The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has ordered a probe into the tragic killing of four senior officers and 12 soldiers in Delta State. It was gathered that the slain military personnel responded to a distress call after the communal crisis between the Okuama and...
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Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta) has said the Nigeria Army’s discovery of an illegal bomb and arms factory in a community in Delta on Wednesday is of national concern. He was reacting to the discovery in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army have uncovered and neutralised a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory, operated by armed fighters of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Delta. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday...
The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta), has stressed the need to investigate the unexplained delay in electricity step-down of Okpai Power Plant. Nwoko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, that investigating the delay had become imperative as the plant...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has flagged off the distribution of palliatives for victims of the 2022 flood disaster in communities across the 25 local government areas of Delta State. Speaking during the presentation ceremony at the Sapele Athletic Club in Sapele,...
Residents of Abigborodo and Obagboro Communities in the Warri North Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta on Friday held a peaceful protest over the ownership of the Kuri Oil Field. They consequently called on both the state and federal governments to intervene before the situation escalates into a...
A former member of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume has mourned a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, describing his exit as a monumental loss to Delta State in particular and Nigeria in general. Araraume, who, together with Ojougboh and many other associates,...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI, Asaba – The ancient city of Agbor, Delta state, Nigeria, on Thursday January 25, 2023, came alive as Agbor Community Union (ACU), led by its President General and members of the Executive notable amongst were Chiefs from the Royal Palace of the DIEN of Agbor Kingdom,...
As globally defined, Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) is an ethical framework in which individuals or corporations are accountable for fulfilling their civic duty and taking actions that benefit society. Viewed from a simpler prism, it means that individuals and companies must act in the best interests of their environment...
A Chief Magistrate’ Court in Delta has granted order of interim injunction restraining Unity Bank Plc, from financial/contractual dealings with Oleh Community Development Association (OCDA) Delta, led by Chief Believe Alakri. Other entities restrained by the court from dealing with the embattled OCDA’s leadership are, Agip Oil Company...
Taken objectively, Rev. Fr. Victor Ibude, from Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria, is a catholic Priest ordained about 30years ago precisely in the year 1993, who in the first instance went to the seminary with no ambition of becoming a priest but only went in thanksgiving to God for...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI, Asaba – .…..We made rule that no staff should intervene in our relationship and we kept to it rigidly …….The secret is understanding. Never carry the things of the world on your head. …….We have never had any form of face off working together....
By EZEKIEL OBI Abuja – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has waded into the dispute between Chevron Nigeria Limited and some communities within the company’s Warri exploration and production area, in Delta State, over the composition and naming of the Host Communities Trust Fund. The Commission in...
Suspected armed robbers have shot a Deputy Superintendent of Police dead in Asaba on Tuesday in a robbery attempt at a residential neighbourhood in the Delta capital. The robbery was, however, repelled by men of the “Operation Still Water II’’ of the 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Asaba. Col....
The Police Command in Delta says five persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion in the state, police sources said. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Warri, saying the incident occurred on 1 October at Ugbenu in...
No fewer than eight people were burnt beyond recognition on Sunday on the Ologbo Bridge, Benin/Sapele expressway in Delta. The FRSC Spokesman, Mr Bisi Kazeem confirmed this in a statement in Abuja stated that the fatal crash which occurred on Oct. 1 at about 1pm also had seven...
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta has handed over two suspected oil thieves, to the officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for further interrogation. The suspects were handed over to the NSCDC on Wednesday at the premises of the Naval Base in Warri. Navy Capt....
No fewer than five riverine communities in Delta have been sacked by water in the Warri North Local Government Area, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. Mr Kenren Pere, Councillor representing Ogbinbiri ward 18, in Asigborodo Community disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri. Pere...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti House of Assembly has summoned officials of the State Sports Council over the ‘embarrassment’ recently caused the state through the ‘shabby outfits’ worn by the athletes during the opening parade of the ongoing Asaba Sports Festival. The Chairman, House Committee on Media...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- Ahead of the 2023 National Youth Games in Asaba Delta State, the Cross River State Government has sent 150 athletes to participate in eight different games Including football, cycling and cricket. Cross River State Commissioner for sports, Agnes Atsu while speaking to newsmen ahead of...