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Kolapo Olapoju September 30, 2014

Stop and search accident: Driver kills police officer in Delta

by Iyobosa Omorogie An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to Ebrumede Division in Warri, Delta State has been killed by a motorist at a 'stop and search' duty post. The…

Isime Esene September 23, 2014

Soldier detained for molesting, shaving pastor’s hair in Delta

by Isi Esene A soldier attached to the 3 Battalion, Effunrun, Delta State, is facing disciplinary action for allegedly maltreating a clergyman, Felix Omas. The soldier was said to have been…

Isime Esene September 17, 2014

Delta lawmaker ordered out over indecent dressing

by Akan Ido Keston Okoro, a member of the Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) was yesterday sent out of the floor of the Assembly for improper dressing. He was…

Kolapo Olapoju September 8, 2014

Wedding bells! Awwww…….Omawumi is officially engaged (LOOK)

by Kolapo Olapoju Omawumi is the next celebrity to make the walk down the aisle. The music star is engaged to Tosin Yusuf, the father of her daughter, who she…

YEditor August 21, 2014

The rumble in Nigeria’s football continues – NFF elections postponed

by Olorunwa Lawal The Nigeria Football Federation has denied a statement by the Chairman of NFF Electoral Committee, Mr. Amoni Biambo, to the effect that elections into the NFF Executive…

February 2, 2014

#TheYNaijaInterview: My skin colour makes things more complicated – Eku Edewor

by Wilfred Okiche Eku Edewor is bubbly and full of good cheer. Considered one of the most recognisable faces on television, she is also one of the busiest. In 2013,…

January 2, 2014

Aw, cute: These are the first babies born in Delta State in 2013

by Hauwa Gambo We love ourselves everything cute. The First Lady of Delta, Roli Uduaghan visited across the state and took these photos with the first official babies born in…

December 22, 2013

Opinion: Let me tell you about my most memorable Christmas

by Frances Ewherido The next memorable Christmas was in 1976; not that I can still remember anything in particular that happened on that day beyond going to church, coming back…

December 20, 2013

Wickedness: Nurse sentenced to jail for pouring acid on her cousin

by 'Jola Sotubo A nurse in Delta has had an order of imprisonment passed on her after she was found guilty of attempted murder. Florence Ojo was found guilty after…

November 11, 2013

PHOTOS: When GEJ paid a visit to Pastor Oritsejafor’s church in Delta

by Oge Okonkwo President Goodluck Jonathan was a guest at the 26th Jubilee World Festival of the Word of Life Bible Church, Warri, Delta state and birthday of church's General Overseer Ayo…

October 24, 2013

We did it – MEND claims responsibility for explosion at Warri refinery

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Tuesday claimed responsibility for the explosion that rocked the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, in Delta State. MEND…

October 22, 2013

Terrible: Warri Refinery gutted by fire (PHOTO)

by Oge Okonkwo Fire engulfed the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company, Delta State, in the morning of Tuesday, October 22. From reports, the fire started at about 11.00 am from…

September 26, 2013

Justice served: Man, 26, sentenced to death for stealing from couple, raping their daughter

by Adeola Balogun A young man in Delta State was yesterday sentenced by a Warri High Court to death by hanging after being found guilty of armed robbery and rape.…

September 9, 2013

Clash of beliefs: Why the Olu of Warri is under pressure to leave the throne

by Oge Okonkwo Some Itsekiri of Delta state, which includes a section of chiefs, youths and women leaders have turned against their paramount ruler, the Olu of Warri, Ogiame…

August 14, 2013

Brutality: Soldiers attack policemen for blaring siren in Delta

Pandemonium broke out, Monday, in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, as soldiers attacked and injured police officers from Delta State Police Command, who were on escort duty…

August 13, 2013

6 policemen detained for killing driver and setting truck ablaze

File photo Six mobile policemen attached to the Ondo State Police Command have been arrested for shooting a tanker driver, simply identified as Mr. Friday, dead and setting the truck…

August 3, 2013

Opinion: Time to ‘fix’ the North or ‘bury’ it

by Muhammad Sani Dattijo The leaders of the north have a decision to make today. And it is more important than who becomes President. It is a decision to fix…

July 24, 2013

$1 billion! 90,000 sq.ft! Tens of thousands of dollars! YNaija Investigates Jumia vs Konga (Conclusion)

by Adegoke Oyeniyi, for YNaija On the first anniversaries of Nigeria's leading (and feverishly competing) e-commerce companies, we go beyond the deluge of Google and Facebook adverts, and look at…

July 16, 2013

Joe Igbokwe: Please stop this embarrassment called Mrs. Patience Jonathan

by Joe Igbokwe The present unavoidable and unfortunate crisis in Rivers State has also exposed the excesses, recklessness, the timid use of power to achieve diabolical ends. Nigerians must speak…

May 9, 2013

SPOTTED: Tiwa Savage singing in the rain (and with no shoes!)

by Hauwa Gambo Home girl is channeling her inner Goodluck Jonathan it appears! Singer and recently engaged Mavin act Tiwa Savage was spotted giving a hell of a performance -…

March 17, 2013

Widower seeks N100 million damages in death of pregnant wife

Forty-two-year-old Mr. Joseph Onome, widower of 32-year-old pregnant mother of two, Elo Joseph, nee Oyoro, who died, Sunday, November 25, 2012, following alleged by specialists, at the government-owned General Hospital,…

January 13, 2013

Opinion: If Jesus Christ were a Nigerian pastor…

by Gabriel Osamwonyi Omozuwa A church congregation Unlike the boastful, wasteful hedonistic Nigerian pastor... He would have raised frontline entrepreneurs by freely and gladly sharing the business sense He acquired as…

January 5, 2013

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 Cemetery Road in Warri, Delta State. The victim, who is…

December 31, 2012

‘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 by the state government. Lori-Ogbebor wrote the governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan,…

November 28, 2012

“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 to slash 50 per cent of the entire civil service…

November 25, 2012

“I’m not ashamed to own a plane, it is a necessity and not a luxury” – Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor opens up on his private jet

by Akan Ido After all the arguments back and forth about the propriety or otherwise of acquiring private jets by religious leaders, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the president of the Christian…

November 10, 2012

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