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The election of Ibori-Suenu Erhiatake of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Lagos. Honorable Erhiatake of the PDP in Delta State won the election of Ethiope Federal Constituency defeating, Ben Rolands Igbakpa and Mr Halims Ahoda of the NNPP and APC. The judgement by the […]
A student of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, has lost his life while installing solar panels on a storey building. The young man who was a final year student of PTI was reported to have died from electrocution on Thursday while installing solar panels close to a commercial bank at Warri Garage. According […]
The Court of Appeal in Asaba has upheld the sacking of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi as the senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District. Delivering the judgment via Zoom on Wednesday, Justice Olubunmi Oyewole said Nwaoboshi’s appeal lacked merit. A Federal High Court in Abuja had earlier in April sacked Nwaoboshi after a suit was […]
The Delta state Police Command has arrested one Nnajiofor Nweke over the death of a school teacher in Alihame Mixed Secondary School, Agbor after the suspect allegedly flogged the teacher for disciplining his child, Emmanuel Nweke. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, who disclosed this while parading the suspect, narrated that Nweke went […]
A first-class Royal Father in Delta State and retired Air Vice Marshal, His Royal Majesty, Lucky Ararile, Ovie of Umiaghwa Abraka in Delta State, has expressed support for the various economic policies which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is putting in place to lift the country from the doldrum, especially the attempts to stabilize the […]
A police inspector, Festus Onori, has been mobbed to death by some commercial motorcyclists in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Council of Delta State. The 45-year-old officer was attached to the Marine Police Station, Cable Point Asaba before he was killed in the presence of his wife and three children. Recounting the ordeal, Mr […]
48 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘yahoo boys’ have been arrested by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, and displayed on Monday. The agency wrote on its X handle that the suspects were arrested on October 6, 2023, in Asaba. The statement on X said the suspects were […]
The Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori has sent a condolence message to the victim’s families who were engulfed by fire from the fuel tanker that exploded at Koko Junction on Sunday. Governor Oborevwori blamed the incident on the poor state of roads in the country and called on the federal government to reconstruct […]
A tragedy occurred on Sunday at the Oghara-Benin highway as no fewer than 20 persons were burnt to death after a tanker carrying petrol product exploded. Information gathered that the petrol tanker fell Saturday, September 30, at the ever-busy Koko junction due to the bad condition of the road and by Sunday, October […]
Five communities in the riverine area of Warri North LGA have been flooded by water, says Kenren Pere, the councilor representing the people of Ogbinbiri Ward 18 in Asigborodo. He told journalists on Monday that the affected communities are Torukubuagbene, Awanba, Koropigbene, Itagbene, Asigborodo, and some other adjourning communities. Pere said the flood […]
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