-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Sand Dealers Multi-purpose Co-operative Society has cried out over failure of the Delta State Police Command to implement directive given by the Inspector General of Police over the legitimacy of their dredging business at the river banks in…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – President Muhammadu Buhari, has, subject to Senateconfirmation, approved the composition of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The confirmation was contained in a Press statement, issued by Olusegun A. Adekunle, Esq, (KJW) Permanent Secretary…
“We Have Achieved Purposeful Governance, Delivery Of Democracy Dividends” -Bashorun Askia MD/CEO DESOPADEC -By Prosper Edo/Albert OGRAKA: WARRI – As Deltans, all over the world celebrate the 28th anniversary of the creation of Delta state today, August 27, 2019, tthe Managing Director/…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated Deltans on the 28th anniversary of the creation of the State. In a message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor thanked the people of the state for…
–From Mike Sogbola: The Boko Haram insurgents have set ablaze 73 houses and 28 shops in Thursday’s attack on three Borno villages, the state government revealed on Saturday. The governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara, had complained to President Muhammadu Buhari…
Abia Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah Minister of State Mines and Steel Development Adamawa Muhammadu Musa Bello Minister of Federal Capital Territory Akwa Ibom Sen. Godswill Akpabio Minister of Niger Delta Anambra Dr. Chris N. Ngige Minister of Labour and Employment Anambra Sharon O….
From Michael Ekokoruwe : There was pandemonium as residents of Irri and Oleh communities struggled to catch a glimpse of a strange woman alleged to be a witch, who allegedly fell down after an Owl was killed by security night guard at…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Babatunde Fashola Fashola born June 28, 1963 in Lagos State is a lawyer and a politician. He won the governorship election of Lagos State in 2007 and 2011 on the platform of the defunct All Progressives Congress (APC)….
-By Albert OGRAKA/ Prosper EDO: The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has assured that the present management is committed to driving the vision of His Excellency, Dr….
The outspoken Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives, headed by Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has called on Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, forgiveness, and sacrifice in order to move the nation forward. The caucus made the call in an Eid-el-Kabir…
African Action Congress (AAC) has slammed its 2019 Presidential candidate and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore suspension for six months. The suspension took place during a Special Congress of the party held in Owerri, Imo state on Friday, August 09, 2019. A…
Export quality yellow garri, the pilot product of the Delta State Government’s Foods Export Initiative has hit grocery shops in the United Kingdom. This is another significant milestone achievement in Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s determination to develop the agricultural value chain and to…
-By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said accountability is as an indispensable tool of management and hallmark of his administration and charged all political appointees to embrace it. The governor stated this on Wednesday in Asaba at…
The Delta Online Publishers’ Forum (DOPF) has congratulated Ogbuehi Patrick Ukah on his appointment as a member of the Delta State Executive Council and subsequent deployment to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education as commissioner. The body aso felicitated with the…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Deltans from oil producing communities, comprising Urhobo, Ijaw, Itsekiri, Isoko and Ndokwa ethnic nationalities, have expressed satisfaction over the appointment of the new Board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) by Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa….
