Tag: Delta
SHELL donates projects to Nigeria’s Maritime University
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria last week donated a 220-capacity set of auditoriums, eight lecture rooms, one e-classroom and 14 staff offices to...
End poverty, Okowa urges political appointees
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged political appointees to be repository of ideas that will end poverty and social vices in the country.
The...
New COVID-19 variant, Delta, hits Nigeria
A new COVID-19 variant known as SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2 has been discovered in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease...
Delta APC Vice Chairman resigns, denounces party membership
The Vice-Chairman, Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Caretaker Committee, Chief George Okafor has resigned.
He also denounced his membership of the...
Gunmen attack Umutu police station in Delta, kill 2 officers
Confirmed reports say armed men in their numbers attacked Umutu police station, in Delta state, in the early hours of today May 28, 2021.
According...
Ibori Loot: Accountant General clarifies stance, says money not yet returned...
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has said that the 4.2 million pounds Ibori loot has not been returned to Delta State,...
Nigeria Government Returns £4.2m Ibori Loot to Delta State
The Nigeria Government has finally returned the £4.2 million looted funds by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, to the state.
Recall that...
Gov. Okowa dissolves cabinet, sack aides
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday dissolved the State Executive Council, sacked the Secretary to the State Government, his Chief of Staff, Special Advisers...
Minimum wage: Stop hunt for cheap publicity, PDP counsels APC
The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to desist from...
COVID-19: Delta PDP empathises with Okowa, family
The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has empathised with the Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife Dame...
Governor Okowa, wife tests positive for COVID-19
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and wife, Edith, have tested positive for Coronavirus disease. The governor disclosed Wednesday morning in his official twitter...
COVID-19: NDDC distributes medical, relief materials in Delta
As parts of efforts to combat the ravaging CoronaVirus pandemic and its attendant hunger, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Friday kicked off...
PDP Suspends Delta Lawmaker, Friday Osanebi
The State Working Committee of the Delta State Chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) says it has suspended Hon. Friday Osanebi, the member...
COVID-19: Patient goes missing from facility in Delta
The Delta State government has announced that a Coronavirus patient in one of its treatment facilities in the state has escaped.
The state Commissioner for...
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,...
APC: A Party Driven By Squalid, Riotous Life, And A Diabolical...
The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is once again compelled to set the records straight and educate the All Progressives Congress (APC) in...
UK renews bid to seize £117m Ibori loot
A British prosecutor on Thursday launched a fresh attempt to confiscate millions of pounds stolen by a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori,...
