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Students of College of Education Warri on Thursday protested against alleged intimidation and victimization of students by management of the institution led by the provost Prof Mary Onire Edema. The protesters who staged a peaceful protest to crown FM AND Kpoko FM office along airport road amongst other things alleged that some of the final […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to focus on the development of the Niger Delta with a vision that is people-oriented. Governor Okowa made the call on Thursday when the Interim Administrator of the Commission, Mr Effiong Akwa and his management team, came on a courtesy visit to the Government […]
Primary School Teachers, under the aegis of Basic Education Staff Association of Nigeria, BESAN, Delta State Chapter, have protested against the non-implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage in the past 15 months, lamenting that they were being sidelined in the scheme of things. The teachers who marched through the streets of Asaba called on […]
A former member of the House of Representatives, Ned Nwoko, has threatened to sue PREMIUM TIMES over an investigative story on his controversial acquisition of 90 hectares of land for a private university in his hometown, Udumuje-Ugboko in Delta State. The two-part story published last December exposed how Mr Nwoko, a member of the […]
Delta State Government is partnering the World Bank under the aegis of the Delta Cares Programme (DCP) as part of its efforts to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 on small scale businesses in the state. This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, while briefing newsmen on some recent […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has suspended its membership registration/revalidation exercise in Delta. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Sylvester Imonina, announced the suspension in a statement on Thursday in Asaba. “The Delta APC Chapter hereby formally announce to teeming party faithful that following pockets of complaints, the National Caretaker Committee of the party […]
BURUTU—Indigenes of Tuomo community, the traditional headquarters of Esuku Kingdom in Burutu council area of Delta State, have reportedly fled to the forest over rampaging soldiers, who reportedly stormed the community over a communal fracas. In a distress call from the newly-elected CDC chairman of the community, Mr Binebai Tomke, he noted that Tuomo community […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has reaffirmed that his administration will achieve its set target before the end of his tenure. Governor Okowa stated this on Monday while swearing-in Dr. Augustine Obidi and Chief Ebikeme Clark as Special Advisers at Government House, Asaba. The Governor said that his administration will continue to give responsibilities and portfolios to […]
A mobile police officer has been shot dead by some gunmen in Warri,Delta State. “The sad incident happened two days ago,” the police spokesperson in Delta State, Onome Onovwakpoyeya said on Sunday evening, while confirming the killing to PREMIUM TIMES. Ms Onovwakpoyeya, a deputy superintendent of police, said the officer was walking with someone along the […]
A judge of the Delta State High Court, Anthony Okorodas, has said DNA tests have recently revealed that he is not the biological father of three children from his marriage with his former wife. Mr Okorodas, who was appointed a judge in 2018, disclosed this in a statement which he issued on Thursday, January 28. […]
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