Delta State Governor Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has promised the conduct of free and fair local government elections soon in the state as the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission was working out modalities to ensure a successful exercise. Governor uduaghan who stated this…
Nigeria‘s apex court, the Supreme Court has today, Friday, June 21, 2013, dismissed Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru’s suit seeking to upturn the court’s earlier ruling that upheld Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as Delta State Governor. The court described the application as an abuse…
This Feature titled “Ogboru: The Journey So Far“, made available to Blank NEWS Online, is the opinion and position of the Delta State Stakeholders. On June 21 2013, the Supreme Court is expected to give its judgement on the prolonged legal battle…
Governor of Nigeria‘s oil-rich Delta state, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has called for technical and capacity building assistance to enable the state predict and manage flood disasters in the state. Governor Uduaghan who spoke while receiving Baroness Valerie Amos, The United Nations Under-Secretary-General…
Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged the Federal Government on the proper management of the sovereign wealth fund to ensure effective participation of the various states in the country. The Governor who said this during the 2nd Anniversary Public Lecture…
Delta and Akwa-Ibom State Houses of Assembly have again renewed their bid to entrench regional integration among lawmakers in the South-South geo-political zone by applauding the efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan on the recent state of emergency and the subsequent proscription of…
Delta state government has frowned at rumourmongers allegedly bringing disrepute to the Current Polio Vaccination Campaign, Routine Immunization and distribution of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets to vulnerable groups by the State Government. Recall that there have claims and allegations that the polio…
The management of Fiogret Limited has again reaffirmed that the Company which has been put on a hot-bed of unnecessary attacks by AMCON is not bankrupt, neither is the Chief Executive, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, as it describes the attacks as political…
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Chief Godwill Obielum has said Nigerians deserve to celebrate 14 years of uninterrupted democracy based on the level of development in the country. Speaking in Asaba on Wednesday, May 29, 2013…
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DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has called for collective efforts of all Nigerians to save the environment from degradation, saying that Delta state requires over N200 billion to effectively tackle ecological challenges. Uduaghan, who disclosed that Delta State required more than…
THE Senior Special Assistant to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in charge of Delta North, Engr. Felix Melenu, has said all projects being executed by the interventionist agency must be executed to specifications. Shortly after inspecting some projects…
A youth leader, politician and entertainment dude, Hon. Nwador Ifeanyi Anyim has lauded the efforts and development initiatives of Hon. (Evng.) Ossai Nicholas Ossai, member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency at the National Assembly. This statement was made by Hon. Nwador Ifeanyi Anyim,…
As governors from the South-South and South-East geo-political zones of Nigeria meet in Asaba, the Delta state capital today, Sunday, May 12, 2013, indications are rife that one issue that may top the agenda of their parley is the plan to give…
The Management of Warri Wolves FC has come hard on some players who are allegedly not productive by asking them to look elsewhere to ply their trade while some have also been warned to wake up from their slumber or face the…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged Nigerians to desist from engaging in rumour mongering, gossips and other negative tendencies which hamper infrastructure development. The Governor who made the call today, Sunday, May 12, 2013 during the annual Feast of Ascension…
Blank NEWS Online can reveal more facts on why the Delta state Democratic People’s Party (DPP), expelled Senator Pius Ewherido, representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, for alleged “gross misconduct and anti-party activities” as well as other grey issues…
Delta state governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that Governors congregating under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), engages more in activities beneficial to the people than mere insinuated politics. Speaking against the backdrop of public criticisms that Governors use…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has decried the rise in effect of industrialization on the environment as well as the near neglect of superannuated technologies. According to him, the effect which has taken its negative toll on the global climate is…
Delta state government has said there is no rift between the executive and the legislature over the recent overriding of the veto exercised by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, following the passage of a Bill which prescribed the death penalty for persons convicted of…
Despite the intractable political tussle between Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, old and new seasoned politicians in Rivers State may have opted for power shift from the upland to the Riverine (Moorlands). The advocates of the shift hinge…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said Industrial Courts would be established in Asaba and Warri. The Governor dropped the hint on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, when the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Auta paid him…
THE Delta State government today (Wednesday 17/04/13) implored Deltans to take full ownership of all projects being executed in their locality. Briefing journalists after the State Executive Council meeting in Warri, the Commissioner for Information, Barr. Chike Ogeah said by taking full…
In a bid to douse the increasing national security tension in Nigeria, following altercations between the Northern Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram and the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) on retaliatory attacks, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that apart from social benefits, economic variables were highly considered before roads are awarded for construction. Fielding questions from journalist shortly after a recent inspection of the progress of work done on a 7.6…
The Management of Warri Wolves Football Club has dedicated their resounding victory over hard fighting Elkanemi Warriors, which was their first since the league started seven weeks ago, to God. Speaking to Journalists in Warri, shortly after the game which ended with…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said his administration would not discriminate between public and private educational institutions in the quest of ensuring quality education for Deltans. Speaking at the weekend during the first convocation ceremony of Western Delta University, Oghara,…
The impasse between the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the Director General, Mr. Emmanuel Edafe Igbini Direct Labour Agency (DLA) is still unresolved. Meanwhile, the embattled DG of DLA, Igbini is said to…
A High Court sitting in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta state has adjourned hearing in a suit between the State versus one Michael Albert, following complicity surrounding the murder of Mr. Felix Onyeka Nduka, an undergraduate of Delta state Polytechnic, Ogwasi-Uku. Recall that late Felix…
DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has called for synergy between states and security agencies in tackling security challenges in the country. Governor Uduaghan who made the call today when participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course 6 of the Institute For…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Rivers and Ekiti states counterparts, Governors Rotimi Amaechi and Dr. Kayode Fayemi respectively, have unearthed some veritable qualities of good leadership and governance among Nigerian youths. Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, who spoke through his…
The deputy Governor of Ekiti state, Mrs Olufunmilayo Adunni Olayinka is dead after a prolonged battle with cancer. Family sources confirmed that she died of cancer in Lagos. She became deputy governor since 16th October 2010 and notable for championing women’s rights….
A frontline political leader in Ukwuani local government area of Delta state, Chief Tina Daphey has commended the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for his upright and steadfast approach in the governance of Delta state. Chief Daphey who spoke on the development…
Governor Emmanuel of Delta State, on Tuesday visited the Awolowo family home in Ikenne, Ogun State to condole the family over the death of their son and publisher of Tribune Newspapers, Mr. Oluwole Awolowo. The Governor was received on arrival by the…
The unfolding drama, intigues, attacks and counter attacks on the yet unresolved issue of rightful ownership of Super Eagles goal maker at the last African Cup of Nations (AFCON), Sunday Mba, seems unending, as the Management of Warri Wolves react to a…
Nigerian governors have charged the citizenry on the need for peaceful co-existence, in-spite of daunting security challenges, as Christians all over the world celebrate Easter to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Jesus Christ. Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan -Delta State Governor: In…
Nigeria‘s President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state have joined in eulogizing the late Publisher of the Tribune Newspapers, Chief Oluwole Awolowo, describing his demise as sad but took solace in his distinguished and humane nature. The duo made…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has expressed shock at the demise of the Vice Chairman of Tribune Newspapers, Chief Oluwole Awolowo, stating that he has lost an elder brother. In a statement made available to Blank NEWS Online by Felix…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has absolved the people of Niger Delta region of trouble-makers tag. Defending the people of the region, when the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe paid him a courtesy visit at Governor’s Office…
Following the controversies that greeted the recent widely reported indebtedness of Fiogret Limited to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), the management of Fiogret has decided to put the records straight and to clear all doubts. In a statement made available to…
