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Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
They trudged to our correspondent as if they were burdened with heavy loads. From their weary look, one could obviously tell that the teenage schoolgirls had gone through some troubling moments they never envisaged about two weeks ago when they left their hometown in Alaja, an uptown community in Warri, Delta State, for Lagos. Born […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Sunday, March 18th, 2018
By Perez Brisibe UGHELLI- EXACTLY a week after a female banker allegedly committed suicide by drinking insecticide in Ughelli, Delta State, another girl reportedly drank same poisonous substance, leading to her death, because she failed JAMB examination. The girl, simply identified as Loveth, aged 18, and resident of Imowhe Street, had gone to check her […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
The registrar of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Mr. Collins Onyenwenu, who was abducted last weekend by gunmen, has regained his freedom after reportedly paying a ransom of N5 million. SaharaReporters learned that the registrar was released on Tuesday after four days in the kidnappers’ custody. The gunmen seized Mr. Onyenwenu around 3.30 pm last Saturday. He was at the time traveling […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
By Ochuko Akuopha OLEH—RESIDENTS of Owheologbo community, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, were Sunday night, thrown into confusion as one person was reportedly killed and six houses, including a secondary school building, were razed following a row over a girlfriend. Though details of the incident were still sketchy at press time, community sources […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Monday, April 10th, 2017
By Nwafor Sunday It was alleged yesterday by newsmen thatHon Erhiatake Ibori, the daughter of the former governor of Delta state, Chief James Ibori, wedded an already married man. However, she was reported to have had her traditional wedding with her heartthrob, Mr Abioye Suenu, yesterday at Western Delta University in Oghara, Ethiope West L.G.A […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
By Fejiro Oliver Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Plautus In 2014, I can still remember vividly former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State celebrating his birthday, with pomp and pageantry, glitz and glamour. That day was his in Nigeria; shining as the most prominent political figure to be celebrated that […]
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Corruption Politics, Delta, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, October 10th, 2016

The former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori will become a free man in December, after spending half of his jail term in prisons in the United Kingdom. Ibori was jailed for money laundering offences by Southwark Crown court in 2012. But it was not clear whether he will immediately return home because of […]
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Delta, Education, Headlines
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Sexual Harassment: DELSU sacks six lecturers: Familugba Yewande Delta State University recently sacked six of its lecturers for their involvement in several offences including alleged sexual harassment of female students. The sacking of the lecturers at DELSU is a welcome development for stakeholders in the education sector. It is a step in the right direction […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Ovie Okpare, Warri Gunmen on Thursday attacked the Delta State Government House Annex, Warri, when members of the Delta State Waterways Security Committee were holding a meeting, killing a driver attached to the Annex. The incident, sources told our correspondent, occurred at 11:12am on Thursday amid continuous gun shots. It was learnt that the incident […]
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Delta, General Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Friday, May 27th, 2016

OVIE OKPARE, WARRI Niger Delta Avengers late Thursday night simultaneously bombed several pipelines operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation around Batan community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Local residents told THE PUNCH on the telephone that multiple explosions were heard, a situation they said threw people of the area into serious […]