The respite and indignation that greeted the recent report of President Goodluck Jonathan’s grant of amnesty to the unrepentant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has taken a new dimension as the President and Commander In Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces denies ever…
Right Of Reply>> My attention has been drawn to a recent report from a social media Sahara reporters that I led a killer squad and attempted to murder one Mr. Sunny Okonye for destroying the billboard belonging to a serving Senator, Dr….
Right Of Reply> Uche Igwe, whoever he may be wrote in the Punch of Wednesday May 21, 2014, on his viewpoint column. It was sheer blackmail from first line to the last one. He pretended to know Abia. Reading in between the…
As a result of the recent controversy and bickering which trailed the naming of a road in Asaba, Delta state capital, after the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, the state government has put the records straight in a bid to halt further…
Abia State government has accused Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha of being insensitive to the plight of his citizens especially Imo workers disengaged from Abia State civil service. Reacting to a statement credited to Governor Okorocha on May Day in which he…
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekua to be prepared to meet him on the battle field. Addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt, Asari dismissed the threat by the leader of…
The controversial and widely condemned “memo of genocide” written by Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako has been derided by Nigerian governors who also cautioned the “dissident” Nyako to mind his utterances on national security issue. The governors took a swipe at Nyako…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Labaran Maku,, has described Adamawa state governor, Murtala Nyako’s comment and accusation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of carrying out genocide in the north eastern Nigeria as “irresponsible and unfortunate”. The governor had in a memo sent to…
Delta state Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq, has described as a threat of people’s freedom to free speech and association, the recent contemptuous statements attributed to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, where the state governor was alleged to have claimed that the “People’s…
The Delta state Ministry of Higher Education has reacted to alleged statements published by an online portal, following the recent demonstration by some students of University of Lagos, which accused the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Hope Eghagha of fraudulent actions…
The Delta state government has denied in strong terms the billowing allegation issued by a militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), that Ebikeme, son of Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark had colluded with the Delta State…
THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has knocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) for raining insults on President Goodluck Jonathan, saying the party was behaving like a rejected child. In a press statement signed by its President, Nelly Emma;…
THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has taken a swipe at the accusers of the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke over alleged spending of public funds on the hiring of a private jet for her personal use and…
THE GRUESOME MURDER OF BARRISTERS DAFIOGHO EGWUONO AND SAMUEL EKWAGHANJU IN A LONELY OIL COMPANY SERVICE ROAD AT OZORO Delta State Police Command deeply regrets the gruesome murder of Barristers Dafiogho Egwuono and Samuel Ekwaghanju on Thursday 27th March, 2014, at about…
Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has enjoined the National Judicial Council (NJC) to reverse its decision in the suspension of Justice Agumagu barely days after he was sworn-in as Chief Judge of Rivers State by the State Government….
Delta State Government has debunked allegations by Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption campaigner and former member of the House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye, that it mismanaged N9 Billion Excess Crude funds released to the state in December 2012. Reacting to a purported press…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a writer from Nigeria. She has been called “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors that is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature”. Chimamanda Adichie recently spoke out…
Following last Saturday’s 15th February 2014 tragic death of my beloved cousin, Mr. John Ndubuka, a section of the online media has been appropriated by mischief makers to prosecute a mindless hatchet job of casting aspersions on my humble self; with innuendos,…
The Rivers State Chapter of the People Democratic Movement (PDM) Party Chairmen Forum have debunked recent claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that “APC has swallowed the PDM”. While decrying the recent publication by Chief Eze .C. Eze,…
Chairman of Isoko Grassroots Movement (IGM) Hon Sunday Elueni has asked Barrister Peter Nwaoboshi, the Delta State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to address issues raised by the Secretary to the State Government, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay. He also challenged other…
The 25 Transition Committee Chairmen of the Delta State Local Government Councils, has today (Thursday, January 16, 2014), described as false, a media report published by Sahara reporters and tagged: “Council Chairmen accuse Uduaghan of treading with SURE-P funds through unknown accounts.”…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter says it has noted the barefaced lies spewed out by the State Police Commissioner, CP Joseph Mbu, in his desperation to minimize the public outrage that has rightly trailed the death of five innocent…
Chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee for the Peoples Democratic Party in South West, Chief Buruji Kashamu, on Saturday, replied the strong worded letter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo which described him as a convict on extradition request. Kashamu in a…
The Nigerian Navy has denied and disproved claims of its alleged invasion of the oil-rich Ugborodo community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. Although it recognised that there was fracas in the area between the Arotun and Madagho communities…
Delta state government has reiterated its awareness that enemies of progress are out to thwart the realisation of the $16 Billion Gas City Project in Ogidigben, Delta state. An urgent press statement made available to Blank NEWS Online by the Secretary to…
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the plot to link Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi with the accident involving the Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Chidi Lloyd, that resulted to the death…
The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his call on President Jonathan to forget about 2015, saying only God can stop the re-election bid of the President. Recall that the former President had…
The media have been awash with reactions to a recent letter written by former Nigeria‘s president Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo to incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Just as Nigerians are still engrossed in the discourse of the missive and it’s implications, daughter of…
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it received with shock the news of yesterday’s judgment of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, which declared as unconstitutional, the taking over of the…
The Delta State government has staunchly defended Mr. Harold Monu, an Aide of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, allegedly caught in the web of payroll fraud. Although reports had revealed that Mr. Harold Monu, an assistant to the Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, on…
Delta state government has swiftly reacted in strong terms to an online publication, titled: “Controversy Trails Delta Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan‘s Sponsorship Of Journalists To London Training, As NUJ Chairman Faces Impeachment”, allegedly published by Saharareporters. The publication alleged that huge sum of…
Right Of Reply: SarnerPFM Resorts Limited Rejoinder to the Publication by Sahara Reporters titled, “Governor Uduaghan Accused Of Using Multi-Billion Naira Oleri Leisure Park As Conduit Pipe, Awards Contract To Daughter” Setting The Record Straight Introduction: The attention of Management of SarnerPFM…
In a bid to give sucour and heed the grievances of handicaps in Delta state, especially those who held the state under siege on Monday, July 08, 2013, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has met with the leadership of the Physically Challenged persons in…
Delta State Ministry of Information has frowned at a publication posted on Saharareporters web journal on June 11, 2013, alleging that the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr. Kenneth Okpara may have tampered with the sum N150 million originally meant for the state’s…
In the wake of the recent uprising between the people of Ogume Clan in Ndokwa West local government area of Delta state and Hausa/Fulani herdsmen, the state government has reassured of efforts to curtail the excesses of herdsmen whose cattle allegedly destroy…
The Delta state government has responded sharply to media reports, which alleged that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Rivers state counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi walked out of the South-South Special Zonal Executive Committee Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on Sunday…
The health sector in Delta State can rightly be described as one of the areas the state government has performed excellently well since the inception of the present administration. This is largely due to the-people oriented health programme of the free maternal,…
