Delta State is set to stage a music, comedy and fashion show by the entertainment industry in the state to climax government and private investments in these sectors tagged EXPO 2022. It is an exhibition of talents both in Comedy,…
18 corps members escape death in Delta bus explosion
No fewer than 18 serving members of the National Youth Service Corps in Delta State escaped death by a whisker when a commercial bus conveying them from the orientation camp at Issele-Uku, in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of…
Delta councillor shot by suspected herdsmen dies days after
The Local Government Councillor representing Ward 5 in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Jude Adjekpogu, who was shot by suspected Fulani herdsmen some days ago is dead. The PUNCH gathered that the councillor died in the…
Warri-Itakpe train crushes mother, daughter
A woman and her daughter were on Thursday afternoon crushed to death by a passenger-train plying the Itakpe-Warri (Ujevwu) railway line in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The PUNCH gathered that the sad incident which took place at…
*Lagos residents lament high cost of food (Guardian)*UNILAG fires lecturers mentioned in sexual harassment story (Punch)
Lagos residents lament high cost of food (Guardian) For months, Nigerians have been lamenting a continuous increase in prices of goods and services. In Lagos, the nation’s commercial nerve centre, prices of goods have increased drastically with residents and traders…
Okowa’s father, Okorie Okowa, is dead
The father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa is dead. He died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 88. The Governor’s father who hails from Owa-Alero, Ika North East Local…
Woman strikes husband to death with shoe heel in Delta
A yet-to-be identified woman on Saturday morning struck her husband to death with the heel of her shoe in Ugbuwangue community, Warri, Delta State. The deceased, identified as Etsebanghanro Ighomi, was a father of two children, information on his Facebook…
Body of missing Delta female farmer found hanging on tree
There was pandemonium on Thursday in Okpanam community, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, as a 60-year-old woman was found hanging on a tree. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased, identified as Mrs Okenyi, was declared…
Ijaw youths storm EGCDF in Warri, protest over alleged marginalisation
Irate youths of Egbema and Gbaramatu kingdoms in Warri North and South-West Local Government Areas, Delta State, stormed the Egbema – Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, EGCDF, office at Warri, Tuesday morning, protesting alleged marginalisation by the Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL-inspired…
Delta State discharges 2 COVID-19 patients
Delta State has discharged two COVID-19 patients from the isolation centre in the state. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa made this known on his verified Twitter handle Tuesday tweeting: “Dear Deltans, it is my pleasure to announce the discharge of two of…