DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said it was important to streamline revenue collections from outdoor advertising in a bid to enhance the revenue base of the state and sustain its taxation policy. The governor also emphasised on the need to…
The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who was arrested on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Cotonou, Benin Republic has been released. Although the reason for his detention by the Beninoise gendarmes is yet undisclosed, dependable…
The much expected but surprise and hasty merger of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (new PDP) with Nigeria’s newly registered main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), may have caused sharp disagreements among the seven founding governors of…
Leaders from the Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State have pledged to engage their counterparts from other zones towards making the emergence of the governor of the state in 2015 from the zone a negotiated exercise as they identified agriculture and…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of oil and gas rich Delta State, has urged the International community aid Nigeria to grow its economy in the on-going campaign against crude oil theft. Uduaghan, who is also chairman of the National Economic Council on Crude Oil…
President Goodluck Jonathan will return to Nigeria today, Sunday, November 24, 2013, after attending the International Investors Council Meeting at the Hilton Park Lane in London, a Presidency source has revealed. Although he missed the opening session of the meeting due to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been cautioned “to tread slowly in order not to render superior courts of records toothless’’ in its current attempts to enforce disciplinary actions against the National Secretary of the Party, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu…
In furtherance of the Delta state Government House Inter-departmental Football Tournament, tagged “Governor’s Cup 2013”, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged participating sportsmen to imbibe the spirit of fairness in following the rules of the competition. The governor gave the charge on Tuesday,…
After commencing commercial flight operations on July 13, 2011, Asaba Airport has handled 6,331 flights and 192,651 passengers at the end of October 2013. A statement issued by Mr. Pius Mordi, Special Assistant to the Delta state Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah…
As the controversy surrounding the political and legal position of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) continues to heat up the Nigerian political system, the embattled party scribe has opened up on his recent “purported” suspension by…
Warri Wolves Football Club will officially resume for the 2013/2014 football season on Monday, 18th, November, 2013. A statement signed by the Media Manager, Etu Moses and made available to Blank NEWS Online, advised all the players to report unfailingly on Monday…
The National Chairman of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, resigned his position as Chairman, Nigeria Railway Corporation Governing Board to give him room and time to manage the nPDP adequately and…
The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) says it received with joy the news of the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the suit instituted by Sir Celestine Omehia, seeking the ouster of Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. According to the faction,…
The New PDP has described the suspension of Baraje, Sam Jaja, Oyinlola and Kazaure by Tukur’s led NWC as barbaric, unacceptable, undemocratic and abuse of PDP constitution. Just as President Goodluck Jonathan is speculated to be planning a meeting with the seven…
A Stakeholders meeting to pave way for the construction of Africa‘s largest Industrial Gas city in Ogidigben, Warri South West Local Government Area was held yesterday in Warri with Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan asking for cooperation from all communities in the area to…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ), on Sunday, November 10, 2013 said the issues of Association of Senior Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), payment of arrears owed pensioners and that of the power sector would soon be a thing of the past. He…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) at its monthly meeting on November 09, 2013 in Abuja, has in a bid to review developments and chart the way forward for the party, constituted a six-man committee to…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has advised newly married couples to consecrate their marriage in God so as to lay a solid foundation for their union. The Governor who spoke in Lagos at the weekend after attending the solemnization of holy…
Chief Engr. Christabel Oke Obiuwevbi, an Executive Assistant to Deputy Governor, Delta State was recently honoured by His Majesty, Richard Oghenevwogaga Ebelle Okorefe 1, Ovie Of Agbarha-Otor Kingdom in Ughelli North LGA, Delta State as the AVWEROTOMA of Agbarha-Otor for her contributions…
Thursday November 14, 2013 has been set aside for the Unveiling/Formal Presentation Of The Drama Books “King Ozomo’s Quest” and “Sacrifice To The Dumb God”. The books, a must read, which has gained prominence in the literary industry, according literary critics, writers…
The factional PDP led by Alhaji Kawu Baraje has hailed the Court of Appeal’s reversion of what it described as “unjust sacking” of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the judgement is a…
Chief Nkem Okwuofu, a staunch Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader in Aniocha North local government area of Delta state, has strongly condemned attempts to link her to the recent alleged assassination plot on the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Hon….
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged politicians in Delta State to guard against heating up the polity by their actions and utterances. Speaking against the backdrop of last Friday’s explosion at Obomkpa in Aniocha South local government area of the…
The new PDP has expressed dismay and condemnation over the trampling of the rights of thousands of Rivers State people who turned up to welcome visiting leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the 4th and 5th of October, 2013. The…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has challenged clergymen to be nation builders by speaking the truth and preaching the word of God fearlessly. The Governor gave the challenge at the weekend in a keynote address titled ‘Clergy and Nation building’ which…
The Alhaji Baraje Kawu led PDP says the increasing closeness between leaders of the New Peoples Democratic Party (New PDP) and those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised questions in the minds of many Nigerians and fuelled speculations on the…
The factional Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, led by Abubakar Kawu Baraje has decried the incessant harassment of its members by security operatives acting on the orders of the Presidency, just as it woos undeciding and intending governors to join its political “Résistance…
The newly appointed Managing Director of Warri Wolves, Davidson Owumi has indicated his intention to meet with all stakeholders in Warri to discuss the way forward for the Club. According to the Media Officer of the Club, Etu Moses, the former Chairman…
Former Acting Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Joyce Nkemakolam has revealed that the N240 million approved budget for operational vehicles was deliberately inflated to N643 million by the Ministry of Aviation. This revelation came on the heels of series…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that the appointment of judges rested largely on set guidelines, processes and approval of the National Judiciary Council (NJC) with little inputs from the Executive. Governor Uduaghan who stated this on Friday, October 18,…
The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is alarmed by the report in the Vanguard newspaper of 18th October, 2013 entitled “Alleged plot to kidnap Amaechi uncovered”. The breakaway PDP in a statement made available…
Despite efforts by political gladiators within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to calm the nerves of aggrieved participants in the last October 12 Delta Central Senatorial District Bye-Election, the last appears seems not to have been heard of the National Assembly…
A COMMUNIQUE BY THE CHAIRMEN OF POLITICAL PARTIES ON THE DELTA CENTRAL SENATORIAL BYE-ELECTION OF 12TH OCTOBER 2013 Following the conclusion of the Delta Central Senatorial Bye-Elections of the 12th October 2013, we the Chairmen of all registered Political parties in the…
Against the backdrop of criticism and allegations of flaws in the conduct of the October 12 Delta Central Senatorial District bye-election and the subsequent declaration of Emmanuel Aguariavwodo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Blank NEWS Online can disclose that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, Emmanuel Agwariavwodo, has gained early lead in the Delta Central Senatorial bye-election held Saturday and confirming his possible declaration as winner at the poll. Feelers from some tallied results of…
The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has learnt with shock of the death of Chief Solomon Daushep Lar, the First Civilian Governor of Plateau State and First National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Baraje…
Ahead of the Delta Central senatorial bye-election scheduled for Saturday (October 12) Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned trouble makers to stay clear of the State and allow the election to be held in a peaceful atmosphere. The Governor handed down the warning…
The New Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chaired by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has commended the Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for his steadfastness and exemplary leadership. The splinter PDP, in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Eze Chukwuemeka…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed deep condolences with the people and Government of Ondo State as well as families of victims Thursday’s plane crash. In a statement by Felix Ofou, his press secretary, the Governor noted that the crash…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has disclosed that the state University Teaching Hospital, Oghara would start kidney transplant latest in February just as he acknowledged the tremendous increase in medical tourism to the State. Governor Uduaghan who stated this Tuesday night,…
