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The fight against human trafficking continues, with many young girls being moved across the western African border with promises of greener pastures, only to be abandoned and left to become sex workers. This was the case for 19-year-old Delta State indigene, identified as Annabel, who was lured to French-speaking Côte d’Ivoire under the guise […]
Parts of Ughelli North LGA have been submerged in flood following the overnight rain on Thursday that lasted until Friday morning, July 31, with residents waking up to find their properties totally destroyed. Places that were affected include the Delta State High Court in Agbarho community, Orhokpokpor, Ehwere, Ughrwughelli, and Oviri communities, as residents […]
Eight years after Elozino Ogege, a student of Delta State University, was murdered and mutilated, with her eyes plucked out, two persons, Desmond Macaulay Oghenemaro and Enaike Onoriode, have been sentenced to death by hanging. The judgment was delivered by Hon. Justice F. N. Azinge of the Delta State High Court sitting in Ogwashi-Uku […]
The Delta State Police Command has arrested nine suspects in a statewide crackdown on illegal roadblocks and unauthorised revenue collection along highways across the state. The command disclosed that the enforcement exercise was launched in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive to eliminate extortion and criminal activities on Nigerian roads. In a statement […]
One Micheal James from Edo State, living in Delta State, has been arrested by the state police over a self-planned kidnap to extort N25 million from his family after failing to pay back money he borrowed from his brother and sister. James, narrating what occurred on July 1, was asked to go dispose of […]
Another beam of possibilities looms in Delta State and Nigeria at large in reshaping the oil and gas industry as Ebenco Refinery moves toward completing the first fully locally fabricated modular refinery to help reduce fuel costs. The 30,000-barrel-per-day modular refinery is located in Koko, Delta State, and has since received commendation from the […]
The seat of Udu Constituency has been declared vacant following the defection of Hon. Collins Egbetamah from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). This comes after the resignation of Egbetamah from APC to NDC dated June 19 was read by the House Speaker, Emomotimi Guwo, who stated that […]
A young teenage lady identified as Chinaza, involved in a boat mishap in NPA waters in Warri, is currently being searched for by divers and fishermen. The 19-year-old Chinaza was inside a canoe conveying passengers from Sandfill II when it capsized after colliding with another wooden engine boat. A friend of the late deceased, […]
Residents in Ekuigbo community in Ughelli are still shocked as to why a mother would bury her two-day-old baby alive, with many calling for measures to prevent such incidents from happening again. Community sources disclosed that concerns started rising when the infant was not seen with the mother, but she claimed to have handed […]
Ewu Kingdom and the youths are demanding justice and condemning the attack on a couple hacked to death by Fulani herdsmen in the Ughelli North region. The victims were a couple from Gaberegolor who had an altercation with the herdsmen that stormed their building site with their cows and destroyed newly molded blocks. A […]
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