Insecurity: Police need decentralised funding, more training —Security expert
The Advisor, Police Programme, GIZ, Africa and security expert, Idris Bawa, has said that the police need adequate, decentralised funding…
Environmentalist laments gas flaring in N’Delta region
An environmentalist, Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, has lamented the negative impact of persistent gas flaring in the Niger Delta region of…
Groups query delay in NDDC board inauguration
Community Development Committee of Oil and Gas Producing Areas of the Niger Delta (CDCOGPAND) and Oil Mineral Producing Communities Traditional…
PIA implementation: Chevron charges IRDC, stakeholders
The community engagement representative of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Mr. Femi Abode, has urged all stakeholders to be part of…
Human trafficking: NAPTIP takes campaign to streets, warns N’Deltans
The Edo State capital, Benin city was agog recently as scores of residents took to the main streets to sensitise…
Ughelli residents sensitised on danger of illegal migration
Residents of Ughelli kingdom have been urged to beware and steer clear of human trafficking and illegal migration. The Community…
Bonny National Grammar School wins NLNG science quiz competition
Bonny National Grammar School (BNGS), has emerged winners in the final of the secondary schools category of the Nigeria LNG…
Protesting Isoko community adamant, blocks Agip’s access road
Indigenes of Idheze community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, have vowed to continue with their protest…
Ex-agitators condemn N10bn fraud allegation against amnesty boss
A coallition of Niger Delta ex-agitators in the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Phase 2, Bayelsa State chapter, has described the…
Delta NSCDC arrsests 42, convicts eight
Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said that no fewer than eight suspects…
Varsity seeks NDDC, TETFund support on new library
THE Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Professor Florence Obi, has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund…
2023: Urhobo monarchs offer prayers for Omo-Agege
Traditional rulers in Urhobo land in Delta State, have offered royal blessings to the Deputy Senate President and the Delta…
Delta Assembly begins review of 1999 Constitution
The Delta State House of Assembly on Monday commenced legislative action on the review of the 1999 Constitution’s Fifth Alteration…
No celebration of any kind until the final burial rites of Okere Urhobo, says Council’s spokesman
Okere-Urhobo kingdom was thrown into a state of mourning as the Otota (traditional spokesman) of the kingdom, High Chief Gold…
Bayelsa govt disburses N126m grant to 630 SMEs operators
The Bayelsa State government on Monday disbursed a cash grant of N126 million to 630 Small and Medium Scale Enterprises…
Health workers celebrate week in Sapele
Health workers in Sapele, Delta State, celebrate Health Week at Ebenezer Baptist Church, with the theme ‘Caring nurses’, with emphasis…
DESOPADEC trains 168 in skills acquisition
About 168 people have graduated in the second batch of the vocational skills acquisition programme of the Delta State Oil…
Edo govt partners Carter Centre against river blindness, elephantiasis
DUE to the rising cases of endemic Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) like Onchocerciasis, Soil-transmitted helminths and Lymphatic Filariasis in eight…
Delta inaugurates Human Capital Development Council for data collection
Delta State deputy governor, Kingsley Otuaro, has inaugurated the Technical Working Committee of the Delta State Human Capital Development Council,…
Pass Water Resources Bill, be ready for resurgence of militancy in N/Delta, N/Assembly told
The National Assembly has been advised to perish the thought of reintroducing Water Resources Bill or be ready for a…
