Tag: Delta
Just tragic: 30-year-old jailed 20 years for killing his father over two pieces of fish
by Isi Esene A 30-year-old man, Opukeme George was yesterday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by an Asaba High Court ...
Keep his memory alive – Justus Esiri’s family urge fans
by Isi Esene The family of Veteran actor, Justus Esiri, who died recently in Lagos have released a statement over ...
Army dismisses soldier for kidnapping and robbery after newspaper report
by Akan Ido An Army private attached to the 3 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Effunrun, Delta state has been dismissed for ...
Tragic: Niger Delta University student killed during cult initiation, body dumped in a river
by Akan Ido The police in Bayelsa yesterday announced the death of a 200 Level student of Niger Delta University ...
Gov. Uduaghan and Chris Ngige do the ‘Kukere’ with Iyanya (WATCH)
by Akan Ido Photos of the Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan and Senator Chris Ngige getting their groove on to ...
Y! Question of the Day: Who is the worst Nigerian governor?
by Isi Esene Getting a consensus on Nigeria’s non-performing governors must be the hardest task to undertake. YNaija went in ...
We watch closely: NEITI begins audit of oil states’ allocations
by Ebere Agina The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has commenced the audit of physical allocations and statutory disbursement ...
Boogie men: Governor Uguaghan, Ngige do the ‘Kukere’ dance with Iyanya on stage (SNAPSHOT)
by Akan Ido The ‘Kukere‘ craze is still on, and the ‘big boys’ are fast getting a hang of it. ...
Controversy trails Obi of Igbodo’s marriage, ‘queen’ ejected from palace [DETAILS]
What played out in England in 1936 when King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry the woman he dearly ...
Fight back: Former lawmaker sues EFCC
Emmanuel Okubenji A former member of the House of Representatives, Napoleon Gbinije has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...
Gruesome: Police discover female corpses in ritualists’ hideout
by Akan Ido Acting on a tip-off, men of the Delta state police command have uncovered an operational base of ...
Victim of brutal Warri rape gang in coma, 2 suspects arrested, rapists recorded crime on a BlackBerry
A lady believed to be in her early twenties has been raped to an unconscious state by four men around ...
What a New Year gift: 22-year-old slashes her boyfriend’s manhood with a razor blade
Police in Agbor, Delta State have arrested a 22 year old girl in the area who was alleged to have ...
‘In fact, things have got worse since you became governor’ – Lori-Ogbebor rejects Uduaghan’s Christmas gift
by Isi Esene A prominent traditional chief in Delta State, Rita Lori-Ogbebor has rejected the Christmas gifts sent to her ...
I fed Okonjo-Iweala’s mum with bread and groundnuts – Kidnap suspect
by Isi Esene Andrew Dime, a member of the 10-man kidnapping syndicate, who was arrested by the police has confessed ...
08068113653, 08168837108, and 2 more: Delta police release kidnappers’ cell phone numbers
by Akan Ido Osemeke Kingsley who has been on the police wanted list in Delta State for the past two ...
Pastors charged to court for operating an illegal bank
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba Delta State of Nigeria has reserved judgment till 7 January, 2013 in the ...
How Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother was released
Kamene Okonjo, the mother of finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, released Friday after five days in captivity, was dropped off the ...
Okonjo kidnap: Army carry-out raids, arrest 63 people
by Akan Ido The search for Professor Kamene Mabel Okonjo, the 82-year-old mother of the finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, intensified ...
Okonjo kidnap: Two policemen arrested
by Isi Esene Two policemen who were reportedly supposed to be on duty at the palace premises where Professor Mabel ...
Ex-governor Rotimi’s wife, Titilayo, kidnapped by gunmen
by Isi Esene Titilayo, wife of former military governor of the old Western Region, Brig-Gen Oluwole Rotimi (retd.), has been ...
RMD accused of “looting N50million” (DETAILS)
Richard Mofe-Damijo’s integrity as the Delta State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism is seriously being questioned as he has been ...
CAN wages holy war against unholy men… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt
by Stanley Azuakola Why did he choose to do his interview on the last Friday of the month when churches ...
Human trafficking ring busted in Awka, several operators including native doctor arrested
The National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other related Matters on Tuesday in Onitsha said it had ...
“Stop irresponsible spending” – Sanusi tells FG to sack 50 per cent of civil servants, remove fuel subsidy
by Isi Esene Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday called on the Federal Government ...
How kidnapped wife of Vanguard reporter regained her freedom
by Isi Esene Marian Onoyume, the wife of Vanguard Newspaper’s Rivers State correspondent, Jimitota Onoyume, who was abducted on Monday ...
TICKER: Chief Accountant in Delta arrested for N21m fraud
Men of the Delta State police command have arrested a Chief Accountant attached to the Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka ...
SNAPSHOT: Aki & Paw Paw visit flood victims in Delta
by Hauwa Gambo Celebrities seem to have been streaming into Delta State since the floods started a few weeks ago ...
Tragic: Traditional ruler drowns in Delta floods
by Stanley Azuakola The heavy flooding across many cities and communities in Nigeria is showing no signs of abating. In ...
Disaster spreads: Floods wreak havoc in Delta State
by Stanley Azuakola The national flooding crisis continues to spread, with Delta State becoming the latest to witness the natural ...
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