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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 […]
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Delta, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, State News, Women Politics
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
Onyemaechi Mrakpor is a member of the House of Representatives from southern Delta state The head of Nigeria’s prisons service has been summoned to appear before parliament after his security guards allegedly slapped a female MP. Onyemaechi Mrakpor, 49, and a member of the lower house, told the BBC she was attacked for overtaking the […]
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Corruption Politics, Delta, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, State News
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
John Alechenu, Sunday Aborisade, Eniola Akinkuotu, Adelani Adepegba and Oladimeji Ramon The Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s family and a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, were among some prominent Africans named in a newly discovered secret offshore assets scam released by a German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. The German newspaper on Monday released the Panama […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 6th, 2016
-Vanguard By Charles Kumolu THE 2016 reunion day of Government College Ughelli ,GCU, was indeed an opportunity for the school’s old students to give back to an institution that was literally a springboard for them. Dignitaries at the commissioning of the renovated facilities at Government College, Ughelli. It was an event that attracted public office […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
Monarch of Olomoro Kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State was said to have been released about 9.00pm, Monday. This was confirmed by the chairman of the Local government Area, Mr Malik Ikpokpo, to our correspondent. His abductors after collecting an undisclosed sum, dropped him at Sapele. More details later. -Punch wp_posts
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines
Sunday, January 24th, 2016
The pendulum of justice is gradually tilting in favour of former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, and his associate, Bhadresh Gohil’s call for an independent investigation is mounting, with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), The Sunday Times of London and the Guardian of London, reporting on it. The BBC reported today that the latest […]