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The Police in Delta State says it has defaulted five of its personnel including one Paul Audu who allegedly beat up a commercial bus driver and broke his head following the driver’s resistance to part with the sum of N200 at a police checkpoint along Eku-Abraka road. The incident which occurred last Thursday also led […]
Two suspected robbers were on Wednesday set ablaze by an angry mob at the Refinery Junction, Effurun-Sapele Road, in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Witnesses said one other suspect, however, managed to escape from the mob. It was gathered that the suspects had earlier shot a female teacher with Army Day Secondary […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that skill acquisition is the only way to solve the country’s unemployment problem. The governor stated this while receiving the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), led by Hajia Aisha Hafiz-Inuwa, the wife of the Delta State Police Commissioner. Commending the members of the association for their contribution to the development […]
The Governor of Delta state on Tuesday inaugurated the Delta State Rural Youth Skill Acquisition (RYSA) programme in Asaba. Delta State RYSA was designed to empower eight hundred and ten (810) youths across the local government areas of the state especially in rural areas. The governor described unemployment as a national emergency stating that RYSA […]
DELTA Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, has approved the reopening of public and private nursery schools in the state for the commencement of the 2020/2021 academic session with effect from Monday, November 9, 2020. A statement by the State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, in Asaba on Thursday, indicated that […]
The Delta State government has adjusted the statewide curfew from 8:00pm through 6:00am to 10:00pm to 6:00am. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State government, Chiedu Ebie. The curfew was imposed due to the disorderly conduct associated with #ENDSARS protest. The State government in the statement commended the residents […]
The Delta State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality and extra judicial killings On Monday held its inaugural sitting in Asaba. The Panel heard its first case, which involved a young man that allegedly went missing in police custody last year. Bereaved father of the young man, Christopher Okpuru, narrated to the panel […]
The Delta State Government in a bid to cushion the negative effects of flooding in communities in the state has released funds to the affected local government areas to purchase food items. Hon. Itiako Ikpokpo, the Chairman of the Delta State Chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) revealed this in a […]
More than 15 persons have died following the outbreak of suspected hemorrhagic fever in Ute Okpu and Idumesa communities in the Ika North East LGA of Delta state. The Delta State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye who spoke in Ute Okpu, said the state government has constituted a team to unravel the mysterious disease […]
The Governor of Delta state, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa has blamed national politics for the moribund state of the Warri sea port over the years. Governor Okowa stated this during a town hall meeting with Delta youths, the meeting included #ENDSARS protesters, civil society groups, students, social groups, community leaders and stakeholders across Delta South and […]
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