A landmark peace settlement has been brokered by Delta State Government through the Special Adviser to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution, Chief Edwin Uzor JP, as Aladja and Isaba communities sign pact to end 43 months feud. Taking turns to visit both communities in Udu and …
Read More »Xenophobia: South Africa President sends envoy to Nigerian and other Africa Countries
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa had send three special envoy to Nigeria and six others African countries to deliver messages of pan-African unity and solidarity following xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the Presidency said on Sunday. The special envoys will deliver a message from Ramaphosa regarding the incidents …
Read More »Trouble in PDP: Mass defection looms after tribunal verdict
There is trouble in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party following former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s loss at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. The development, it was gathered, has made some members of Board of Trustees of the PDP to travel to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday (today) …
Read More »SA President Ramaphosa booed at Mugabe’s funeral, apologises to Africans
IT was all jeers for President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa yesterday in Harare, Zimbabwe, when he joined other African leaders to pay tribute to Zimbabwe’s founding president, Robert Mugabe. The former Zimbabwean President had died on September 6, 2019 at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. The crowd booed him as he …
Read More »2019 first half year allocation report: Delta State leads states that got the highest allocation – NEITI
Despite the regular tears being shed by Governor Okowa of Delta State that the State is broke and cannot fund some of its strategic projects and create more employment for its citizens, an analysis of FAAC disbursements for the first half year 2019, ending in June showed that the three …
Read More »DESOPADEC, Heritage Oil coy meet over development of host communities
Barely one week after it met with SEPLAT Oil Company Limited to discuss the development of host communities, the executive of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has also met with the management of another oil giant operating in Delta State, Heritage Oil Company Ltd at its …
Read More »Fishes worth millions of naira lost in Delta flood
Fish farmers in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Council Area of Delta State are counting their losses,which run into millions of naira following recent flood that affected their fish farms. President General of Uvwie Kingdom, Chief Austin Ukuwrere told newsmen that fishes in over 3,000 ponds were carried away by the …
Read More »2019 Bet9ja Royal Cup: Disciplinary Sub Committee Swings into Action
The Disciplinary Sub Committee for the 2019 Bet9ja Royal Cup have banned two players from the competition. The two players, Bernard Ebadan and Epini, were axed from the grassroot tournament for double registration. Ebadan was registered for the competition to play with Excellent FC and at the same time as …
Read More »22,000 Nigerians Missing in North-east, Says Red Cross
Nearly 22,000 Nigerians have been reported missing in the North-east region due to a decade of conflict in the area, according to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer. Maurer told reporters Thursday in Lagos that the figure is the highest number of missing …
Read More »E.K. Speaks Out over alleged Burning of Mosque in Kiagbodo
is uneasy calm at Kiagbodo community, the hometown of elder statesmen, Senator Edwin Clark, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, over an attempt by an indigene, Mallam Abubakar Korokeme, to build a mosque in the predominantly Christian community. The matter has been simmering for some time until last …
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