-From Mike Sogbola: Over 60 persons were killed at a graveside in Borno State, Chairman of Nganzai local government, Muhammad Bulama, told journalists on Sunday. Bulama, lamented that the insurgents who were pushed back two weeks ago returned on a reprisal mission…
From Michael EKOKORUWE: The President General of Isoko Development Union, High Chief Iduh Amadhe and Hon. Emmanuel Egbabor, Chairman Isoko North local government area, has averted Oyede community traditional monarchy crisis at Oyede, Isoko North local government area of Delta state. Anonymous…
**Recommends standard walkway of 1.5m high to discourage anyone who might want to jump from the bridge into the river FROM SUNNY A. DAVID / ONITSHA The Federal Controller of Works in Anambra State, Mr. Adeyemo Ajani, on Saturday said the second…
Income alone cannot be used to classify rich and poor people, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said. According to the United Nations body, findings from the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) have shown that there are disparities in how…
FROM SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA South-East Governors have denied allocating any portion of land in the region for the Ruga Fulani herdsmen settlement, even as they promised to tolerate herdsmen who carry out peaceful trade. In a statement signed by the…
-By Albert OGRAKA: A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and immediate past Executive Director of Finance and Administration at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon) Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has felicitated with Governor Ifeanyi Arthur…
The leaders, elders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anioma, the Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State, have rejected the suspension of Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, the new Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, declaring that the suspension…
FROM MICHAEL EKOKORUWE: Flood victims from Isoko South local government area at the weekend, received relief materials from the state government and were disbursed by SEMA AND NEMA Officials at the local government council secretariat Oleh. Anonymous beneficiary that witness the disbursement…
Beneficiaries of the Delta State Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) who have completed their 6 months training in their chosen vocational skills have undergone a post-training proficiency test to qualify them for their starter packs. A statement made available to Blank…
***PS Edafioghor Pledges Staff Support The Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, has charged the staff of the ministry to brace up for serious work in the second tenure of Governor Okowa administration. Chief Augoye who resumed work in his office at…
***PS Dietake Congratulates Ukah The newly appointed Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah has charged management and staff of the ministry to be up and doing with their duties so as to sustain the development strides attained in the…
***Wants PDP NWC To Rescind Decision The newly elected Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ndudi Elumelu has expressed shock over his alleged suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The NWC under…
From Mike Sogbola-: Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni has approved payment of N56.7 million to families of 42 deceased local government staff as part of their terminal benefits. The approval for the payment was given on Thursday as part of the…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State as the new Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. The announcement of Hon. Ndudi as the House Minority leader,…
** APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF 19 CREW MEMBERS BEING DETAINED BY NIGERIAN NAVY The Owners of the Vessel, ‘MT APECUS’ have berated the Federal Government, the Nigerian Navy, the Police as well as the Indian Government over the recent release of five…
Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said that the perpetuators of the ritual murder of Elozino Ogege, must be brought to justice. Speaking on Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Asaba during the presentation of a 6-million naira cheque as financial…
The Midwest Movement has brazenly rejected the renewed plot by the Federal Government to forcefully annex lands belonging to various ethnic nationalities in States across Nigeria, in a bid to settle Fulani herders in colonies to be known as RUGA Settlements. The…
From Mike Sogbola-Maiduguri: Yobe State House of Assembly on Monday elected the Speaker and Deputy Speaker Speaker and for it’s Seventh Assembly. Hon. Ahmed Lawan Mirwa, representing Nguru II constituency and Hon Auwalu Isa Bello of Mamudo constituency were both elected Speaker…
From Sunny A. DAVID / AWKA: A young man suspected be cable vandal was electrocuted on Sunday while attempting to vandalize armoured cable at Ezinifite, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased whose name could not be ascertained as at…
A stalemate of significant proportions over who should be picked as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, may have engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the jostle for leadership positions in the National Assembly unfold. Two candidates, Hon. Ndudi…
**MUTU REACTS TO ALLEGATIONS OF FORGERY, IMPERSONATION A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Nicholas Mutu, representing Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency in Delta State, has reacted to allegations of forgery and impersonation being levelled against him by the defeated candidate of the…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday it had shot down a US “spy drone” which violated Iranian airspace near the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest incident to stoke tension in the strategic sea lane. The US-manufactured Global Hawk surveillance drone was…
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state TV says the country’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi has collapsed during a court session and died. The state TV says the 67-year-old Morsi was attending a session Monday in his trial on espionage charges when he blacked…
From Mike Sogbola-Maiduguri: The United Nation’s’ Children Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the use of children as human bombs and in any combat or non-combat roles in the ongoing conflict in Nigeria’s north-east. UNICEF claimed that from 2018 till date 53 children were…
From Mike Sogbola-Maiduguri: The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon has condemned the multiple suicide bombings that reportedly claimed the lives of at least 30 civilians and injured more than 40 others on the evening of Sunday 16 June 2019….
