Delta State Police Command has recorded fresh breakthroughs in its ongoing fight against crime, recovering a locally made firearm after a failed robbery attack in Effurun and arresting a suspected drug peddler with quantities of suspected illicit substances in Agbor. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed the developments...
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Delta State Police Command has recorded a series of operational successes across different parts of the state, rescuing a kidnapped victim, raiding a suspected criminal hideout, arresting 10 suspects and recovering a locally made firearm as well as suspected illicit drugs. The operations, carried out in Agbor, Abbi and...
Delta State Police Command has rescued a woman who was abducted by gunmen in Sapele and arrested eight suspected criminals during a separate operation in Abraka, where three locally made pistols and suspected illicit drugs were recovered. The Command disclosed the developments in a statement issued on Friday by...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Works to immediately intervene on the deteriorating Benin-Agbor-Asaba Road and the Ifaki-Kabba-Ado Ekiti Highway linking Ekiti and Kogi states, following growing concerns over the severe hardship being experienced by motorists. The directive was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement issued...
APC releases timetable for Delta, Kogi restored constituencies, legislative by-elections in 5 states
APC releases timetable for Delta, Kogi restored constituencies, legislative by-elections in 5 states
All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled the timetable and schedule of activities for its primary elections ahead of the 2026 polls in the newly restored State House of Assembly constituencies in Delta and Kogi states, as well as legislative by-elections in Gombe, Bauchi, Delta and Kano states. The party...
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN has formally requested the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to review the existing three-letter location code “QRW” assigned to Osubi Airport in Delta State, with a view to adopting a code that more accurately reflects the airport’s official name and...
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, has urged states to urgently access over ₦65 billion in counterpart funds and utilise approximately ₦267 billion in previously released intervention funds, stressing that education resources must translate into tangible improvements in schools and measurable outcomes for Nigerian...
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, has identified Delta State’s technology-driven teacher attendance system as an innovation that could offer valuable lessons to states across Nigeria in strengthening accountability and improving learning outcomes. Garba said the Attend360 platform, which monitors teacher attendance, demonstrates how...
A suspected electricity infrastructure vandal has died after being trapped beneath a collapsed transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli–Benin power line in Delta State. The incident came to light during a routine patrol by the Delta Sub-Region of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)’s Lines Maintenance Department. The inspection...
Delta State High Court sitting in Ogwashi-Uku has sentenced two men to death by hanging over the kidnapping and murder of Delta State University (DELSU) student, Elozino Ogege. The judgment, delivered by Justice Ngozi Azinge, came almost eight years after the tragic killing of the 300-level Mass Communication undergraduate,...
Delta State Police Command has intensified its offensive against violent crime with the arrest of eight suspected criminals, including alleged armed robbers, cultists and a suspected gunrunner, in a series of coordinated operations across the state. The operations, carried out in different locations, also led to the recovery of...
Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of ten individuals for naira mutilation and abuse before Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State and Justice (Professor) C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Benin City....
Delta State Police Command has recorded another major breakthrough in its ongoing campaign against cultism, arresting thirty-two suspected cultists and recovering firearms, ammunition, communication equipment and illicit drugs in separate intelligence-led operations. Police Public Relations Officer of the Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, said the operations were carried...
Delta State Police Command has recorded a series of breakthroughs in its ongoing fight against crime, leading to the rescue of a kidnap victim, the arrest of three suspected armed robbers and the recovery of a locally fabricated pistol and hard drugs in separate operations across the state. The...
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested four suspected members of a fraud syndicate and recovered 1,600 counterfeit United States dollar bills in a major operation targeting criminal networks across the state. The arrests were made by officers attached to the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit following intelligence reports...
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed a private aircraft incident near Asaba, Delta State, on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. NCAA Director Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the aircraft missed its approach at about 07:43 local time and...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed a serious train accident involving the Warri–Itakpe Train Service (WITS) corridor at Agbor, Delta State. The corporation, in a statement issued on Monday, also confirmed the death of 3 persons. It said rescue and emergency response operations were immediately activated while all...
By JACKSON EKWUGUM – Just a little over three years ago, traveling from Asaba, the capital of Delta State, to Warri via Ughelli on the Asaba-Ughelli Expressway, was a journey that lasted a minimum of three hours, sometimes stretching to four or more hours depending on the mood of...
In an effort to rid Delta State from criminal elements, troops of Headquarters 63 Brigade/Sector 1 Joint Task Force, South South Operation DELTA SAFE recovered seven rifles and two motorcycles during a raid operation at Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Acting Assistant Director, Army...