About 20,000 Nigerian Women, Girls Trafficked From Nigeria to Mali- NAPTIP
NAPTIP Boss, Julie Okah-Donli As many as 20,000 women and girls are feared to have been trafficked from Nigeria to Mali where they are stranded after being forced into prostitution,…
Buratai Inaugurates 63 Brigade, Flags-off Operation ‘Egwu Eke 3’ in Asaba
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday inaugurated the 63 Brigade Nigerian Army and flagged-off operation Egwu Eke (Python Dance), in Asaba, Delta. Buratai, represented by…
Yuletide: AIG Charges Police Commissioners to Ensure Proactive Crime Prevention
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, AIG Alkali Usman, has charged the commissioners of police in the zone to ensure robust and proactive crime prevention during…
Team Delta Wins As 19th NSF Ends
Team Delta has emerged champion at the 19th National Sports Festival, Abuja 2019 which ended Sunday, winning the 4x400m mixed relay gold medal on the final day to…
19th NSF: Team Delta Taking Lead With 7 Gold Medals From Swimming’s Day 2
Team Delta to the 19th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abuja on Sunday won seven gold medals while Balyesa clinched three silver medals on Day 2 of the swimming…
Petrol price: Enugu, Taraba and Delta pay the highest as price increased to N147 in September- NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) increased to N147.30 in September from N146.90 recorded in August. This was…
Flood disaster: WHO steps up disease prevention efforts in Nigeria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is stepping up efforts to provide life-saving assistance, especially basic medical care to flood victims in Nigeria to prevent disastrous epidemics. At…
FG, states, LGs receive N3.946 trillion in six months
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N3.946 trillion in the first half of 2018 to Federal, State and Local Governments, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) quarterly…
Okowa assents to bill prohibiting extortion, forceful entry into properties
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has signed into law the Delta State Public and Private Properties Protection Bill 2018 which outlaws illegal collections and forceful entry by touts into development…
CAA Asaba 2018: Kenya tops medals table; Okowa happy to host
Kenya edged out South Africa to finish top of the African Athletics Championship tagged Asaba 2018 medals table after a five-day tournament blasted as “tedious” during its troubled build-up. Kenya…