Dame Okowa Commissions 16th Sickle Cell Clinic In Delta **Hails Warri South LG People For Actualization

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: WIFE of the Delta State Governor and founder O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has formally inaugurated the 16th Sickle Cell Clinic in Delta State, located at the Central Hospital, Warri. Commissioning the project on Friday…

Elumelu Constituency Projects: Harvest Of Projects In Aniocha South As Okowa Commissions More Projects Executed By Elumelu

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: IT was a harvest of people oriented projects on Thursday, 29th July, 2021 as the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa continued with the commissioning of Constituency Projects executed by the Minority Leader of…

Access Bank Risks Litigation Over Assault, Unlawful Detention, False Accusation Of Staff *As Attorneys Issue 7 Days Ultimatum

Access Bank Risks Litigation Over Assault, Unlawful Detention, False Accusation Of Staff *As Attorneys Issue 7 Days Ultimatum

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE Management of Access Bank Plc have been issued a seven-day ultimatum to urgently cause an independent investigation and redress the wrongdoings to one of its staff, with a written apology or risk legal action….

How GEEP Made Me Gainfully Employed, Says GEEPreneur Oge

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: UCHUNU DOMINICA OGE: Many beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Job Creation Scheme have continued to share amazing testimonies of how the scheme took them out of the streets and made them meaningfully engaged to…

Zulum Finalizes Relocation of IDPs, Refugees to Abadam

Zulum Finalizes Relocation of IDPs, Refugees to Abadam

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has moved towards finally relocating the people of Abadam local government, in the shores of the Lake Chad back to their homes. The governor in order to actualize this…

Isoko North LG Boss Iteire Rescue Child Delivered By Mentally Challenged Woman

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE Executive Chairman, Isoko North Local Government Council, Hon Christian Othuke Iteire on Monday, visited Ozoro General Hospital, Isoko North local government area and rescued mentally-challenged, homeless woman who delivered a male child on…

BREAKING: Sowore Arrested At Abuja Federal High Court

BREAKING: Sowore Arrested At Abuja Federal High Court

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): FORMER AAC presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested by the Nigerian police at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore was arrested and whisked away while in court to show solidarity with the leader of…

YAGEP Beneficiary Ascribes Business Success To Efforts Put Into Training

YAGEP Beneficiary Ascribes Business Success To Efforts Put Into Training

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: HELEN MORRISTER: The testimony of Helen Morrister is another success story of the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural and Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP). She is the Managing Director of Odhi Technical and Energy Services Fish Farm…

DAIRO’S DEADLY DIARY AND THE REST OF US

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: HE missed death by the whiskers. And by sheer bravery, Flt Lt Abayomi Dairo, the hero fighter jet pilot, soldier on in the bushes of death, trying to save a nation so ravaged by terrorism…

NDLEA Arrests Anambra Drug Kingpin **Nabs Notorious Interstate Traffickers In Adamawa, Benue

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Mike SOGBOLO: A major Anambra illicit drug kingpin, Okeke Chijioke, 44, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He was caught with 548,000 tablets of Tramadol branded as Tarkadol stored in…

2023: Elumelu Expresses Worry Over Voter Apathy, Suppression, Political Alienation, Extra-Civic Voting In Nigeria **Proffer Solutions

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: RT. HON. NDUDI ELUMELU, Nigeria’s House of Representatives Minority Leader, yesterday expressed worries over the many factors promoting voter apathy, political alienation and voter suppression, as well as extra – civic voting patterns in Nigeria….

Application Of Technology Strengthens Democratic Process, Says Bashorun Askia

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA, Warri: AGAINST the backdrop of the furore generated by the debate on the mode of transmission of election results, a wider application of information technology will strengthen the democratic process by reducing the impact of…

Online Publishers Want NASS To Quash Obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills

Online Publishers Want NASS To Quash Obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: DELTA Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), has called on the National Assembly to urgently jettison the obnoxious Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts amendment Bill that is presently before it. In a…

FOUR YEARS AFTER, STEP BENEFICIARY SHARES AMAZING SUCCESS STORY -Says Gov. Okowa’s Job Creation Programme Real, Well Thought Out

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: ATANO, OCHUKO KELVIN has a BSC in Accounting and a PGD in Business Management from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife. He hails from Ughelli North Local Government Area. He got enrolled in the Delta State Government’s…

Iteire Partners Isoko NUJ On LGA Programmes, Commends Gov Okowa For Flood Alert

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: THE executive chairman of Isoko North local government area of Delta State, Hon. Deacon Christian Iteire has commended Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State for flood alert sensitization. Iteire said this when…

Neither My Parents Nor I Would Have Afforded Starter Pack, Says STEPreneur Esienakerien

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: ESIENAKERIEN MERCY OMA: This episode of our weekly testimony features Mercy Oma Esienakerien, one of the beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) enrolled in the 2017/2018 Cycle. She was trained in Catering and…

Bashorun Askia Hails Okowa At 62, Says He Remodelled DESOPADEC To Deliver Dividends

Bashorun Askia Hails Okowa At 62, Says He Remodelled DESOPADEC To Deliver Dividends

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has felicitated with Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa on his 62nd birthday anniversary. Bashorun Askia Ogieh, in…

Aguleri/Umuleri For Peace Initiative Resolve Communal War, As Lawmaker Set To Empower 3,800 Youths

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Sunny A. DAVID: THE Youths under the new name of Aguleri/ Umuleri For Peace Initiative in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State has resolved that the two Communities have decided to end the over…

Elumelu Congratulates Okowa @ 62

Elumelu Congratulates Okowa @ 62

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has congratulated the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on his 62nd birthday anniversary. In his goodwill message on Thursday July 8, 2021, Elumelu…

