-Blank NEWS Online NIGERIA –From Mike SOGBOLA, Maiduguri: Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara has deployed 150 Cameroonian vigilantes to flush out remnants of Boko Haram for his state. The newly engaged Cameroonians, who are also equipped for the task, are to work…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Albert OGRAKA: The Traditional Rulers of the Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria (TROMPCON), Delta State Chapter, have expressed confidence in the choice of His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, on the appointment of Bashorun Askia…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): There appears to be a crack in the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the crisis in the selection of the House of Representatives Minority Leader as some members of the national leadership…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Mabamije Balogun A section of the Ughelli Main Market that leads to Oteri Community was today gutted by fire destroying goods worth millions of naira. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained but an unconfirmed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to actualize the promise made to Delta State workers by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on payment of the new minimum wage, the State Government has fomally constituted a Committee to parley with the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has said it would collaborate with the state Assembly House Committee on DESOPADEC in driving the process towards the implementation of policies and programmes of the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Odio-Ologboship tusle of Ibrede clan in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State has finally come to an end with the installation of Chief Couple Ipoli of Awah as the new Odio-Ologbo of the area. Chief…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: As Deltans all over the world celebrate the victory of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, the Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC)…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the Judiciary for the “sound judgment” by the Court of Appeal, which affirmed his victory in the March 9, 2019 Governorship election in the state. His…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Nigeria House of Representatives has decided to put a stop to the impunity of some of its members who it noted derives joy in breaching its rules and standing orders. Consequently, the House through its Committee on…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): A socio-cultural and political pressure group, the Arewa Youth for Peace and Security (AYPS) has cautioned the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against interfering in the affairs of the PDP caucus of the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbola: Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni on Wednesday presented an appropriation bill of N108.4 billion to the Assembly. The proposed budget, the first by Buni, indicates an increase of N16.7 billion or 15.5 percent over the budget…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbola: Yobe Police Command on Wednesday said it won’t tolerate herders/farmers clash in the State. The warning was issued by the Yobe Commissioner of Police, Yahaya Abubakar during a meeting organized by his office with farmers and herders. …
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbola: The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has assured the Nigerian Army (NA) of its desire and unwavering commitment to repairing roads and other critical infrastructure destroyed as a result of insurgency in North-East. Its Chairman Governing…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Mike Sogbola: The Nigerian Army on Tuesday formalised agreement with the Defence Industries Corporation of NIGERIA / Command Engineering Depot on mass production of 28 Mines Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles for its counter terrorism/insurgency and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbola: Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara has assisted over 3,000 street beggers with a token of N30,000 each in the last two months. This is part of his administration’s social protection scheme which has seen over 7,000 persons…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The attention of the leadership of the Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives under Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has been drawn to allegations of disloyalty leveled against it in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA/ Michael EKOKORUWE: The National Association of Teachers of Languages in Colleges of Education and Polytechnics, has held its silver Jubilee/ 25th annual national conference and workshops towards peaceful co-existence, National cohesion and development in Nigeria. The…
See Full Text Of Budget Inside: –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has presented the year 2020 proposed budget of N389,190,799,362 Billion to the State House of Assembly. Presenting the 2020 Budget Proposals, christened “Budget…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa will today, Wednesday, November 6, 2019, present the year 2020 proposed budget to the State House of Assembly. The notification of the 2020 proposed budget presentation by the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Managing Director/CEO of DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, in keeping to his promise of rebranding the Commission, has approved the distribution of modern working tools to staff reporters of the Media And Public Affairs Unit. Presenting the items…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbola Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists’ hideout and neutralized some of their fighters at Arrinna Ciki on the fringes of the Lake Chad…
-Blank NEWS Online NIGERIA: FAKE OPERATION: ARMY URGES NIGERIANS TO DISREGARD BRICKS PUBLICATION ON THE PURPORTED NIGERIAN ARMY OPERATION POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION Following the widespread apprehension on the purported Nigerian Army (NA) operation positive identification from 1 November to 23 December 2019, as…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE The people of Irri kingdom in Isoko South local government area of Delta State, have adopted the amended constitution of Irri Development Union for the liberation of the community from vices and reproach towards promoting…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The usual jubilation that follows victories at the courts was lacking in most parts of the country, following the judgement of Nigeria’s Apex court on the 2019 Presidential election. The Supreme Court of Nigeria on…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The people of Ibrede community in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State has at last selected one of their own, Mr Aruhor Gregory as the new Odio-Ologbo of Ibrede Community. Mr Aruhor Gregory from Edi family…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to get value for taxpayers’ money invested on road construction, Delta State Government may slam three years retention period on contractors. This was disclosed in a meeting with the contractors and other…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Enalo JAMES The National Assembly have received the list of nominees for the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) earlier put together by President Muhammadu Buhari. This was disclosed in a letter read by the President…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led opposition in the House of Representatives at the weekend, picked holes in the N10.33 trillion 2020 budget, insisting that the annual estimate will be subjected to thorough legislative scrutiny to ensure that it…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) : Minority leader of the Federal House of Representatives and member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu has issued appointment letters to a total of 125 women and youths, as Personal Assistants and political aides to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA) has applauded the roles of the “Ambassador of Girl Child, South South”, Queen Idara Ekong and that of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Government says the ongoing Federal Government electrification projects for the Escravos and environs communities has reached an impressive stage. Recall that the Federal Government had approved $64 million for power supply to Escravos…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): ISOKO Monitoring Group, IMG, yesterday, stressed the need for the Federal Government to extend the proposed forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and Presidential Amnesty Program. It added…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has been honoured in acknowledgement of his track record of excellent leadership and humanitarian approach to governance. The…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): In continuation of its implementation of measures at repositioning government hospitals in the Delta State for better service delivery, the Medical Director, Eku General Hospital, Dr Vincent Oziga, has been replaced with Dr Lucky Oyeye with the mandate to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Governor of Nigeria’s oil and gas wealthy Delta state, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has arrived China for a Working Visit. Official source from Government House, Asaba hinted Blank NEWS Online on Monday, October 21,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): –From Mike Sogbola Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara has dragged his commissioner and top aides to the Boko Haram “enclave” in the northern part of the state for a retreat. The northern part of the state is…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has assured that his administration was committed to the provision of peaceful environment for investors in the state. Governor Okowa gave the assurance on Friday during the commissioning of legacy projects…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has brought respite to people who have fled their various homes as a result of the increasing flood in parts…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), has called on the three tiers of government to adopt and implement the World Health Organization (WHO), 2015, recommendation on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health….
