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Hundreds of women on Wednesday morning marched to the Government House in Port Harcourt, protesting the killing of young women in hotels in Rivers State. The women, who were clad in black attire, called for an end to the ugly trend. They also stated that everybody, including prostitutes, deserve the …

The Executive chairman, Udu Local Government Area Council, Jite Brown, has denied declaring a Dusk-to-Dawn curfew in some communities in the Local Government Area,saying that they only held a security meeting with stakeholders to draw up a road map to quell the rising level of insecurity in some communities in …

Accompanied by the Executive Director of Projects, Hon Daniel Mayuku, Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Hon John Nani, Executive Director Statistics, Shedrack Agedigha and Hon Leonard Anoka, amongst others, the managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Askia Ogieh, commissioned a 6-classroom block with …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Charles Idahosa, on Tuesday warned that any attempt by the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to circumvent the 2020 re-election bid of Governor Godwin Obaseki may spell doom for the APC in Edo State and the South- South region. Idahosa who was a …

Crisis is brewing in the family of the late king of Ogwashi-Uku, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, following the unauthorised announcement of the death of the town’s 91-year-old monarch, Obi Chukuka Okonjo, and subsequently naming of a successor allegedly by his daughter and …

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has allegedly refused to recognise workers employed by Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu in March this year, a situation that has caused unease among civil servants in the state. It was alleged that Ayade claimed not to have authorised the employment of about 34 …

The Chairman of the Delta State Wrestling Association, Preye Ekpebide, on Sunday commended his athletes for their performance at the ongoing 5th National Youth Games (NYG) in Ilorin. His commendation has come in spite of the athletes’ failure to win gold medals at the event. Ekpebide told newsmen that the …

The chairman, Police Service Commission, Muslim Smith, and other management staff of the Police Service Commission, have been denied access into their offices for the past one week in a protest against the alleged hijack of the recruitment of 10,000 constables by the Nigeria Police Force. The inability of the …

Over 1,000 former members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State have dumped the party for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors who were officially received into the APC at the weekend inside the Sapele LGA secretariat of the APC were …

President Buhari at the maiden Federal Executive Council meeting of his renewed mandate, approved contracts for roads across Nigeria, worth over N182bn, Presidency has said. According to the information on the Instagram handle of a presidential aide, Buhari Sallau, the following are the approved road projects: 1. Lagos-Badagry expressroad to …