Delta State Government has announced a new date for commencement of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), earlier scheduled to begin from 9 June to 13 June for both public and private secondary schools in the state. A Tuesday statement from the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Daniel Akiri, on behalf of the …
The Delta State Government has lamented the late-hour conduct of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) at the Unity Modern School, Asaba, which saw students sitting the exam with phone torchlights on Thursday. According to Saturday PUNCH, the exam was supposed to start at 2 pm but was delayed until 6 pm. In a viral video seen online, two invigilators were …
Vice President Kashim Shettima. on Monday, announced Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This was at the rally in Cenotaph in Asaba, the state capital, where the governor, his predecessor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, who was the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) two years …
A child who appears to be sick was found abandoned along Ekurede-Itsekiri Express Junction in Delta State. It was gathered that residents of the area found the child on Easter Sunday, 20 April, 2025. Human rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who confirmed the incident said he has alerted relevant authorities.
Students of the College of Nursing Sciences, Asaba, the Delta State capital, were robbed by armed men who carted away their belongings. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the hostel, located outside the school premises and primarily inhabited by female students, was attacked on Thursday night by the gunmen. Sources told The PUNCH that the robbers, armed with guns and cutlasses, stormed …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mrs. Joy Enwa, the Accountant General of Delta State, as part of investigations into the alleged misappropriation of N1.3 trillion linked to former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. The anti-graft agency has also questioned other officials, including a former Director of Finance and Administration and a senior Government House official. According to EFCC …
Police in Sapele, Delta State have arrested two women and a group of vigilantes for allegedly beating and burning a 20-year-old male. Abubakar Yusuf was allegedly beaten on Thursday evening and set ablaze by men suspected to be vigilante after he was accused of stealing N400,000 from a lockup store at the Sapele Market, from one Mrs. Onoriode (surname unknown) …
The Delta State government has said it had not received the 20 trucks of rice the Federal Government distributed to the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Information Commissioner Ifeanyi Osuoza announced this while speaking with The Nation yesterday in Asaba, the state capital. In a text message, Osuoza said: “Sorry, we have not received any consignment from …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all 25 local government chairmanship seats in the Delta local government election held across the state on Saturday. The party also clinched 499 of the 500 councillorship seats, losing one to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Oshimili North Local Government Area (LGA). The chief electoral officer and chairman of Delta State Independent …
A popular cinema house in Asaba, Delta state capital, was yesterday gutted by fire. The fire at Cartage Cinema located on Okpanam road, Oshimili North local government area, fire started around 1:00 pm, and was still burning at the time of filing this report. Police were at Okpanam road to close the road and control traffic. The cinema house, opposite …
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