The Delta State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr. Kingsley Emu, has said that as part of deliberate strategies to ensure the sustainability of SEEFOR programme, the Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration would mainstream the SEEFOR development template into the state budget. Dr. Emu,…
Dr. John Olukayode Fayemi, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the 2018 Ekiti state governordhip election. He defeated his closest rival Prof. Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola (Eleka) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and other governoship candidates of different political parties to…
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council has called on Nigerians to vote for candidates disposed to restructuring of the country that will bring about true fiscal federalism and the practice of the rule of law. The…
–By Albert OGRAKA: Delta state Commissioner for Special Duties, Government House, Hon. Henry Sakpra has said that the Delta State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are working out modalities to ensure that buildings destroyed by rain storm…
The political differences between the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) and the APC took a different dimension on Thursday as the Alhaji Buba Galadima-led R-APC filed a suit seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining Mr Adams Oshiomhole and 53 others from…
“With the bill, the Senate seeks to remove Policing from the Exclusive List and put in in the concurrent list, thereby allowing state governors to establish and manage a police force within their states.” The Nigeria Senate is set to receive for…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, July 5, 2018, refused a bail application filed by Fred Ajudua, a serial fraud suspect. Ajudua is facing trial alongside one Joseph Ochunor on a 12-count charge bordering…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been rated as “team with the best travelling uniform” in Russia by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), few days to the commencement of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The rating comes days after a world fashion magazine GQ…
The House of Representatives has endorsed the recommendations of a joint ad-hoc committee of the National Assembly, which recommended the immediate suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for 180 legislative days. The joint committee was constituted to investigate the invasion of the Senate…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively reveal that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leading presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2019 elections and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s visit to Delta state on Tuesday, July 26, 2018 in continuation of…
Chieftain of the APC, Pat Utomi, has said Gen Muhammadu Buhari, now President, toppled Shehu Shagari’s government in 1983 to prevent the late Alex Ekwueme from becoming President, adding that the coup stalled Nigeria’s progress. While speaking in an exclusive interview with THISDAY Newspaper,…
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit organization that champions press freedom internationally, and 18 other organizations, have called for the release of journalist Jones Abiri, who has been held by Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) for nearly two years. A statement…
Wife of Delta state governor and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has renewed her zeal and zest to increase the life expectancy of persons with sickle cell disorder by ensuring that a state of the art Sickle Cell Centre is…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reopened its investigation into a N21.74 billion Independent Power Plant (IPP) project in Oghara, Delta State, New Telegraph is reporting. The contract for the project was awarded by the Delta State Government to an indigenous…
–By Michael EKOKORUWE Leaders of Isoko extraction, Isoko traditional ruler’s council, president -generals and chairmen of OML 30 cluster groups from Isoko communities, have demanded for a new General Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) between Heritage Energy Operational Limited and host communities of…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Like a wildfire that arouses anxiety and like the caressing moonlight at night, “Hope Alive”, an emerging independent political pressure group, routing support for Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas of Delta…
The Delta State government has approved the renovation of 107 Primary Health Care Centres operating the Contributory Health Scheme in the state. In addition, the reactivation of Airfield Ground Lightning Systems at the Asaba International Airport and the renovation of the existing…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned against what he called a consistent pattern of departure from constitutional due process to tendencies of authoritarianism. The former Vice President said in a statement marking the 25th anniversary of June 12 that there is…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 15 and Monday, June 18 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Id-el Fitr. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement…
At last, the Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, Humphrey Nwosu, has broken silence since the illegal annulment of the June 12, 1993 polls presumably won by Chief Moshood Abiola. The option A-4 June 12, 1993 election has been adjudged as the…
