Team Delta has leapfrogged Team Bayelsa on the medals table at the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Ogun. Team Delta amassed 35 gold, 12 silver and 29 bronze, bringing the state’s total medals to 76. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the official medals table of...
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday led a host of dignitaries to Kiagbodo Community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta to pay their final respects to the late elder statesman, Pa. Edwin Clark. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Clark, a renowned nationalist and leader of the...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy has deactivated six illegal refining sites at Obodo Omadina Community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta. Navy Capt Ikenna Okoloagu, the Commanding Officer, FOB Escravos, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri. Okoloagu said that the illegal...
Speaker of Delta House of Assembly, Mr Dennis Guwor, and 21 other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defection of the 22 lawmakers was sequel to the significant shift in the state’s political landscape....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) said it has concluded plans to set up Virtual School with operational centers (studio) in Delta State in the South and the FCT in the north. The newly elected President of the Association, Dr Terfa...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed its National Legal Adviser to initiate legal proceedings aimed at reclaiming the party’s mandate from Delta Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori for defection. Others whose mandates are also to be reclaimed are lawmakers, and other elected officials who recently defected along with Oborevwori to...
Delta Government has said that the challenges currently being faced by the PDP, particularly at the national, necessitated the decamping of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and others to the ruling APC. The state’s Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu disclosed this, in a statement, on...
The Nigerian Army has uncovered 11 new bunkering facilities and made some seizures during a six-day operation conducted in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers. Spokesman for the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, made this known in a statement on Monday in Port Harcourt. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has dealt a crushing blow to kidnapping gangs, neutralizing four notorious kidnappers and recovering a significant arsenal of 18 rifles and 192 live ammunition of various calibres in a successful operation that demonstrates their commitment to tackling insecurity and ensuring...
The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) has expressed its commitment to the realisation of the 2.06 million barrels per day (bpd) vision of President Bola Tinubu in 2025. The Managing Director of TSSNL, Chief Kestin Pondi disclosed this on Friday at the inauguration of the newly built Ugborikoko...
Bayelsa and Delta are in a two horse race to determine the state that will win the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF). The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the medal table released on Monday morning by the Main Organising Committee in Uyo, Akwa Ibom,...
The wife of the Delta Governor, Mrs Tobore Oborevwori, has appealed to residents to stop attributing autism to spiritual causes. Autism is a condition that affects how your child socialises and behaves. Early signs include limited eye contact and body language and repetitive motions. Delta First Lady made the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja– Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, March 14, 2025 arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Asaba, Delta State. The commission in a post on its X handle @officialEFCC on Friday, said suspects were arrested based...
Police Command in Delta has detained a couple and one other suspect over alleged gunrunning in the state. SP Bright Edafe, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Warri. Edafe said that the suspects were apprehended on Sunday in Orerokpe, Okpe...
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Army to release the detained innocent members of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta or charge them to court. The call was sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Francis Waive (APC-Delta) at plenary...
Senate on Tuesday approved the restoration of the Aniocha North II State Constituency in Delta, in compliance with the Supreme Court judgment in suit No. SC/129/2019. The approval followed a motion during plenary on the “Restoration of Aniocha North II State Constituency, Delta in compliance with Supreme Court Judgment,”...
The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Resources Authority (NMDPRA) has issued refining licenses to three companies to build new refineries in Abia, Delta, and Edo States. The authority in a post on its official X page, said the proposed refineries that have been issued licenses are a 100,000 bpd...
In the grand theater of Nigerian politics, where promises are as fleeting as the Harmattan breeze and truth is often the first casualty, few characters have mastered the art of illusion quite like Ned Nwoko. A man of many hats—lawyer, businessman, politician, and self-proclaimed advocate for the people—Nwoko has,...
Delta State Police Command has confirmed the alleged jungle justice meted on two kidnap suspects in the state. The spokesman of the command, SP Bright Edafe gave the confirmation on Thursday in a WhatsApp terse message. “It is confirmed,” Edafe simply said. Eyewitness said that the incident occured on...
The Chairman, People Democratic Party (PDP), Delta State Chapter, Chief Solomon Arenyeka, on Wednesday, said the party is not afraid of defectors, but founding members play politics of ideology. Arenyeka stated this when the executives and some members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Asaba Correspondents Chapel, paid...