Zulum at Easter: Ask for Prayers to Outperform His First Term

Zulum at Easter: Ask for Prayers to Outperform His First Term

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has felicitated with Christians in Borno State and the rest of Nigeria on the ongoing Easter festival. Zulum, in his message released by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, urged citizens in Borno State to pray for…

EDO 2024: ZOOMING IN ON AZEMHE

EDO 2024: ZOOMING IN ON AZEMHE

By Austen Akhagbeme: There’s no denying the fact that Edo State is in dire need of purposeful and people-oriented governance, devoid of intra and inter-party crises that distract and takes the government far away from the people. The Politics of Vendetta, ego…

Zulum in Malam-Fatori, approves Armoured carriers, patrol vehicles for soldiers  

Zulum in Malam-Fatori, approves Armoured carriers, patrol vehicles for soldiers  

… Targets May for resettlement Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday paid an assessment visit to Malam-Fatori, a former Boko Haram stronghold on the shores of the Lake Chad. Malam-Fatori is headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area (LGA) in northern…

Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) Worldwide, commends ongoing clean-up of Ogoniland

Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) Worldwide, commends ongoing clean-up of Ogoniland

Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) Worldwide, an umbrella body of Ogoni youth in River States has commended the ongoing clean-up of Ogoniland. The association while giving an Award of Outstanding Performance to the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi on Tuesday, said the award…

NDLEA, Customs sign MoU to Tackle Menace of Drug Trafficking

NDLEA, Customs sign MoU to Tackle Menace of Drug Trafficking

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at working jointly at tackling the menace of drug trafficking in the country. The MoU aimed at sharing information and strategies that would…

Dabiri-Erewa Congratulates Anthony Joshua on Victory, Describes it Long Awaited

Dabiri-Erewa Congratulates Anthony Joshua on Victory, Describes it Long Awaited

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has congratulated British-Nigerian former World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (AJ) for getting his mojo back by defeating American Jermaine Franklin on Saturday.after successive lost. Dabiri-Erewa, in a signed statement on Sunday by one…

Buni Assures Yobe Would Sustain Leading Position In Accountability And Transparency

Buni Assures Yobe Would Sustain Leading Position In Accountability And Transparency

Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni has assured that his administration will sustain the leading position in accountability, transparency and Public Finance Auditing in the country. Yobe was rated by the State Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS), a World Bank assisted-programme,…

UNODC, JIC, Italy Commission Facility in Maiduguri to Boost War on Terrorism

UNODC, JIC, Italy Commission Facility in Maiduguri to Boost War on Terrorism

The Joint Investigation Centre (JIC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with financial support from Italy have commissioned a new evidence storage facility in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to boost the ongoing war on terrorism. A press…

Minister Calls on Stakeholders to Work at Sustainable Environment for Nigeria

Minister Calls on Stakeholders to Work at Sustainable Environment for Nigeria

Minister of Environment, Mr. Muhammed Abdullahi has called on all stakeholders in the environment sector to work at ensuring desirable and sustainable environment for Nigeria. Speaking at the inauguration of the Boards of the various Agencies and Institutions under the supervision of…

Borno PDP Petitions INEC Over Tampering of Electoral Materials

Borno PDP Petitions INEC Over Tampering of Electoral Materials

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP)‘s Borno Central Senatorial Candidate in the last election, Hon. Mohammed Kumalia has petitioned the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu over alleged tampering of electoral materials in the custody of Borno State office of…

European Union allocates N75 million to prevent the spread of diphtheria in Nigeria

European Union allocates N75 million to prevent the spread of diphtheria in Nigeria

The European Union has released €150,000 (N75 million) in humanitarian funds to prevent the spread of diphtheria and assist the most affected communities in the states of Kano, Katsina, Lagos, and Osun. A statement on Monday said the EU funding will enable…

UK trains NDLEA marine officers for effectiveness

UK trains NDLEA marine officers for effectiveness

No fewer than 35 officers of the Marine Command and Seaports Operations of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have undergone diverse trainings organised by the United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, HOIO, in recent weeks. According to a statement on…

PDP Accuses INEC of Thump printing Ballot Papers in Borno A Month After Election

PDP Accuses INEC of Thump printing Ballot Papers in Borno A Month After Election

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Borno Central Senatorial election, Hon. Muhammed Kumaila has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are still thump printing ballot papers in its keep barely a month after the election. Kumaila who said this…

Expectations On Us By Nigerians Very High – Shettima

Expectations On Us By Nigerians Very High – Shettima

The incoming administration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Senator Kashim Shettima, will leave no stone unturned in meeting the aspiration of Nigerians given the explanations of majority of Nigerians. Vice President- elect, Senator Kashim Shettima stated this on Wednesday…

