Oborevwori’s indelible footprints in Delta
By Festus Ahon When Sheriff Oborevwori assumed office as Governor of Delta State on May 29, 2023, he assured Deltans of his commitment to advancing the state’s development, building on…
Onyeme Mourns former Delta Assembly Lawmaker, Emeke Ukpe
The Acting Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has described the death of a former member of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Emeke Ukpe as a personal…
Black Monday in Delta as kidnappers ambush Police team on rescue mission, killing a DPO, several others
By Austin Ogwuda BARELY eight months after six Police Officers were gruesomly killed at Ohoro forest in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta, precisely on February 23, this…
Sit-at-home: Tension in Anambra as Soludo’s order begins
By Vincent Ujumadu THERE is apprehension in Anambra State following Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s order that the Monday sit-at-home must end on October 15, 2024. During his visit to the commercial…
Ex- Green Eagles Goalkeeper Peter Fregene is dead
By Austin Ogwuda FORMER Green Eagles Goalkeeper, Peter Fregene died on Sunday night after a prolonged illness. Fregene’s close friend and ex-international, Segun Odegbami confirmed the death. Nicknamed ‘Apo’ for…
DELSU VC, Egwunyenga leads delegation to Asagba to felicitate with him on his ascension to the throne
By Daniel Dafe THE Vice Chancellor of the Delta State University (DELSU), Professor Andy Egwunyenga on Saturday led a delegation of Council and Management of the School to pay a…
Tapping sporting young talents has always been my goal hence I built a Sports University, says Senator Nwoko
By Austin Ogwuda “I have always been involved in sports from my Primary school days, through Secondary school, and even in the Universities I attended in England. Sports have always…
World Mental Health Day: Pyrates call for urgent need to take the issue of mental health care seriously
By our Reporter AS part of its activities marking the 2024 World Mental Health Day, the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity), Vito Corsica Deck (Aniocha/Oshimili & Ika) in collaboration…
We don’t need the Dollar but an African Currency to trade among ourselves, says Nwoko
By Austin Ogwuda Distinguished Senator Ned Nwoko, (PDP, Delta North) and the Chairman of the newly established Senate Committee on Reparations and Repatriation has canvassed the need for an African…
The Delta CP’s master stroke that brought notorious kidnappers and armed robbers to their knees in Ughelli/Sapele axis
By Austin Ogwuda Worried by the public outcry over the spate of armed robbery attacks and kidnapping especially, the Commissioner of Police Delta State command CP Olufemi Abaniwonda decided to…
Contractor handling the failed portion of Benin – Onitsha expressway has assured us that it will be ready for use within a week, says Delta acting Gov
By Austin Ogwuda “We asked the constructor some questions and he promised that within a week or there about, the first lane will be remedied and they will move to…
Aftermath of Okuama crisis: Ewu Monarch appoints Palace Secretary, Spokesman, warns against unauthorised representation
By Austin Ogwuda THE Ovie of Ewu-Urhobo in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Clement Ikolo, Urhukpe I, has announced the appointment of Palace Secretary,…
IYASE OF OGWASHI-UKU, HIGH CHIEF NWAUKONI CELEBRATES ANNUAL INEH FESTIVAL
By Austin Ogwuda It was tradition at its best on Thursday as the 13th Iyase (Traditional Prime Minister) of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area, High Chief Mike…
Why I am advocating for projects and programmes to boost living conditions of people beyond my constituency, Delta North – NED NWOKO
By Austin Ogwuda SENATOR Ned Nwoko representing Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate who has raised several Motions and Bills aimed at uplifting living conditions of Nigerians and his…
Delta Assembly loses a former Member
By Austin Ogwuda FORMER Member of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Emeke Ukpe, representing Ndokwa West constituency is dead. The circumstances of his passing were sketchy but a…
