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Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has appointed the immediate past commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Hon. Chiedu Ebie as Secretary to State Government (SSG). The governor also appointed the immediate past Commissioner for Finance, David Edevbie, as Chief of Staff. In a statement signed by the Permanent …

A Delta State High Court sitting in Ughelli has sentenced a 40-year-old farmer, Alex Obigho, to death by hanging for the murder of the steward and cook of the traditional ruler of Kiagbodo community. The court presided over by Justice A. O. Akpovi, while delivering the judgment on Thursday, found …

A senior employee of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Chukwudi John, has been killed by unknown gunmen at Ogwashi-Uku in the Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state barely a month after a contract staff of the institution, Prince Chukwuedo, was killed on the school premises. John was reportedly …

A man from Liokom village in the Wanihem community, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, was on Wednesday, May 29, allegedly buried alive by angry villagers for beheading his elder brother. The man was said to have been buried in the same grave with his slain brother. It …

A single mother of three children, Lovett Ighorodhe, slumped and died during the Delta State Governor Annual Elders’ Tournament Walk tagged: ‘Walk to Health’ in Asaba on Monday. The 10-kilometre walk that was strictly for Delta residents between the ages of 55 and 70 without gender discrimination was one of …

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, restored Senator Peter Nwaoboshi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, voided the judgment of the Federal High Court in …

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Thursday re-appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Ekerete Udoh, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor made this known in a statement in Uyo. He said that the SSG would be sworn in Thursday, May 30, at …

Anti-corruption advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sued Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, over alleged poor funding of primary education in his state. In the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, the group urged the court to compel Okowa “to explain the disparity between budgetary …

Some elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have opposed purported subtle moves to consider Godswill Akpabio for a ministerial appointment. Their protestation is coming barely 48 hours to the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office on May 29, 2019. Speaking …

Gunmen on Sunday at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, abducted the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University. Sources in the community told the Newsmen that the incident occurred early on Sunday and that the gunmen fired many shots to announce their arrival. The gunmen reportedly entered …