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News

NAPTIP Seeks Public Help Over Alleged Sexual Abuse in Daycare

The agency asked anyone with evidence or personal experience to report confidentially by direct message or email as investigations continue.

Community

FG Pledges Urgent Action to Tackle Ecological Crisis in Ugbokodo

Akume gave the assurance to an Okpe Kingdom delegation led by the Orodje, which cited shoreline erosion and flooding.

News

10 Feared Trapped as Blaze Engulfs Lagos Airport Terminal

Community

Court Jails Man 60 Years, ₦50m for Child Rape

A Delta State judge also ordered the ₦111,000 he offered as a bribe paid into the state treasury.

Politics

Warri-South Ex-Chairman, Tidi Defects from PDP to APC

The former state PDP secretary joined the ruling party with supporters at a Warri event, pledging to strengthen it in Delta.

Niger Delta

Dangote Refinery Resumes Sales of Petrol

Independent marketers must now buy from depots under a regulator-approved framework, with the refinery gantry price unchanged at N774 per litre.

News

PENGASSAN Pushes for 51% Private Ownership of Refineries

Festus Osifo says core investors with refining expertise, not political allies, should take control while government keeps a minority stake.

Politics

Ibori-Suenu Escapes Attack as Violence Rocks Ethiope West APC Congress

Armed men wielding cutlasses and guns stormed the Ovade venue, injuring delegates, as police stayed silent on any arrests.

News

NPC rolls out digital birth, death registration in Delta

The UNICEF-backed platform replaces paper records, and officials urged parents to register children since certificates unlock education and healthcare.

News

Cubana Group Lawfully Acquired Asaba Land -Community Lawyer

Ifeanyi Ejiofor said the Oshimili North land was never in litigation and a certificate of occupancy was issued.

News

Delta Police Arrest Teenage Girl for Faking Own Kidnap

The student lodged in a Port Harcourt hotel and demanded ransom from her widowed mother, spending it on clothes with three friends.

Community

Delta Govt Orders Temporary Shutdown of DSC Roundabout

Only Effurun–Ughelli traffic may use the flyover until March 31 as engineers finish road connections, with other motorists diverted.

Community

Police Recover Firearms Along Sapele–Warri, Agbarho Routes

A suspect arrested in Effurun led officers to a hidden armoury, while a tricycle rider was held in a separate patrol.

Community

OML 42 Communities Receive Training on PIA Benefits

The Ughelli session, backed by NNPC/NECONDE and Jones Creek, covered development trusts, accountability and conflict management for host community leaders.

Politics

Urhobo Leaders Protest Exclusion from Warri South APC Congresses

In a letter to the state chairman, the bloc says sidelining it threatens unity and demands corrective steps.

Niger Delta

PENGASSAN Kicks Against Tinubu’s Order on Oil Revenue

Osifo wants the order withdrawn, saying it overrides the Petroleum Industry Act and misstates what NNPCL actually retains.

Politics

House of Reps Apologize for Tear-Gassing Electoral Act Protesters

Spokesman Akin Rotimi called the police action regrettable and under review, defending lawmakers over the electronic transmission of results demands.

Niger Delta

Tinubu Ends NNPC’s 30% Oil, Gas Cuts, Orders Direct Payment to Federation Account

Operators must remit all government oil and gas entitlements directly from February 13, 2026, with a compliance committee constituted.