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Delta State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed March 6, 2021 as date for the conduct of elections into chairmanship and councillorship positions in the state. Chairman of the Commission, Michael Ogbodu, made the announcement after meeting with stakeholders and party chairmen on Tuesday in Asaba, the state capital. Ogbodu disclosed that additional 34 wards […]
The House of Representatives has taken a resolution to invite President Muhammadu Buhari for explanation on the escalating security situation in the country. This is coming on the heels of the killing of over 43 rice farmers in Zarbamari village, Borno State over the weekend. The motion moved by Hon. Ahmadu Jaha from Borno State […]
One of the survivors of the recent attack on farmers in Borno state has alleged that the villagers alerted the military about an imminent attack but “nothing was done”. Authorities have confirmed at least 45 farmers were murdered by members of the Boko Haram sect in Zamarmari area. The UN had initially placed the number […]
The member representing Warri South Constituency, Hon. Augustine Uroye on Monday empowered over 120 Constituents with financial sums totaling 11 million naira. The beneficiaries were drawn from the six wards that make the constituency. Speaking during the event in Warri which had in attendance House of Representatives member Thomas Ereyitomi, former Delta State health […]
Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area in Delta State, Dr. Michael Tidi, has ordered loggers along the Pessu Market axis of Warri River, to immediately stop dumping of their by-product on the water channel, saying it is inimical to government’s resolve to revitalize commercial activities in Pessu Market and its environs. Dr. Tidi, handed […]
Chairman of Uvwie LGA Ramson Onoyake has described as mischievous, misinformed and misleading the comment by Delta State Waste Management Board member Daniel Ighedo that his administration has been preventing the board from evacuating the age long waste dumpsites in Orumaro community. Speaking at the weekend after supervising the monthly environmental exercise in Effurun, Onoyake […]
US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said Sunday after the 78-year-old was taken to the doctor because he had slipped while playing with his dog. Biden, who will become the oldest US president upon his January swearing-in, suffered the injury Saturday with […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday launch the National Gas Expansion Programme(NGEP) in Abuja. This was revealed in a statement signed by Garba Muhammed, the Special Adviser on Media, Office of the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. As part of the event, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva will on behalf […]
No fewer than six persons have been killed in fresh attacks in Jemma local government of Kaduna State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday Morning in Ungwan Bido Village. Speaking on behalf of the government of Kaduna State, the commissioner for internal security and Home Affairs stated that the attack follows […]
Mele Kyari, the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the corporation deliberately shut down the nation’s refineries because they no longer make sense to be operated. NAN reports that the GMD was speaking when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on petroleum (upstream) on Thursday in Abuja. He […]
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