2023 Elections: British High Commission Promises to Keep an Eye on Legal Proceedings

2023 Elections: British High Commission Promises to Keep an Eye on Legal Proceedings

The British High Commission in Nigeria has said despite high level of violence during the last Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, it had marked improvement over the earlier Presidential and National Assembly elections, promising to keep an eye on legal proceedings…

Two-third of global population may face water shortages- FAO

Two-third of global population may face water shortages- FAO

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has alerted that two-third of the world’s population could face water shortages by 2050. This is even as the federal government warned that the demand for water will exceed 40 percent in the country…

US Demands Prosecution of those Involved in Intimidation of Voters, Suppression of Voting

US Demands Prosecution of those Involved in Intimidation of Voters, Suppression of Voting

The United States has called on Nigeria government to bring to justice everyone that was involved in violence including intimidation of voters and suppression of voting during the last election. It also said it was considering taking all available actions, including additional…

NDLEA Arrests 2 Members of Afro-Europe Drug cartel, 9 others over drug trafficking

NDLEA Arrests 2 Members of Afro-Europe Drug cartel, 9 others over drug trafficking

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized no fewer 1,205,260 pills of opioids in two interdiction operations in Kogi and Gombe states The anti-narcotics officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos also disrupted the activities of a…

2023 Election: Electorate Commend INEC Peaceful Conduct of Election in Isoko South, North L.G.A

2023 Election: Electorate Commend INEC Peaceful Conduct of Election in Isoko South, North L.G.A

–Situation Reports By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: The Governorship and State Assembly election in Isoko South and North local government areas of Delta State, was generally peaceful and the electorates have commended INEC for improved performance of BVAS and early arrival of election…

Guber/Assembly elections: Nigerians urged to comport  selves  while casting vote *Let choice actualize dream of founding fathers -Says Mutu

Guber/Assembly elections: Nigerians urged to comport  selves while casting vote *Let choice actualize dream of founding fathers -Says Mutu

Nigerians have been urged to comport  themselves while casting their vote, and let their choice actualize the dream of the founding fathers.  ” let peace be the hallmark of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, our positive disposition towards it would…

There is Potential for Expansion of Cocaine Market in Africa, Asia, UNODC Raises the Alarm

There is Potential for Expansion of Cocaine Market in Africa, Asia, UNODC Raises the Alarm

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has raised an alarm over the potential for the expansion of cocaine market in Africa and Asia. The UNODC, in a new report on Thursday, also decried the growing cultivation of coca bush…

Recruitment: NDLEA assures applicants of seamless online application

Recruitment: NDLEA assures applicants of seamless online application

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has assured candidates seeking to participate in its ongoing recruitment exercise that concerted efforts are being made to resolve challenges they are facing on the application portal with a view to make the process seamless…

<strong>YAGEP Lifted Me out of Poverty,</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Says </strong><strong>Nwafor</strong>

YAGEP Lifted Me out of Poverty, Says Nwafor

-By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and IfeanyiOmenogor: Glory Chioma Nwafor hails from Aniocha South LGA. She is the CEO of Chioma Farms. She is an SSCE holder; she enrolled into the 2018/2019 YAGEP cycle wherein she was trained and given farm support in Cassava Production. With the support, sheprogressed from subsistence farming to commercial farming. She shares her story after four years….

Opposition Using Old, Doctored Videos To Blackmail Soludo, Aburime insists

Opposition Using Old, Doctored Videos To Blackmail Soludo, Aburime insists

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has accused members of the opposition party of using both old and doctored videos to blackmail him. The Governor who spoke through his Press Secretary, Comrade Christian Aburime was reacting to two videos currently trending on…

Islamic Banking: FBN Quest, Metropolitan Firm roll out endowment fund for indigent Nigerians

Islamic Banking: FBN Quest, Metropolitan Firm roll out endowment fund for indigent Nigerians

FBNQuest Trustees, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings in partnership with the Metropolitan Law Firm has launched an endowment fund under the Islamic Banking guidelines to cater to the education of indigent Nigerians for basic to tertiary institutions. The fund, called Waqf, is…

Ex-Boko Haram fighter, traditional ruler, 35 others arrested for drug trafficking

Ex-Boko Haram fighter, traditional ruler, 35 others arrested for drug trafficking

A rehabilitated ex-fighter of Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo states, Baale Akinola Adebayo are among 37 persons arrested over 2.2 tonnes of illicit drugs seized by operatives of…

