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Community

Association Raises Alarm Over Unregulated Billboards in Delta State

The professional bodies group says poorly installed billboards could collapse in bad weather, and wants government inspections, clear rules and removals.

Culture

EFCC Probes Blessing CEO Over Alleged ₦300m Cancer Fund Fraud

A lawyer acting for Asaba breast cancer patient Mbara Deborah says her medical report was altered to solicit donations never remitted.

News

FG Issues Flood Alert For Delta, Nine Other States

The water resources ministry named vulnerable communities from Onitsha to Port Harcourt and urged residents to clear drains before April 12.

Community

Operation Delta Safe Troops Nab Two, Seize Weapons in Ogidigben

The raid followed reports of sporadic gunshots on April 7, yielding four AK-47 rifles, magazines, ammunition and machetes.

Politics

Okuama Community Warns of Election Boycott Over Detained Leaders

Protesters in Ughelli South say their leaders have been held nearly two years without trial since the military crackdown.

News

Several Feared Dead After Fuel Tanker Crash on Effurun Flyover

The tanker reportedly lost its brakes near Refinery Junction on Wednesday, hitting tricycles and cars as responders contained the fuel spill.

Culture

DJ Association Temporarily Bans Burna Boy Songs After Clash with DJ Tunez

The association told DJs at home and abroad to drop his music, backing DJ Tunez after an alleged nightclub assault.

Politics

Third ADC Faction Claims Party Control, Rejects Mark, Bala Camps

Don Obinna and 24 state chairmen named an interim executive under Temitope Ogga to convene a national convention.

Politics

Delta Govt Reviews Doctors’ Pay, Raises Entry Salary to ₦570,000

House officers also gain, rising to ₦350,000, as the state moves to curb migration of health workers and improve retention.

Community

Rainstorm Brings Down Billboards Across Effurun, Warri Axis

No injuries were recorded, but fallen structures on Airport and Udu roads renewed calls for stricter billboard monitoring.

Politics

New Isoko Group Rejects Joel-Onowakpo Second-Term Endorsement

The network says the union president acted alone at a private Emede gathering and wants the endorsement withdrawn.

News

Delta NMA Disowns Viral Cancer Report Linked to Blessing CEO

The association says the viral document is an altered copy of a May 2025 report issued to another patient in Asaba.

Politics

Lawuru Steps Up Consultations for Warri Reps Seat

The APC aspirant told Warri Urhobo party leaders his Itsekiri and Urhobo heritage equips him to bridge ethnic divides.

Politics

APC Chieftain Denies Party Crisis, Says Omo-Agege Cannot Defeat Oborevwori

Okwagbe says Delta APC remains united and warns that challenging the governor's growing popularity would leave Omo-Agege politically damaged.

Community

Govt Uproots Trees Along Okpanam After Aged Tree Kills Rider

Environment commissioner Jamani Ejiro says weakened, overgrown trees along the road are being identified and removed after the Easter Sunday windstorm.

Niger Delta

PETROAN Urges NNPCL to Resume Warri, Port Harcourt Refineries

The retailers say restarting the plants would cut import reliance, and urged stronger pipeline security and on-site inspections at three refineries.

Community

Suspected Kidnapper Arrested as Police Recover Pistol in Delta

Henry Obi, 34, was seized in an Agbor raid where officers also found live ammunition and suspected drugs.

Reports

NDPC Probes Alleged Data Breach Involving Sterling Bank, Remita