Showing posts with label delta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label delta. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2014

NYSC redeploys corps members from Borno, Kano, Yobe, others



The National Youth Service Corps on Thursday announced the redeployment of corps members from seven northern states.

The affected states are Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano and Yobe states.

A statement on Thursday in Abuja by the Director of Public Relations in NYSC, Mrs. Bose Aderibigbe, said the decision followed the high rate of insecurity in some parts of the North.

The corps members are part of the  2014 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course  scheduled to commence next week Tuesday August 5, 2014.

The NYSC said due to logistic reasons, the orientation course will be conducted in two streams for different states.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Delta nabs teenage gay cult in Warri known as Yansh





Vanguard reports that WARRI—Delta State Government, said that a cult of teenage homosexuals patronised by gay men exists in Warri.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who made the disclosure in his Easter message to Deltans at the First Baptist Church, Warri, said teenagers from ages 15 to 18 belong to the sect named Yansh, and live in rented apartments close to Enerhen Junction, Warri, where men come to sleep with them.
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

U.S Warns its citizens against travelling to 16 states in Nigeria..



 The United States has revised its travel alert on Nigeria, warning its citizens against going to 16 states in the country.  The most recent alert, includes the three north eastern states which were under emergency rule after having a presidential declaration on May 14, 2013.  Released on January 8 by the State Department, the US appealed to its citizens in order to avoid all, but essential travels to Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Gombe and Jigawa states.

Another states on the list, that the alert said are susceptible to kidnappings, robberies and other armed attacks are Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara. Abia, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Imo and Rivers states, that have been in a youthful list issued in June, 2013 aren't on the newest travel list.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Two men lost their lives after sleeping with two married women in Agbor, Delta




Two men, a patent medicine dealer and an auto-mechanic, have died in Agbobi Community, Agbor, Delta State, have died after a sex bout with two women. The police moved swiftly, arresting both women and two others identified as their friends, suspected for being involved in the death of both men. According to reports, both men died after alleged being deceived into having sexual intercourse with two of the suspects, after they had confessed that they had been divorced from their husbands.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

3 kids burnt to death as fire gutted 10 houses in Delta




TRAGEDY struck, Monday, as three kids of same parents were burnt to death in a inferno which consumed 10 make-shift houses at Oroke Estate in Ovwian, Udu Council Section of Delta State. An eye witness said the source of the fire could not be ascertained but suggested it could be from candle light or generating sets as there clearly was power outage at time of the incident.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Delta Speaker Escapes Assassination



The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, yesterday, at Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, emerged unhurt after an assassination attempt.

However, locally made canon contraptions, which triggered the explosion, critically injured a female
aide to among the Speaker's associates.
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Monday, October 7, 2013

Over 100 nak*éd women Pour to the street to protest heavy military presence in Delta community



Dozens of nak*éd Kokori women, on Sunday afternoon took to the streets to protest the siege on the Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State community by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF).
Reports from the community indicated that the about 100 nak*éd protesters were unhappy that their husbands have fled the community due to the military operation launched in the wake of the arrest of notorious criminal, Kelvin Oniarah.
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Friday, October 4, 2013

Why we attacked Nigerian embassy in Russia – Niger-Delta students In Russia




Niger-Delta students on scholarship in Peoples Friendship University of Russia have justified their attack on the Nigerian Embassy in Russia.

In a statement released by one of the students, Okoriko Maxwell, he gave an account of the events that led to their action citing the nonchalant attitude towards one of their mates who was in dire need of medical assistance.
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Monday, September 23, 2013

Disabled armed Robber & Gang Members Nabbed In Delta State




A 21-year-old disabled armed robbery suspect, John Okue, has been arrested by the Delta state police command in a hair saloon in Okwashi-Uku, following a tip off.
The disabled robber, who lost one leg to a virus, led the gang of other brutal robbers whose ages ranged from about 17 to 25 years.
Together, they were said to have robbed, killed and raped their female victims with impunity.

The gang was said to be highly connected to top police officers in the state. Consequently, when any member of the gang was arrested and detained, his freedom was often obtained.

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Former bank chief Jim Ovia sets up mega school in Agbor, Delta State



Ex-Zenith bank MD, billionaire business man Jim Ovia has set up a massive school in his hometown of Agbor in Delta State. The school is called James Hope College (JHC) and has a Briton as the principal. Mr Ovia built the school, which is supported by a substantial endowment fund, in his hometown to make education affordable to his people. The academic session for the first set of students will start in September 2013. 

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

GRAPHIC PHOTO: Encounter with Fulani herdsmen in Delta




Reports of Fulani herdsmen attacking members of their host communities with AK 47 rifles and other dangerous weapons have often been treated as a fairy tale by those saddled with the responsibility of protecting lives and property of the citizenry.

Recently, Crime Alert published a story of 23-year-old Ogbonna Eze, a commercial motorcyclist from Opi Community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state, whose life was almost snuffed out by two Fulani herdsmen whom he had conveyed from Opi Junction along Enugu -Makurdi Expressway , to their camp at Idodo Agu Ekwegbe, Igbo Etiti local government area on a special drop.

