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Four-State Power Crisis: BEDC Urges Electricity Workers To End Strike As Wage Talks Continue
By GEORGETTE CHIDI & BIMBO ADEYEMI Electricity Strike Exposes Unresolved Labour Dispute at BEDC ELECTRICITY consumers across Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states have faced supply disruptions following an industrial action by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), prompting the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC Plc) to appeal for an immediate return to negotiations. […]
23 Delta Assembly Members Vote Unanimously For State Police Proposal
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE Delta State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow states across Nigeria to establish their own police services. During Tuesday’s plenary, the Assembly approved the proposed Sixth Alteration Bill to the 1999 Constitution, responding to an official request from the National Assembly for […]
Oborevwori To Lead Delta APC Campaign Council As James Manager Takes Charge
By NWAFOR AZINGE THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has released its campaign council list, naming Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as chairman and former Delta South Senator James Manager as Director-General. The appointments place the governor and the veteran politician at the centre of the party’s campaign structure as it prepares for upcoming political […]
$750 Million World Bank Loan To Support Nigeria’s Solar Mini-Grids, Rooftop Systems
By JOANNA ILUSANMI THE Federal Government plans to expand access to renewable energy through a $750 million concessional loan from the World Bank. The funding will support Nigeria’s Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) project. Dr. Sunny Akpoyibo, President of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria (SESN), disclosed this during an interview with journalists. […]
Beyond The Page & The Stage: Lokoja Colloquium To Revisit Olu Obafemi’s Power Of Literary Criticism
FEDERAL University Lokoja is preparing to place a fundamental question before Nigeria’s literary and academic communities: how can creativity become a powerful instrument for questioning society and imagining change? The university will explore this question at its fourth annual colloquium in honour of Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Scheduled for 12 […]
The Nobel Laureate, The Nigerian Town & The Memories That Never Left Him
By WALE OKEDIRAN SOMETIMES, a meeting with a celebrated writer leads me to think less about the awards he has received and more about the places that helped make him who he is. That was the impression I carried away from my encounter with Professor Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, the 2008 Nobel laureate in Literature, […]
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The Price Of A Medical City: Akwa Ibom Residents Fight Over Compensation For Demolished Homes
By EFFANGA OSOK ₦117.5bn Medical City: Akwa Ibom Families Challenge Compensation as Govt Keeps Silent THE construction of the Ibom Medical City in Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is being presented as a landmark investment in healthcare. But for residents whose homes and properties stand within the project’s footprint, the development has […]
Delta’s Erho-Abraka Court Puzzle: ₦50 Million Reported Spent, Judiciary Says No Access To Funds
By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO Budget records clash with judiciary’s account A ₦50 million magistrate court project in Erho-Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, has raised questions over the accuracy of the state’s public expenditure records. The 2024 Delta State budget allocated ₦50 million for the construction of the court under the High Court […]
‘Thank The President For What?’ Nigerians In South Africa Demand Action, Not Assurances
Stranded Nigerians Challenge Consul’s Appeal as Evacuation Delay Fuels Anger Consul General Assures Citizens of Ongoing Evacuation Efforts FRUSTRATIONS mounted among stranded Nigerians in South Africa after the Nigerian Consul General urged them to appreciate President Bola Tinubu for the Federal Government’s efforts to evacuate them, despite uncertainty over when the operation would be completed. […]
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Four-State Power Crisis: BEDC Urges Electricity Workers To End Strike As Wage Talks Continue
By GEORGETTE CHIDI & BIMBO ADEYEMI Electricity Strike Exposes Unresolved Labour Dispute at BEDC ELECTRICITY consumers across Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states have faced supply disruptions following an industrial action by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), prompting the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC Plc) to appeal for an immediate return to negotiations. […]
$750 Million World Bank Loan To Support Nigeria’s Solar Mini-Grids, Rooftop Systems
By JOANNA ILUSANMI THE Federal Government plans to expand access to renewable energy through a $750 million concessional loan from the World Bank. The funding will support Nigeria’s Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) project. Dr. Sunny Akpoyibo, President of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria (SESN), disclosed this during an interview with journalists. […]
Delta Tops Nigeria’s States In Liquidity Rating, Tilije Credits Fiscal Discipline
Delta’s Liquidity Lead: Tilije Points to Revenue Growth & Debt Restraint DELTA State’s Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Okenmor Tilije, says the state has secured the top position in liquidity rating among Nigeria’s 36 states, crediting fiscal discipline and stronger revenue generation for the reported achievement. He made the disclosure during a meeting with officials […]
₦25 Trillion Fish Economy, $866 Million Import Bill: Nigeria’s Untapped Seafood Opportunity
By FRED LONGJOHN OBEH Nigeria’s $866m Seafood Import Bill Exposes Cost of Neglected Fisheries Seafood Imports Rise Despite Vast Marine Resources NIGERIA spent $866 million importing frozen fish and seafood in 2025, exposing the gap between the country’s extensive fisheries resources and its domestic production capacity. Figures from the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database, […]
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23 Delta Assembly Members Vote Unanimously For State Police Proposal
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE Delta State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow states across Nigeria to establish their own police services. During Tuesday’s plenary, the Assembly approved the proposed Sixth Alteration Bill to the 1999 Constitution, responding to an official request from the National Assembly for […]
Oborevwori To Lead Delta APC Campaign Council As James Manager Takes Charge
By NWAFOR AZINGE THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has released its campaign council list, naming Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as chairman and former Delta South Senator James Manager as Director-General. The appointments place the governor and the veteran politician at the centre of the party’s campaign structure as it prepares for upcoming political […]
Keyamo Breaks Nigeria’s 20-Year Aviation Deadlock As Government, Bi-Courtney Seal Deal
By OKEREMU SAMUEL A ₦132bn Claim, Years of Litigation & One Settlement: Keyamo’s Test of Aviation Leadership FOR nearly two decades, the dispute between the Federal Government and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited over the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) in Lagos represented a persistent challenge for Nigeria’s aviation sector. Now, a settlement signed on […]
‘Delta Will Remember His Legacy’: Okowa Pays Tribute To Uduaghan
IMMEDIATE past Delta State Governor and former senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed deep sadness over the death of his predecessor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, describing the loss as devastating. In a condolence message to Uduaghan’s wife, Roli, and the entire family, Okowa said Delta State and the Itsekiri Nation had lost a valuable leader […]