–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Mike SOGBOLO (Editor N’East Bureau): Yobe State Government has said 3,000 new teachers would be recruited in 2021 to address the acute shortage of teachers. The government who had earlier declared a state of emergency in the…
Establishes 144 Unemployed Youths In Fashion and Textile Design Enterprise -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau has continued to top-up the number of engaged youths in skill acquisition, with additional 144 unemployed youths established…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- In continuation of its Job Creation Programme, the Delta State Government through its Job Creation Bureau has established another 44 STEP graduands who recently completed their vocational training in Electrical Installation and Solar works. The 44 STEPreneurs were…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Prof Eric Eboh, has hailed Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor of the State for his all-inclusive leadership style of ensuring that persons with disabilities (PwDs) are…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: St. Michael College Benin, Edo State, has grabbed the grand prize of N7 million at the just concluded 9th edition of the NPDC/Seplat Preparing Exceptional and Responsible Leaders (PEARLs) quiz competition. The annual PEARLs quiz competition…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Fidelis EGUGBO : A leader always exudes confidence when he is sure that his followers are comfortable and happy. So, it was heartwarming, indeed, a welcome relief, to see Delta Caucus in the House of Representatives, led by…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: In Nigeria today, times are tough, tempers are high, feathers are being ruffled, no thanks to the raging hashtag protest by the rampaging but hitherto ” lazy” Nigeria youth. It has become a test of…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Determined to make youths to become entrepreneurs and employers of labour, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), is in the process of setting up an Academy where youths will be trained to become experts at various…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Olamilekan Agbeleshe, also known as Laycon has been declared winner of the 2020 Big Brother Naija Reality show (Season 5), with Dorathy as the first runner-up to beat 19 other housemates. He becomes the 4th male housemate to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: Twenty-six beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), on Friday, September 25, 2020 received their starter packs in Asaba, having successfully completed their training and passed the second Post Training…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: *Builds Boreholes *2500 LG Women Get Palliatives *Food, Clothing For Needy In Churches To Mark Int’l Day Of Charity As part of activities to mark the 2020 International Day of Charity, wife of Delta State…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Government has redoubled it’s efforts at increasing entrepreneurship prowess with improved yields in Poultry output for sustainable Agriculture, especially among the youths. This exemplary feat was achieved by the state government when…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Mike SOGBOLA (North-East Bureau Chief): The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment towards improving secondary education opportunities for girls in seven states in Nigeria. The credit,…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In spite of the current global economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the job and wealth creation programmes of the Delta State have continued to receive commendations, following the establishment of additional 107 STEP…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new method of checking the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after shutting down its portal. According to the examination body, the portal was shut down due to the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Delta State government, is through a collaborative effort, strengthening engagements with Persons Living with Disabilities (PwDs) by enhancing their usefulness to the society, through various areas of endeavours. The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Prof. Eric…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA/Gertrude ONYEKACHUKWU-UTEH (Communication Officer): Trainees of the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural and Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) of the 2019/2020 Programme Cycle have been charged to take the training seriously in order to build themselves into entrepreneurs…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: In fulfillment of the promises made during the 2019 elections, the Managing Director/CEO, Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, (FCNA, CrFA), through the Bashorun Askia Foundation (BAF) has donated the sum of N5 Million to Isoko Market…
–Blank NEWS Online ((NIGERIA) – BY Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Government has commenced Orientation and Personal Effectiveness Training for STEP beneficiaries enrolled in the 2019/2020 cycle of its job creation programme. According to a statement issued by the Communication Officer, Gertrude…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: As part of his pledge to building human capacity, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has issued appointment letters to a total…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: “The leadership of the council believes that Bashorun Askia Ogieh falls in the same historical line with Sir Ahmadu Bello, who was always on our minds, whilst his nomination for this prestigious award was…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), today at the Delta State College of Education, Warri, commenced a two day empowerment training for women from the six ethnic nationalities of Itsekiri, Ijaw, Urhobo, Isoko, Ndokwa and…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) : Minority leader of the Federal House of Representatives and member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu has issued appointment letters to a total of 125 women and youths, as Personal Assistants and political aides to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA) has applauded the roles of the “Ambassador of Girl Child, South South”, Queen Idara Ekong and that of…
A two day training programme on entrepreneurship and business management has been organized for 41 graduates of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP). The training which took place at the Conference Hall of the Office of the Chief…
The Delta State Government has organized a one day practical training on Fish Processing to twelve youths under its Brown Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP). Each youth drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state was also given 2 fish smoking…
Beneficiaries of the Delta State Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) who have completed their 6 months training in their chosen vocational skills have undergone a post-training proficiency test to qualify them for their starter packs. A statement made available to Blank…
-(Political Editor) The National President of Isoko National Youth Council (INYC), Comrade Utomudo Fidelis Obokparo, has described the victories recorded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recent elections as heartwarming. The youth President felicitated with the Delta state Governor, Senator…
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has doled out cash rewards worth more than N403 million to athletes who participated in the 19th edition of the National Sports Festival tagged, Abuja 2018.In a colourful event on Monday, February 11, 2019, attended…
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Delta State Ministry of Justice has raised alarm over the high cases of defilement of minors in the State.Barr. Mrs. Uche Akamagwuna, Director, Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Unit of the Ministry disclosed…
Immediate past Governor of Delta State and APC 2019 Delta South Senatorial hopeful, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has said that Niger Delta youth leaders were becoming articulate and active contributors to nation building. Uduaghan was a Special Guest of Honour at the…
-By Michael EKOKORUWE: The Isoko National Youth Council led by its President Comrade Utomudo Fidelis, has staged a peaceful protest to agitate for the marginalization of Isoko youth on employment, surveillance of oil facilities and denial of contractor and managerial slots by…
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has inducted 745 beneficiaries of the 3rd Programme Cycle 2017/2018 of the Skills Training & Entrepreneurship Programme [STEP] and the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship Programme [YAGEP] with a charge to them to be role models for…
LAGOS, Nigeria: “The overall goal is to improve on and increase the capacity of the youth in building Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)’ GE (NYSE: GE) (www.GE.com), the world’s premier Digital Industrial Company has announced a partnership with the National Youth…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: “The Office of the Chief Job Creation Officer of Delta State was created by Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa as a special purpose vehicle for the actualisation of job and wealth creation under the S.M.A.R.T agenda….
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: In line with his policy of “Strategic Wealth Creation and Provision of Jobs for all Deltans”, Delta state governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has encouraged the 101 successful graduands in the Delta State Government’s Skills…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: “Fifty PwDs who are the first set of PwDs enrolled in the programme were selected from the twenty five local government areas of the state at the ratio of two per local government.” Persons with disabilities (PwDs)…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: In continuation of the handing out of starter packs to beneficiaries of its job creation programmes, the Delta State Government has established STEPreneurs trained in Plumbing; Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Services and Furniture &…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: It was funfare for Children in Delta State, as Wife of Delta State Governor and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, turned “Chef” by personally cooking and serving food at the 2017 National Children’s…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: In continuation of the on-going handing out of starter packs to the beneficiaries of the 2016 Cycle of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), STEPreneurs trained in Catering and Confectionery have received theirs…