NSCDC Smashes Fake Currency Syndicates

NSCDC Smashes Fake Currency Syndicates

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have smashed two syndicates that specialize i criminal conspiracy, cheating, obtaining by trick (OBT) and production/distribution of counterfeited US Dollars (USD) and new Naira notes into the society. A statement on Friday…

Slain fishermen: Zulum visits, supports bereaved families in Dikwa

Slain fishermen: Zulum visits, supports bereaved families in Dikwa

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, yesterday (Friday) paid visits to families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA), some kilometers away from Dikwa. Zulum was in Dikwa town…

Census 2023 Receives Boost of PES Laptops from UNFPA

Census 2023 Receives Boost of PES Laptops from UNFPA

The Nigeria’s 2023 Census received a major boost with the donation of Post Enumeration Survey (PES) Laptops to the National Population Commission (NPC) on Friday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Presenting the 16 laptops, put at a cost of N2…

EBID Launches ESG Financing Framework

EBID Launches ESG Financing Framework

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has published its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Financing Framework, signalling its commitment to sustainable development and green financing of key projects in priority sectors. The Framework, which has received a positive assessment…

<strong>DELTA STATE INVESTMENTS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (DIDA) </strong>–<strong>THE JOURNEY SO FAR</strong>

DELTA STATE INVESTMENTS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (DIDA) THE JOURNEY SO FAR

-By Sylvester Iloba: Delta State Investments Development Agency (DIDA) is an Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) which was established by Delta State Law in 2016 and started operations in 2017, The Agency is charged with the responsibility of attracting investors to Delta State through…

<strong>Mixed Reactions Trail Presidential, National Assembly Elections</strong>

Mixed Reactions Trail Presidential, National Assembly Elections

From SUNNY A. DAVID: Reports on the 2023 general elections says that as at nine twenty-three on Saturday morning accreditation of voters and voting is yet to commence in polling unit 019 at Igwebuike Grammar School, Awka. As at the time of…

2023 ELECTIONS: Manager, Mutu, Preyor, Safugha Urge Good Political Virtues

2023 ELECTIONS: Manager, Mutu, Preyor, Safugha Urge Good Political Virtues

-From Harrison Akamule:  2023 ELECTIONS: Senator James Manager, Hon. Nicholas Ebomo Mutu , Hon. Oboro Preyor, Barr. Newworld Safugha and Others of Bomadi LGA urges Nigerians to take it easy and behave in the manner in the Presidential and National Assemblies elections…

EFCC Officials Storm Obi’s House, Polling Unit During Election

EFCC Officials Storm Obi’s House, Polling Unit During Election

From SUNNY A. DAVID: Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have stormed the home and polling unit of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi. The officials who came in an unmarked white Toyota Hiace Bus…

2023 Election: Process Peaceful, Massive turnout of Electorates in Isoko South, North L.G.A

2023 Election: Process Peaceful, Massive turnout of Electorates in Isoko South, North L.G.A

-By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: The 2023 conduct of election in Isoko South and North local government area of Delta State, has been adjudged to be the most peaceful as electorates turned out en mass and voted for the candidates of their choice….

NDLEA Storms Edo forest, Destroys 7,286kgs Skunk After Gun Duel

NDLEA Storms Edo forest, Destroys 7,286kgs Skunk After Gun Duel

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have stormed the Ujiogba Forest Reserve in Esan West local government area of Edo State where they destroyed 7,286 kilogrammes (72.86 tons) of warehoused skunk and five hectares of its plantation. A statement on Thursday…

2023: Conduct Yourselves with Dignity, Love, Peace ***Online Publishers Admonishes Nigerians

2023: Conduct Yourselves with Dignity, Love, Peace ***Online Publishers Admonishes Nigerians

ASABA/Nigeria: Nigerians, especially Deltans have been called see the forthcoming elections in the country, especially the presidential election as that of one family, and they need to conduct themselves with dignity, love and peace, during and after the election. The Delta Online…

<strong>STEP Beneficiary Wins Best National Technology Award      </strong>

STEP Beneficiary Wins Best National Technology Award      

–By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: A beneficiary of the Delta State Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), Mr Kelvin Ochuko Atano, emerged as the overall winner of the 2023 Technology and Innovation Expo in the State Ministry Category. The 2023 Expo organised by the…

2023 Elections: Artisans, CAN, Civil Servants, Others Endorse Elumelu for Re-election…Pledge Support for Atiku/Okowa, Oborevwori/Onyeme, Others

2023 Elections: Artisans, CAN, Civil Servants, Others Endorse Elumelu for Re-election…Pledge Support for Atiku/Okowa, Oborevwori/Onyeme, Others

Ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, more groups in Delta State have endorsed the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu for re-election. Groups including highly influential Artisan Association of Nigeria, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN),…