BEDC offers Scholarship to two daughters of electrocuted Austin Izekor, to engage one after graduation

BEDC offers Scholarship to two daughters of electrocuted Austin Izekor, to engage one after graduation

-From OSAs , Benin-City The management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has offered scholarship to two daughters of late Augustine Izekor, and a huge financial compensations to the widow and family to enable them give a befitting burial to the late…

Gaza War: Palestinian envoy Says Arab League/OIC Intervention May Yield Nothing Against Western Support for Israel

Gaza War: Palestinian envoy Says Arab League/OIC Intervention May Yield Nothing Against Western Support for Israel

The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh has expressed pessimism over the success of the intervention of the Arab League/Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) mediation delegation in the ongoing Gaza war, insisting that the Western countries support for Israel may ultimately nullify…

FG Reveals that 18 of the Deported Passengers from Saudi Arabia Have Criminal Records

FG Reveals that 18 of the Deported Passengers from Saudi Arabia Have Criminal Records

The Nigerian government has revealed that 18 of the 177 passengers who were turned back by Saudi authorities on landing in Jeddah were outrightly banned from Saudi Arabia for various offences committed in the past. The government however said the reason for…

Nigeria Ranks No.1 Country with Students in US- Report

Nigeria Ranks No.1 Country with Students in US- Report

In a pivotal moment for international education, the newly released 2023 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange underscores the United States as the preferred destination for global students. Of particular significance is the remarkable 22.2 percent increase in Nigerian student enrollment…

BREAKING: Oleh Youth, Town Planning C’ttees Dissolved ***Alakri Appoints New Committee for OCDU

BREAKING: Oleh Youth, Town Planning C’ttees Dissolved ***Alakri Appoints New Committee for OCDU

-From Michael Ekokoruwe: The president general of Oleh Community Development Union, Comr. Chief Believe Alakri, has dissolved and constituted new members for Oleh Youth wing and town planning committee of the union. The statement signed by Comrade Chief Believe Alakri stated that,…

United Nations Nigeria Mourns Fallen Colleagues in Gaza

United Nations Nigeria Mourns Fallen Colleagues in Gaza

Staff members of the United Nations in Nigeria on Monday joined their counterparts across all duty stations in the world to observe a minute of silence in memory of the UN staff who tragically lost their lives in the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war…

ECOWAS COURT TO REVIEW ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS

ECOWAS COURT TO REVIEW ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS

A three-day judicial retreat of the ECOWAS Court of Justice on the theme Case Management before ECOWAS Court of Justice: Relationship between the Registry Department, the Chambers of the Honourable Judges and the Legal Research Departments, opened on 13th of November, 2023…

Physically Challenged Man Arrested Selling Drug on Wheelchair

Physically Challenged Man Arrested Selling Drug on Wheelchair

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an alleged notorious drug dealer, 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin, who is physically challenged and accused of using his wheelchair as cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in…

4th Annual Lecture: DOPF unveils panel of experts

4th Annual Lecture: DOPF unveils panel of experts

The Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) has unveiled a stellar lineup of key discussants for its highly anticipated 4th Annual Lecture; titled, “Fiscal Policy and Taxation: Balancing Revenue Generation and Economic Growth”. The event which is scheduled for Wednesday, November 22, 2023,…

Bayelsa 2023: Oborevwori hails Diri’s re-election 

Bayelsa 2023: Oborevwori hails Diri’s re-election 

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated his Bayelsa counterpart, Senator Douye Diri on his re-election in Saturday’s Governorship election in the State.  In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, on Monday, Oborevwori described…

Ubulu-Unor Monarch Underscores Influence of Education On Traditional Institution

Ubulu-Unor Monarch Underscores Influence of Education On Traditional Institution

The traditional ruler of Ubulu-Unor kingdom, in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi Henry Kikachukwu, has said the exposure and educational background of some present day traditional rulers have added significant value to traditional institution. Obi Kikachukwu, while interacting…

Israel should stop  Propaganda that Palestine are under Hamas captivity – Envoy

Israel should stop Propaganda that Palestine are under Hamas captivity – Envoy

Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdallah Abu Shawesh, has asked Israel to stop promoting the narrative that it was in Gaza to free Palestine and the rest of the world from Hamas terrorism, insisting that at no time had Palestine asked to be…

Senate to Partner with NDLEA to Fight Drug Menace

Senate to Partner with NDLEA to Fight Drug Menace

The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly has expressed willingness to partner and support the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in the task of ridding Nigeria of drug menace. The Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics while commending the leadership of…

Food Security: Statutory Agencies Asked to Mitigate to Adverse Effects of Climate Change

Food Security: Statutory Agencies Asked to Mitigate to Adverse Effects of Climate Change

