Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has declared a 48-hour curfew in the state to stem the violence emanating from the End SARS protest as hoodlums have now hijacked the process. The governor announced the protest in his State address today. He said the curfew takes effect as from 6pm today with the exception … Read more
October 20, 2020. Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, Abia, Delta, Edo and Plateau states on Monday inaugurated panels to probe cases of human rights abuses against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ekohotblog learnt. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while inaugurating the panel, appealed to youths protesting police brutality to vacate Lagos roads and … Read more
No fewer than nine persons lost there lives when two warring communities, Oleh and Ozoro, in Isoko South and North council areas of Delta State clashed on Thursday. It was learnt that the incident, which spilled over to early hours of yesterday, saw several others injured. The communities shared in the spoils of the clash … Read more
Three out of the 36 states of the country which include, Lagos, Rivers and Delta and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) generated 54.7 per cent of the N612.9 billion states raised as internally generated revenues (IGRs) in the first half of the year. According to a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), … Read more
Delta State Government has demoted 41 teachers for examination malpractice during the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Delta Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Patrick Ukah, made this known through a statement on Monday. According to the commissioner, the decisions were based on the recommendations by the Examination Ethics Disciplinary Committee of … Read more
The Niger Delta leaders and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) may be heading for showdown over the interrogation of senior management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Notable leaders in the region, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Leaders Forum (NDLF) on Friday described the action of … Read more
The Delta state government debunks any release of the new academic year. The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education in Delta says it has not released any new academic calendar for the 2020/2021 session. The Commissioner, Mr Patrick Ukah, made the clarification in a statement on Friday in Asaba, ekohotblog gathered. Read Also: BREAKING: Resident … Read more
Government of Delta State has revealed that tertiary institutions in the State are to reopen on September 21, 2020, five months after they were closed down as a measure to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. Government sources said on Monday that the date had been tentatively agreed upon as resumption date for the new … Read more
Rita Daniels, the mother of renowned Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels has secured an appointed as the State Assistant Treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. Breaking the news on her Instagram page, Daniels, whose daughter Regina is married to Billionaire politician, Ned Nwoko, expressed her gratitude to the PDP hierarchy for the … Read more
Residents of Udu community in the Udu Local Government Area of Delta State were, on Tuesday, in a jubilant mood as the Udu Central Vigilante Team ‘A’ arrested a notorious wanted criminal suspect, who had been on the watch list of security agencies in the state for the past three years. The suspect was identified … Read more
A 76-year-old widow in Owa-Oyibu, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, Mrs Rose Eluemelem, has cried out for justice over the demolition of her building allegedly by the Obi of Owa Kingdom, Emmanuel Efeizomor 11. Eluemelem alleged that one of the sons of the traditional ruler, Prince Wilson Efeizomor, demolished the house … Read more
There was anxiety on Sunday at Orogun community, Ughelli North L.G.A in Delta state when some marauding hoodlums sacked a police station in the area. According to the Nation, the hoodlums beat the only officer who was present during the invasion to coma and carted away an AK-47 rifle and 30 rounds of ammunition. EkoHotBlog … Read more
The Delta state police command has recovered of six pump action rifles from christ holy church in Asaba, Delta state capital. The police also said it arrested one Fidelis Nwansa, a resident pastor of the church, in whose possession the firearms were discovered. Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the command spokesperson who confirmed the incident on Thursday. He … Read more
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has commenced a training programme for rice farmers in Delta state. The Delta Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Chief Silver Ejezie confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) on Monday in Asaba,. Chief Silver Ejezie stated that no fewer than 7,519 … Read more
Unknown men have reportedly invaded the isolation center at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Asaba, and forcefully moved a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 from the hospital. The patient is a 53 years Chief Nursing Officer, Mr Michael Mordi. It was gathered that the patient has been very aggressive and continually threatened the caregivers … Read more
The popular Ogbogonogo market, Asaba, Delta State has been gutted by fire. The inferno which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday destroyed buildings and goods worth millions of naira. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, although sources said it could have resulted from a power surge. Details later….
State governors met to check influx of almajiri kids from the north Ohaeneze threatens to act decisively if the exodus of almajiri kids from north to SS, SE is not curtailed Government of Delta and Anambra state have met to stem the tide of massive incursion of almajiri kids from northern part of the country … Read more
Tragedy struck in Warri local government area of Delta state after a 13-year-old girl reportedly committed suicide. It’s learnt that the teenager took her life after she was beaten for having a sexual affair with a man presumed to be her lover. Following the beating by her elder sister, she took an insecticide known as … Read more
A fire has broke out from a vessel belonging to a yet-to-be-identified oil and gas company, located in Escravos, Warri South-West council area of Delta state. A video portraying the raging inferno on the vessel which is situated just outside the Escravos Bar of the Atlantic, surfaced online, since Saturday. It is not clear if … Read more
A sailor of the Nigerian Navy on Saturday fled from a COVID-19 isolation centre in Oghara, Delta state. Identified as SM Ahmadu, the rating is said to be serving on board the navy’s base maintenance unit (BMU) in Warri. Spokesperson of Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, Ehiedu Anagwu, said Ahmadu had wanted to smoke … Read more