The Delta State Police Command has intensified efforts to strengthen human rights compliance and community policing through a series of interactive engagements involving police officers, community leaders, and other key stakeholders across the state. The initiative, organised in collaboration with the Police Service Commission (PSC), focused on promoting professionalism within the Nigeria Police Force, protecting…
The Delta State Police Command says it has intensified its crackdown on criminal activities across the state, leading to the arrest of 23 suspects, the recovery of a stolen HOWO trailer truck, and the seizure of large quantities of suspected illicit drugs in separate coordinated operations. The operations, carried out in different parts of the…
The Delta State Police Command says it has recorded fresh operational breakthroughs in its sustained crackdown on cultism, kidnapping, and violent crimes, with the rescue of a kidnapped three-year-old girl, the arrest of a suspected cultist, and the recovery of firearms in separate operations across the state. The command disclosed that operatives attached to the…
The Delta State Police Command has dismissed reports suggesting that officers shot two persons during a patrol operation in Ogwashi-Uku, clarifying that a personnel of the Nigeria Forest Security Service and a civilian died in what it described as a tragic accident during a joint security operation. The command said the incident occurred on Wednesday,…
The presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was conducted peacefully across several local government areas in Delta State on Friday, with party members turning out in large numbers to participate in the exercise ahead of the 2027 general elections. Across wards visited in Ethiope West, Oshimili North and South, Ika North-East, Ndokwa West,…
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq. In contemporary Nigerian politics, consensus candidacy is rarely accidental. It is usually the product of strategic negotiation, political trust, grassroots acceptance, and verifiable performance. That reality finds clear expression in Delta State, where leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have unanimously rallied behind Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday conducted State House of Assembly primaries across several local government areas in Delta State, with party officials and stakeholders describing the exercise as peaceful, orderly and largely in compliance with party guidelines. Across constituencies monitored, sole aspirants emerged through affirmation votes conducted under the party’s adopted process, while…
The National Assembly Primary Election Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has pledged to deliver a peaceful and transparent nomination process as party members prepare to elect candidates for the National Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking in Asaba on Monday, chairman of the committee, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odo,…
By Eunice Emeyazia Thousands of teachers in Delta State are set to gain wider access to affordable healthcare following the formal enrolment of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Delta State wing, into the Delta State Contributory Health Commission (DSCHC) insurance scheme — a move expected to deepen healthcare coverage while easing the financial burden…
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, Esq. The flag-off of the N29.8 billion Aboh–Akarai Road and Bridge project by Sheriff Oborevwori marks a major step forward for communities in the Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency of Delta State. The constituency, represented in the House of Representatives by Hon Nnamdi Ezechi, covers Ndokwa East, Ndokwa West, and Ukwuani local government…
