-Blank NEWS Online (BANJUL, Gambia): The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) recently signed an agreement with the Republic of The Gambia to provide a loan to finance the second phase of a development project at the capital’s Banjul International Airport. The improved…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA/Gertrude ONYEKACHUKWU-UTEH (Communication Officer): Trainees of the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural and Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) of the 2019/2020 Programme Cycle have been charged to take the training seriously in order to build themselves into entrepreneurs…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Our Reorder: The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) to stop further collection of electricity bill under the estimated billing system. The suspension order signed by NERC’s Chairman, Mr. James…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Waste Management Board was inaugurated on September 24, 2019 with Hon. Emmanuel Bazim Chinye as Executive Chairman; while Mr Jude Onya, Mr Mofe Edema and Mr Daniel Ighedo are members. No doubt,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Sunny A. DAVID: Nigeria may soon record zero importation of lubricants, as local production is coming on high and big.This was stated by the Director General, Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON, Mr. Osita Aboloma when he…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: The public protest, demonstration and outcry of some prominent Christian Religious group yesterday, brought to the front burner, once again, the demoralizing state of insecurity in the nation and the resultant insensitivity of government to…
–-Blank NEWS Online (ACCRA, Ghana)-: Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit saw a 43% growth in remittances to Africa from higher income nations in 2019. The top five countries receiving remittances from the diaspora in 2019 included, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, with Nigeria…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Sir Monday Onyeme has read the riot act to tax officers operating as Assistant Tax Controllers, Resident Coordinators and Motor Licensing Officers across the State, to be more creative and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In fulfillment of the promises made during the 2019 elections, the Managing Director/CEO, Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, (FCNA, CrFA), through the Bashorun Askia Foundation (BAF) has donated the sum of N5 Million to Isoko Market…
–Blank NEWS Online ((NIGERIA) – BY Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Government has commenced Orientation and Personal Effectiveness Training for STEP beneficiaries enrolled in the 2019/2020 cycle of its job creation programme. According to a statement issued by the Communication Officer, Gertrude…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has appealed to traditional rulers, youth and community leaders in the various communities that form the oil producing areas of the State to continue to maintain…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLA, Maiduguri: Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara on Friday signed the 2020 appropriation bill into law with a warning to commissioners not to come to him with any expenditure outside the budget. The governor told the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has signed the 2020 Delta State Appropriation Act into law. Governor Okowa, on Thursday, December 12, 2019 signed the Appropriation Act which was recently passed by the Delta…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State House of Assembly has passed the 2020 State Appropriation Budget of N395, 475, 393, 668 billion into Law as against the initial N389 Billion presented to the House by The State Governor…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Mike SOGBOLA: Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara on Monday presented an appropriation bill of N134.5 billion for 2020 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Presenting the budget proposal to the Borno state House of Assembly tagged:…
Approximately US$1.2 billion equivalent in recent Asian investments into AFC Success exemplifies Asian investors’ interest in Africa’s development –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)– Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the leading investment-grade infrastructure solutions provider, today announces the closing of its inaugural US$140,000,000 Kimchi Term…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Mabamije Balogun A section of the Ughelli Main Market that leads to Oteri Community was today gutted by fire destroying goods worth millions of naira. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained but an unconfirmed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to actualize the promise made to Delta State workers by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on payment of the new minimum wage, the State Government has fomally constituted a Committee to parley with the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike Sogbola: Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni on Wednesday presented an appropriation bill of N108.4 billion to the Assembly. The proposed budget, the first by Buni, indicates an increase of N16.7 billion or 15.5 percent over the budget…
