2014 Christmas: President Jonathan’s Message To Nigerians>>>> I greet and felicitate with you all once again as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I join all of our Christian compatriots in giving thanks to God Almighty for…
As Christians all over the world celebrate Christmas, Delta state Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Peter Onwusanya have respectively called for further entrenchment of sustainable peace as a unifying factor for national growth, especially ahead of…
Despite reservation in a section of Delta state, the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), has vowed to mobilize support for President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, for the 2015 elections. The group took the…
The fear expressed by most Nigerians that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has lost out, after all, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) selection process ahead of the 2015 presidential election has been proved wrong, as Amaechi is named Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared that the Shipping Line Agency Charges (SLAC) levied and collected from Nigerian shippers by shipping companies since 2006 is illegal. The Court therefore ruled that the shipping companies should account and pay to…
MEMBERS of Petroleum Dealers Association of Nigeria (PEDAN) has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the PIB bill in the interest of Nigerians and the Nigerian economy. The Chairman of ASABA chapter of PEDAN, Comrade Jerry Ojie made the…
The outcome of the national convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where the convention voted to ratify the adoption of Goodluck Jonathan as the PDP presidential candidate ahead of 2015 elections and the official announcement of former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari,…
As the subsisting strike action by workers in the Federal Medical Centers (FMCs) across the country continues to bite harder, the leadership of the workers in FMC, Asaba has raised the alarm over attempt by management to use quacks to attend to…
The Director General of the Defenders of Democracy Group (DDG), Comrade Ejoor Umukoro, has called on the three tires of government at the national, state and local levels to urgently engage youths in positive development programmes to avert insurgency and other social…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has affirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan has done a lot in the implementation of his transformational agenda for Nigeria. He insisted that the President was working quietly to develop the country, despite the contrary perception of…
Delta State governor and chairman of the NDDC Advisory Council of Governors, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has commended communities that have been supportive of contractors executing projects in the State, saying that their cooperation was aiding the successful completion of projects. The Governor…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has produced the first digital N100 paper note, which will be officially issued into circulation on December 19. The new N100, Commemorative Centenary banknote which also has features for the visually impaired was official unveiling by…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has declared that contrary to dooms day predications, Nigeria will not break up in 2015. Speaking on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at the opening…
Prominent Delta state governorship aspirant, Sir Anthony Chuks Obuh has formally declared his interest to contest in the 2015 gubernatorial election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Obuh, who made his intention known while addressing Deltans who turned out…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have secured the approval of the Presidency to enable them control the political structures in their respective states ahead of the 2015 general elections. The trend will allow the outgoing governors…
Family members of late Mr. Ifeayi Obi, the Senior Driver of Delta State Commissioner on the board of the NDDC, Chief Tom Amioku, who was shot during last Saturday’s local polls in Delta State, have cried out for justice over the circumstances…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has inaugurated a three-man Judicial Commission of Inquiry to proffer lasting solutions to the Ibabu/Iselegu communal crisis. Inaugurating the commission, in Asaba on Monday, October 27, 2014, Governor Uduaghan charged communities in the state to always…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has challenged the newly elected chairmen of local government councils to be prudent in the management of funds and desist from engaging in discriminatory actions. Uduaghan gave the charge on Monday, October 27, 2014 while administering…
The Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) had on Saturday October 25, 2014 conducted the local government elections in the 25 local government areas of the State. Blank NEWS Online can report that despite some hitches, delays and security situation which were…
True to bookmakers’s prediction, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has at a meeting with chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday, October 23, 2014 indicated interest to seek re-election and contest the 2015 presidential election. He…
Prominent Nigerians have charged leaders in the country to live exemplary lives and continue to dialogue so as to seek solutions to the nation’s problems. Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Bishop Hassan Matthew Kukah,…
Nigeria’s oil and gas wealthy Delta state is now set to access the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N220 billion naira micro, small and medium enterprises funds for the benefit of the people of the state. The state is also partnering with…
Blank NEWS Online can disclose that the cordial relationship among the legislature, executive and judiciary as well as maintenance of separation of powers in Delta state has remained exemplary. This stride was further put to test on Tuesday, October 14, 2014, when…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has bemoaned the unfortunate and dastardly killing of Ms Frances Oneya, daughter of former Military Administrator of Kano and Benue States, General Dominic Oneya (rtd.) The late Ms Oneya was shot dead last Friday in Effurun by suspected armed…
Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has challenged the decision of the Nigerian Army General Court Martial that convicted and sentenced 12 soldiers to death by firing squad for mutiny and other offences on 16th September, 2014. In Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/708/2014 filed by the…
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri has commended Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for running a transparent administration. Speaking at the maiden edition of The Sun Women Leadership Summit in Asaba, Waziri gave the Dr….
The Mayor of Infant Jesus area in Asaba, the Delta state capital, Sir Ben Agazuma has urged all members of the “Tony Obuh (The Chosen One) 2015 Governorship Support Group” to remain steadfast in their determination to rally round Sir Anthony Chuks…
Civil servants are the machinery that keeps the government going smoothly. They are the work force of the Government. Without Civil Servant the Government will be at stand still and the economy will crumble. They are the variables of any political appointees….
His Excellency, GoodLuck Ebele Jonathan and his mission for peace is more explanatory and advisable as follows. To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. Past Military Government failed the nation. Their concerned was to…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has appealed to Nigerians to eschew bitterness and hatred and let peace reign in the country as Muslims mark Eid el Kabir. Uduaghan who made the appeal in his Goodwill Message to Muslim faithfuls in the…
God will make a way where there seems to be no way……………… Let us approach The Throne of Grace with Confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need Heb. 4:16. The Amalgamation…
AS Nigerians celebrate 54 years of independence, the Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has granted total pardon to three prisoners sentenced to death and commuted the death sentence of nine others to various terms of imprisonment. Speaking on Wednesday, October…
His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has addressed his fellow Nigerians to honour the 54th anniversary of Nigerian independence as a sovereign nation. Blank NEWS Online presents the speech. Fellow Nigerians: 1. Today marks the 54th anniversary of our country’s independence…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, Monday in Sokoto stressed the need for Nigerians to work towards ensuring political stability of the country. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar 111, Governor Uduaghan said that the…
The Advisory Council of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) consisting of the nine Niger Delta state governors has met with a resolve to urgently address some of the challenges facing the Commission. The governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko, who briefed…
Once upon a time, a shepherd raised false alarm of wolf attacking his sheep but when people ran to him for rescue, he dismissed them, that it was a hoax. On another faithful day the same alarmist raised thunderous alarm, which awakened…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan declared at the weekend that the people of the Niger Delta would remain undaunted in their quest for increased derivation from the Federation Account. Governor Uduaghan observed that the people of the region despite the stalemate…
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed for cooperation from Nigerians in the fight against insurgency and acts of terrorism in the country. President Jonathan in a goodwill message to the Second Plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Effurun, Delta State,…
Nigerian Military authorities in Abuja have vowed to defend the nation’s territorial intergrity and people at all cost, just as the Boko Haram terrorist group have allegedly taken over five towns in Borno and Adamawa states. The Defence headquarters twitter handle which…
Delta state government has frowned at myriad of claims by certain traditional medicine practitioners and spiritual healers in the state who say they can cure persons infected with the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The state government, in a statement signed by the…
