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There’s a fresh twist in Delta State’s political landscape as former Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, appears to have mended fences with his long-time ally turned rival, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. The former Governor of Delta State,Sen. Okowa, over the weekend, paid a surprise visit to Senator Nwaoboshi at his Asaba residence. The two Anioma political heavyweights […]
The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested 211 suspects, recovered 8.5 million naira ransom, 18 firearms, and 359 rounds of ammunition in the month of July. The state Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, who disclosed this during a monthly press briefing in Asaba the state capital, said operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping […]
Community members in Oviri-Olomu have sent an SOS call to the Governor of Delta State, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, and the State Police Command to speedily enforce the anti-open grazing law in order to ensure the safety of residents in various communities from herdsmen attacks. The cry for help was made by demonstrating […]
One Alex Young Vweta Egone has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment for parading himself as a lawyer and deceiving people in Udu and its environs. On Tuesday, Egone appeared before Magistrate Court 1 in Otor-Udu LGA for impersonating a legal practitioner based on charges of forgery and impersonation. Egone was arrested by […]
In compliance with the purchase of aprons, rider’s cards, emblems, and stickers for motorcycle riders (okada) and tricycles (Keke), the Delta State Government has given a grace period of up to two weeks. The government had earlier admonished riders to obtain the above items for a fee of N7,500 in order to track […]
The joy and jubilation of residents in Abraka, the community housing Delta State University, knows no bounds as Benson Izah, a notorious drug dealer, was arrested by operatives of the Delta Sweep and youths of the Abraka community. Benson was caught at the Secretariat of the Abraka Community Youth Wing with numerous substances […]
The High Court 5 in Asaba, Delta State, has sentenced one Emmanuel Sunday to two years of imprisonment for stealing and destroying the drainage system attached to the newly constructed Ubu Bridge along the Asaba–Ughelli Expressway. Presiding over the judgment, Hon. Justice Onome Marshall-Umukoto found Sunday guilty on a two-count charge of vandalism and […]
The traditional ruler of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, King (HRM) Ovie Monday Obukowho Whiskey (Udurhie I), has declared full support for the creation of Ethiope State from the present Delta State, stating emphatically that the proposed state has the human and natural resources, administrative capacity, […]
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Professor Ezekiel Agbalagba, has responded to the ongoing protest by members of NUPENG and PENGASSAN. The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), had on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest […]
In line with the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Delta State, there shall be a restriction of movement from 7:00 am to 10:00 am on Saturday, July 26, 2025. The restriction will affect persons and vehicles in the state for three hours in order for residents to effectively clean their environment and prevent […]
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