Overland Airways, Nigeria’s frontline carrier has announced the start of its flight services from Abuja to Asaba, Delta State. The Asaba-Abuja fights will operate three times a week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 12:00 p.m.; while the Abuja-Asaba flights will operate at 10:30a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The flight services will be operated with […]
Mr. Felix Udochukwu Ariguzo, a teacher with Mastercare International School, Asaba, Delta State, has emerged the Maltina Teacher of the Year for 2017 in the highpoint of the competition’s grand finale held recently in Lagos. For the feat, Ariguzo was rewarded with N1million in addition to N500,000 he received as Delta State champion. He will […]
Four persons have been killed in the Abraka market area in Asaba, the Delta State capital, following an attack by unknown assailants. The assailants, who invaded the Hausa/Fulani settlement at about midnight on Friday at the market within the Asaba metropolis, killed three men, one woman and left several others with injuries. Armed with guns, […]
Eight people have died after a commercial bus plunged into the Itakpe-Aladja railway line from the bridge fifty feet above around Agbor, Delta State. The victims included six men and two women. The crash involved a commercial bus with registration number BMA 524 XA, and occurred overnight around the Agbor-Ogwashi-Uku stretch of the Benin-Asaba-Onicha highway. […]
In its continued support to promote good oral hygiene and ensure a cavity free Nigeria, Unilever Nigeria Plc. charged the populace to adopt good oral care practices like brushing twice daily (morning and night) at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Dental Association held from Tuesday 22 – Thursday 24 August 2017 in Asaba, […]
The Delta State Government has said that works on the deplorable Ubulu-Unor, Ogwashi-Uku link road will soon commence. The State Commissioner for Works, Chief James Auguoye who confirmed this to journalists in Asaba yesterday, said the contract was awarded to FADA Construction Nigeria Limited, adding that the contractor firm would be fully mobilized to site […]
A group of protesters, mainly youths and women, have blocked the Ughelli-Asaba express way, near Otovwodo in Delta State. The community is protesting the menace of herdsmen in the area. More to follow
TO ensure a better future for Nigeria, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has urged teachers to inculcate high moral standards in children for the future of the nation. Governor Okowa made the call on Thursday in Asaba during the commissioning of the Royal Mira All Saints International School. According to him, “if there is no moral instruction […]
Palpable tension has continued to mount in Asaba, the Delta state capital following the police recovery of two decomposing corpses of tricycle riders allegedly killed by unknown persons in the area and dumped in an undeveloped land. Expectedly, the police had on Monday recovered two decomposing corpses riders in an undeveloped land along Onitsha/Asaba Expressway. […]
Leadership of the Nigeria Union of journalists, (NUJ), Radio and Television, Theatre and Arts Workers union, (RATTAWU), Delta Broadcasting Service Warri and Asaba, has urged the state government to complete the full digitisation of the stations before commissioning the project. The two chapters have resolved to resist any attempt by the state government to […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday downgraded the Asaba Airport facility from being used for commercial flight operations. A release by the Federal Ministry of Aviation states, “The Federal Government has downgraded the Asaba Airport over the failure of the Delta State government to put in place measures that would guarantee the safety and security of […]