Delta State

Oil Theft Gunmen Attack Tompolo’s Speedboat In Bayelsa

Oil Theft: Gunmen Attack Tompolo’s Speedboat In Bayelsa

November 6, 2022 2:21 am

Unknown gunmen on Saturday launched an attack on Tompolo’s Pipeline Surveillance boat, Tantita, assigned to Tuomo Unit and headed by the traditional prime minister of Tuomo Kingdom in Delta State, High Chief Mike Loyibo, and reportedly carted away with its 200 horsepower engine.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Tantita is the company that recently won a multi-billion contract to protect crude oil pipelines in the Niger Delta against oil thieves and led by a former militant leader, Government Ekpenupolo, aka Tompolo.

Saturday’s attack reportedly happened at Aleibiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, a few …

PDP Crisis Appeal Or Resign, Ortom Warns Ayu

PDP Crisis: Appeal Or Resign, Ortom Warns Ayu

October 8, 2022 7:22 am

As members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), continue to initiate moves to resolve the crisis threatening the peace of the party, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has advised the National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu to resign his position or drop his ego and plead for understanding.

Governor Ortom made this known on Friday, during an emergency Executive Council meeting held at Government House, Makurdi.

The Governor recalled that the National Chairman of the Party had promised to resign if a presidential candidate emerges from the North.

According to him, for Ayu to restore his integrity, ‘he either should follow …

Okowa Presents ₦469.5bn 2022 Budget To State Assembly

Atiku Abubakar Is Ready To Unify Nigeria – Okowa Boasts

September 14, 2022 6:55 pm

Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa who is the governor of Delta State and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vice Presidential candidate has openly declared that the Presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has shown that he is truly ready to unify the country if he is elected.

Okowa who made this declaration at the Atiku South West Assembly in Ibadan on Wednesday had noted that only the PDP’s presidential candidate actually has the capacity and respect for Nigerians and is ready to sit down to discuss with all and who the experience to put the …

Omo-Agege Picks Osanebi As Running Mate For Delta 2023

Omo-Agege Picks Osanebi As Running Mate For Delta 2023

June 30, 2022 4:17 pm

As things gear up for the Delta State gubernatorial elections, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who is the APC governorship candidate in Delta State and the Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, has nominated Mr Ossai Osanebi as his running mate for the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

Mr Osanebi’s nomination had been contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, which had been signed by Mr Ima Niboro, who is the Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation.

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His running mate, Osanebi, is currently a ranking member …

2023 Real Reason Why I Chose Okowa Over Wike – Atiku

2023: Real Reason Why I Chose Okowa Over Wike – Atiku

June 17, 2022 5:04 am

Ahead of next year’s presidential elections in Nigeria, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has explained that he chose Senator Ifeanyi Okowa over Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike as his running mate due to the perceived qualities of the Delta State Governor in governance and politics.

Speaking to party stalwarts on Thursday, Atiku explained that it was a difficult decision to arrive at his choice of a running mate, one which required extensive consultations with various stakeholders at all levels.

Speaking to party stalwarts, Aiku said he made it clear that his ‘running mate would have …

Delta Trails Cause Of Mystery Demises To Yellow Fever

Delta Trails Cause Of Mystery Demises To Yellow Fever

November 6, 2020 11:50 am
Delta State Government on Friday said it has unraveled the cause of deaths of youths in three communities in Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state.
About 30 youths between the ages of 18 and 25 had succumbed to a strange disease ravaging Ute-Okpu, Ute-Erumu and Idumesa communities in the locality within the last three weeks.
The development jolted the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, who quickly ordered the state Ministry of Health to step in and unearth the strange disease.
Addressing newsmen in Asaba, the state Commissioner for
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Torturing Staff: Court Stops Police From Arresting Gbagi

Torturing Staff: Court Stops Police From Arresting Gbagi

October 1, 2020 4:48 am

Delta State Police Command, Wednesday, declared ex-Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, wanted for failing to honour police invitation, but Justice Taiwo O Taiwo, presiding Judge of a Federal High Court in Abuja, today also, restrained the police from arresting and detaining the industrialist.

Justice Taiwo, upon a motion exparte, by Gbagi (applicant)’s lawyer, Nkem Okoro Esq., barred the Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police, Delta state (first and second respondents), whether by themselves, their agents, employees, or by whatever name called, from threatening to arrest and detaining Gbagi (applicant) pending the hearing and determination of his …

Petroleum Dealers Threaten To Shut Down Filling Stations Over Levies (1)

Petroleum Dealers Threaten To Shut Down Petrol Stations Over Levies

September 3, 2020 3:12 pm

Petroleum Dealers Association, Delta State on Thursday threatened to shut down all petrol stations in the state over alleged outrageous levies by Government Agencies.

The group asked Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa to invite all parties to a roundtable discussion within one week, a failure of which will result in industrial action.

In a chat with newsmen shortly after a meeting, the Secretary of the Association, Comrade Francis Agetue, said issues of irregular demand notices, double taxations and outrageous bills mostly from the Delta State Waste Management Board and Committees have become worrisome.

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Hunger Will Kill More Than Coronavirus – Activist, Ikimi

Hunger Will Kill More Than Coronavirus – Activist, Ikimi

March 28, 2020 7:13 am

Renowned human rights activist, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi has said there should be “palliatives” if there must be total shutdown of land borders, sea ports, markets, shops and others in Delta State as the Country battles with the Coronavirus which is currently plaguing the world.

The legal practitioner made the assertion in an interview with a news correspondent in Warri.

Ikimi, who is also the Executive Director of the Centre for the Vulnerable and Underprivileged, CENTREP said, “I don’t agree in totality with the shutdown. If there must be shutdown, there must be palliatives.

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Corpses

Shocking! Abandoned Corpses Litter Delta hospital

February 9, 2020 7:23 am

Abandoned corpses numbering over 600 dumped at the mortuary facility of the Central Hospital, Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, is giving the management of the institution serious cause of worry.

The number of bodies cramped at the facility is way beyond it’s capacity which is just 60.

Already, management of the hospital is making plans for mass burial for the unidentified corpses.

Speaking in Agbor while playing host to the state’s Hospital Management Board (HMB), led by its chairman, Dr. Austin Obidi, the Zonal Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Roy Maduka said they were …

Headless

Headless Body Of Suspected Mad Man Found In Delta

February 9, 2020 2:13 am

A headless body was found on Saturday along the popular Nnebisi Road in Asaba, Delta State capital.

The discovery of the unidentified headless corpse caused consternation among residents of the area.

Those who thronged to the scene to catch a glimpse of the gory dismembered corpse could not identify the deceased.

A local source who volunteered information to Daily Sun hinted that the deceased was sighted on the ground struggling to breathe the previous day, apparently after getting intoxicated.

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“We saw the man around 11:00 pm Friday night still …

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