The general thrust seems to be that a current OPL 245 contract tender has been rigged for corrupt purposes benefitting Shell, ENI and certain Nigerian parties. Shell has past expertise in such matters By John Donovan More information has arrived as a…
Nigerian reggae icon, Ras Kimono, has died, sources close to the musician said, according to multiple reports on Sunday. He was 60 years old. Kimono was said to have taken ill on Saturday on his way to the US. Friends rushed him…
Two pan Niger Delta groups, the Pacesetters advocacy group and the Izon-Ebe in Diaspora, have thrown their considerable weight behind the House of Assembly aspiration of Mr. Tony Okirika, who is contesting for the Warri South West Constituency seat at the Delta…
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has sued for the cooperation of the different ethnic nationalities in the state to enable him execute more people-oriented projects as encapsulated in his admiregistration’s SMART agenda. Governor Okowa was speaking on Saturday, June 9, 2018 in Oleh, Isoko…
FORMER Governors of Delta State, Chief James Ibori and Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, former Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Brodrick Bozimo, former Defence Minister, Dr Roland Orisejafor, President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Chief Solomon Ogba, among others, have endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa…
*** CLAIMS OIL COMPANIES WORKING AGAINST RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT *** WANTS AGIP’S MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERROGATED A social crusader group, the Grassroot Movement Against Corruption (GMAC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately direct the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the National…
**Tells Journalists To Be Guided By Professional Ethics -By Albert OGRAKA: Speaker of Delta state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has said the legislature and the executive are enjoying a harmonious working relationship because the Governor of the State, Senator…
A traditional ruler in Delta state, HRH Sunday Olisewokwu, Obi of Ogodo community in Aniocha North local government area who was kidnapped Sunday has been released by his abductors. He was reportedly released on Tuesday evening around Asaba and is presently in a…
Press Statement NASS RESOLUTION ON BUHARI HAS VINDICATED US, SAYS PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the resolutions of the joint session of the National Assembly against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency is a vindication of its stance on the Buhari administration….
PRESS BRIEFING UPDATE OF POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE OFFA BANKS ROBBERY AND GRUESOME MURDER OF MORE THAN THIRTY THREE (33) INNOCENT PERSONS INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN AND NINE (9) POLICE OFFICERS ON 5th APRIL, 2018, IN OFFA, KWARA STATE. • Twenty Two (22)…
Nigeria Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris is in “hot soup“, as the National Assembly, on Tuesday, June 5, 20¹8 passed a vote of no confidence on the IGP. The three hours of closed door meeting is not unconnected with the fact…
CHAIRMAN of South-South Governors’ Forum, Chief Seriake Dickson has commissioned multi-billion naira projects in Delta State, describing Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as prudent manager of resources. Chief Dickson who is the governor of Bayelsa State, today (05/06/18) commissioned road projects at Jesse, Ethiope…
A political pressure group, the National Atikulate Movement 4 Emancipation – NAME has said that the only Nigerian by the grace of God that is capable of unseating President/General Buhari in the coming 2019 general elections is the first former vice president…
The leadership of a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), known as nPDP, has announced withdrawal from dialogue with the APC-led federal government, accusing the Nigerian presidency of double-standard and lack of good faith in the dialogue it entered with…
São Tomé and Príncipe, June 5, 2018 – The first President of the African Development Bank group to set foot on São Tomé and Príncipe, Akinwumi Adesina has arrived in the country for a five-day official visit to strengthen alliances between his…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Executive Director (Finance and Administration) at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh JP, has commended the people of Delta state for supporting the second term bid…
The traditional ruler of Ogodor and Chairman of Aniocha North Traditional Rulers Committee, HRM Sunday Olisewokwu has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen who invaded his palace over the weekend. Ogodor is an agrarian community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of…
Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to his invitation by the Nigeria Police Force over the recent bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State, describing it as baseless. He alleged that the plot was designed to embarrass him, and would fail. Force…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The wife of the governor of Delta state and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, on Friday, June 01, 2018 celebrated her 57th birthday anniversary with pupils at the Special Education Centre (School for the Handicapped), Agbor in…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta state House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Anthony Chuks Obuh and Mr. Lawson Efenudu as the Chairman and Secretary of Delta State Bureau for Pensions. Obuh, a retired Permanent Secretary and former Commissioner for…
