Delta State government is to punish officers in the state Civil Service who approve building plans in unauthorized places in the state. The state governor Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan who announced this at the 2nd edition of state climate change dialogue in Asaba…
The State Government has given approval for the renovation of 45 secondary schools in various parts of the state. This information was given in Asaba by the State commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare when the headmistress and staff…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has condoled with the Aikhomu family and the government and people of Edo state over the death of former military vice president, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (rtd). In his condolence, Dr. Uduaghan expressed shock at the sudden death of the…
Delta State governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has kicked off the campaign for immunization against polio with a call on Deltans to be alert and sensitive as the decease carried the burden of lifelong disability. Dr. Uduaghan who immunized children at Asaba as…
Delta state government has appointed a new Management Board for the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). Members of new Board, screened and cleared by the State House of Assembly on August 11, 2011, following their nominated by Governor Emmanuel…
The election petition tribunal for the April 26, 2011 governorship election in Delta state has struck out two of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s applications, seeking for the dismissal of Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru’s petition. Ogboru, a governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party…
Over 20 Navy Seals from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan after the Taliban allegedly shot down a Nato helicopter conveying them. They were attached to the US special force…
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) stands at 6.4 per cent, expecting to hit 7.85 per cent by end of year. Sanusi told the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by…
Delta state Government is to reorganise farm settlements in the state as a step towards making Agriculture the biggest employer of labour in the state. The state governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan who announced this at a meeting with residents of Mbiri Farm…
THE Delta state re-run election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, has dismissed the petition filed by Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples party (DPP), challenging the declaration of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the January…
Anxiety has gripped the people of oil and gas rich Delta state ahead of the Monday, July, 25th, 2011 date fixed for final judgement by the re-run election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba. Justice Uzoamaka Doris Ogwurike, chairman of the three-man panel…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei has berated attempts by by a group of faceless petitioners to impugn on his integrity by alleging that he was engaged in a N27 Billion contract deal outside due process….
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approved minimal flight schedule for the ongoing Asaba International Airport, following its attainment of Global safety standards. The state government has also received its certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the airport…
Senator Chief Akpor Pius Ewherido (DPP) has gained legal victory over Chief Ighoyota Amori (PDP) on the April 9, 2011 Delta Central Senatorial Election won by the former deputy speaker of the Delta state House of Assembly, Ewherido. Following the ruling, Senator…
Celebrated woman with seven kid births, Mrs. Precious Ogbonna has been remanded in Federal Prisons, Owerri for child trafficking. She was arraigned by the Imo State Police Command at an Owerri Magistrate Court. The charge is contained in suit number OW/289C/2011 and…
Witnesses in the Delta state re-run election petition tribunal, sitting in Asaba, Delta state had on Friday, July 8, 2011 testified that election did not hold in several wards of eight contentious local government areas during the January 6, 2011 re-run election…
LIST OF DELTA STATE COMMISSIONERS & PORTFOLIOS 1. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon -Works 2. Charles Amajuoritse Ajuyah SAN -Justice 3. Dr. Chris Oghenechovwen -Water Resources 4. Chief Paulinus Akpeki -Housing 5. Barr. Christopher Chike Ogeah -Information – 6. Prof. Patrick Muoboghare -Basic/Secondary Education…
The attention of the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has been drawn to a paid advertisement in the Vanguard Newspapers of Monday, July 4, 2011 by one group – The Concerned Elders League of Delta State. Let it be stated…
In a bid to encourage home-based investment and boost the growing economy of Delta state, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has appealed to Deltans living outside the State to return home and invest since the environment has steadily become conducive for investors. The Governor…
Respite has finally come to lobbyists and political pundits over appointment of commissioners in Delta state as Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan finally broke the prevailing silence by nominating 21 persons for appointment as commissioners and members of the state executive council. The governor…
NIGERIA’S MINISTERS DESIGNATE FROM 6 GEO-POLITICAL ZONES: North West- 8, South South- 6, South East- 6, North Central- 7, South West- 7, North East- 7.
The present spate of national insecurity arising from reckless bombing, kidnapping, armed banditry and other negative societal vices that has thrown up a strong challenge and debate in Nigeria and the international community, and which has gradually trickled into some volatile states…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged legislators not to tinker with budgets presented by the executive arm without understanding the background that informed such budget proposals. Uduaghan who gave the advice yesterday in Abuja at the opening session of…
Legal and political pundits have wondered why a Court of law would annul an elapsed tenure, after four years of filing a suit. The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja on Thursday, June 9, 2011 dismissed the appeal filed on May 25,…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has directed banks operating in the State to furnish him with detailed information on accounts opened by Ministries, Parastatals and other government Agencies. Dr. Uduaghan who gave the directives during a meeting with Regional and Bank…
There is more to be desired in a man, who has continually subscribe to an oath of allegiance and office in a bid to bring his leadership prowess to bear on a people with diverse language, culture and ethnic leaning. In his…
Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has assured Deltans that he would not be biased in the distribution of the dividends of democracy to all the people irrespective of the pattern of voting in the last election. He promised to be fair…
UDUAGHAN, NWAOBOSHI DIFFER ON MINISTERIAL NOMINEES’ LIST: Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressly disagreed over the recent ministerial nominees’ list sent from the state to Abuja, on consultative grounds. While Nwaoboshi claims that he…
Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuerl Uduaghan has formally dissolved the state executive council and all other political appointees in the state. He announced this during the weekly state executive council meeting which commenced at about 12 noon and lasted till 4pm on…
Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District has received his Certificates of Return (CoR) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Presenting the certificate of return to the governor in Asaba the Chairman of INEC Prof. Atahiru Jega, who was…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) has signalled no end to new zoning formula, as he says party’s decision is sacrosanct. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is marketing the new zoning arrangement to its members, just as the Acting National Chairman of…
Chairman of the three-man Delta state Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, Justice Ayo Abisoye says the Tribunal will not entertain any case outside that of the April 26, 2011 governorship election in Delta state. “This Tribunal was specifically set up for the April…
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal will today, Monday, May 23, 2011 commence sitting in Asaba, Delta state. The Tribunal will entertain petitions only for the governorship poll. Meanwhile, the strike action by the judiciary workers in the state have been lifted following…
As discourse are becoming rife on whether to abolish the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme or not, traditional rulers in the oil and gas rich Niger Delta region are calling on the Federal Government of Nigeria to restrict the services of…
DELTA ASSEMBLY PASS BILL ON CARETAKER COMMITTEES: The Delta state House of Assembly has passed into law, a Bill for the establishment of Caretaker Committees of local government councils in the state. The Bill which was considered clause by clause was passed…
Okpe leaders in Delta state have accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government under the administration of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of denial in allocation of top positions, calling for urgent attention in the next political dispensation. They however urged President Goodluck Jonathan…
A planet 20 light years away is the first outside our solar system to be declared ‘habitable’ by scientists. The rocky ‘exoplanet’ Gliese 581d meets key requirements for sustaining Earth-like life, including rainfall and possibly even watery oceans. The planet orbits a…
Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has appealed to the new National Assembly to look into the present revenue allocation and come up with a more equitable formula, saying that the present formula is no longer sustainable owing to the recent increase…
