Dele Ogunyemi
Delta LG chair leads health walk to mark Democracy Day
The Chairman of Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, Bright Abeke, on Thursday, led residents, political leaders, and community members on a health walk around the metropolis. The health walk ...
13th June 2025
June 12: Elumelu urges Nigerians to maintain faith in democracy
The immediate past Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, has urged Nigerians to continue to have faith in the country’s democratic system, as the nation celebrates Democrac...
12th June 2025
Land tussle: Delta group demands probe of alleged police complicity
A human rights group, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to investigate alleged complicity of some operatives of the Nigerian...
12th June 2025
N’Delta activists honoured with NSE award
The Nigerian Society of Engineers Warri branch has presented award to two prominent Niger Delta activists for their relentless fight for environmental preservation in the region. The duo of Amb. Shedr...
12th June 2025
Delta Central APC adopts Tinubu, Oborevwori for 2027
The All Progressives Congress in Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State has adopted President Bola Tinubu and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as their sole candidates for the presidential and go...
10th June 2025
Massive police deployment on Delta communities to stem kidnapping – CP
The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered massive deployment of tactical teams to the Abraka community and environs in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state...
9th June 2025
N’Delta monarch alleges plot to disorganise pipeline security
The traditional ruler of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, King Obukowho Monday Whiskey, Udurhie 1, said he has uncovered a sinister plot by some oil bunkerers to d...
5th June 2025
Firm reaffirms commitment to peace in N’Delta
The management Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting peace and development in the Niger Delta region. It therefore pledged continued collaboration with s...
5th June 2025
Sallah: Delta CP orders police deployment, vows to tackle crime
As Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir from Friday, June 6, to Saturday, June 7, 2025, Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered a substantial deployment of personne...
4th June 2025
Delta councillor dies playing football
The Councillor representing Evwreni Ward 8 in the legislative arm of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Obukoadata Aghoghofia, has reportedly slumped and died while playing football i...
4th June 2025
Sallah holidays: Delta postpones 2025 BECE
Delta State Government has announced a new date for commencement of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination, earlier scheduled to begin from June 9 to June 13 for both public and private seco...
3rd June 2025
Police kill three suspected kidnappers in Delta
Three suspected kidnappers were killed in a shootout with operatives from the CP-Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) of the Delta State Police Command. The police team, led by ASP Robinson Julius and dep...
30th May 2025
Delta monarch dies at 103
The traditional ruler of Umeh Kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty Ambrose Odiri Owhe I, has died at the age of 103, having reigned over the kingdom for 50 years. T...
29th May 2025
Delta monarch demands govt’s intervention over herdsmen killings
The traditional ruler of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty King Monday Arthur Whiskey, Udurhie I, has called on both the Federal and Delta and State gov...
29th May 2025
Delta farmers unveil housing estate, mobile app for members
The Management of Divine Help Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Delta State has unveiled a housing estate scheme and a mobile app for it members. The scheme qualifies all its registered memb...
29th May 2025
INEC’s ward delineation in Warri for justice, equity – Delta govt
The Delta State Government has affirmed that the ward delineation exercise recently carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the three Local Government Areas constituting Warri ...
29th May 2025
Navy destroys eight illegal refining sites in N'Delta creeks
Personnel of the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base Escravos, have deactivated eight illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta creeks in a sustained effort to enhance Nigeria’s daily crude oil ou...
27th May 2025
Police raid kidnappers' hideout in Delta, recover rifles
A suspected kidnapper is in police net in Asaba, Delta State capital just as operatives of the State Command have recovered from the syndicate hideouts assorted dangerous firearms including two AK-47 ...
26th May 2025
No automatic tickets for PDP defectors in Delta — APC chieftain
A leader of All Progressives Congress in Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State, Ayirimi Emami, has said that “there was no political agreement to automatic ticket for Peoples Democratic Part...
25th May 2025
'We’re losing lives,' Delta community cries out over abandoned hospital
Residents of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) in the Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have blamed the incessant deaths of pregnant women and children in the locality on the abandoned cottage hospi...
22nd May 2025
Niger Delta group boosts cake supply chains
A Niger Delta based cake delivery outfit under the aegis of Yepefere has embarked on empowerment of bakers across Nigeria through its rising chains of supply anchored on innovation, trust and flexible...
22nd May 2025
Delta set to hold placement exams
Delta State Cognitive/Placement Examination will hold on Saturday, May 24, 2025. The examination is to be held simultaneously across the State. This was contained in a statement signed by the State Co...
22nd May 2025
Delta interstate kidnap syndicate dismantled, guns recovered
Operatives of the CP-Special Assignment Team (otherwise known as CP-SAT) of the Delta State Police Command have successfully dismantled a notorious interstate kidnap syndicate that had been operating ...
21st May 2025
Police arrest notorious interstate kidnap syndicate, recover arms in Delta
Operatives of the CP-Special Assignment Team of the Delta State Police Command have successfully dismantled a notorious interstate kidnap syndicate that has been operating in Delta, Rivers, Enugu, and...
20th May 2025
2027: APC Delta lawmaker hosts PDP defectors, declares Oborevwori sole gov candidate
The lawmaker representing Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas on Saturday hosted former members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the locality that ...
18th May 2025
NMDPRA laments frequent accidents in petroleum transport
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority on Thursday expressed the Federal Government’s worry over incessant Truck-In-Transit Accidents, but assured that the federal ...
15th May 2025
Agriculture key to Nigeria's progress - Oluremi Tinubu
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday, reiterated the crucial role of agriculture in achieving food security, creating employment, and driving economic growth. This is just as s...
15th May 2025
Group partners US institute for child rights summit
A group under the aegis of Operation Save Nigerian Children and the United States Institute for Diplomacy and Human Rights have intered into partnership to organise a child rights summit for youths in...
15th May 2025
Delta microfinance bank doles out solar generators to loyal customers
A Delta based financial institution, AMJU Unique Microfinance Bank, on Monday distributed assorted solar generators to its loyal customers saying “they have been keeping the bank going for its 15 ye...
15th May 2025
Tinubu, Akpabio, govs pay Clark final respect
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, led a retinue of dignitaries to Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, to pay the last respect to the late elder statesman and Pan Delta Forum leader...
14th May 2025
Abductors collect N5m, food items before releasing Delta victim
Kidnappers suspected to be killer Fulani herdsmen have reportedly collected a sum of N5m ransom payment from the family of an abducted victim, Mr Azubuike Bright, before he was left off the hook. Brig...
13th May 2025
