2023 INT’L WORKERS DAY: BAYOKO SALUTE DELTA WORKERS, SAYS THEY’RE INDISPENSABLE ASSETS IN NATION BUILDING

2023 INT’L WORKERS DAY: BAYOKO SALUTE DELTA WORKERS, SAYS THEY’RE INDISPENSABLE ASSETS IN NATION BUILDING

-By Aruoriwo Ivovi: As Nigeria joins the global community in celebrating the 2023 International Workers’ Day, the Delta State Head of Service, Mr. Reginald Bayoko has commended civil servants in the state for their hard work, dedication, loyalty and patriotism towards the growth and development of Delta State….

About Maris Annual Public Service Lecture Series

About Maris Annual Public Service Lecture Series

The story of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture series is that of strong belief in God and the surrendering of oneself to the will of God. It was instituted to tackle societal challenges and to enlighten the public on sundry relevant issues….

Oborevwori, The Governor-Elect For Maris Lecture

Oborevwori, The Governor-Elect For Maris Lecture

SINCE the inception of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture series, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, will be the first person to attend the lecture as Governor-elect. Rt. Hon. Oborevwori, Governor-elect, Delta State, can be described as a…

<strong>STEP Beneficiary Wins Best National Technology Award      </strong>

STEP Beneficiary Wins Best National Technology Award      

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: A beneficiary of the Delta State Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), Mr Kelvin Ochuko Atano, emerged as the overall winner of the 2023 Technology and Innovation Expo in the State Ministry Category. The 2023 Expo organised by the…

BIRTHDAY: MTC Describes Emina As “A Man Of Many Parts”

BIRTHDAY: MTC Describes Emina As “A Man Of Many Parts”

MARIS Trust Council, MTC, organisers of Maris Annual Public Service Lecture series, has described Kemi Emina Ph.D. as a man who is endowed with many gifts to serve humanity. MTC in a statement issued on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State, noted that…

<strong>Soludo Commiserates With Victims Of Kano Street Fire Incident, Beside Onitsha Main Market</strong>

Soludo Commiserates With Victims Of Kano Street Fire Incident, Beside Onitsha Main Market

-From SUNNY A.  DAVID: Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has commiserated with victims and owners of some shops at the Kano Street, beside Main Market, Onitsha, following a fire incident that occured in the market The unfortunate fire incident…

PRESS RELEASE: AUDI GRIEFS OVER DEATH OF LEAD OUTRIDER, CONDOLES WITH FAMILY, NSCDC PERSONNEL

PRESS RELEASE: AUDI GRIEFS OVER DEATH OF LEAD OUTRIDER, CONDOLES WITH FAMILY, NSCDC PERSONNEL

The National Headquarters of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been thrown into mourning state following a fatal accident which claimed the life of Commandant General’s lead outrider, Assistant Superintendent of Corps 1 (Asc 1), Dickson Dike who was loved…

Elumelu Celebrates Asagba (Prof) Chike Edozien @98, 31st Anniversary On Throne

Elumelu Celebrates Asagba (Prof) Chike Edozien @98, 31st Anniversary On Throne

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has felicitated the Asagba of Asaba, Asagba (Prof) Chike Edozien on his 98th birthday and 31st anniversary on the throne as the Asaba of Asaba kingdom. Elumelu in a Statement…

BIRTHDAY: DESOPADEC Boss, Bashorun Askia Felicitates With Delta Speaker, Oborevwori

BIRTHDAY: DESOPADEC Boss, Bashorun Askia Felicitates With Delta Speaker, Oborevwori

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has felicitated with the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori on his birthday anniversary. He described him as a superior…

Dr. Onoriode’s Late Mother, Mrs. Maria Etatsemi For Burial April 9

Dr. Onoriode’s Late Mother, Mrs. Maria Etatsemi For Burial April 9

The burial ceremony of late Mrs. Maria Etatsemi, mother of an Assistant Director of Information in the Delta State Ministry of Information and the Public Relations Officer in Ministry of Justice, Dr. Onoriode Etatsemi will hold on Saturday, April 9 , 2022….

