Delta State
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Delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Wednesday’s governorship primary in Delta State are allegedly being caged by politicians said to be working for the state government. It was further alleged that the said politicians also seized mobile phones of the delegates so as to prevent them from being contacted by governorship aspirants […]
A riotous uproar occurred in Ugbolu, a community situated near Asaba, Delta State, today, Wednesday as a group of gunmen reportedly blocked the Ugbolu/Illah Road at Mile 5, shooting sporadically. This is as a group of persons who identified themselves as members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, allegedly enforced sit-at-home in […]
The backbone of a major cartel distributing drugs in Delta and adjourning states was broken on Sunday 15th May following the arrest of a wanted 59-year-old drug baroness, Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka, a.k.a Mama, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at her palatial mansion where she cooks and distributes […]
INDIGENES of oil-rich Ovewve and Opherin Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, shut down the flow station, pigging manifold and other facilities in the Eriemu oil field over the abandonment of 11-kilometre road project embarked upon by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the communities. Protesting women and youths […]
The Special Adviser to the Deputy Senate President on Plenary and Legislative Matters, Prince Efe Duku has said that the large number of people at the declaration of the Senator Ovie Omo-Agege is a fact that the people in Delta State are tired of repeating the same set of persons in leadership. Prince […]
A suspected internet fraudster was Saturday evening, shot dead by yet-to-be identified assailants along Orhuwhorun Road in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered the deceased was cruising in a white Toyota Venza when the gunmen suspected to be assassins struck. A source said: “Nothing was taken away from him after […]
A 24-year-old tricycle operator has been killed by two passengers who attempted to steal his tricycle at the Oton, in Sapele, Delta State. According to PUNCH, It was gathered that the deceased simply identified as Jite, carried two men on Saturday to Oton village in Sapele, On getting to an isolated spot, the […]
Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria has disclosed on Monday that it generated N346.6 million from tickets sold across the country in March. This was made known by Mr. Patrick Lee, the National President of CEAN, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Lee said that the figure represented a […]
The State Police Command in Delta State, through its spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe has confirmed the killing of a suspected kidnapper in the state. The command stated that the suspect was killed during a shootout and 13 kidnapped victims were rescued. “On April 3, 2022, around 8.40 am, information got to the command […]
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, on his 38th birth anniversary. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor described the monarch as “one of the foremost respected traditional rulers and man of peace with discerningly leadership qualities. […]
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