All relevant institutional and statutory agencies have been asked to adequately respond to and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture and food production in order to ensure food security in the country. Speaking at the First Regional Workshop on…

Shettima leads mourners to funeral of Zulum’s mother-in-law

Shettima leads mourners to funeral of Zulum’s mother-in-law

Vice President Kashim Shettima, Borno’s Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, Senators, House of Representatives members and other top Government officials on Monday afternoon attended the ‘Janaza’ (funeral prayers) of late Hajiya Fatsuma Kyari, Mother-in-Law to Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum. Late…

One Killed, Cars, Houses Damaged, Cash Carted Away In Anambra Layout

One Killed, Cars, Houses Damaged, Cash Carted Away In Anambra Layout

From SUNNY A. DAVID: One person was suspected dead, vehicles numbering about 30 and several houses in Iyiowa Odoekpe Layout in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State were damaged by hoodlums believed to be youths of Odoekpe Community. Mostly targeted were…

Hon. Aniegbuna Commiserates With Governor Soludo Over Father’s Death

Hon. Aniegbuna Commiserates With Governor Soludo Over Father’s Death

–From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Transition Committee Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Hon. Pascal Aniegbuna has commiserated with the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo over the loss of his father, Pa Simeon Nwankwo Soludo (Akukananwa) at the ripped age of…

ECOWAS Court Adjourns Hearing in Case of Unjust Decision of Conference of Heads of States, Govt on Niger

ECOWAS Court Adjourns Hearing in Case of Unjust Decision of Conference of Heads of States, Govt on Niger

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has adjourned the hearing in the case between the State of Niger, six Nigerien organisations, and a Nigerien national, and the Conference of Heads of State and Government, the Mediation and Security Council and the ECOWAS Commission….

Maj. Gen. Abdussalam tasks troops on enabling environment for peaceful election in Bayelsa

Maj. Gen. Abdussalam tasks troops on enabling environment for peaceful election in Bayelsa

• Cautions trouble makers to stay clear The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigerian Army/Land Component Commander, Joint Task Force, South South, Operation DELTA SAFE, Major General Jamal Abdussalam has charged troops to ensure they create an enabling environment for the…

Gaza War: Israeli Envoy Accuses Hamas of Using Civilian as Human Shield

Gaza War: Israeli Envoy Accuses Hamas of Using Civilian as Human Shield

The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman has alleged that:“Hamas is cynically using the Palestinian population of Gaza as human shields, and continues to show a total disregard for the welfare of the Palestinian population. The Ambassador in a statement on Monday,…

Oborevwori, Marwa say Nigerians must rise in unison to defeat drug scourge

Oborevwori, Marwa say Nigerians must rise in unison to defeat drug scourge

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state have stated that for Nigeria to defeat the twin evil of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking, Nigerians must…

France to repatraite $150m Abacha loot- French Minister

France to repatraite $150m Abacha loot- French Minister

France on Friday said it would be returning $150 million General Sani Abacha loot back to Nigeria. Abacha reign over Nigeria between 1993 and 1998 when his rule was terminated as a result of untimely death. Twenty years after his reign, loot…

Gaza war: Envoy Calls for Immediate Ceasefire, Address of Root Cause of Crisis

Gaza war: Envoy Calls for Immediate Ceasefire, Address of Root Cause of Crisis

The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh has asked Nigeria and other countries to call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, even as he insisted that the only acceptable solution to the ongoing war is to address the root cause of the conflict…

ECOWAS Court Takes Decision on Mali Versus Société Damou-So SARL Case

ECOWAS Court Takes Decision on Mali Versus Société Damou-So SARL Case

The ECOWAS Court of Justice, on Tuesday October 31, 2023, delivered its decision in the case between the State of Mali and Société Damou-So SARL in which the applicant requested a review of Judgment No. ECW/ CCJ/JUD/22/21 rendered on June 25, 2021…

CDS inaugurates multiple projects in 6 Division, reassures Nigerians of stable democracy

CDS inaugurates multiple projects in 6 Division, reassures Nigerians of stable democracy

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, in a notable show of commitment to Nigeria’s democratic stability, recently inaugurated a series of vital projects within the 6 Division, Nigerian Army. This action took place during his inaugural operational visit to…

ASHIBOGWU SOLICITS PARTNERSHIP WITH COALITION ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DELTA

ASHIBOGWU SOLICITS PARTNERSHIP WITH COALITION ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DELTA

-By Magnus Emuji: Delta State Commissioner for Primary Education, Dr. Kingsley Ashibogwu has sued for more rubust partnership with relevant educational bodies and organisations geared towards upscaling meaningful educational development in the state. Dr. Ashibogwu stated this in Asaba when the Delta/…

Coups: International IDEA, regional envoys lead the way for inclusive governance, constitutional transition in Africa

