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Former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over mismanagement and diversion of funds meant for the state. Okowa was arrested over N1.3 trillion, which was a 13 percent derivation fund from the federation from 2015-2023 meant for oil-producing states. Okowa was […]
There was relief for families and residents of Egini and other communities in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, as the team of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) visited the community to render free public healthcare services in line with the association’s deployment of routine medical outreach in communities across Nigeria. Hundreds of […]
The Governor of Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has said his administration is investigating allegations of connivance by some contractors and asphalt producers to shortchange the state. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this on Wednesday when he played host to the leadership of Isoko Church Leaders’ Forum, led by the Anglican Bishop of Oleh Diocese, Rt. […]
…Calls for Reconstruction of some Streets in Asaba The Delta State Government has ordered the contractor responsible for the supplied and installed refurbished transformers as against brand new ones, in some localities in Ika North-East, Ika South and Aniocha South Local Government Areas of the state, to replace them immediately. Special Adviser to […]
The Delta State Minitry of Youth Development has appealed to youths in the state to take the application for Paramilitary and military Jobs seriously. Commissioner of the Ministry and Chairman Committee on youth Enlistment into the Military and Paramilitary services, Harry Trakiriowei, made the appeal while speaking with newsmen in Government House Asaba the […]
The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has charged the leadership of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, to implement the new minimum wage for workers in their councils from the month of November this year. Oborevwori who gave the charge during a meeting held with ALGON, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, National […]
Following the age limit restrictions by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on students seeking admission to attain age 18 before being admitted into tertiary institutions, a former Nigeria Bar Association Chairman in the Warri branch dragged the board to court. Barrister John Aikpokpo-Martins, dissatisfied with the directives from JAMB despite exemption by […]
The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has vowed that his administration would blacklist contractors who failed to execute projects in accordance with the Bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation given to them. Governor Oborevwori handed down the warning to blacklist the contractors, on Sunday, in his remarks at the 70th birth […]
A Senior Secondary School Student with Triumphant School in Udu LGA, Emmanuel Monday, has accused her mother of forcing her into prostitution after contracting several men to have sexual relationships with her. The young 15-year-old ran away from a recent encounter at Beeland Hotel in Orhuworun Road, Udu LGA when the mother took her […]
In a bid to address various socio-economic issues raising in different homes due to poverty and the likes, the Federal CARES Support Unit of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus, NG-CARES Program, has organised a 3day Zonal training on Grievance Mechanism, GRM, for GRM Officers and other relevant stakeholders. The Commissioner […]
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