kingdom, Isoko South South local government area, has been commissioned by HRM Anthony William Ovrawah Omogha 1, the Odiologbo of Oleh kingdom and chairman Isoko traditional…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA, Maiduguri: Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara on Friday signed the 2020 appropriation bill into law with a warning to commissioners not to come to him with any expenditure outside the budget. The governor told the…
-Blank NEWS Online (Moroni, Comoros Islands): A 23 km new road network, 100% funded by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), has been inaugurated in the Comoros Islands. President of the Union of the Comoros Islands, Mr. Azali Assoumani, joined government officials…
Nomalcy has returned to Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Beniseide Flow station as Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has waded into the crisis between the company and Ojobo community in Burutu Local Government Area. The governor met representatives of Shell and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Austen Akhagbeme: Like a bolt out of the blues, the news coming in from the office of the minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, was swift, thunderous and appears unbelievable:but…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: As part of his pledge to building human capacity, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has issued appointment letters to a total…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Christmas, the celebration of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, to rekindle their love and respect for one…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA with Foreign Agency Reports The 45th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has been impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. US House of Representatives impeached Trump on both Articles…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively report that a total sum of N635.826 billion have been shared among the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils, as federal allocation for the month of November 2019. A statement by the Director…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta Government has confirmed the approval of the establishment of a Court of Appeal in the state by the Federal Judiciary. The state Information Commissioner, Mr Charles Aniagwu, made the disclosure on Tuesday while briefing…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Albert OGRAKA: The Media and Public Affairs Unit of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has honoured the Commission’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bashorun Hon. Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, as the Most…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has said with the new flight operations of Azman Air to and from Asaba Airport, the investment by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in upgrading facilities in the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Public Procurement Commission (DSPPC), has expressed it’s determination to sensitise key stakeholders on the guidelines for the implementation of the new procurement law in the state. The Director-General of the Commission…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the effort of traditional rulers in ensuring peace in the State. Okowa gave the commendation on Sunday at the palace of the Orodje of Okpe kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Major…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: “The leadership of the council believes that Bashorun Askia Ogieh falls in the same historical line with Sir Ahmadu Bello, who was always on our minds, whilst his nomination for this prestigious award was…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Michael EKOKORUWE: The people of Irri kingdom has elected new executive during a peaceful conference held at Irri town hall, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state. Mr Lucky Obowaye elected as President General of Irri…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By JOHNSON EBIGIDE: The truism that no matter how a black anthill is disturbed from rising to its peak, it would still wear its natural cap, even stunted in growth, came to the fore during the 2019…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Delta State Government has appealed to protesting Core Area 2B Landlords Association whose property were demolished by suspected agents an Asaba-based company over ownership of lands in the area. The landlords numbering no fewer than 100 mounted…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta State Governor and founder of 05-Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has charged corporate bodies and wealthy individuals to give back to their communities through humanitarian services. Dame Okowa gave this charge Thursday at…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has signed the 2020 Delta State Appropriation Act into law. Governor Okowa, on Thursday, December 12, 2019 signed the Appropriation Act which was recently passed by the Delta…
