Tag: delta state

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AzeezFebruary 4, 2017

Clear yourself of $10m laundering allegations, APC tells Okowa

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state has accused the state of embezzling N48.6bn According to the APC, this ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 30, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 30th of January

  Read the full stories and analyses here now! RoqeebahCreative mind. Enthusiast. Learner. Multipotentialite. And here, an assistant editor.

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AzeezJanuary 28, 2017

Unknown gunmen kidnap Catholic priest, demand N10m

Unknown gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Oghenekevwe Ojakorotu who is in-charge of St. Patricks Catholic Church, ...

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AzeezJanuary 14, 2017

Militancy: Osinbajo to visit Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Monday visit Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers States. This was in a statement by his ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaJanuary 7, 2017

“Ibori just like Awolowo, I can dance naked for him” – Rev. Ken

A former Chairman of Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta, Rev Sam Ken, has said the former governor of the ...

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RoqeebahOctober 31, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XI: The monarch’s death

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 29, 2016

Just In: Militant group destroys another NPDC delivery line in Delta

The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDJM) on Thursday destroyed another pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) ...

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AzeezSeptember 21, 2016

25-year-old stabbed to death over girlfriend in Delta

Tragedy struck in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State after a 25-year-old man, Matthew Iyede was stabbed to death ...

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AzeezSeptember 15, 2016

Navy destroys tanks of stolen oil, arrests 11 in Delta

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it has arrested 11 suspected crude oil thieves in Delta State. In a statement ...

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AzeezSeptember 10, 2016

Navy arrests 7 oil thieves in Delta

The Nigerian Navy on Saturday said it has arrested 7 suspected oil thieves in the Escravos axis of Delta State. ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 9, 2016

Police arrest human trafficking syndicate in Delta state

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a human trafficking syndicate who had been operating in Asaba and ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 6, 2016

Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Delta state

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Paul Irikefe in Delta State. The priest who arrived the state ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 24, 2016

Delta governor’s convoy kills elderly man

There was commotion on Friday last week when Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s convoy killed an elderly man in Umutu community, ...

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AzeezAugust 24, 2016

59 Lassa fever contacts identified in Delta and Anambra

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has identified no fewer than 59 people who might have had direct contact ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 19, 2016

Just In: Ex-Delta Chief Judge, Justice Omo-Agege is dead

A former Chief Judge of Delta State Justice James Omo-Agege, is dead. The Chief Judge whose son Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, represents Delta ...

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AzeezAugust 13, 2016

Navy arrests 2 NDA members in Delta

The Nigerian Navy on Saturday, paraded two suspects alleged to be members of militant group, Niger Delta Avengers in Delta ...

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AzeezAugust 12, 2016

Pregnant women shot dead during land dispute in Delta

A pregnant woman has been shot dead after a clash over a disputed plot of land by Enwhe and Igbide ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 10, 2016

Just In: New militant group blows up pipeline in Delta

A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), has blown up a pipeline in Delta state. According to ...

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AzeezAugust 2, 2016

Man chops off relative’s hand over land dispute

A family land dispute went wrong in the Emevor community of Isoko-North Local Government Area of Delta State, after one ...

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AzeezAugust 1, 2016

Suspected militants blow up Shell trunk line in Delta

Early Monday morning, suspected militants attacked a major crude oil exports trunk line close to Odimodi community in Delta State belonging ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaJuly 28, 2016

3 men sentenced to death by hanging

An Ogwashi-Uku High Court sitting in Delta state presided over by Justice A.O.Akpovi has sentenced two bus drivers, Okechukwu Mba, ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 8, 2016

Just In: Avengers destroy another pipeline in Bayelsa

Niger Delta Avengers, militant group responsible for several pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta region has claimed responsibility for yet ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 6, 2016

‘Buhari knows the people killing soldiers and policemen’ – Avengers

The militant group responsible for several pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has reacted to ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 21, 2016

FG disregards Avengers’ threat, begins work on destroyed pipeline

In spite of the Niger Delta Avengers’ warning against the repair of any destroyed oil installation in the oil rich region ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 21, 2016

Ex-militants to FG: ‘Why you shouldn’t negotiate with Avengers’

Former militants operating under the aegis of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE-A), on Monday, called on the ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 18, 2016

Police officer shoots LG chairman after ‘hearing strange voices’

The lesson from the story below is that – even your police security orderly may not be your friend. A police officer ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 6, 2016

JTF invades Delta villages, arrest 6 for pipeline bombing

Nigerian military operatives, on Sunday morning, invaded Ogulagha, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, arresting a chief and ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 4, 2016

‘Niger Delta is the greatest loser’ – Gov. Okowa

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, pleaded with militants in the Niger Delta region to desist from bombing oil ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 4, 2016

Avengers attack: ‘We don’t know when we’ll resume exportation’ – Shell

Following the militant attack on its oil installations, Shell Nigeria, on Friday, confirmed that the Niger Delta Avengers blew up ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 23, 2016

17,173 jobs created in one year -Delta government

While the national rate of employment is declining, one state has good news. The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa,on Monday, ...

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