A man identified as Festus Godson Egede has dragged the managing director of Eku Baptist/General Hospital in Delta State, along with a team of doctors and the state government, among others, before the Delta State High Court. They are accused of professional negligence that is alleged to have resulted in the tragic death of Mrs. Anesther Egede, a 33-year-old woman. Read More
The Delta Media Forum (DMF) has called for collaborative efforts for the development of the state. DMF which is a collective of media professionals from Delta state and operating in the nation’s capital, urged the Governor of Delta state, National Assembly members, and the appointed minister representing the state to transcend the adversarial postures often associated with electoral contests. DMF Read More
The Delta State Police command has arrested over 100 gay suspects in a hotel carrying out a gay wedding ceremony. In a tweet via their official Twitter handle on Tuesday, the Police said the suspects would be paraded thereafter. Recall that Nigeria’s anti-gay law, enacted in January 2014 by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, stipulates a 14-year prison term for Read More
Delta Queens on Monday defeated Athletico FC of Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire 3-2 to qualify for the final of the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers for WAFU B zone. The match played at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City was played amidst tension. The two West African clubs sought to grab the single slot to represent the zone in the Read More
One person has reportedly died after the collapse of Seplat Energy Plc ‘Majestic’ oil rig near Ovhor in Delta state. The company revealed this in a tweet on Tuesday via its official Twitter handle. It stated that 92 of the 96-member crew were accounted for and safe. The company added that three of its crew members are missing. “Seplat Energy Read More
Critical stakeholders across Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region have urged youths to strive to build a culture of entrepreneurship, and look away from the decades-old dependency on crude oil. The charge was given on Saturday at the 3rd Niger Delta MSME Summit held in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom state. Speaking in his opening remarks, Chief Convener of the Summit, Moses Read More
By Erimeruke Okome Eme But for the timely, professional intervention of his immigration lawyer, Mr Ian Macdonald QC, and the grace of two virtuous women, Her Ladyship Mrs Justice May and Her Ladyship Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb DBE, former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori would still be in a United Kingdom (UK) prison today, seven years after completing his Read More
The Itsekiri Renaissance Group (IRG) has rebuked claims by a group known as Iwere Consultative Forum (ICF) that there were not enough consultations in some of the actions taken in recent times, and pleaded that the interest of the people should be paramount. The ICF made the appeal in an open letter addressed to the Royal Majesty, the Olu of Read More
There was widespread jubilation at Asaba country home of the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, following news of an order granted by an FCT High Court for his release from detention. The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja, Thursday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release Emefiele from Read More
…Calls for unity, reconciliation A forum of indigenes of Warri of Itsekiri extraction under the aegis of Iwere Consultative Forum (ICF) has appealed to the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, and concerned elders of the Itsekiri Nation to make concerted efforts to restore sense of unity and trust amongst the people. The Forum made the appeal in Read More
The association of Oil and Gas communities in Delta state has taken a protest to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja, urging the anti-graft agency to probe former Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, over alleged diversion of N1.07 trillion from the 13 percent oil derivation fund. The association which consists of representatives of Ijaw, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Read More
Some members of Delta All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Sen. Ovie Omo-agege, the former Deputy Senate President of the 9th National Assembly of having overbearing influence on the state chapter. The party members made the allegation in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu which was made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. The letter was jointly signed Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as null and void and of no effect, the purpoted expulsion of a chieftain of the party Dr. Cairo Ojougboh by its Ika South Local Government Area Chairman. InMarch, Ojougboh was purpotedly expelled from the APC by its Ika South Local Government Area Chairman, Hilary Ibude. Ibude in the expulsion letter dated March Read More
Asaba, the capital city of Delta state will play host to the best of Nigeria’s Women Football League (NWFL)-the Super Six tournament, at the Stephen Keshi Stadium from May 5 to12, 2023. A statement by the Director General, Delta state Sports commission, Sir, Christopher Anazia, said the Admiralty University sports complex had been designated as the other venue for the Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cairo Ojuogbo, has alleged that the Delta state governorship candidate, Ovie Omo-Agege worked against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu during the polls. Ojuogbo said that the Deputy Senate President,Omo-Agege never believed Tinubu would win the presidential election, hence did not work for his emergence. In an interview on Arise Television on Saturday, the Read More
The Delta state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has derided the party’s 2023 governorship candidate and Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, over his alleged meeting with a faction of APC members in the state which ended in deadlock. The meeting, which was held on Tuesday in Delta state ended in deadlock, because, according to some members Read More
The Delta state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the governorship candidate of the party and Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, that he cannot win the state through the court. Recall that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sheriff Oborevwori, won the March, 18, 2023 Delta state governorship, which Omo-Agege is challenging at Read More
A group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the aegis of APC State Assembly Forum (ASAF) has condemned the purported suspension of the Chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Lauretta Onochie, even as it passed a vote of confidence on her. The APC group while describing the said suspension as illegal, null and void, condemned actions Read More
All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State has suspended the Chairperson of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Loretta Onochie, from the party. It was authoritatively gathered that NDDC Chairman was suspended by the ward executive members of Onicha Olona in Aniocha North for working against the success of the aPC during the last Presidential/National and Governorship and House of Assembly Read More
Congratulatory messages are pouring in for the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area in Delta State, HRM Obi (Dr) Ifechukwude Aninshi Okonjo II, who on Friday in Paris, France, was formally presented his Doctoral degree certificate. The Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom was awarded his Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) by the prestigious Paris School of Business Read More
A gas plant in the Alaka Effurun area of Warri, Delta state, has exploded on Monday night. This was disposed by a Twitter user, Mason_outsider, on Tuesday.
The Sports University of Nigeria (SUN), Idumuje-Ugboko, Delta state, is set to admit its first set of students, 2023/2024 session. Below are categories of programs offered in the University: Category A : Compulsory Physical Sports / High Performance Training•American Football•Baseball•Badminton•Basketball•Boxing•Cricket•Football•Golf•Gymnastics•Handball•Dart•Hockey•Lawn Tennis•Rugby•Squash•Swimming•Table Tennis•Taekwondo•Track and Field Events•Volleyball•Wrestling•Weight Lifting Category B: Sports Degree ProgramsFaculty of Sports Sciences•Sports Science and Technology•Sports Administration and Management•Physical Read More
Following the cash drought, some Nigerian youth destroyed a Point Of Sale (POS) in Warri, Delta state. In a viral video on Wednesday, the youth were seen destroying the shop and saying, “On top our money, una dey craze.”
Residents of Warri, Delta state, Wednesday, set Access bank on fire to protest against scarcity of the new notes. The protest began around Udu road axis of the popular town.
Chairman of the Delta State Ijaw Traditional Rulers Forum, HRM Joseph Timiyan, has applauded the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd) for the far-reaching reforms he has instituted since his appointment, which has made the Programme more effective and result-oriented. The Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha Kingdom who made this affirmation over the weekend when Read More
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