Prof. Ekoko Saw My Future, Inspired Me – Says Bashorun Askia

Prof. Ekoko Saw My Future, Inspired Me – Says Bashorun Askia

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Prof. was cooking something big. He asked for my contributions. I did and on October 28, 2021, he sent me this on WhatsApp: “This is brilliant. Again, big congratulations. God bless you greatly.” Days after, Prof. passed on….

Elumelu Hails Delta PDP Chairman Esiso On His Birthday

Elumelu Hails Delta PDP Chairman Esiso On His Birthday

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has felicitated the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State, Olorogun Barrister Kingsley Esiso on the auspicious occasion of his…

Prof. Ekoko, Former Education Commissioner For Burial Feb 12

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: The remains of Prof. Abednego Ekoko, former Delta State Commissioner for Education and one time Sole Administrator of the Delta State University, Abraka, will be laid to rest on Saturday, 12th February, 2022 at his…

Desmond Tutu, Titanic Figure Of Non-violent Struggle, Human Rights -Marwa

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has described the late South African Nobel Laureate and Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu as a titanic figure of non-violent struggle, human rights and…

DESOPADEC Boss Mourns Arc. Ogeh *Says He Was A Great Inspiration In Enviable Nobility

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has expressed shock over the sudden passage of an illustrious Isoko son, Arc. Joseph Ajirioghene Ogeh. A message titled…

Ikechukwu Akozor: We Lost A Team Builder, Gem, Brother -Says DESOPADEC MD/CEO

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has expressed profound shock of the death of Hon. Ikechukwu Akozor, Commissioner representing Ndokwa nation on the Board of…

BIGPEN Online Publisher Loses Father At 84

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: CHIEF (DR.) CJ OGBODU, father of the publisher and Managing Editor of BIGPENNGR, an online media, is dead. Chief Ogbodu died on Sunday, August 15, 2021, after a protracted illness at 84 years. His first…

“Kenneth Left Me, The Tears Refuse To Stop…” -Bashorun Askia Laments Death Of Delta Assembly Kinsman

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): From Albert OGRAKA: THE Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has expressed sadness and shock over the sudden death of Hon. Kenneth Ogba, Member representing Isoko South Constituency I…

I.D.U. Commiserates With Akpotu Family Over Demise Of High Chief S.O. Akpotu

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE sociocultural organization of Isoko ethnic nationality, Isoko Development Union (I.D.U.) at the weekend, paid commiseration visit to the family of the clan Otota of Olomoro Kingdom, High Chief Stephen O. Akpotu, who passed on…

PRESIDENT IDRISS DÈBY: THE UGLY FOOTPATH OF AN AFRICAN LEADER

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: JUST as everything in life that has a beginning must come to an end, President Idriss Deby of Chad has met his Waterloo at the very frontline where he courageously went to visit his fighting…

Okowa Commiserates With Edewor Family, As Askia, Oborevwori, Onibere, Others Eugolise His Demise

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has commiserated with the family of Rt. Revd. Jonathan Francis Edewor, just as both political and prominent leaders of Isoko nation eulogized his demise at Oleh,…

BISHOP EDEWOR TO BE LAID TO REST APRIL 17

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: THE remains of the late pioneer Bishop of Oleh Dicocese, Anglican Communion , Rt. Rev Jonathan Edewor will be laid to rest on Saturday, April 17, 2021, after a funeral service at St.Paul Cathedral Oleh,…

Sam Obi: We Were Bolt and Nut, Says Bashorun Askia Ogieh

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- By Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has described former Acting Governor, Late Rt. Hon. Prince Sam Obi as a statesman and a bastion of…

EULOGIES AS ASKIA, AMADHE, ETA, ONWO, OGBA, OGHORE, AMAGADA, ASASA, OTHERS ATTEND IRRI MONARCH’S BURIAL

EULOGIES AS ASKIA, AMADHE, ETA, ONWO, OGBA, OGHORE, AMAGADA, ASASA, OTHERS ATTEND IRRI MONARCH’S BURIAL

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: The remains of the Odiologbo of Irri kingdom, HRM Joshua F.D. Aghagba, was finally lied to rest at the weekend amidst eulogies from the Delta State government, political and prominent leaders of Isoko nation, held…

