Tag: Delta State
Frantic Search For Okonjo-Iweala’s Mum
The police in Delta State have launched a frantic search for Professor Kamene Okonjo, the 82-year old mother of the…
A Governor, Three Ministers And Their Burden
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, created a media firestorm last week when…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother kidnapped
Emerging reports said Professor Kamene Okonjo, the mother of Nigeria’s finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been kidnapped by armed men.…
Delta state closes camps for flood victims
Nigeria’s Delta state government has closed all camps opened to cater for the recent flood-ravaged victims in the state, Dr…
Nigerian Sports Festival: Round Up
Ondo female basketball team through to q/finals The Team Ondo female basketball team on Saturday secured a place in the…
National Sports Festival: Team Delta Eye Football Gold
Chief Coach of Delta State male football team, Ikpahwore Kenneth has stated that their aim is to win the gold…
Governor Uduaghan budgets $2.7 billion for 2013
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor of Nigeria’s oil rich Delta state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has presented a budget of N398.31 billion, about…
Babalakin slammed with N2b money laundering charge
Henry Ojelu/Judiciary correspondent Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today filed a 20 count-charge against Dr. Wale Babalakin, a…
Hot Noodle Woman charged with assaulting boyfriend
A 35-year-old Nigerian woman, Ejima Okwusindi, who assaulted her boy friend by bathing him with hot ‘indomie’ noodle was on…
Suspects Sell BB Phone N3,000 To Fuel Stolen Car
In order to escape arrest, a gang of three armed robbers who were heading for Lagos from Asaba, Delta State,…
Police Arrest Murder Suspect, Doctor In Delta
The police in Delta on Monday said they arrested a 20-year old murder suspect at Ogume Community in the Ndokwa…
Professor Eghagha’s Kidnap
The abduction of Professor Hope Eghagha, poet, playwright, newspaper columnist and Commissioner for Higher Education, in Delta by some unidentified…
3 babies delivered at camps for flood victims
No fewer than three births were recorded at the flood victims’ camps located in Asaba, capital of Delta state, an…
Delta Relief
I was in the United States of America when I saw some scary pictures sent to my BlackBerry phone. These…
Delta State: Axis of Kidnappers
Delta is ill-reputed as the state with the highest concentration of kidnappers per square kilometre. But why? He was on…
Kidnapping Not Rampant In Delta State
Paul Odili, Manager, Communication/Adviser to Governor Uduaghan, told JETHRO IBILEKE that kidnapping is not on the rise in Delta state.…
Cynthia, Facebook tragic girl finally laid to rest
The remains of the late Cynthia Osokogu, the Facebook tragic girl, were committed to earth on Friday at Owa Ekei,…
Delta Govt. weighed down by debt, Suspends New Contracts
Local contractors handling road construction projects in Delta State are being owed contract money running into hundreds of millions of…
Traditional Ruler Drowns
A traditional ruler in Ndokwa area of Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, has reportedly drowned during evacuation from his domain. His…
Whereabouts Of Kidnapped Commissioner Unknown
About 48 hours after Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha was abducted by unidentified gunmen, his whereabouts…
Uduaghan launches tricycles for urban transport
Nigeria’s Delta state government has inaugurated its first set of 1,250 tricycles, as part of the plan to phase out…
Flood warning for 3 Nigerian states
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday predicted that the ongoing flood, affecting some parts of Kogi State is…
Agbor: A place where a motor cycle can buy you love
Simon Ateba/Agbor After chasing his sweetheart unsuccessfully for close to two years, Francis decided to woo her with what is…
Police Seize Cynthia’s Corpse In Lagos
The police in Lagos state, western Nigeria refused to release the corpse of Cynthia Osokogu, the Facebook girl murdered by…
Cynthia For Burial Tomorrow
Miss Cynthia Osokogu, the victim of an Internet dating transaction, is to be buried tomorrow at Bebe, Ovia Agbor in…
Former Miss Nigeria, Helen Is Dead
Former Miss Nigeria Helen Anyamelune is dead. Aged 75, Anyamelune who reigned as Miss Nigeria in 1958, died in her…
Nigerian judge abducted in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Justice Marcel Okoh of the High Court of the oil-rich Delta State was reportedly abducted by suspected kidnappers…
Serial kidnapping suspects nabbed in Delta
Five suspects, including a 20-year-old woman, have been arrested by Nigeria’s Delta state Command of the State Security Service (SSS)…
Shot Delta state top bureaucrat moved out of state
Mr Okey Ofili, the Head of Service of Delta state, south south Nigeria, who was shot Sunday by suspected kidnappers…
Nursing mum, 4 bankers charged with fraud
Justice C. O. Ogisi of the Delta State High Court, Asaba has ordered that five suspected fraudsters be remanded in…