Tag: Delta State
38 dead principals, others on Delta State payroll
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state on Friday said that 38 dead principals of schools and 15 retired teachers were…
Anglican priest, 12 others die in Delta auto crash
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Thirteen persons, including a priest of the Anglican Church, Rev. Stanley Ejiniwe, lost their lives in a multiple…
Okowa gets approval to take N500m loan
Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday approved Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s request to borrow N500 million from Fidelity Bank Plc to…
Okowa declares May 29 ‘prayer and worship’ day
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt okowa Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has declared May 29 as an annual day for ‘prayer…
Lassa fever: Delta State fumigates major markets
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt AS part of its proactive measures against the spread of Lassa fever in the state, the Delta…
BREAKING: James Ibori released from UK prison, re-arrested
Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is…
Pipeline Sabotage: Tompolo’s brother sets up probe panel
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt George Ekpemupolo, the brother to ex-Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and Chairman Warri South West Local…
Delta to begin building 10,000 houses for civil servants
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Determined to assist civil servants in the state to own buildings of their own, the Delta state government…
Delta produces 2.2 million metric tones of cassava annually
okowa Chief Austin Chikezie, Delta Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, has said that the state produces an average of…
CAN urges security agents to address kidnapping
The Delta Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on security agencies to address the issue of…
LG boss condemns abduction of Delta monarch
Itiako Ikpokpo, Chairman, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta, has condemned the abduction of Josiah Aghaza the Odio-Ologbo of…
Okowa mourns as kidnappers murder King Ofulue III
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has commiserated with the families of the late monarch of Ubulu-Uku,…
Security operatives will not attack riverine communities – Okowa assures
Jethro Ibileke/Warri Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state, has assured that security operatives would not attack communities in the creeks…
Lassa fever confirmed in Delta State
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state has joined the league of states currently battling the dreaded hemorrhagic disease, Lassa fever, following…
Okowa condemns attack on oil&gas facilities, reads riot act to perpetrators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta state governor has condemned in strongest terms, the recent attacks on the oil and…