–By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has ordered an investigation into the remote and immediate cause of the collapsed Water Tank behind the main bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium during the ongoing African Senior Athletics Championships holding in…
-By Albert OGRAKA: One good turn, they say, deserves another. Nineteen years after Hon. Prince Ned Nwoko, awarded scholarship to 30 indigent and non indigent citizens of Anioma from various tertiary institutions in Nigeria, little did he know that the good seeds…
Isoko traditional rulers visit Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received some traditional rulers from Isoko communities in Delta State, who pleaded with government to extend amnesty programme to their area. Isoko traditional rulers at a meeting with president Muhammadu Buhari At…
Controversial Nigerian senator, Dino Melaye who recently decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC)has reportedly been kidnapped. Nigerians have however expressed mixed feelings following the alleged abduction of Senator Dino Melaye by unknown gunmen. Senator Dino…
The Delta State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr. Kingsley Emu, has said that as part of deliberate strategies to ensure the sustainability of SEEFOR programme, the Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration would mainstream the SEEFOR development template into the state budget. Dr. Emu,…
By Michael EKOKORUWE: The president general of Isoko development union, high chief Iduh Amadhe, has expressed displeasure and decried the plight Isoko nation is going through over the excavated portion of Iyede / Ughelli road as the contractor is yet to complete…
By Michael EKOKORUWE: Motion for the re – election of Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as governor of Delta State during the 2019 general election, has received mass support by Isoko youths during a mega rally organized by Isoko National Youth Council, tagged…
–By Albert OGRAKA: Delta state Commissioner for Special Duties, Government House, Hon. Henry Sakpra has said that the Delta State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are working out modalities to ensure that buildings destroyed by rain storm…
“With the bill, the Senate seeks to remove Policing from the Exclusive List and put in in the concurrent list, thereby allowing state governors to establish and manage a police force within their states.” The Nigeria Senate is set to receive for…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively reveal that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leading presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2019 elections and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s visit to Delta state on Tuesday, July 26, 2018 in continuation of…
Chieftain of the APC, Pat Utomi, has said Gen Muhammadu Buhari, now President, toppled Shehu Shagari’s government in 1983 to prevent the late Alex Ekwueme from becoming President, adding that the coup stalled Nigeria’s progress. While speaking in an exclusive interview with THISDAY Newspaper,…
—By Michael Ekokoruwe The senior special adviser (SSA) to Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State on youth and community development, hon. Chief Victor O. Egbo, has made consultation visit to Isoko South Peoples Democratic Party stalwarts to seek election as…
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit organization that champions press freedom internationally, and 18 other organizations, have called for the release of journalist Jones Abiri, who has been held by Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) for nearly two years. A statement…
Wife of Delta state governor and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has renewed her zeal and zest to increase the life expectancy of persons with sickle cell disorder by ensuring that a state of the art Sickle Cell Centre is…
PRESS RELEASE 18th June, 2018 DELTA LINE: APC AND ITS PENCHANT FOR RABBLE ROUSING The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party notes with dismay a Press Statement credited to the Delta State All Progressives Congress alleging that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa sacked 568 Delta…
A Luka Modric penalty and an own goal from Oghenekaro Etebo gave former semi-finalists Croatia an easy 2-0 win over Nigeria in their World Cup Group D opener on Saturday. Oghenekaro Etebo was helpless in deflecting the ball into his own net…
–By Michael EKOKORUWE Leaders of Isoko extraction, Isoko traditional ruler’s council, president -generals and chairmen of OML 30 cluster groups from Isoko communities, have demanded for a new General Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) between Heritage Energy Operational Limited and host communities of…
Senator Atai Aidoko representing Kogi East in the National Assembly has been sacked by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The court declared in its verdict that Aidoko was wrongly presented by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as its candidate after the…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Like a wildfire that arouses anxiety and like the caressing moonlight at night, “Hope Alive”, an emerging independent political pressure group, routing support for Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas of Delta…
The Delta State government has approved the renovation of 107 Primary Health Care Centres operating the Contributory Health Scheme in the state. In addition, the reactivation of Airfield Ground Lightning Systems at the Asaba International Airport and the renovation of the existing…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned against what he called a consistent pattern of departure from constitutional due process to tendencies of authoritarianism. The former Vice President said in a statement marking the 25th anniversary of June 12 that there is…
