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The Delta State Police Command has launched a comprehensive investigation into a distressing case involving the proprietor of Great Leaders International School, Mr. Innocent Ezeukwu.  The incident, which has gained widespread attention through social media, centers around the alleged defilement and indecent assault of a 4-year-old child. On October 5, 2023, at approximately 1700 hours, Mrs. Joy Chukwudi reported an alarming incident to the authorities. She conveyed that while bathing her 4-year-old daughter, she discovered a bloodstain in the child’s private area. Her daughter, when questioned, repeatedly claimed that “her uncle used school scissors to cut her on her private…

The National mother body of all Online Newspaper platform in Nigeria, Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria OMPAN, Delta state Correspondence Chapter, has congratulated the chairman, Comrade Churchill Oyowe, his Secretary, Comrade Victor Sorokwu and all other newly elected and inaugurated State Excos of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Delta State Council. In statement signed by the chairman, Comrade Legacy and the Secretary, Comrade Akpovoke Treasure Otiti, noted that their emergence no doubt represented the choice and interest of all journalists in the state. They commended the process that brought them in, and urged them to be transparent and…

The Delta State Government has heeded to the numerous calls to disband touts that claim to be task forces in the state. This may not be unconnected to the murder of a motorist by the operatives of the Ughelli North Council, Delta State Task Force on Traffic. The ugly incident was a result of alleged driving against traffic, which happened in Ughelli some days back, leading to petitions to the state governor. Meanwhile, a similar task force on traffic control in Uvwie local government, Delta State, has been banned by the chairman of the council, Hon Ramson Onoyake. The ban…

A Benue State High Court of Justice sitting in Makurdi, has struck out the suit filed by a former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and His Deputy, Benson Abounu against the Governor and Government of Benue State for being speculative and seeking to limit the exercise of the constitutional powers of the democratically elected state governor, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Alia.  In Suit No: MHC/199/2023, Mr. Ortom and Engr. Abounu are challenging the alleged retrieval of vehicles and properties allegedly donated to them and their cabinet members by the Benue State Executive Council before their handover on May 29th,…

Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, of Benue State has condemned the armed robbery attack on four commercial banks in Otukpo, describing it as an ‘unfortunate development’. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Alia, Tersoo Kulo, on Friday, October 20. The Governor said the robbery incident is an affront on the state; especially that it took place at the exact time the Security Council meeting was in progress in Government House Makurdi. He said, “It is an unfortunate development that people who were on duty, especially police officers, were shot and killed in cold blood…

Jubilation has trailed the approval by the president of two Federal Universities of Agriculture, two Federal Universities of Medical and Health Sciences and five Colleges of Education This is contained in a statement by the Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations Federal Ministry of Education, Obialor-Dur Augustina Okechi. She said the approval was in line with the present administration’s commitment to ensure continuity in governance and policy consistency. She said the approved institutions for which the establishment process would commence immediately include Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, Delta State and Federal University of Agriculture, Mubi, Adamawa State.…

The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation has fully covered the medical expenses of the renowned Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu. This was made known in a statement shared on the foundation’s Facebook page on Friday. The statement said, “The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation is honoured to have extended support to Mr John Okafor also known as Mr. Ibu, a renowned comedic icon who has graced our screens and brought joy and laughter to countless homes over the past four decades. “When we learned of his recent health challenges and the financial burdens associated with his medical treatment,…

Eight public primary and secondary schools in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, were among the beneficiaries of Rotary Club of Evwreni, District 9141 on Thursday, October 12, 2023, when they distributed thousands of notebooks among students. It could be recalled that the Rotary Club Evwreni District 9141was successfully chartered on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, and the Charter presentation and installation of the Charter President, Rotarian Samuel Ajenakevwe Adjogbe, PhD, FNSE, AKS, on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Eclat Royal Hotels in Ughelli Area of Delta State. The gesture by the Rotary Club of Evwreni is coming just few…

…Splits The Money Into Three  And Give Me My Share By Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obadjere, Ph.D  Regardless of the foreign earnings from crude oil and the wealth derivable therefrom, the quality of life of oil bearing  communities in Nigeria and especially in the Niger Delta region may not get any  better except we thoroughly x-ray the factors militating against the development of the area. Chief amongst this factors is the wickedness of a few that constitutes themselves into a cabal that hijack whatever good that is meant to come to the oil communities. They  pose either as community leaders or…

The federal government has said that it is going to build 34,000 homes in select cities and state capitals across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the first phase of the Renewed Hope Cities Project. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, made this disclosure, on Thursday during the meeting with the comptroller general of Immigration Service at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. He said that increasing access to decent, quality and affordable housing for all Nigerians is a major priority of this government. He revealed that in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda…