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Armed Forces, Delta, State News
Monday, August 29th, 2011
The Delta State Police Command on Monday arrested three fake military personnel for allegedly taking advantage of the uniform to intimidate members of the police force in Warri, Delta State. The suspects were arrested, even as the spokesman for the police in the state, Mr. Charles Muka, told reporters that a suspected kidnapper was […]
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Delta, State News
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has confirmed the inept nature of security operatives and heavy security lapse in the state, owing to the presence of alleged vandals and thieves operating within the state government house premises in Asaba, the state capital. The governor’s confirmation which came on the heels of recent revelations and reports […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Delta, Headlines, National Politics, Nollywood (Film Industry), State News
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

The Delta Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Richard Mofe-Damijo, has blamed “excessive stress” for the death of veteran actor, Sam Loco Efe. Efe, 66, died in a hotel in Owerri, Imo State on Sunday after a post-production work on the Unknown Prophet a film he directed Mofe-Damijo told the News Agency of Nigeria in […]
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Delta, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Monday, August 8th, 2011

Delta State Government has denied offering N3bn bribe to Electoral Petitions Tribunal judges and former President Olusegun Obasanjo to secure a favourable verdict for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan. An online news portal, Saharareporters, had reported that the state offered the huge sum to “buy the judgment” of the tribunal in the suit by the state Democratic […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Delta, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 18th, 2011
DELTA State Controller of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mrs. Elizabeth Agu, weekend, narrowly escaped the wrath of some youth corps members in the state, when she delivered a paper by the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, which touched on the controversial Islamic banking system soon to be introduced in the country. Agu who […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Following the degenerating security situation in Borno state as a result of the activities of Boko Haram, Lagos, Ekiti , Edo and Delta state governments yesterday commenced the evacuation of their indigenes from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). No fewer than 14 of the 200 Lagos students from Lagos state arrived the General Aviation Terminal […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
WARRI-THE crisis in the Delta Steel Company, DSC, Plc, Aladja, Delta State, worsened, yesterday, as the Indian workers in the company, who were protesting alleged non-payment of salaries for upwards one year, stormed the Steel Melting Shop, SMS, section of the company to halt production. A source told Vanguard that when their bid to halt […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Udaughan, has ordered the immediate closure of a maternity home at Cable Point, Asaba. Uduaghan, who gave the order when he paid a surprise visit to the maternity, said the place was operating beyond its mandate. He described the Maternity as a deadly centre capable of sending patients to their […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 1st, 2011
Two suspected robbers were burnt to death, Thursday, by a mob, made up of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders along Airport Road Effurun, Warri. The robbers, operating on a motor bike, snatched an unspecified amount of money from a customer who just came out from the Oceanic Bank branch, behind Total filling station, at Airport Road, Effurun area […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Aprivate security aide to a top state government official has allegedly shot two persons dead in controversial circumstances in Owhelogbo community, Isoko North Council Area of Delta State, at the weekend. The assailant, who works as private security aide attached to the country home residence of the Delta State Government official (name withheld) shot dead […]