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has brought with him his own portable toilet to Singapore ahead of the Tuesday summit with U.S. president Donald Trump. President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are both in Singapore for their highly anticipated summit,…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 15 and Monday, June 18 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Id-el Fitr. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement…
At last, the Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, Humphrey Nwosu, has broken silence since the illegal annulment of the June 12, 1993 polls presumably won by Chief Moshood Abiola. The option A-4 June 12, 1993 election has been adjudged as the…
The general thrust seems to be that a current OPL 245 contract tender has been rigged for corrupt purposes benefitting Shell, ENI and certain Nigerian parties. Shell has past expertise in such matters By John Donovan More information has arrived as a…
Nigerian reggae icon, Ras Kimono, has died, sources close to the musician said, according to multiple reports on Sunday. He was 60 years old. Kimono was said to have taken ill on Saturday on his way to the US. Friends rushed him…
Two pan Niger Delta groups, the Pacesetters advocacy group and the Izon-Ebe in Diaspora, have thrown their considerable weight behind the House of Assembly aspiration of Mr. Tony Okirika, who is contesting for the Warri South West Constituency seat at the Delta…
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has sued for the cooperation of the different ethnic nationalities in the state to enable him execute more people-oriented projects as encapsulated in his admiregistration’s SMART agenda. Governor Okowa was speaking on Saturday, June 9, 2018 in Oleh, Isoko…
FORMER Governors of Delta State, Chief James Ibori and Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, former Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Brodrick Bozimo, former Defence Minister, Dr Roland Orisejafor, President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Chief Solomon Ogba, among others, have endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa…
*** CLAIMS OIL COMPANIES WORKING AGAINST RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT *** WANTS AGIP’S MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERROGATED A social crusader group, the Grassroot Movement Against Corruption (GMAC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately direct the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the National…
A political pressure group, the National Atikulate Movement 4 Emancipation – NAME, has charges its members home and abroad to donate towards the party nomination form for their grand master and principal, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, GCON. This charge came from the National…
**Tells Journalists To Be Guided By Professional Ethics -By Albert OGRAKA: Speaker of Delta state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has said the legislature and the executive are enjoying a harmonious working relationship because the Governor of the State, Senator…
A traditional ruler in Delta state, HRH Sunday Olisewokwu, Obi of Ogodo community in Aniocha North local government area who was kidnapped Sunday has been released by his abductors. He was reportedly released on Tuesday evening around Asaba and is presently in a…
Press Statement NASS RESOLUTION ON BUHARI HAS VINDICATED US, SAYS PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the resolutions of the joint session of the National Assembly against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency is a vindication of its stance on the Buhari administration….
PRESS BRIEFING UPDATE OF POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE OFFA BANKS ROBBERY AND GRUESOME MURDER OF MORE THAN THIRTY THREE (33) INNOCENT PERSONS INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN AND NINE (9) POLICE OFFICERS ON 5th APRIL, 2018, IN OFFA, KWARA STATE. • Twenty Two (22)…
Nigeria Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris is in “hot soup“, as the National Assembly, on Tuesday, June 5, 20¹8 passed a vote of no confidence on the IGP. The three hours of closed door meeting is not unconnected with the fact…
Winnie died at the age of 17, following a severe illness and was burried. Her bones are still there, according to the findings of an exhumation. After being dead for two years, she walked back to her parents’ home on Sunday. A…
CHAIRMAN of South-South Governors’ Forum, Chief Seriake Dickson has commissioned multi-billion naira projects in Delta State, describing Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as prudent manager of resources. Chief Dickson who is the governor of Bayelsa State, today (05/06/18) commissioned road projects at Jesse, Ethiope…
Meet newly-sworn in All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chairmen 1. Abia – Hon. Donatus E. Nwankpa 2. Adamawa – Alh. Ibrahim Bilal 3. Akwa Ibom – Hon. Ini Okopido 4. Anambra – Barr. Emeka Ibe 5. Bauchi – Alh Uba Ahmed Nana…
The Delta State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Cyril Ogodo, has inaugurated the state working committee and local government executives of the party with a vow to defeat Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led Peoples Democratic Party government in 2019. Ogodo, who…
