Delta Search For Home Talents As Alternative To Oil, Target 10 Winners Of N5m Each
LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta Government says it has put modalities in place to partner the private sector to harness home-based talents in entertainment as a substitute to oil revenue. Mr Akpobome Ogude, More...
Delta Govt Completes Rehabilitation Of 100-Yr-Old Colonial Bridge In Okpe LGA
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (URHOBOTODAY0-The Delta State Government has completed the rehabilitation of the over 100-year-old colonial bridge linking Oha to Orerokpe, the headquarters of Okpe Local Government Area. TheNewsGuru.com More...
My Government Inherits N100bn Unpaid Pension-Ifeanyi Okowa
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Sunday said his administration inherited about N100 billion unpaid pensions under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Okowa disclosed this at the More...
Delta Govt Issues Guidelines For Reopening Of Lesson Centres
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has charged all operators of lesson centres across the state to adhere strictly to the released guidelines in order to guarantee More...
Why I’m In Support Of FG On Ibori Loot-Kokori
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Foremost labour leader and former National Secretary-General of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, has said that how and what the £4.2 More...
Why Delta Govt Cannot Claim £4.2m Loot Linked To Ibori — SANs
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Yemi Candide-Johnson, SAN, on Thursday explained why the Delta State Government has no valid claim to the £4.2 million expected from the United More...
Okowa To Flag Off Covid-19 Vaccine Exercise On Friday As Delta Govt Receives 85,700 Doses
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Government (DTSG), on Wednesday evening, received its share of 85,700 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government. The Allied Air E-Cargo aircraft More...
Falana, Delta State govt, Others Fault FG On Ownership Of £4.2m Ibori Loot
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As the federal government expects the return of £4.2 million stolen by former governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori and his associates, a disagreement has ensued as to whether More...
Odita Sunday Foundation Urges Okowa To List Omu Anioma Palace Among Delta Tourism Destinations
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Odita Sunday Charity Foundation (TOSCF) has appealed to Delta State Government to list the Omu Anioma Palace Okpanam among the Delta State Tourism Destinations, describing the More...
Delta State Seal Asaba Airport 30-Year Concession Agreement With N100m Payment Annually
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 30-year concession agreement on the Asaba International Airport, Delta State, was yesterday signed between the state government and the Asaba Airport Company Limited, as the More...
Okowa Goes Tough On Owner Of Undeveloped Plots Of Land, Threatens To Revoke Ownership
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has issued an executive order directing owners of land with Certificate of Occupancy CoO, for purpose of development to develop such land More...
Delta Govt Suspends Applications For Construction Of Gas Plants
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Following the gas explosion that happened in Agbor, headquarters of Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, the State Government has announced suspension of applications More...
Urhobo Must Produce Delta Governor In 2023-Olorogun Moses Taiga
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As 2023 general election approaches, the President-General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga has assured Urhobo Nation that it will work with all More...
Ndokwa Professionals Threaten To Sue Okowa Over Marginalisation Of Community
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The League of Ndokwa Professionals have threatened to sue Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State over alleged marginalisation of their community in the programmes lined up for More...
Delta Govt Explains Reasons For Upgrade Of Three Institutions To Universities
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof Patrick Muoboghare, Wednesday gave reasons for the upgrade of the College of Education, Agbor, Anwai Campus of the Delta State More...
Delta Govt Cancels Plan To Transfer Over 4,500 Teachers Across The State
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has cancelled the recent transfer of over 4,500 secondary school teachers across the state by the Post Primary Education More...
Africa’s Largest Manufacturing Tower To Berth In Delta State
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-With the aim to promote industrialization, Delta State Government through Delta Investment Development Agency has partnered Delfrasco to house Africa’s largest Tower Manufacturing, More...
Asaba Court Convicts Ex-Access Bank Staff Defrauding Delta State Of N9m
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Justice T. B. Adegoke of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has fixed November 30, 2020 for sentencing of Onus Osagie Amahian, a former staff of Access Bank who More...
No Plan To Ban Keke, Okada Operations In Asaba-Delta Govt
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta Government on Friday said it was not planning to ban commercial tricycle (Keke) and motorcycle (Okada) operations in Asaba. Mrs Joan Mrakpor, Director-General, Delta State More...
Delta Govt Traces Strange Death Of 30 People To Yellow Fever
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-THE Delta State Government on Friday blamed the mysterious deaths of youths in communities in Ika North-East Local Government Area on yellow fever. The Nation gathered that 30 More...
Isoko Leaders Demand Justice Over Alleged Murder Of 12 Youths, Petition FG, Okowa, Others
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Leaders of Oleh community in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State have petitioned the Federal Government, Delta State Government and the Department of State Services, More...
Non-Payment Of Entitlements: Protesting Retirees Shut Delta Govt House
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State primary school teachers and local government retirees on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over what they called non-payment of their gratuities and pensions entitlements More...
Delta Govt Finally Extends Curfew Time, Approves Resumption Of Normal Trading Activities
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-After delaying for a while, the Delta State Government has announced adjustment curfew time earlier imposed in the State due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the earlier period of More...
UPU PG, Moses Taiga Urges Buhari, Okowa To Provide Adequate Infrastructure For Urhobo Nation
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga has appealed to Federal and Delta State government to provide adequate infrastructural development More...
Delta Govt To Introduce Property Tax In Urban Areas
LAGOS JULY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As part of measures aimed at boosting its revenue base, Delta State Government is to introduce property tax in urban areas of the state. This was part of decisions reached at the seventh More...