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Delta State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Tessy Diai, has released two inmates from Sapele Custodial Centre, as she commenced the first quarter of the 2023 jail delivery exercise on Friday, March 24.   The inmates were identified as Abubakar Abdullahi and Ufuoma Victor.   It was gathered that Abubakar Abdullahi …

The Party’s Campaign Council disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Deputy Director, Media and Publicity, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza. According to the statement, the attack took place between Elume Junction and Okuabude, in Okpe Local Government Area of the State, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. “The party …

The presidential candidate of Labour party, Peter Obi, has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Delta state.   According to the results released by INEC, Obi polled a total of 341,866 to edge out his closest rival , PDP’s Atiku Abubakar who polled a total of  161,600 …

Labour Party, LP has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC  of refusing to upload results of the presidential elections collated in various polling units in Lagos and Delta states to the Central Server.    In a statement released this evening, February 25, the National Chairman of the party, Barrister …

Angry residents in Warri, Delta state filed out this morning and destroyed a POS operator’s stand. According to the protesters, POS operators are extorting them due to the scarcity of New Naira notes. Prior to the scarcity, POS operators charged N100 for every N5000 withdrawn but with the current scarcity …

  A 2-year-old daughter of a widow identified as Diamond Miracle was allegedly stolen by a neighbour in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State and sold to a woman in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for N500,000.      Human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who disclosed this in a …

The traditional ruler of Asamokwu community, in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi Okwudiki Odumodu, was beheaded following a dispute over sharing formula of a derivation fund.   The spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, February …

An 11-year-old missing boy, Joshua Sunday, has been found dead inside a drum in Asaba, the Delta State capital.     The deceased was found dead inside a drum containing water in his compound at Usonia street, back of Stephen Keshi Stadium, three days after he went missing.      …

The Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba and presided over by Honourable Justice Flora Ngozi Azinge, has sentenced a 28-year-old father, Amechi Ogo, to life imprisonment for raping his four-year-old daughter.   The defendant was arraigned on a charge of rape for having unlawful carnal of his child at …

  The man who slumped and died inside a bank in Agbor, Ika Local Government Area of Delta State, has been identified as Mr Vincent Igweh, a building material merchant.     Sources revealed that late Igweh went to the Bank in Agbor for some transactions, but unfortunately, after spending …