Tag: Delta State
Workers Shut Agip Facility
Protesting workers of multi-billion Kwale/Okpai Gas Plant in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, Tuesday paralysed…
Workers Shut Agip Facility In Delta
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Protesting workers of multi-billion Kwale/Okpai Gas Plant in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State Tuesday paralyzed…
Overland Airways Increases Flights To Ibadan, Asaba
Overland Airways, Nigeria’s commercial airline with the smallest aircraft has increased its flight frequencies from the country’s hinterland to Nigeria’s…
Vigilante boss, others arrested for kidnapping In Delta
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba The Nigerian police command in Delta State has paraded three members of a vigilante group for allegedly kidnapping…
Isoko Nation Joins APC
Isoko Political Front (IPF), the umbrella body of Isoko Progressive Forces in Delta State has formally pitched its tent with…
Delta state shuts 662 illegal schools
Nigeria’s Delta state government has ordered the closure of 662 private schools operating illegally in the state. The Commissioner for…
Robbery gang’s informant house for demolition
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Police authorities in Nigeria’s Delta state said they would demolish the home of a man accused of being…
2 Convicts escape from Nigerian court
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba There was commotion at a Delta State High Court, Asaba, Monday, following the escape of two condemned criminals,…
Life Jail For Rapists, Robbers
An Ughelli High Court in Delta State, south south Nigeria, has sentenced two men, Ernest Steve, 30, and Jerry Godwin,…
Why Governor Uduaghan Made His Development Template Simple
Chike Ogeah, Delta Commissioner for Information, explains how Governor Uduaghan has delivered democracy dividends to Deltans How would you score…
Delta Beyond Oil Is Our Goal
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State spoke with representatives of media houses during the capital market committee retreat held in…
Ogboru faces contempt charge
The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Tuesday commenced contempt proceedings against a former Delta governorship aspirant, Great Ogboru,…
Ex-governor Ibori fails to overturn sentence
Former Governor of Nigeria’s oil rich Delta State, Chief James Ibori has failed in his bid to reduce his prison…
Addressing The Menace Of Child Molestation And Rape
By Akunna Ejim A seven-year-old child, living with her aunt in Delta state, was repeatedly molested and raped by a…
Couple Remanded In Prison For Selling Their Twins
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A Nigerian couple who sold their baby twins last week have been remanded in prisons custody by an…
I Want To Rescue Delta From Tyrants —Keyamo
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo, who recently announced his plans to contest in the forthcoming governorship election…
Death penalty for kidnappers in Delta, Governor vetoed
The House of Assembly of Nigeria’s southern state of Delta, once notorious for being the axis of kidnappers, on Wednesday…
Suspected Kidnappers Of Iweala’s Mom Paraded
The Lagos State Police Command Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the mother of the Coordinating Minister and Minister of Finance,…
Police yet to confirm Nwike’s murder
The Nigerian police in Delta state on Friday confirmed the recovery of three corpses along the Benin-Onitsha Expressway in Agbor,…
Justus Esiri Buried
The body of the late veteran actor, Justus Esiri, was buried today in his hometown, Abraka, Delta State. The late…
Man jailed 20 years for patricide
JETHRO IBILEKE/Warri A Nigerian Court in Delta State, has sentenced a 20 year-old man Opukeme George to 25 years in…
Nigeria jails Kidnapper 27 years
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A Nigerian high court has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Obiora Igboanugo to 27 years imprisonment, for kidnapping. But…
Poll crisis hits Ohaneze Ndigbo
Trouble appears to be brewing in Ohaneze Ndigbo, the socio-political organisation of Nigeria’s Igbo ethnic group, following last Saturday’s election…
Delta donates 30 patrol cars to police
Nigeria’s Delta State with the notoriety of being the nest of kidnappers is determined turn a new chapter, as a…
Pastor Charged Over Illegal Banking
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba Delta State of Nigeria has reserved judgment till 7 January, 2013 in the…
Tricycle Operators Hail Okada Ban In Delta
Tricycle operators in Delta State have commended the state government for introducing the tricycle and hailed the ban on commercial…
Bank Managers Face Criminal Trial
An Asaba high court in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, has adjourned till next year for continuation, the trial of three…
Okonjo: Army Release 63 Suspects
The 63 suspects arrested last Saturday at Osanogoho, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, in connection with the…
Kidnapping: Fortify Your Palaces
The Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, on Thursday advised monarchs to engage palace guards to fortify…
Three Bank Managers Face Criminal Trial
An Asaba high court in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, has adjourned till next year for continuation, the trial of three…