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INEC expresses readiness for Isoko South I by-election in Delta
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed  readiness for conduct of the Isoko South I state constituency by-election in Delta. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Monday Udoh-Tom, disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen, while inspecting the election sensitive materials at the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Asaba on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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Federal Secretariat Asaba on fire
A mysterious fire has engulfed the Federal Secretariat complex along Okpanam Road in Asaba, Delta State capital. The raging inferno seems to have overwhelmed the fire fighting machinery stationed at the complex. Even the State fire service is not up to the task of putting out the fire. Our source learnt that a reinforcement is being mobilized from the fire…
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Victims of Ogbeogonogo market fire get FG’ assistance
Victims of the fire which razed huge swaths of the Ogbeogonogo Market in Asaba, Delta State, have had cause to smile, after the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management & Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, on Wednesday, offered them succour, courtesy of the Federal Government. A statement by the ministry’s Deputy Director (Information) Rhoda Iliya quoted the minister as telling the traders…
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COVID-19: Okowa shuts Asaba Airport, businesses and land borders
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday directed the shutdown of Asaba Airport to traffic for two weeks, starting from 6 p.m. on Friday. Okowa, who gave the directive in his third statewide broadcast on coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, also ordered the closure of the land borders to the state from 6 p.m. on March 29. “This is the third…
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Delta Speakership: Okpe leaders insist on Igbuya
Okpe political leaders Tuesday recognized the contributions of the Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Monday Ovwigho Igbuya to the progress of the kingdom, describing him as a distinguished politician and patriot. Â Igbuya, who is also the national vice-chairman of Urhobo Political Forum, UPF, was re-elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Â …
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INEC declares Dr Okowa as Governor-Elect for Delta gubernatorial elections
It was a sweet victory for the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday. Okowa beat his closest rival in the contest, Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, and Olorogun O’tega Emerhor of the All Progressives Congress, who came third. Okowa polled 724,680 to defeat Ogboru, who scored 130,028 votes, and Emerhor, who…
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Mob Pummel INEC Driver For ‘Diverting’ Election Materials
A driver with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Delta State got mobbed on Thursday for trying to allegedly divert election materials. The angry mob descended on the driver and gave him a savage beating in Asaba for allegedly diverting from the route taken by other drivers. After loading election materials for Ethiope East and West from the Central…
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Uduaghan denies N50b bond allegation
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Sunday denied borrowing another N50 billion from the capital market. The governor, who described the allegation as bizarre, wondered what he would do with such money barely two months to the terminal date of his administration. In a statement routed through his Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, in Asaba on Sunday, Governor…
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Jonathan in Delta, Assures Nigerians of Peace and Security
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that his administration would not compromise the restoration of peace and security in all parts of the country. Dr Jonathan, accompanied by the Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and other prominent Nigerians, gave the assurance Friday (27/02/15) during a courtesy visit to the Asagba of Asaba, HRM Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien at…
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Uduaghan assures of mass turn out for Jonathan in Asaba tommorrow
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan Tuesday assured of mass turnout to welcome President Goodluck Jonathan for the State’s presidential rally holding in Asaba today (Wednesday Feb. 4). Fielding questions from journalists shortly after inspecting venue of the rally, the Governor said all arrangements have been concluded for a successful Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential rally. He disclosed that adequate…
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