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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
Othman Ngelzarma, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) National Secretary, has distanced the group from threats by a Fulani group to attack Delta State. A threat letter had been issued by the Fulani Jihadist group threatening to attack the capital city over Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s support for the ban on open grazing. Reacting […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Monday, May 24th, 2021
From Paul Osuyi, Asaba Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said the country is in disarray due to injustice and unfair treatments to some sections of the country. The governor, therefore, advocated partnership between government and the people predicated on equity, fairness and justice for the country to truly develop Okowa stated this in Asaba during a state banquet […]
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Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Lagos, National Politics, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
…Agree to ban open grazing in Southern Nigeria …Call for convocation of national dialogue …Insist on federal character …Reiterate Southerners’ commitment to Nigeria’s unity …Express concern over Oshodi-Apapa expressway gridlock …Buhari approves new security measures for South-East, South-South …Military tactics’ll no longer be publicised-NSA …Don’t be selective in handling situations, PANDEF tells FG By […]
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Delta, Governors, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
By Chinelo Obogo Civil rights activist, Rita Lori-Ogebor has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, to immediately intervene in the brewing crises between the Ijaw and Itsekiri communities over ownership of the land in which an oil spill recently occurred. Speaking at her Lagos office on Thursday, Ogebor who was reacting to threats by […]
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Delta, Governors, Headlines, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, March 15th, 2021
L-R: Ibori; Falana Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana says the Federal Government earlier frustrated the trial of former Governor, James Ibori, in the United Kingdom. On Sunday, the rights advocate alleged that the Nigerian Government through its Attorney-General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, challenged the investigation of Ibori in the United Kingdom in […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
From Paul Osuyi, Asaba Two police officers attached to ‘Operation Delta Safe’ have been killed by marauding gunmen who attacked the operatives at a portion of the Ugbolu-Illah road in Oshimili North, Delta State. The hoodlums are reported to have carted away the service rifles of the murdered officers. This is coming on the heels […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
From Paul Osuyi, Asaba Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, received three executive bills, seeking the conversion of the existing college of education, polytechnic and state university campus to full fledge universities. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa forwarded the bills with an introductory letter read by Speaker Sheriff Oborevwori who presided over plenary. Oborevwori explained that the […]
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Delta, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, January 15th, 2021
From Paul Osuyi, Asaba Rampaging gunmen are reported to have killed three mobile police officers on special duty at a hotel in Ughelli, Delta State. The rampaging gunmen also carted away the service rifles of the slain police officers. Local sources gave out the identifies of the fallen officers as Inspector Madaki, Inspector Lawal and Sergeant […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, December 24th, 2020
*Ogiame Ikenwoli, the Olu of Warri By Jimitota Onoyume The Palace of the Olu of Warri, Delta State, Ogiame Ikenwoli has dismissed social media reports that the revered monarch has joined his ancestors. A statement by Director of Palace Administration of Olu of Warri Palace, Chief Clement Maleghemi, but not dated, said the monarch was […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 24th, 2020
Soldiers suspected to be attached to the 3 Battalion Nigerian Army, Effurun, Delta State, on Saturday allegedly brutalised a medical doctor and ordered him to swim and bathe inside a gutter full of dirty water. The soldiers, who were said to be enforcing the state government’s curfew, SaharaReporters gathered, confronted the medical doctor, Raphael Onyemekehia, […]