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There’s been an outbreak of sporadic protests over the lingering naira scarcity within Warri and Effurun metropolis, by Sedeco roundabout, Enehren junction, and on Udu road, near the bridge. Eyewitness reports say security agents arrived Enehren junction shooting sporadically into the air to quell the civil unrest from escalating into a total break-down of […]
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Vice-Presidential Candidate of PDP, on Sunday visited and condoled with the families of police officers killed by gunmen in Anambra. The deceased officers were Inspectors Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh, who were attached to Explosives Ordinances Disposal Unit at the Government House, Asaba. They were […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appointed Dr. Duke Okoro as the pioneer Rector, of Federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State. The Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, was initiated by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, and passed into law by the National Assembly. The law was subsequently assented to […]
The Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba has sentenced a 28-year-old father, Amechi Ogo, to life imprisonment for raping his four-year-old daughter. Presiding Judge, Justice Flora Azinge, held that the testimony of the victim, the witness who caught the father of the little girl in the act, and confessional evidence of the […]
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has asked Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, to retract his “attacks” on Edwin Clark, the Ijaw national leader, within 48 hours. Clark, in a recent letter to Okowa, alleged that the 13 percent derivation funds received by the state government were mismanaged. The elder statesman, who described Okowa’s administration […]
After a prolonged silence, the Ijaw National Leader and Leader of the Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has spoken up, giving Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa up to May 28, 2023, to account for the 13% Derivation Fund accruable to the State, including the recent N250 billion released by President […]
The Delta state Police Force has arrested Chief Joseph Ologbo of Otor community, an alleged sponsor and member of Aro bagger cult group in Sapele. This was revealed in a statement by the state public relations officer, DSP Edafe Bright. The suspect was reportedly arrested on Monday at about 8pm in Sapele. The […]
A man, Iduh Hausa, has reportedly shot dead his brother-in-law over alleged infidelity in Umunede, in the Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. Reports have it that the incident, which happened in Ileje, Umunede, threw the community into mourning. A source said tension was brewing in the community over the incident. “Mr […]
The Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, has cautioned Nigerians to be wary of politicians who are capable of selling the country if they find their way to the corridor of power in the 2023 general elections. Senator Omo-Agege said politicians who supervised the sales of critical national assets to themselves […]
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has promised residents of Delta state that he won’t betray their trust if he is elected. Speaking on Tuesday during his party’s presidential campaign rally at the Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba, the Delta capaital, Atiku said he will tackle insecurity and […]
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