Former Minister of Education (State), Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, on Saturday, reacted to the report that four staff of Signatious Hotel, who were allegedly stripped naked, photographed, arrested and dragged before a Magistrate Court in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State over missing money. Gbagi, who is gunning for the governorship position in Delta
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Tragedy struck at Umeh community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, as a truck rammed into the venue of a traditional marriage ceremony, killing two persons and leaving several others with various degrees of injuries. It was gathered that the truck was supplying blocks to a location in the community why the driver
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Tragedy occurred at Ajanomi Area in Abraka Community in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State when four suspected internet fraudsters died mysteriously, three hospitalized while two others are found unconscious after eating a meal of indomie and eggs. It was gathered that the incident happened when all individuals, numbering 9, were asleep. According to
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The Delta State Government has sanctioned 41 teachers for examination malpractice during the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination . This is contained in a statement by Delta Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education , Mr Patrick Ukah. Ukah said the decisions were based on the recommendations by the Examination Ethics Disciplinary Committee of
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One person has been confirmed dead , while four others sustained varying degrees of injury as a one- storey building collapsed following a thunderstorm in Asaba , the Delta State capital . It was gathered that the building located behind the Police Officers’ Mess in Okwe , Oshimili South Local Government Area, collapsed around 5
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A 37-year old man has been electrocuted to death after he tried switching from a generating set to electricity power while watching TV in Sapele, Delta State. The incident was said to have happened on Sunday afternoon, at about 1:35 pm along Oleh road in the timber town.According to an eye witness William Madu (the
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An angry mob on Thursday almost lynched an officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Delta State Command, Mr C. U. Mgbede, for allegedly pushing a truck driver out of a moving vehicle. The officer who narrowly escaped death, was said to have jumped into the truck in a commando style and allegedly pushed down
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A dynamite blast has reportedly killed the chairman of Agadama community in Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North council area of Delta state, Sunday Iniovogoma.The incident reportedly happened around 12:40pm on Friday.According to community sources, other persons in the building sustained varying degrees of injuries in the explosion.The deceased was said to have been napping in his
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The recent kidnapped chairman of Warri North council area of Delta State by name Hon. Aduge Okorodudu, has regained freedom after being kidnapped along Mabiaku Road, near Nana Model College, Warri around 8pm on Saturday August 8.It was reported that Okorodudu was released in the early hours of Tuesday August 11, and a source claimed
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Residents of Issele-Mkpitime in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State have been thrown into mourning following the alleged kidnap of an Anglican priest, Revd Anthony Oyi by suspected Fulani herders in his farm. THE DAILY VENDOR correspondent gathered that the priest, who hails from Issele-Mkpitime, had gone with his family to the farm
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Delta State government has mapped out plans to screen spectators, match officials and players for the deadly coronavirus (Covid -19) before the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on March 27. The state’s Commissioner for Sports, Tony Okowa said at the weekend
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Uwheru community in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has banned the sale and consumption of cow meat in the kingdom following incessant herdsmen attacks on farmers and other residents of the kingdom. Uwheru is one of the 24 traditional kingdoms in Urhoboland in Delta State. It was gathered that the ban
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Delta Police Command has confirmed the seizure of three trucks, allegedly loaded with items suspected to be stolen or vandalized from the moribund Delta Steel Company (DSC), Aladja. The Delta Commissioner of Police (CP) Hafiz Inuwa confirmed the development to newsmen when contacted on Saturday. “Actually, we got an information that some suspected trucks were
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A rights group in Delta State under the aegis of I know My Rights, is demanding for a proper investigation and subsequent prosecution of a Pastor who was alleged to have defiled his 12-year-old daughter at their Uwheru residence in Ughelli North local government area of the state. The Pastor identified as Benjamin Abu, who
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Some pupils of Zappa Secondary School in Asaba, in Delta State, have attacked a male teacher after allegedly taking hard drugs. According to reports, the pupils, who completed their first term examination on Friday, attacked the teacher while he was on his way home. The teacher, according to an eyewitness, was rushed to the Federal
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