A tragic incident unfolded in the Ometan community of Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State, where a devastating fire sparked by an oil tanker accident claimed...
Seven persons died in a fire incident involving an oil tanker in Ometan community in Okpe local government area of Delta State yesterday. Eyewitness told LEADERSHIP...
The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, commenced proceedings on Thursday on a lawsuit involving the Okuama community of Ughelli North Local Government Area. Naija...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old woman, Sofia Nkwo, on Thursday, accusing her of the tragic killing of her one-year-old son. Naija News...
A 24-year-old lady, Sofia Nkwor, has confessed to the Delta State Police Command that she dumped her one-and-a-half-year-old baby in a well to die due to...
The Delta State Police Command has successfully rescued two individuals who had been kidnapped in Orogun, a community located in Delta State. This update was provided...
The Okuama-Ewu community of Delta State has accused an Ijaw leader of being behind the land disputes between them and the Okoloba community. The community in...
Community leaders of Okuama-Ewu in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have rejected reports that 17 military personnel who lost their lives during an...
The Nigerian military has given Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State clearance to access the Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state....
Troops of the Nigerian Army, on Thursday, conducted a cordon-and-search operation over the March 14 killing of 17 military personnel at Okuama in Ughelli South Local...
The Nigerian Army troops uncovered an arsenal of weapons and ammunition at the home of a gun smuggler in the Olota community and neighbouring areas of...
The Delta State Police Command has paraded 12 suspects, including a 17-year-old boy (name withheld) who faked his kidnap in the Agbor area of the state....
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has confirmed the safety and security of HRM Clement Oghenerukevwe, the traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom in...
The Defence Headquarters Boad of Inquiry, constituted to investigate the March 17 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama, Delta State, is scheduled to commence sitting today...
An eyewitness to the March 14th killings of soldiers at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, disclosed that the assailants wore military camouflage....
Ahead of the local government election in Delta State, the people of Abavo Kingdom, Ika South local government area have thrown their weight behind the adoption...
The sudden death of a grassroots footballer in Agbor, headquarters of Ika South local government area of Delta state, has thrown many into mourning. According to...
Leaders and representatives of Ewu, Okparabe, Arhavwarien, and other Urhobo ethnic nationalities in Delta State are under siege by soldiers carrying out cordon-and-search operations. This is...
Delta State Government has promised to submit a position paper to the board of enquiry set up by Defence Headquarters to enquire into the remote and...
A resident of the Okuama community in Delta State, Vero Joseph, has accused men of the Nigerian army of killing some people during their invasion in...
A resident of Okuama community in Delta State, Evelyn Edjekota has narrated how gunmen in four boats from Bomadi side shot men of the Nigerian and...
A somber cloud hangs over the Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, following the tragic loss of the Commanding Officer of...
A 19-year-old 200-level Business Administration student of Delta State University of Science and Technology, Faith Omodon, has been declared missing in Edo State. Naija News learnt...
At least, nine suspects have been arrested by the police over the February 26 murder of six police personnel killed during a special operation at Evil...
No fewer than nine individuals have been arrested in Delta State over the killings of police officers in the Ughelli area of the state. Naija News...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Oginibo, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, have passed a vote of confidence on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori,...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has revealed the mastermind behind the killing of 17 soldiers in the Okuama community in Delta State....
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has said the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta...
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Emmanuel Ishaka, has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Dr. Dennis Otuaro as...
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Christopher Musa, has said that some of the traditional rulers and communities in Delta State, are complicit in the...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has revealed why the Nigerian Army is yet to allow anyone into Okuama community, Ughelli South Local...
Nine students who were abducted along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State, have been rescued by the state police command. Naija News has earlier reported...
A community leader from Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State has provided insights into the tragic events of March 14, which resulted...
A group, Northern Youth Progressive Network (NYPN) has condemned the heinous communal dispute that occurred between Okoloba and Okuama communities in Delta State, resulting in the...
Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students travelling along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State. Channels Television reports that the incident happened on Monday....
The Nigeria Police Force has apprehended eight additional suspects linked to the recent killing of police officers in Ughelli, Delta State. This latest round of arrests...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of eight individuals linked to the brutal murder of six policemen in Delta State. NPF said it...
The Delta State Police Command has handed over the arrested traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Clement...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) may place a bounty on the heads of suspects implicated in the killing of 17 officers and soldiers in the Okuama community,...
The traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe, who has surrendered himself to police over...
The King of Ewu kingdom, Clement Ikolo, who was being declared wanted by the Army over the killing of 17 soldiers in Delta State, has surrendered...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has distanced itself from the scheduled Easter Retreat in Asaba, Delta State. In a statement issued on Thursday, Ohanaeze...
The Presidency has reacted to the declaration of seven men and a woman wanted for their involvement in the gruesome murder of 17 Nigerian soldiers in the...
The burial ceremony for the 17 military personnel killed in Delta State was held in Abuja, on Wednesday. Naija News recalls that irate youths, on March...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja, for the burial of the 17 soldiers who were murdered in the Okuama community...
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has confirmed that his principal will attend the burial ceremony of 17 military...
The remains of the military personnel killed in the Okuama community in Delta State have arrived at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, for burial. Naija News...
Delta State House of Assembly (DSHA) has reversed the termination of the employment of Mr Emmanuel Emenetie by the Post Primary Education Board 24 years ago....
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old married man, Ernest Okporu, for allegedly raping his landlord’s 11-year-old daughter in Osubi town, Okpe Local Government...
