Health Union begins warning strike in Delta
Members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) in Asaba, Delta state, have embarked on a warning strike, which they attribute to the alleged refusal of the Ministry of Health to pay their...
View ArticleKachikwu expresses hope for a better 2017
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu has urged Nigerians to face the challenges posed by recession and make the best of it in 2017, observing that the recession has brought out the...
View Article5 dead as Fulani herdsmen invade Delta communities
Wailing filled the air of Abraka, Ethiope East and Obiaruku, Ukwani local government areas of Delta State when Fulani militias invaded and killed five persons in both communities.It was learnt that...
View ArticleOsinbajo begins Niger Delta peace tour
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be visiting a number of oil communities across some Niger Delta States starting on Monday.He will visit Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers State. His office said the visits are...
View ArticleOkowa calls for strengthening of PDP ahead of polls
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to engage in actions that will strengthen the party to enable it emerge victorious in future...
View ArticleFG to sack 3,500 staff
The Federal Government is set to relief its staff of their duties. While about 3,500 workers are singled out to be sacked about 2,100 of those to be affected are from the south-south, south-east and...
View ArticleActing President Osinbajo reschedules trip to Ondo
Nigeria’s Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has rescheduled his visit to Ondo State which was earlier slated for Friday. A statement issued by the spokesman for the Acting President, Mr Laolu...
View ArticleOil company denies alleged toxic waste dump in Koko
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the alleged dumping of toxic waste in Koko town in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, with claims by the company that the allegation is malicious...
View ArticleOil theft: Military destroys 80 illegal refineries
Troops of joint operation DELTA SAFE have intensified raids operation against crude oil theft with destruction of 80 illegal refineries across Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States recently.In Bayelsa...
View ArticleKeystone Bank takes financial literacy across Nigeria
COMFORT EKELEME As part of efforts to build a strong financial foundation for children, and in fulfillment of one of its Corporate Social Responsibility Pillars; Keystone Bank recently reached out to...
View ArticleI believes in “justice, equity, fairness” – Ibori
Despite just getting out of jail for stealing at least $250 million from the coffers of his oil-rich Delta State, former Governor James Ibori has described himself as a man who believed in justice,...
View ArticleProtest rocks Asaba over alleged killing of college students
Fierce protest by students of the Federal College of Education, Technical Asaba, Delta State in the early hours of Friday, paralyzed business activities, while property and some vehicles were destroyed...
View Article2019 : What Nigerians should do – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has urged the people of the state and Nigerians at large to remain united and peaceful, irrespective of party differences come 2019. The Governor made the call in...
View ArticleFresh protest rocks Asaba as IPOB says no elections
Members of the Indigenous people Of Biafra ( IPOB) in the early hours of Friday took to various streets in Asaba, Delta State in what appeared to be fresh protest Match against the 2019 general...
View ArticleFG remains committed to developing Niger Delta – VP Osinbajo
…Says Maritime University poised to become Centre of Excellence, as Institution celebrates 1st Matriculation ceremony The Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, is proof of the...
View ArticleAppoint Urhobo man NDDC MD, APC Support Groups, others beg Buhari
The Coalition of APC Support Groups and Ethnic Nationalities in Delta South Senatorial district of Delta State have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an Urhobo indigene to man the Niger...
View ArticleTribunal reaffirms Gov. Okowa’s reelection in Delta
The Delta State election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital has reaffirmed the reelection of Sen. (Dr.) Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa just as it dismissed Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru and...
View ArticleDelta State budgets N389bn for 2020
COMFORT EKELEME Delta Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has presented 2020 Appropriation Bill of N389.19 billion christened “Budget of Sustainable Development” to the House of Assembly. The governor...
View ArticleDelta sets up new security outfit
BARRY AGBANIGBI, Asaba The Delta State Government has announced the establishment of a new security outfit,’ Delta Hawk,’ to coordinate the operations of the various community security outfits...
View ArticleAfter 30 years, Buhari inaugurates 326 km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Rail Line for...
SUNDAY ODE, Abuja After more than three decades delay, President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday inaugurated the 326-kilometre Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation as well as the...
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