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Nigerian Police Busts Kidnappers’ Spiritual Home In Delta State



The escape of a Nigerian female kidnap victim from the kidnappers’ den has led to the discovery of a shrine where inter-state kidnappers and armed robbers take their victims to hypnotize. The shrine which is located in a forest in Oduke, a neighborhood of Okwe community in Asaba, capital of Delta state, is presided over by a fake prophet and his wife, also suspected to be members of the kidnapping/armed robbery syndicate.

Armed robbery and kidnap victims taken there are forced to drink concoctions to hypnotize them. But the concoction also gives health complications. 
The escape of Mrs. Ojukwu from the shrine however blew the lid open, after she was dispossessed of her property including cash. She promptly reported the incident to the police.

It was gathered that the gang usually entrapped unsuspecting passengers in a vehicle occupied by the gang members with the driver of the cab pretending to be a commercial transporter.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Photos: Mob Find & Beat Up Robber Until He Bleeds In Delta State (VIEWERS DISCRETION ADVISED )




The young man in the ditch is a thief, who was caught this morning in Shell road, Sapele, Delta state.According to an eyewitness, the thief (name unknown) had snatched a woman's handbag in another part of town, Ugbeyi Sapele and sped off on his motorcycle. 

The poor woman couldn't raise an alarm, but fortunately a soldier who saw her bag get snatched quickly borrowed someone's Hilux and gave the thief a hot chase. 
Somehow, the thief got away.

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Images: Mob Find & Beat Up Robber Until He Bleeds In Delta State (VIEWERS DISCRETION ADVISED )



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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Five Customers Feared Dead As Robbers Storm First Generation Bank In Delta, Cart Away Millions



Five persons were feared killed yesterday when an 11-man robbery gang attacked a first generation bank in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, and carting away unspecified amount of cash.It was learnt that the dare-devil robbers, armed to the teeth with sophisticated weapons, blew-up the bank vault.
According to eye witness accounts, the robbers shot sporadically into the air to scare bystanders away just as customers who were inside the banking hall doing transactions scampered for safety.he incident, which took place in the morning lasted for several minutes and the men of the underworld had a field day despite the fact that security operatives were stationed some few metres away at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Agbor.
Confirming the incident, State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Lucky Uyabeme, said the police command has intensified a full-scale manhunt for the fleeing robbers.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

20 illegal private hospitals clossed in Delta




NO fewer than 20 illegal private hospitals and maternity centres have been sealed in different areas of Delta State in the ongoing clampdown on health facilities operating below standard and without due authorisation.
Their state Ministry of Health task force had been combing the nooks and crannies of the state in the past seven days to ascertain that the health facilities were operating under due process and manned with unqualified personnel.

Those sealed were situated in Asaba, the state capital; Ibusa, Okwe, Agbor which had to date been visited by the duty force team led by Dr. Alfred Ebiakofa.  The team went by having an ambulance to evacuate some patients from among the sealed private hospitals at Agbor to the Agbor central hospital for proper attention.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

10 found dead after boat sinks in Delta State



Ten bodies have been found during a rescue operation off the coast of Nigeria after a tugboat contracted by Chevron sank on Sunday in rough seas, the vessel’s owner said on Friday.

The Jascon-4 capsized early on Sunday at a mooring point around 30 km (20 miles) off oil-producing Delta state. Of 12 people who had been on board, one was rescued alive and another is still missing.

“The search and rescue operation that has been under way since 26 May has had to be stopped for safety reasons,” the ship’s owner West African Ventures said in a statement.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

SERIOUS MATTER: Prostitu-tes Strip Jehovah’s Witnesses unclad &Set Them ablaze, Delta



In a reminiscent event, prostitutes operating at a popular Ezenei-Cable point in Asaba Delta State humiliated four gospel Jehovah Witness preachers during their routine activity leaving two of them unclad while their bags containing Awake and watchtowers publications were allegedly set ablaze.

It would be recalled that few years ago some “Christian convertors” from a popular Pentecostal church after they were allegedly hoodwinked into love making with the harlots, had their Bibles set ablaze upon their refusal to pay for services rendered.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Killer Kerosene In Delta



No fewer than 15 persons have fallen victims of serious kerosene explosion across Delta State since the last two weeks.

Unknown to the buyers who were mostly housewives and food-sellers, the killer products had been adulterated and sold at cheaper rate. Some of the victims who spoke with Daily Sun on grounds of anonymity, said they couldn’t know that the kerosene product have been adulterated with diesel and a little mixture of fuel.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Lunatic Daughter Pounds Parents To Death In Delta State





The killing of a retired soldier and his wife by their 32-year-old lunatic daughter left sympathizers in tears yesterday at Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The retired Army Warrant Officer, Mr Jonah Elili, and his wife gave up the ghost after they were hit with a pestle by the daughter identified as Elo, sources say.

No one knew about their gruesome murder until a neighbour went to the deceased couple’s shop to buy some items when she found the lifeless bodies of the retired soldier, 75 and his wife, 65, were reportedly discovered in the early hours of yesterday.

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