Tag: Delta State
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…
Delta traditional rulers to earn 3% royalties from oil coys
Jethro Ibileke/Warri Modalities have been put in place for the disbursement of three per cent oil mining lease (OML 30)…
Okowa says Nigeria needs Godly leaders for economic recovery
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that Nigeria will get speedy economic recovery when the…
Delta Speaker lists 2015 achievements
The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya on Thursday reminisced on the first seven…
Appeal Court upholds Okowa’s election
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has survived formidable challenges to his position into the new year, with the rulings…
Manager faces trial over theft of employer’s SUV
Paul Iyoghojie Edeh Joshua, 41, a marketing manager with Gladys Felix Service Nigeria Limited, a car sales firm at Agbor,…
Fuel scarcity bites harder in Auchi, hits N180 per litre
Scarcity of petrol has continued to bite harder in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo as the price…
Okowa inaugurates 69-man security committee
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba In pursuant of his commitment to ensuring a peaceful atmosphere across the state, Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa,…
Dwindling Oil Price: Okowa canvasses urgent steps to cushion effects
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba As the economy continues to bite harder occasioned by the free fall of oil prices in the international…
Delta Steel Company to commence operation in 2016 – Okowa
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said the multi-billion naira Delta Steel Company, Ovwian-Aladja, would commence full…
Okowa sets up committee to review multi-billion naira tourism park
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Governor Ifeayin Okowa of Delta State has set up a seven-man committee to review the execution of the…
Delta Speaker hails tribunal judgement
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Ovwigho Igbuya on Monday congratulated Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for his victory…
3 bank robbery suspects shot dead in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three suspected bank robbers were last Friday shot dead in Warri by operatives of Delta State Police Command.…
Stipends: Leprosy inmates in Delta barricade Govt House
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Inmates of the Leprosy Rehabilitation Camp in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State Monday stormed…
Militants attack Nigerian flow station, kill guard – Shell
Shell Nigeria says armed militants attacked an oil flow station in the southern Delta and killed a guard, amid fears…
Provide credit facilities to farmers, Okowa urges financial institutions
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has challenged financial institutions to introduce robust credit policies on agriculture with…
Over 8000 ghost students discovered in Delta bursary scheme
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The verification and biometric exercise of students of Delta State origin benefiting from the State Students Assistance (Bursary)…
Flood kills boy, 11, in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba An 11-year-old boy, names withheld, who lost his life in a ravaging flood that submerged Okpai community in…