Delta State
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A Special Assistant to Delta State governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Security, Alaowei Promise Lawuru, popularly known as ‘Master Black’, has resigned his appointment. Lawuru, who is one of Governor Okowa’s strong men the Delta creeks, said he was […]
Not fewer than 450 former Councilors who served in the 25 local government areas of Delta State between October 2014 to October 2017 are set for a showdown with the Delta State Government over unpaid severances The Councilors who were elected under the People’s Democratic Party across the state, said they have harnessed […]
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill, which proposes six months jail term for parents who abandon their newborns or growing children. The bill tagged, “Act to Re-amend the Child Rights Act, Cap. C50, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004,”’ is sponsored by the member representing Esan North East/Esan […]
A 25-year-old man, Godsgift Uweghwerhen, has been arrested for allegedly flogging his three-year-old daughter to death in Aladja community, in the Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Uweghwerhen was at home with his family members and neighbours when he saw his daughter coming out of the room of one […]
Gunmen, on Friday morning, attacked a mosque in Ughelli, Delta state, leaving 11 worshippers injured. NAN quoted a resident as saying the attack took place at about 6:47am when some Muslim faithful were holding their morning prayers at the central mosque, located along Okoroda street in Ughelli. The witness said many residents were […]
The ruler of Ogulagha Kingdom in Delta State on Wednesday sought for Federal Government’s intervention on coastal erosion and sea encroachment threatening the lives and property of the community. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Eno Olotu, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations of Ecological Project Office (EPO), in Abuja. The ruler, […]
A yet-to-be-identified suspected fraudster, alongside his herbalist, one Ike, aka Ogenesu, have been arrested after policemen attached to the Obiaruku Police Station recovered suspected human parts at the herbalist’s place in Obiaruku, in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH gathered that the fraudster was driving to a destination in Obiaruku […]
Olorogun Daniel Ighedo, the Vice-Chairman of Uvwie Local Government Council of Delta State, has reportedly died. Ighedo was said to have slumped and died on Tuesday in Effurun, near Warri, the commercial hub of the state. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital he was rushed to in Warri, according to multiple […]
As the Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has inaugurated its campaign council to go into the 2023 general elections, a public affairs analyst and Chieftain of the party in the State, Chief Pius Ovbwije says the internal challenges bedeviling part in the State has eaten the party so deeply without […]
The chairman of the chairmen 28 host communities in OML34, Delta State, Hon. Michael Oghenegueke, has denied issuing any 5-day ultimatum to shut down the operations of ND-Western E&P Company and NNPC E&P Limited. Multiple reports in conventional and online media have claimed that the host communities are up in arms against the […]
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