Tag: Delta
19th NSF: Delta dazing other states, win 7 gold medals on Day 2
Team Delta to the 19th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abuja on Sunday won seven gold medals while Balyesa clinched…
INEC begins voter register clean-up in Delta
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that it has started the clean-up of the voter register so as to ensure…
Delta proposes N367bn budget estimate for 2019 fiscal year
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi OKowa on Wednesday presented a budget estimate of N367,095,083.451, for the 2019 fiscal year,…
Agency rescues 836 human trafficking victims
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Thursday said that 836 out of the 13,285…
Delta appoints 7 commissioners, council chairmen into Flood Management Committee
The Delta Government has appointed seven commissioners and chairmen of the 16 flood-impacted Local Government Areas in the state members…
Lassa Fever kills woman in Delta
The Delta Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of a woman who allegedly manifested symptoms of Lassa fever virus.
Gunmen kidnap Catholic Priest in Delta
The Delta Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Rev. Father Christopher Ogaga, a Catholic Priest in Aragba, Oviri-Okpe, Okpe…
1 killed, many injured as church building collapses during service
One person was killed and many others sustained various degrees of injuries following the collapse of St. Paul’s Catholic Church…
Gunmen kill ex-councilor in Delta
Gunmen on Tuesday shot dead, a former councilor in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, Mr Blessing Oguori.
Tourism: Delta State to hold two-day food festival
The Delta Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Emmanuel Chinye, says the state will hold a two-day food festival in…
African Athletics Championships: Delta announces roads closure
The Delta Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Monday announced roads closure and traffic diversions from Aug.…
Edo, Delta must not shed blood over boundary dispute – Dep. Govs
The Deputy Governors of Edo and Delta States have said that residents of communities along boundaries of the two states…
73-yr-old man remanded over alleged rape of teenager
A Warri South Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 73-year-old man, Joseph Umuluku, over alleged rape.
2019: PDP leaders oppose “politics of endorsement”
Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in Delta have kicked against the politics of endorsement in the selection of candidates…
Eid-el-Fitr: AIG orders beef up of security in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa
Rasheed Akintunde, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Benin, has directed that security be beefed up across commands in…
Navy hands over vessel, 9 suspects to EFCC
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA on Wednesday handed over a vessel with more than 386,000 litres of stolen crude…
Delta Govt. creates jobs for additional 1450 youths, women
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said on Tuesday that the state government provided jobs for 1,450 youths and women in…
Delta budgets N300m as car loans for legal officers
The Delta State Government has disclosed that it made a budgetary provision of N300 million as car loans to lawyers…
LG in Delta presents N1.8 billion budget for 2018
Mr Chuks Oseme, Chairman, Aniocha North Local Government Council, Delta, has presented a budget estimate of N1.8 billion to the…
President Buhari Set To Establish Modular Refineries
The Federal Government is making progress on the establishment of modular refineries with the arrival of one set of package…
Delta Govt approves revamping of Bendel Steel, Glass industries
Delta Government on Wednesday approved the revamping of some of the ailing industries to create jobs for its teaming unemployed…
Delta Govt harmonises taxes to boost revenue
Chief David Edevbie, the Delta Commissioner for Finance, says the state’s decision to harmonise taxes and reduce tax consultants is…
Delta generates N51.89 billion revenue in 2017
Delta government on Thursday said it realised N51.89 billion as internal generated revenue (IGR) in 2017, representing 18 per cent…
2019 election: INEC solicits political parties, stakeholders support
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Delta has solicited the support and cooperation of the various political parties in…
Fuel scarcity: 28 petrol stations sealed in Delta
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office has sealed 28 additional petrol stations in the last nine days…
Gas explosion: Delta Communities appeal to FG for rescue
Leaders of communities affected by the gas explosion in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta have appealed…
Delta to save N12.3bn from disengagement of fraudulent workers
The Delta State Government has said that it hoped to recover N12.319 billion from public servants who fraudulently falsified their…
Video: Pastor Matchmakes Youths For Marriage During Service
Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, invited single men and women to the altar and ordered them…
3 Die During Church Deliverance Service
The Police in Delta, have confirmed that three worshippers died during deliverance service at a Church located in the outskirt…
7147 N-Power volunteers engaged in Delta
No fewer than 7,149 N-Power volunteers were engaged in Delta in 2016, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, the Senior Special Assistant to…