Sir Monday Onyeme breaks the jinx, becomes the first Ndokwa man to be Governor
By Austin Ogwuda At last, an Ndokwa indigene from Delta North Senatorial District in Delta State, Nigeria is serving as the acting Governor of the State since it was created…
Delta govt undertakes on-the-spot assessment of collapsed school building, commiserates with victims
By Austin Ogwuda Delta State Commissioner, Bureau for Special Duties, Hon. Etacherure Ejiro Terry on Wednesday led a team comprising the Chairman, State Taskforce on Environment, Chief Godspower Asiuwhu and…
After 26 Years of waiting, woman delivers sextuplets in Delta
By Austin Ogwuda Prophetess Ojiefoh Aidaghese has delivered six babies (sextuplets) at a time in Osubi, Delta State, Nigeria. Prophetess Faith Aidaghese, the mother of the one-month-old sextuplets was full…
‘Sapele Swimming Pool’ saga: How Citizen Uge Kenneth was made a hero for mocking Gov Sheriff Oborevwori
By Austin Ogwuda A Sapele-based Content Creator, Citizen Uge Elo Kenneth recently took to TikTok to show to the whole world the deplorable state of Shell Road in Sapele, Delta…
Why Ndigbo Should Stand United for Anioma State
By Chukwuma Okorama The creation of Anioma State does not only present a practical and strategic solution to the numerical imbalance facing Ndigbo. Looking at the landmass of the existing…
Edo 2024: Heading to tribunal, Ighodalo dashes Okpebholo’s hope for ‘congratulation’
By Ehichioya Ezomon Promising to run an open-door administration – and urging those who lost at the election to bear the pain with fortitude – Okpebholo declared: “If I had…
Failure of Police to file counter affidavit stalls hearing of alleged terrorism case against Legal Adviser, Ogwashi-Uku Development Association, 3 others
By Austin Ogwuda Hearing of the Terrorism charges filed against the National Legal Adviser of Ogwashi-Uku Development Association, Barrister Francis Okolie and three others before the Federal High Court Asaba,…
Asaba Massacre: “We will never forget the atrocities of the Nigerian Army against our people”, says new Asagba of Asaba
By Austin Ogwuda BARELY twenty four hours after he was crowned as the 14th Asagba of Asaba, Delta State, South- South, Nigeria, Obi Epiphany Azinge performed his first public function.…
INC to President Tinubu: Pay special attention to what is happening in Rivers State, lest history will find you complicit
By Austin Ogwuda THE leadership of the Ijaw National Congress ( INC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu “to pay close and special attention to what is going on…
Ned Nwoko leads among 14 outstanding Senators with highest number of presented Bills and Motions
By Austin Ogwuda WITH 25 Bills and 19 Motions moved on the floor of the 10th Nigerian Senate, Senator Ned Nwoko has topped the list of 14 outstanding Senators with…
NYSC Cert saga: I didn’t break any law, says Minister Hannatu Musawa
By Austin Ogwuda THE Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa has insisted that she did not break any law with regards to the controversy surrounding her National…
Outrage as Delta govt justifies the arrest of young man bathing in ‘Sapele Swimming pool’, says he was on suicide mission
By Austin Ogwuda AMIDST the outcry that greeted the arrest of a protesting young man in the viral video, taking his bath in a pool of water artificially created right…
Kidnap of Delta Assembly Lawmaker’s wife, 3 suspects gunned down – POLICE
By Austin Ogwuda THREE members of a kidnap gang involved in the foiled attempt to kidnap Mrs. Christy Uroye, the wife of Delta State Assembly representing Warri South 1 Constituency,…
Why I knelt before the newly crowned Asagba of Asaba – Peter Obi
By Austin Ogwuda FORMER Governor of Anambra State, South East, Nigeria and the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential elections, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed…
Ndudi Elumelu hails new Asaba Monarch, urges him to use his vast connections to move Asaba to another level
By Austin Ogwuda Former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu, OON, has congratulated Obi Prof Epiphany Azinge, SAN, on his formal Installation and Crowning as…