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,…
Lions Club inaugurates eye clinic in Warri hospital
The need for well-to-do individuals and organisations to partner with government in carrying out development activities and projects for the…
NOSDRA confirms well leakage at Eroto’s OML 18
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), has confirmed an oil wellhead leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML)…
Oghara residents decry illegal parking of trucks on highway
residents of Oghara in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, have called on the state government and relevant…
Edo govt hands over new magistrate court complex
To facilitate quick dispensation of justice, Edo State government has handed over a newly-completed and furnished ultramodern twin magistrate court…
MOSIEND demands freedom for 159 inmates granted state pardon
The Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), has described the refusal of the…
‘Why I donated library, resource centre to school in Bayelsa’
AN environmental activist, Mr. Nnimmo Bassey, has donated a library to St. Mary’s Secondary School, Ikot Nseyen, Ikono Local Government…
Never again should we clash over our differences —Olu of Warri
The Olu of Warri kingdom, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has said that Warri will henceforth enjoy peace and there will never…
Human trafficking has reduced in Edo —NAPTIP boss
Against the backdrop of concerted efforts by various law enforcement agencies, incidents of irregular migration and human trafficking is on…
NCDMB has trained 12,000 in different critical skills —Wbote
No fewer than 12,000 people have been trained in different skill areas such as the use of various engineering design…
540 unemployed youths acquire vocational skills in C’River
ABOUT 450 unemployed youths in Cross River State have commenced vocational skills acquisition on both technical and domestic skills in…
Issele-Uku agog as Delta indigenes honoured with Papal Knights, Dame
The investiture of 15 Deltans from different parishes in Issele-Uku diocese, Delta State was held last weekend. St Paul Cathedral,…
HOMEF partners community on environmental monitoring, reporting in Bayelsa
NO fewer than 60 residents of oil bearing communities in Bayelsa State have been trained by an environmental rights group,…
Delta monarch confers chieftaincy title on NLC chair
The Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Ekemejewa Sideso Abe 1, has…
Monarchs charge Deltans on PVC registration
Traditional rulers in Delta north senatorial district have called on the people of the state to embrace the ongoing voters’…
Obaseki threatens to revoke Benin-Abraka road contract
Worried by the slow pace of work on the Benin-Abraka road, Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has threatened to award…
Gas flaring: Group decries lack of political will to end environmental polution
A group of environmental activists comprising civil society organisation, community and media representatives has frowned at the inability of the…
Delta govt, Omo-Agege at loggerheads over state’s development
Delta State government and the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, have in recent times engaged in war of words over…
Delta Assembly received 25 bills, assented to 16 in 3yrs
The Delta State House of Assembly has commemorated the third anniversary of its seventh assembly which witnessed the receipt of…
