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Delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Wednesday’s governorship primary in Delta State are allegedly being caged by politicians said to be working for the state government. It was further alleged that the said politicians also seized mobile phones of the delegates so as to prevent them from being contacted by governorship aspirants […]
The Member Representing Warri South Constituency II at Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Matthew Poko Opuoru, has won the PDP primary to fly the party’s flag for the constituency in the 2023 general elections, polling 10 votes compared to his closest rival, Dr. Michael Tidi, who garnered 6 votes. The primary which […]
Daughter of former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and Delta State House of Assembly aspirant for Warri North, Orode Meyiwa Uduaghan, has reacted to the outcome of the primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where she lost to Hon. Alfred Martins. Martins defeated Orode for the ticket of the PDP for Warri North with 25 […]
Delta State Government on Thursday said it is investing N5.1 billion for the construction of an International Conference Centre in Asaba, the state capital. Briefing journalists at the end of the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, said the construction of the International […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere. Ekere, who hails from Akwa Ibom, was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the commission in Abuja. The former NDDC is being accused of diverting N47 billion funds belonging to […]
A riotous uproar occurred in Ugbolu, a community situated near Asaba, Delta State, today, Wednesday as a group of gunmen reportedly blocked the Ugbolu/Illah Road at Mile 5, shooting sporadically. This is as a group of persons who identified themselves as members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, allegedly enforced sit-at-home in […]
INDIGENES of oil-rich Ovewve and Opherin Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, shut down the flow station, pigging manifold and other facilities in the Eriemu oil field over the abandonment of 11-kilometre road project embarked upon by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the communities. Protesting women and youths […]
Suspected arsonists have burnt down the Idemili North Local Government secretariat in Ogidi and a Magistrate Court in the area. Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to perpetrate the act, burning down all files, and properties in the secretariat, including the secretariat building. Videos and pictures circulating online showed that […]
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, called on Deltans to place high premium on the protection of public infrastructure in the state. Okowa made the call while responding to questions at the quarterly media chat with journalists held at the Press Centre, Government House, Asaba. He noted that the level of vandalism […]
The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has appealed to the All Progressives Congress members who may be offended by his actions in the past to forgive him, insisting that all his actions were to strengthen and make the party formidable in Delta State. Speaking at Owa-Agbor in Ika North East LGA, when he was […]
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