Coups: International IDEA, regional envoys lead the way for inclusive governance, constitutional transition in Africa

•Jonathan, Chambas, ECOWAS, AU, IGAD harps on strengthening democracy The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), special envoys, and other key stakeholders are leading the way for inclusive governance and constitutional transition in Africa.This was the…

Hong Kong, France, Oman-bound traffickers arrested at Abuja, Lagos airports with illicit drugs

Hong Kong, France, Oman-bound traffickers arrested at Abuja, Lagos airports with illicit drugs

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two businessmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with consignments of cocaine and heroin going to Hong Kong and France concealed in their bellies. A statement on Sunday by spokesman…

Ex-Militant Group Calls All Presidential Candidates to Cooperate with Tinubu to Move Nigeria Ahead

Ex-Militant Group Calls All Presidential Candidates to Cooperate with Tinubu to Move Nigeria Ahead

Ilaje ex – militant group, the Niger Delta Coastline Vanguard (NDCV) has made an appeal to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)‘s presidential candidate at the last general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi and the presidential…

Ebonyi State Govt has political will, commitment to make Spotlight Initiative 2.0 successful 

Ebonyi State Govt has political will, commitment to make Spotlight Initiative 2.0 successful 

As the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to End Violence Against Women and Girls closed out and was handed over to Ebonyi State Government, the State Governor, H.E. Francis Nwifuru, has reassured partners and other stakeholders, of his government’s political will and commitment to…

British High Commissioner, Sultan of Sokoto Discuss Prospect of Mediation in Niger Republic Impasse

British High Commissioner, Sultan of Sokoto Discuss Prospect of Mediation in Niger Republic Impasse

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery and the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III have had discussion on the prospects for a mediated resolution of the Niger Republic impasse. The High Commissioner, who visited Sokoto State…

We have Successfully Repaired 6,000 VVF in Jigawa- MSF

We have Successfully Repaired 6,000 VVF in Jigawa- MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has carried out 90,000 deliveries, and 6,000 successful Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) repairs in Jigawa State towards reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in the state. Medical Operations Senior Manager of MSF, Dr Marie-Hortense Koudika, at a press conference…

NHRC Commends FG on Rights of Older Persons

NHRC Commends FG on Rights of Older Persons

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended the Federal Government for ratifying the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights of Older Persons. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Tony Ojukwu handed down this commendation in Abuja,…

N78BN JBN CONTRACT: Oborevwori’s giant step in Delta

N78BN JBN CONTRACT: Oborevwori’s giant step in Delta

–By Festus Ahon: Since his emergence as Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has never hidden his intention to develop the twin cities of Warri and Effurun alongside other parts of the state. During the maiden State Executive Council (EXCO)…

OMATENE URGES CHRISTIANS TO EMBRACE GOD WITH SINCERITY OF PURPOSE

OMATENE URGES CHRISTIANS TO EMBRACE GOD WITH SINCERITY OF PURPOSE

-:By Chukwudi Asoya/ Magnus Emuji Christians and other well meaning individuals in the society have been called upon to embrace God with sincerity of purpose and identity with churches that could impact positivity on their lives. The resident Pastor of Winners ‘…

Oborevwori, Okowa not in ‘cold war’

Oborevwori, Okowa not in ‘cold war’

Delta State Government, Friday, said there were no disagreements between the incumbent Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, and his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, in a statement in Asaba, said the purported disagreement as…

Warri: A New Beginning with Julius Berger’s Contract Signing

Warri: A New Beginning with Julius Berger’s Contract Signing

-By Dennis Otu: Warri, the once thriving oil-rich city in Delta State, has been plagued by neglect and disorganization in recent years. The departure of multinational companies left the city in a state of decay, with its young population struggling with homelessness…

BAYELSA GUBER POLL: GROUP ALLEGES PLOT TO RIG ELECTION THROUGH VIOLENCE IN OPU NEMBE

BAYELSA GUBER POLL: GROUP ALLEGES PLOT TO RIG ELECTION THROUGH VIOLENCE IN OPU NEMBE

•••SAYS VOTERS SHOULD NOT BE DISENFRANCHISED The Bayelsa Political Watch has alerted the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies of a plot to rig the next gubernatorial election in the state. The group called on the security agencies and the Independent…

Hospital Bombardment: Envoy Calls for Inquiry into Israeli’s Attacks on Palestine… Claims Over 3,000 Persons, Mostly Children, Women Killed Since Retaliatory Attacks

Hospital Bombardment: Envoy Calls for Inquiry into Israeli’s Attacks on Palestine… Claims Over 3,000 Persons, Mostly Children, Women Killed Since Retaliatory Attacks

The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh has called for the setting up of an inquiry into ongoing attack by Israel on Palestine on the claim of searching for members of Hamas group. Israel while claiming that she is not in war…