Chinese President Promotes Globalization

Chinese President Promotes Globalization

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: CHINESE President Xi Jinping has expressed the willingness of Communist Party of China and indeed China to collaborate with political parties worldwide to lead the economic globalization toward a direction that is more open, inclusive,…

DIDA Chairman Expresses Joy Over Commencement Of Work At DELFRASCO

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Sylvester ILOBA: THE Chairman, Delta State Investments Development Agency (DIDA), Mr. Paul Nmah, has expressed joy over the commencement of work at the Delfrasco Tower Manufacturing and Testing Facility Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of…

COMMUNIQUÉ: MEETING OF GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA IN LAGOS ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AFTER THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA AT THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE, ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021 NIGERIAJuly 5, 2021 THE Southern Governors Forum at the end of the meeting…

Energy Commissioner, Ukodhiko Assumes Duty, Vows To Sustain Okowa’s Stronger Delta Agenda

Energy Commissioner, Ukodhiko Assumes Duty, Vows To Sustain Okowa’s Stronger Delta Agenda

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: THE newly sworn-in Delta State Commissioner for Power and Energy, Engr. Jonathan Ukodhiko, has vowed to facilitate the sustenance of the stronger Delta objectives of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by ensuring that the Ministry renders services…

Shettima Calls For Power Shift To South, Insists There Was Gentleman’s Agreement In APC For Power Rotation

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: FORMER Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima has thrown his weight behind the call for power shift to Southern Nigeria in 2023. He said it was only right for the North especially the All Progressives…

Bashorun Askia Describes Gen Omu As Magnificent Leader, Father, Mentor @ 81

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): From Albert OGRAKA: MANAGING Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Odio Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has eulogized one of Isoko foremost elder statesman and peace builder, Major-Gen. (Chief) Paul Ufuoma Omu, as he…

“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…

UK Announces £12.6 Million To Combat Terrorism In Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger

UK Announces £12.6 Million To Combat Terrorism In Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: UNITED Kingdom has announced new funds to combat terror in Lake Chad Basin following the growth of terrorism on the African continent. Specifically in the new funding plan, United Kingdom will support efforts to combat…

Oma Djebah Presents Letters of Credence To The Kingdom Of Thailand

Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: FRONTLINE Communications expert, journalist and former Delta State Commissioner for Information, His Excellency, Mr. Oma Djebah, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand , was on June 25th 2021 received by the Director–General of the…

NIGERIA: A NATION LOOKING FOR HER PAST (1)

NIGERIA: A NATION LOOKING FOR HER PAST (1)

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: IT is often said that when one is consistently nostalgic and desirous of the past, it is indicative of the fact that nothing is exciting about the present. Yet, this is where we found ourselves…

BE WILLING TO GROW GRADUALLY, STAY CONSISTENT, INNOVATIVE, CHIWEIKE ADVISES YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude ONYEKACHUKWU-UTEH: CHIWEIKE NWANKWO hails from Oshimili North Local Government Area. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical and Vocational Education from the Delta State University, Abraka; enrolled into the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme of…

Sheikh Gumi Lied: Nigerian Army Not Colluding With Bandits -Brig. Gen. Nwachukwu

Sheikh Gumi Lied: Nigerian Army Not Colluding With Bandits -Brig. Gen. Nwachukwu

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Nigerian Army has just been alerted to a submission by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi when he featured on ARISE TV Morning Show on Wednesday, 23 June 2021 alleging that the Nigerian Military is colluding…

THE SOUTHEAST: A PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERS

THE SOUTHEAST: A PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERS

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: ONE of the most sensitive issues of discourse in Nigeria today is the security challenges in the South East. It is sensitive not because of the geographical location but the people, the enterprising and resilient…

Sickle-Cell Disorder Day: Dame Okowa Preaches Love, Awareness Of Genotype Status

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: AS the world celebrate the 2021 World Sickle cell day, wife of Delta State Governor and founder O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has advocated that patients with Sickle Cell Anaemia deserve adequate care, devoid of…

Open Grazing: Desert Warrior Arrives Asaba To Join Gov. Okowa In Fight Against Environment Degradation

Open Grazing: Desert Warrior Arrives Asaba To Join Gov. Okowa In Fight Against Environment Degradation

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: “So we are here with you and ready to go any length with you because what you have started in Asaba must be sustained to check degradation of the environment.” –Founder of Fight Against Desert…

Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Ministry Of Youth, Sports Assures Of Better Outing

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: As the battle for a place among the athletes at the Olympic trials continues today, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has assured Nigerians of a better outing at the Olympic Games holding…

FG Inaugurates Okowa Led Board Of AFN

FG Inaugurates Okowa Led Board Of AFN

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO: THE Federal Government has inaugurated the Board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) after the successful conduct of the elections to fill executive position of the association saddled with the control of the nation’s…

JUNE 12: TODAY’S REALITY AND THE MISTAKE OF YESTERDAY

JUNE 12: TODAY’S REALITY AND THE MISTAKE OF YESTERDAY

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE nation Nigeria, did not begin from June 12 1993; but her elongated dilemma and potpourri of woes can be partly traceable to that hysteric and historic date. That was the day ethno-religious politics was…

Aniocha/Oshimili Council Chairmen Hail Elumelu For Effective Representation

Aniocha/Oshimili Council Chairmen Hail Elumelu For Effective Representation

–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): AS the 9th Assembly of the House of Representatives marks its second legislative year, Chairmen of Councils in Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta State, have paid glowing compliments to the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon….

NASS Joint Minority Caucus Asks Nigerians To Continue Using Twitter

NASS Joint Minority Caucus Asks Nigerians To Continue Using Twitter

-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has met over the ban on Twitter by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government and restated its condemnation of the embargo as draconian and unacceptable….