Delta spends N356bn on roads and drainage projects
Nigeria: Delta State Government said it had spent N356 billion in the last six years on drainage and road projects in the state.
2nd Niger Bridge: FG seeks cooperation of Anambra, Delta states
The Federal Government has solicited the support of the governors of Anambra and Delta states for the acutalisation of the Second Niger Bridge. The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, made the appeal on Friday in Awka and Asaba during separate...
South East In Darkness Over Work On Benin-Onitsha Transmission Line
Following the on-going connection of a new double circuit 330kv transmission line from Benin, Edo State to Onitsha, Anambra State, there would be a two days power blackout in the Eastern states of the country, the Transmission Company of Ni...
Police kill 91 kidnappers, robbery suspects in Delta in 2012 – CP
The Police Command in Delta on Monday said that no fewer than 91 kidnappers and armed robbery suspects were killed by the police between January 2012 to Jan. 5, 2013. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, gave the figure to newsmen in A...
Delta Uncovers 6,000 Ghost Teachers
Delta State government yesterday said it had uncovered over 6,000 ghost teachers in its primary schools as a result of the continued bio-metric verification of its workforce. Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, tol...
East/West Road: My People Will Smile By 2014 — Orubebe
Only recently, an unprecedented tragedy unfolded in the Niger Delta Region, with surging flood spreading through the East-West Road which is the flagship project of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Terrified by the surging water which rendered dist...
Police Arrest Six Suspects For Oil Well Vandalism In Delta
The police in Delta have arrested six persons for allegedly vandalising an oil well head and removing the spray pump at Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state. Mr Charles Muka, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta State Pol...
Delta Govt. To Build Embankment On Shoreline Of Coastal Communities
Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta has assured the Oko community in the state that his administration would build embankments on the shoreline of communities living on the bank of the River Niger. Uduaghan gave the assurance Wednesday in Asaba when m...
JTF Seizes Cache Of Fire Arms, Ammunition In Delta, Arrests 3
Authorities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code named ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ yesterday announced that it has intercepted a cache of arms and ammunition in the Ajudaibo Community in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta Sta...
Delay In Payment Of Compensation Stalls Work On Asaba Road
Work on Asaba roads rehabilitation being executed under the Direct Labour Road (DLA) programme in Delta, has been stalled due to non payment of compensation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the reconstruction of the 2.8 kilomete...
Abortion, Sex Trade Boom In Delta Community
Elders in Jeme-Anigor, an agrarian community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State are confused as to what to do about a booming sex trade, abortion and other illicit sex acts involving teenage girls. LEADERSHIP learnt but c...
Delta 2015: Anioma, Urhobo In Succession War
Ahead of the 2015 governorship succession war in Delta State, ethnic and clannish permutations are defining who inherits Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s throne. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s OSBY ISIBOR and KOLA NIYI-EKE examine the political intrigues...