Blank NEWS Online can report authoritatively that Nigeria’s federal and state governments have shared a total sum of N 6. 21 trillion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) since 2011. The Federal Government’s share from the ECA during the period under review…
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi, has expressed the readiness of his Administration to handover on May 29. Amaechi who dismissed rumours he would not be handing over the reign of governance on the date, wondered what he would be doing in office…
No sooner than Gen Muhammadu Buhari emerged President-elect of Nigeria was he also selected as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. The magazine recognizes that people’s expectations of Buhari are high in keeping with “… the historic…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally issued Certificate of Return to Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Delta State Governor-Elect and winner of the April 11, 2015 Governorship election. Okowa contested under the auspices of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Governor-Elect…
“Muhammadu Buhari, of the APC, having satisfied the requirement for the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.” These were the words of Prof. Attahiru Jega, ChIrman of the Independent National Electoral…
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR ON THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015 Dear Compatriots, As we prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, I have come before you this morning to express my immense appreciation for the…
Governor of Nigeria’s oil rich Delta state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that the International Community cannot be exonerated from the criminality of crude oil theft in Nigeria. Speaking Tuesday,:March 24, 2015 at the commissioning of thirty gunboats procured by the Defence…
Ongoing construction work at the second Niger Bridge was temporarily halted, weekend, when unemployed graduates from Asaba, Delta State besieged the premises of Julius Berger Plc, the company handling the Bridge project, demanding for slots in the employment of the company. They…
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Director of Media of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, wants Major-General Muhammadu, Nigeria’s former military Head of State, to account for his role on January 29, 1969 coup d ‘etat, which led to the alleged gruesome killing of many…
The Buhari Support Organization (BSO), Delta state chapter, has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) technical mock trials of the card reader machines, describing the exercise as dependable measure to check electoral fraud in Nigeria. Delta state Coordinator of the group,…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that the peace accord entered into by politicians should be respected for a violent-free electioneering process to be achieved. Dr Uduaghan who made the call Wednesday when candidates for different elective positions of political…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Emmanuel-Bertrams Esegbue (Crime Reporter) The whereabout of Comrade Ifeanyi Henry Imahia, a fiery political activist and media practitioner, who went into hiding since November 2014, following attempts made by political thugs on his life; remain unknown….
The controversy over General Muhamed Buhari’s certificate has taken a new dimension, as an Abuja Lawyer, Mr. Chike Okafor has approached the Federal High Court to disqualify General Buhari from contesting the 2015 Presidential Elections. The case is Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/01/2015….
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has decried the spate of violent attacks being perpetrated by supporters of candidates against political opponents and warned against the menace in Delta State. Uduaghan, handed down the warning on Thursday night at the State’s Peoples…
Ahead of the February general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta state, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, has assured Deltans of his commitment to consolidate on the development strides of past administrations in the state. Okowa, at an…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has declared that re-electing President Goodluck Jonathan for another term in office is non-negotiable for the people of the South South geo-political zone. Governor Uduaghan, addressing a mammoth crowd that turned out for the Delta State…
CHAIRMAN, Delta State Council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Comrade Ifeanyi Obi has urged the Federal Government to reduce the price of petroleum products to reflect the fall in oil price in the international market. According to Comrade Obi,…
It was a solemn ceremony yesterday in Asaba, as Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan led prominent Deltans to lay wreaths at the foot of the statute of the unknown Soldier as part of activities to conclude the 2015 Armed Forces Remembrance…
Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured the party’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of a landslide victory in the State during the February 14, 2015 presidential election. The party gave the assurance while congratulating Buhari on…
AS Nigeria remembers its fallen heroes, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called for actions which will deepen the peace and unity of the country. Uduaghan made the call yesterday at an inter-denominational thanksgiving service as part of activities for the…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has called for reconciliation among members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Governor made the call Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the thanksgiving service held in honour of the PDP gubernatorial candidate in Delta State,…
On the eve of New Year, December 31, 2014, Renowned Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka of Catholic Adoration Centre in Enugu, Enugu State, stunned all Catholic faithful and Nigerians with his attack on the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Mbaka, who…
Former Nigeria Head of State and Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), may face hitches ahead of contesting in the forthcoming Presidential election, going by the discrepancies surrounding the whereabouts of original copies of his academic…
Those who are antagonistic to the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan have been advised to change in their opinion and join hands with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to address the current insurgency and dwindling economy and bring about better governance….
2014 Christmas: President Jonathan’s Message To Nigerians>>>> I greet and felicitate with you all once again as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I join all of our Christian compatriots in giving thanks to God Almighty for…
As Christians all over the world celebrate Christmas, Delta state Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Peter Onwusanya have respectively called for further entrenchment of sustainable peace as a unifying factor for national growth, especially ahead of…
Despite reservation in a section of Delta state, the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), has vowed to mobilize support for President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, for the 2015 elections. The group took the…
The fear expressed by most Nigerians that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has lost out, after all, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) selection process ahead of the 2015 presidential election has been proved wrong, as Amaechi is named Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared that the Shipping Line Agency Charges (SLAC) levied and collected from Nigerian shippers by shipping companies since 2006 is illegal. The Court therefore ruled that the shipping companies should account and pay to…
MEMBERS of Petroleum Dealers Association of Nigeria (PEDAN) has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the PIB bill in the interest of Nigerians and the Nigerian economy. The Chairman of ASABA chapter of PEDAN, Comrade Jerry Ojie made the…
The outcome of the national convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where the convention voted to ratify the adoption of Goodluck Jonathan as the PDP presidential candidate ahead of 2015 elections and the official announcement of former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari,…
As the subsisting strike action by workers in the Federal Medical Centers (FMCs) across the country continues to bite harder, the leadership of the workers in FMC, Asaba has raised the alarm over attempt by management to use quacks to attend to…
The Director General of the Defenders of Democracy Group (DDG), Comrade Ejoor Umukoro, has called on the three tires of government at the national, state and local levels to urgently engage youths in positive development programmes to avert insurgency and other social…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has affirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan has done a lot in the implementation of his transformational agenda for Nigeria. He insisted that the President was working quietly to develop the country, despite the contrary perception of…
Delta State governor and chairman of the NDDC Advisory Council of Governors, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has commended communities that have been supportive of contractors executing projects in the State, saying that their cooperation was aiding the successful completion of projects. The Governor…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has produced the first digital N100 paper note, which will be officially issued into circulation on December 19. The new N100, Commemorative Centenary banknote which also has features for the visually impaired was official unveiling by…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has declared that contrary to dooms day predications, Nigeria will not break up in 2015. Speaking on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at the opening…
Prominent Delta state governorship aspirant, Sir Anthony Chuks Obuh has formally declared his interest to contest in the 2015 gubernatorial election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Obuh, who made his intention known while addressing Deltans who turned out…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have secured the approval of the Presidency to enable them control the political structures in their respective states ahead of the 2015 general elections. The trend will allow the outgoing governors…
Family members of late Mr. Ifeayi Obi, the Senior Driver of Delta State Commissioner on the board of the NDDC, Chief Tom Amioku, who was shot during last Saturday’s local polls in Delta State, have cried out for justice over the circumstances…
