450 International Experts Discuss Challenges and Opportunities For Development From Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:— The 4th International Conference on Future Mobility (ICFM) will be held in Abu Dhabi this Tuesday, featuring a world-class team of experts in the automotive…
…Approves Work On Five Roads …Approves Appointment Of Three Traditional Rulers The faces of some pensioners in Delta State will soon be filled with smiles as the state government has approved an increase in the pension payable to them. Those to benefit,…
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on Wednesday, October 17, 2018), presented a budget proposal of N367, 095,083,451 to the State House of Assembly for the 2019 fiscal year. According to the governor, capital expenditure in the projected budget will gulp…
Doha, Qatar– QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, announced its results for the nine months ended 30 September 2018. For the nine months ended 30 September 2018, Net Profit reached QAR10.8 billion (USD3.0 billion),…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NUT), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) have enforced the stike order of the organized national labour body, in a bid to strenghten the union’s current…
In a bid to build an economic trust on the trending agricultural transformation across Delta state, the Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa’s led administration, through its Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) under the SMART agenda has intensified efforts to make the state a…
PPresident Muhammadu Buhari arrived Beijing Saturday to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding September 3 – 4, 2018. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu disclosed this in a statement made available to…
Volkswagen has identified Nigeria as a country with significant potential for the growth in the new vehicle market The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) to develop a joint vision to secure the development of…
Trade visit to highlight how UK and Nigeria trade partnerships are changing lives and livelihoods Nigeria: Azuri Technologies, a leading provider of pay-as-you-go solar home systems to off-grid consumers, is among Prime Minister Theresa May’s business delegation visiting Nigeria today with the aim of strengthen…
Delta state government has approved the Delta State Economic and Fiscal Update, Fiscal Strategy Paper and Budget Policy Statement 2019-2021. With the approval, the State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, could now present the 2019 budget to the State House of Assembly…
The Delta State House of Assembly has approved the request of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for the extension of the current Board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) by six months. The Governor’s approval was sequel to a letter…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Immediate past Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and Head of the Security sub-committee in the recently concluded African Senior Athletics Championship, Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (rtrd) has said the tournament which held at the Stephen…
-By Michael EKOKORUWE: The Isoko National Youth Council led by its President Comrade Utomudo Fidelis, has staged a peaceful protest to agitate for the marginalization of Isoko youth on employment, surveillance of oil facilities and denial of contractor and managerial slots by…
Jack Ma Foundation will recognize 100 African entrepreneurs over the next 10 years focused on grassroots innovation, economic empowerment of women and small businesses. The Netpreneur Prize – named for empowering a new generation of entrepreneurs, and focusing on small business growth,…
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…
The Delta State SEEFOR now has a new Project Coordinator, Mr Frank Apokwu who succeeds Mr Benson Ojoko. Meanwhile, the Delta State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr Kingsley Emu, commended the outgoing SEEFOR Project Coordinator, Mr Benson Ojoko, for the stream of…
–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…
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…
São Tomé and Príncipe, June 5, 2018 – The first President of the African Development Bank group to set foot on São Tomé and Príncipe, Akinwumi Adesina has arrived in the country for a five-day official visit to strengthen alliances between his…
**Residents Gear Up For Protest Over Outrageous Estimated Bills, Negligence -By Albert OGRAKA: The unholy acivities of the Benin Electricity Development Company (BEDC) in parts of Delta state have become a torn in the flesh of Deltans as a result of gross…
A British judge ruled on Thursday that Bodo community in the Niger Delta region, which has been involved in a protracted legal battle with Shell over the clean-up of two 2008 oil spills, should retain the option of litigation for another year….
Federal, states and local governments have shared N701 billion as revenue for the month of April, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, said. Isa-Dutse told newsmen that the amounts shared were the outcome of Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)…
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has started recalling cough syrup containing Codeine from its stakeholders in compliance with Federal Government’s directive. The Registrar of PCN, Mr Elijah Mohammed, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Sen. Danjuma Goje, has said that no provision was made in the 2018 Budget for any increase in minimum wage during the year. Goje made this known while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja shortly after…
GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has assured aspirants for different political positions on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the primary elections that will produce candidates for the 2019 general elections will be free and fair in the…
By Albert OGRAKA: Delta state has become the first state in Nigeria to implement and deploy the digital integrated learning solution for six trades in the state owned technical colleges and vocational education centres. The $120,000 World Bank assisted SEEFOR project with…
-By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to further boost the impact of the State Employment and Expenditure For Results (SEEFOR) in the development of Delta state economy, the World Bank has increased its counterpart funding of community projects in the state in…
*Hundreds Of Millions Lost *Houses, Markets Roof Blown Off, Many Injured The people of Alifekede Community, a border town between Delta and Edo state in Ika South local government area of Delta state, have been thrown into pitiable situation as a result…
The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending for business and agriculture investment in the country. The European Investment Bank has finalized a US $20-million…
The Delta State Job Creation Programme, Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) has received another boost with an additional twenty-nine (29) trainees comprising Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). This was made known at a one day orientation course organised for them by the…
First batch of alleged looters, amount taken 1. PDP Chairman Uche Secondus -Allegation: On the 19th of Feb 2015, he took N200 million only from the office of the NSA. 2. Former PDP Financial Secretary -Allegation: On the 24th of Oct 2014,…
Residents of Ubulu-Okiti community, a suburb or Asaba, capital of Delta state, have cried out over the refusal of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company’s (BEDC) to restore them to the national grid after eight years of deliberate disconnection, insipite of alleged ongoing…
Russian businessman, Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians and money enthusiasts all over the world of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, according to Russia media. According to reports, the 62-year-old was rushed…
*Gov. Okowa Reaffirms Commitment To Service Delivery, Transparency, Accountability For Economic Stability Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to realizing the administration’s SMART agenda policies through a culture of effective service delivery, transparency and…
“Aside from the 2017 Winter Olympics, the annual meeting of the African Development Bank this May in Korea, is the most important event on our calendar,” – Kim Dong Yen. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, Kim Dong Yen…
Indian authorities have seized a solar power plant and some 134 acres of land belonging to billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi in connection with the country’s biggest-ever bank fraud of 1.8 billion U.S. dollars. “The Enforcement Directorate took possession of the land and…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch), priced a new US $2.0-billion 3-year Global Benchmark bond due 22 March 2021. This bond issue represents the Bank’s first public market deal of 2018. It…
The Federal Government is making progress on the establishment of modular refineries with the arrival of one set of package shipment. The Niger Delta Inter-Ministerial Committee, chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, informed members at its presentation meeting in Abuja that the…
“The mill with a capacity to process 16 metric tons of paddy rice per hour, when completed, will in a year process paddy rice worth N14 billion bought directly from the famers in Jigawa at market rate.” Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online)/ —…
On Friday, March 02, 2018 Deltans witnessed the commissioning of Premium Steel Rolling Mill, exactly 36 years after Delta Steel Company was commissioned In Ovwian-Aladja. The multi-billion dollar Premium Steel Rolling Mill was commissioned by Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa…