Delta State House of Assembly has reversed the Post Primary Education Board’s termination of Emmanuel Emenetie’s employment 24 years ago. Naija News learnt that Emenetie had...
Delta State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued three kidnapped female victims. The victims who were kidnapped on their way to the hospital...
The recent massacre of 16 soldiers allegedly involved in a peacekeeping operation in Okuama and Okoloba Communities in Delta State has drawn sharp criticism from Ohanaeze...
Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor (retd.), has stressed the importance of the military avoiding the “see-finish” syndrome during non-kinetic operations. He also suggested further...
The President of the Ijaw Youths Congress (IYC) Worldwide, Jonathan Lokpobiri, has demanded an immediate inquiry into the alleged deaths of indigenes from the Igbomotoru community,...
Influential figures from the Niger Delta, including monarchs, retired security personnel, clerics, and activists, have called on the Federal Government to end the military’s ongoing operation...
The Paramount Ruler of Igbomotoru Communities in Bayelsa State, HRH Ayibaikie Aseimighen Ofongo, has shared a harrowing account of his expulsion from the community, orchestrated by...
The mother of the Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, late Lieutenant Colonel A.H Ali, who was tragically killed alongside two majors, one captain, and...
The Nigerian military community is mourning the loss of Major Salisu Danjuma Shaffa, who was killed in an ambush in Delta State‘s Okuama area. Shaffa, who...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the murder of six policemen in Ohoro Forest in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. In a...
International Afrobeats singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has agreed to settle the breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by the Amaju Pinnick-led Brownhill...
The Nigerian Military‘s search and rescue teams operating in Okuoma, Ughelli Local Government Area, have made a harrowing discovery of the decomposing hearts of some soldiers...
Reports has it that the militant leader who masterminded the killing of sixteen soldiers recently in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South local government area of...
Tragedy struck in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, as gunmen, believed to be involved in cult activities, brutally killed Mr. Bobby Kabah...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, issued a stern warning on Thursday to kingdoms and traditional rulers within the state, urging them not to protect individuals implicated...
The Defence Headquarters in response to the recent tragic incidents in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, where 16 soldiers and several civilians...
A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has called for a high-powered investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the deployment of...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it received the news of the killing of 16 Nigerian military men in Delta State with...
The Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Olufemi Abaniwonda, on Thursday said its personnel have not been able to access the troubled Niger Delta community of...
The Senate Joint Committee on Army, Navy, Defense, and Air Force committees and the service chiefs met on Wednesday over the recent killing of soldiers in...
A community leader in Delta State, Olorogun Sleek Oshare, has shed light on how a land dispute escalated into the tragic killing of military personnel in...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has slammed the Nigerian Army over the invasion of the Okuama community in the Ughelli South LGA of Delta State....
Authorities have apprehended at least three individuals linked to the recent deadly attack on members of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Otuama,...
Fear has gripped Bayelsa communities as the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) intensified manhunt for killers of 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, who were murdered...
The Delta State House of Assembly sent a passionate appeal to the Nigerian military to temper justice with mercy over the killings of 16 soldiers at...
In the wake of the tragic incident that led to the death of 16 military personnel in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State,...
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has stated that those responsible for the massacre of 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion at Okuama in...
The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) began a three-day national mourning period on Monday to commemorate the 17 soldiers who were killed by angry youths in...
The Nigerian Army has released the identities of the 16 Nigerian Army officers and soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Bomadi Local Government Area of...
Angry motorcycle riders have staged blockades on key roads and markets in Asaba and Okayama, located in the Oshimili South and Oshimili North Local Government Areas...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Monday visited the community where officers of the Nigerian Army were killed to assess the damage firsthand. However, Punch Newspaper...
The Unity Advocacy Group, UAG, on Monday described the unprovoked killing of military personnel during a rescue mission in Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government...
A retired Army Major General, Cecil Esekhaigbe, has given further insight into the unfortunate incident that led to the gruesome killing of 16 military personnel in...
A woman yet to be identified tragically collapsed and passed away while singing on the altar during Sunday’s service in Delta State. This incident occurred on...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the killing of 16 army officers and soldiers in Delta State. Naija News reported that the army personnel...
The Nigerian military has taken a drastic step by deploying armoured vehicles to Bomadi, the headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area in Delta State, following the...
The Ovie of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom, Delta State, His Royal Majesty Clement Ikolo, expressed deep sorrow over the recent killing of 16 soldiers in Bomadi local government...
The President, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday condemned the attack on military officers in Delta State, on Thursday. President Tinubu in his reaction to the incident vowed...
The Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has reacted to the recent gruesome killing of military personnel in Okuama, a community in the Ughelli South Local...
The disability protection bill, 2024, has been passed by the Delta State House of Assembly. Naija News reports that the bill was passed after it scaled...
Fourteen lifeless bodies of soldiers killed in Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have been recovered. The bodies were, in...
The Nigerian Army has discovered and dismantled a significant weapons and drone production facility allegedly run by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and its...
Delta State government has pleaded that Nigerians, especially Deltans, should not allow indigenous languages to face total extinction. Governor Sheriff Oboreveori stated this on Friday in...
The Delta State Governor’s Chief Strategist to the, Festus Okubor, has said that Sheriff Oborevwori is working tirelessly to build and improve Delta State, and he...
This year, the salary payments of workers in at least 24 states across the federation are reliant on federal allocations. Naija News understands that the budgets...
A joint team of security agents and local vigilantes have successfully retrieved the bodies of some deceased police officers who were part of the IRT Abuja,...
A trending video from a wedding ceremony, that has stirred much reaction, shows the moment a man gets married to two women in Delta. The video...