See Full Text Of Budget Inside: –Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has presented the year 2020 proposed budget of N389,190,799,362 Billion to the State House of Assembly. Presenting the 2020 Budget Proposals, christened “Budget…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By FIDELIS EGUGBO : The world has become a global village through the aid of technology, to the extent that as an event breaks, it is known by anyone who cares. Based on United Nations (UN) data, Nigeria,…
-Blank NEWS Online (Shenyang, China): Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday said the state government was ready to provide 10 million dollars counterpart fund for prospective investors towards the construction of Kwale Industrial Park in the state. He made this known…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The foreign trip of the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa to China will afford him the opportunity to meet with key investors as part of government efforts to make Kwale Industrial…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): In continuation of its implementation of measures at repositioning government hospitals in the Delta State for better service delivery, the Medical Director, Eku General Hospital, Dr Vincent Oziga, has been replaced with Dr Lucky Oyeye with the mandate to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Governor of Nigeria’s oil and gas wealthy Delta state, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has arrived China for a Working Visit. Official source from Government House, Asaba hinted Blank NEWS Online on Monday, October 21,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted an eight-man Economic Advisory Council (EAC). The council which would report directly to President Buhari has former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Charles Soludo and renowned economist, Bismark Rewane as…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Federal Government has commended Delta State Government for the quality of facilities at the Asaba International Airport, saying the facilities are of international standards. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika stated this on Sunday in Asaba shortly…
DELTA Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for greater collaboration between the Federal and State governments to attract positive development to the people at the grassroots. Speaking on Thursday (08/08/19) when he commissioned The Goldcoast Memorial Market built in memory of…
A two day training programme on entrepreneurship and business management has been organized for 41 graduates of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP). The training which took place at the Conference Hall of the Office of the Chief…
From: Andrew Ohwobetehe -Sapele As part of efforts to contribute to the economic development of Sapele and Delta State in general through the provision of skill acquisition and reduction of unemployment, Oleju Entrepreneurship Hub was at the weekend commissioned in Sapele local…
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 June 2019: Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Dubai Chamber) has announced its plans to host the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum (GBF) on Africa on November 18th-19th 2019 in Dubai under the patronage of…
BIDS for the concessioining of the Asaba International Airporweas been opened. The bids were opened on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 with two consortia, FIDMA/MA and AIMS becoming the favourite bidderAt At the opening of the bids by the transaction adviser on the…
-By Michael EKOKORUWE: DANTINATO GOLD RESORT LTD, a World Class Hotel has been officially commissioned by His Excellency Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Gcfr, former President of Federal Republic of Nigeria at Oleh, Isoko South local government area of Delta State. Speaking at the…
Abuja, Nigeria, 25 April, 2019 – At a meeting with the African Development Bank President in Abuja, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari commended the Bank for its successes and pledged Nigeria’s continuous support for the institution. “I want to recognize the support that…
-BY SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA: In a bid to meet Governor Willie Obiano’s monthly target of five billion naira revenue generation, the Anambra State Internally Generated Revenue Service says it has concluded plans to explore modern ways of tax drive in…
The Isoko clusters of Oil Producing Communities of the four flow stations that constitute a major part of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 has insisted that their recent pullout from the newly constituted Community Development Board (CDB) set up to operate…
-From Our Correspondent: The Isoko clusters of Oil Producing Communities of the four flow stations that constitute a major part of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 on Friday December 14th 2018, pulled out of the newly constituted Community Development Board (CDB)…
LAGOS, Nigeria & SINGAPORE– IDOOH International has expanded to Africa through a partnership with Nigeria’s Abercairn Digital to deploy 1,000 in-vehicle media screens with ride-hail drivers in Lagos to provide passengers with an entertaining and interactive passenger experience. Drivers will benefit from…
The Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) in Delta State, Mr. Malik Itiako Ikpokpo, has dispelled the insinuations that the N5billion assistance given by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to offset the backlog salaries of local government workers and primary school…
~ The report by Whirlpool Corporation in partnership with Ipsos delves into technology usage and preparedness across UAE and Saudi Arabia between consumers of different ages ~ ~ According to the study, 66% of seniors in UAE are curious about new technology…
