A fire outbreak on Wednesday destroyed the computer section of the Delta State Library in Asaba, with property worth millions of naira gutted. Eyewitness, Josephine Obareh said computers worth millions were destroyed by the inferno, which started in a mysterious way within the roof of the library section at night. Mrs. Rosemary Eboh, Director in charge of the library, who ...
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Delta provides landed property to commence construction of Asaba Army Brigade
The Delta State Executive Council has approved the purchase of a landed property to fast-track the establishment of Army Brigade in Asaba, the state capital. Speaking after a meeting of the council in Asaba on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for Information, Ogbueshi Patrick Ukah, said that the decision to purchase an existing property as opposed to erecting a new structure ...
Read More »Delta Govt. promises owners of demolished properties compensation
Delta State Government has assured the people of Okwagbe, Otutuama, Esaba in Ughelli-South Local Government Area whose properties were destroyed due to the ongoing road project in the area that their compensation would be paid before the end of August. Chief James Aguoye, State Commissioner for Works, stated this weekend, during his inspection of the road been constructed in the ...
Read More »Delta community tasks government, contractor on road repair
The President General of Isoko Development Union, Chief Iduh Amadhe, has urged the state government to repair the link roads within Iyede community that have been damaged by heavy-duty vehicles. He made the appeal during a meeting held with the director, monitoring of project, CCC Company, Onuoseke Sonny at Isoko Unity house. He charged him to alert Governor Ifeanyi Okowa ...
Read More »Amaechi says contractors need N100 billion to execute East-West project
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said N100billion would be needed by the contractors to complete the dualisation of the East-West road. Mr. Amaechi, together with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Uguru Usani, said this during the inspection tour of the dualisation of the East-West road, which started from Warri to Eleme junction. According to him, political opponents ...
Read More »Delta community loses properties worth millions of naira to rainstorm
Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by rainstorm which wreaked havoc in Alifekede Community in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. Consumable goods like garri, yams, pineapples among others were lost to the rain which destroyed the foodstuffs while valuable property such as houses, electricity poles, and economic trees among others worth over N100 millions of ...
Read More »Delta APC chairman considers N521 million spent on road rehabilitation as fraud
Chairman of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jones Erhue has described the N521million allegedly spent on 40 rehabilitated roads during the first 100 days of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in office as a fraud, adding that the Okowa-led administration was not prepared for infrastructural development in the state, rather “it is all fraud and insensitivity to ...
Read More »Delta assembly proceeds to end Property Development Fraud
The Delta State House of Assembly has taken steps to end what it described as “ property development fraud” and exploitation to Deltans, saying that bill to regulate the process would soon be passed. Mr. Sheriff Oborevwori, the Speaker of the House who spoke to DAILY POST in Asaba on Wednesday, disclosed that the Delta State Property Development, and Real ...
Read More »Delta approves construction of four roads in Asaba
The Delta State Government has approved the construction, rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of four roads in Asaba, the capital territory. This was part of the decisions taken during the State Executive Council meeting held inside the Government House, Asaba. Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, who spoke after the meeting listed the approvals to include the rehabilitation and asphalt overlay ...
Read More »Delta State approves completion of Stephen Keshi stadium
The Delta State Government has approved the award of contract for the completion of the second phase of outstanding works in the Stephen Keshi Stadium (formerly known as Asaba Township Stadium) in Asaba. Making this disclosure, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, said that the approval of the said Stephen Keshi Stadium was part of the decisions taken ...
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