Edewor: Gold Standard For Tolerance, Faithfulness -Bashorun Askia Ogieh

-Blank NEWS Online –By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has described Emeritus Bishop of Oleh Diocese of the Anglican Church, Late Right Reverend Jonathan Edewor, as the Gold standard…

March 6 LG Polls: Aniocha North Leaders Poised For PDP Victory, Commiserate With Okowa Over Father’s Demise

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Aniocha North Local Government leaders rose on Friday, February 12, 2021 from a stakeholders meeting expressing a total sense of commitment and unity to work together for the landslide victory of the party in the March 6,…

Bashorun Askia Presents DESOPADEC Board, Mgt Condolences To Okowa *As Commission Consoles Gov

Bashorun Askia Presents DESOPADEC Board, Mgt Condolences To Okowa *As Commission Consoles Gov

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –Editor Members of the Board and Management of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC), has paid a condolence visit to the State Governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, on the death of his father. The Managing…

Owhefere: Bashorun Askia Condoles Delta Assembly Speaker, Members *Says TKO Was Loyal Friend, Brother, Confidant

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has expressed deep sadness over the death ofthe Majority Leader in the Delta State House of Assembly, representing…

Two Deaths Too Many *As Candlelight Dims For Pa Okowa, Hon. Owhefere In Delta

Two Deaths Too Many *As Candlelight Dims For Pa Okowa, Hon. Owhefere In Delta

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –Edited By Albert OGRAKA: DELTANS at home and in the Diaspora were on Thursday, January 28, 2021 woken up to sad news about the demise of two great personalities. First, was the breaking news of the passing of…

DESOPADEC MD/CEO, Bashorun Askia Mourns Gov. Okowa’s Father

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: THE Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA has commiserated with the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, over the passing…

REACTIONS OVER OWHEFERE’S PAINFUL DEMISE FROM ISOKO NATION

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Michael EKOKORUWE: The President General of the social cultural organization of Isoko Nation, Isoko Development Union (IDU), Dr. Chris Akpotu has described the sudden demise of Hon. Tim Owhefere as ‘shocking and horrendous emotional attack on Isoko…

What You Must Know About Woman On N20 Naira Note

What You Must Know About Woman On N20 Naira Note

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Courtesy Phoenix Biography of Ladi KwaliDr. Hadiza Ladi Kwali was one of Nigeria’s foremost and most prolific potters, as well as the woman at the back of twenty naira note. Ladi Kwali was born in the small village…

My Father Had Wished He Died In Nigeria –Hon. Nwaobi

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): …. As Okowa, Otuaro, Elumelu, Oborevwori, Nwaodua, Chijuka, Odoe, Okwuofu, Kachikwu, Others Bid Sir Marcel Mekowuhe Nwaobi Farewell In an emotion laden voice, the member representing Aniocha North Constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Engr. Emeka…

NDC Ozoro Old Boys Mourn Pioneer President, Ejughemre

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Notre Dame College Ozoro Old Boys Association (NODACOBA) has described the death of a former Electoral Commissioner in the defunct Bendel State and its pioneer President, Olorogun Atuyota Ejughemre, as a great loss to the country particularly…

JP CLARK: You Will Murder The Play

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By AZUA ALONU: When we told our English teacher, we were going to put on stage J.P Clark’s Play. Ozidi, he said: You will murder the play. Our dramatic society in our estimation very virile, we were…

BASHORUN ASKIA MOURNS LATE EMIR OF ZAZZAU *He Bonded Across Ethnic Divide

–Blank NEWS Online ( NIGERIA) – Front Albert Ograka: Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has described the death of the Emir of Zazzau (Zaria), Alhaji Shehu Idris, as a personal loss…

Askia, Owhefere, Macaulay, Others Condole Ellu Monarch Over Queen’s Demise

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael EKOKORUWE: The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Dr. Askia Ogieh; the Majority Leader Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Tim Owhefere; the Director General…