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October 13, 2024 No Responses

East West Road: NDDC Begins Repairs Of Warri-Benin Sections

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced emergency repairs of the failed sections of the East West-Road between Warri in Delta State and Benin in Edo State, especially the dilapidated sections along Ibadulume, Amukpe round-about, Mosoga and Ologbo.The NDDC...

February 26, 2024 No Responses

358 Edo, Delta Teachers Graduate From Seplat JV STEP

The NNPC E&P Limited/ Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) has graduated 331 teachers and 27 Chief Inspectors of Education (CIE) at the 2024 edition of the Seplat JV Education Summit and Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP) graduation ceremony for...

February 16, 2024 No Responses

Delta Inaugurates Oil Palm Mill

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has inaugurated a 10-metric tonnes per hour oil palm processing mill at Akwukwu-Igbo in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. Oborevwori stated that the inauguration of the plant at Norsworthy Farms and Agr...

May 19, 2023 No Responses

NPA Targets $198b Royalties From Private Seaports In Delta, Ondo, Lagos

Further to Nigerian Ports Authority’s resolve to deliver efficient port services through strategic port development, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its sitting on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, approved the development of three milestone port projects: the...

July 22, 2022 No Responses

Delta, Stallion Bajaj Train 250 Youths On Tricycle Repairs, Service

Delta State Government and Stallion Auto Keke Limited have commenced the training of 250 youths on repairs and servicing of Keke Bajaj Tricycles in Delta State. The Chairman, Delta State Investments Development Agency (DIDA), Paul Nmah, who addressed the...

June 11, 2021 No Responses

Delta Empowers 350 Oil Palm Farmers

Delta State Government on Thursday distributed 120,000 improved oil palm seedlings to support 350 farmers to cultivate 800 hectares of oil palm plantations across the state. The State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa flagged off the exercise by distrusting oil pa...

August 9, 2020 No Responses

Delta PDP Returns Esiso As State Chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta chapter, has returned Mr Kingsley Esiso as the state chairman of the party for a new four-year term. Esiso, the erstwhile chairman of the party, was returned unopposed by party delegates across the state...

September 2, 2019 No Responses

Aviation Minister Lauds Asaba Airport Facilities

The federal government has commended the Delta State Government for the quality of facilities at the Asaba International Airport, saying the facilities are of international standards. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, stated this on Sunday in Asaba shortl...

October 13, 2018 No Responses

Delta Explains N51billion IGR

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday disclosed that the state’s annual Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has hit N51 billion. The governor stated this at the 14th All Nigeria Editors Conference in Asaba. According to him, the IGR was as...

September 19, 2018 No Responses

INTELS Donates New Health Centre To Delta Community

Leading port operator/oil and gas logistics service company, INTELS Nigeria Limited has built and handed over a modern, fully equipped Health Centre to the Aruakpor-Umah Community, in Uvwie Local Government Area, Warri of Delta State. The multimillion naira ...

July 10, 2018 No Responses

Delta Air Lines Lifts 17.7m Passengers In June

Delta Air Lines airlifted 17.7 million passengers across its routes including Nigeria in June 2018, thereby becoming the busiest month for the carrier in its annals. According to the airline, June 2017, still holds the record for most customers...

December 6, 2017 No Responses

Delta, BoI, development agencies partner to expand market for young entrepreneurs

Country representatives of the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other development agencies will be in Asaba from December 13 and 14 to collaborate with the Delta State government in seeking new market...

October 18, 2017 No Responses

Buhari Signs University of Petroleum Resources Bill

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja pledged continued support for the socio-economic development of the Niger Delta region. Giving the assurance at a brief ceremony in the State House to sign the bill establishing the University of Petroleum Resources,...

February 5, 2017 No Responses

Ibori arrives Oghara

Former Delta State Governor, Mr. James Ibori, who returned to Nigeria, on Saturday in an early morning British Airways flight from London has arrived his home town in Oghara. He was reported quizzed upon his arrival in Abuja by the...