Tag: Sapele
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Police arrest 7 suspects, recover firearms, vehicle in Delta
The Police Command in Delta has arrested seven suspects for alleged armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms. The acting Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Warri. Edafe said four of the suspects were arrested on Aug. 18 in…
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Police kill robbery suspect in Sapele, Delta
Police in Delta killed a suspected armed robber in a gun duel in Sapele on Saturday. Police spokesman, DSP Edafe Bright, told newsmen on Sunday in Warri that the suspect, known as Diamond or “Fowlboy’’, was member of a three-man gang terrorising residents of Amukpe Community in Sapele. Bright said that the Divisional Police Officer,…
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Gunmen kill Okowa’s aide in Delta community
Unknown gunmen in a white Venza car have killed the Special Assistant to Delta State Governor on Youth Development, Comrade Okiemute Sowho, also known as Daddy K. He was killed, on Saturday evening, along Crudas axis by Akintola Road, Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. Sources said the killing might have been carried…
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JUST IN: FG finally agrees to repair Benin-Sapele-Warri expressway
The federal government (FG) has finally agreed to carry out repairs work on the ever busy Benin-Sapele-Warri expressway. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) had earlier reported on the bad state of the road from the death trap fringes of Benin City through the horrible Ologbo axis to gully-prone Oghara, wobbly Sapele bridges and the outskirts of Warri. Also,…
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BREAKING: COVID-19 spreads to Sapele as Delta confirms more cases
The Delta State Government has confirmed three new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, with Sapele Local Government Area reporting cases of the virus for the first time. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the State Government on Thursday confirmed two COVID-19 cases for Sapele LGA, while the other case was confirmed from Oshimili North LGA. The development brings the…
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Power supply: Disaster waiting to happen in Sapele – Reps
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Power or its agency to set machinery in motion to commence the building of Sapele Power Station step down to connect the host communities of the Ogorode Sapele Power Plant to the national grid, noting that there is growing mass actions to shut down the…
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Delta State PDP Chairmanship: We won’t give up – Sapele political leaders
Sapele political leaders on Sunday rose from a meeting in Elume, insisting that the chairmanship of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State must come to Sapele Local Government Area. They also said that the speculations that some individuals in the party would try to jettison the zoning tradition and attain second term in…
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Again, Sapele political leaders denounce Delta PDP chairman’s second coming
…Write Okowa …Praise Ibori, Oyovbaire, others Stakeholders in the politics of Sapele on Saturday sent message to Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to prevail on the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Kingsley Esiso to accept the rejection of his second term ambition in good faith. ‘’The issue of Sapele producing the…
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Okpe youths blow hot over Itsekiri claim of Sapele town
The Okpe Youth Council, in reaction to a publication by the Sapele chapter of the Itsekiri National Youths Council, has said no other ethnic group has villages, quarters or towns in Sapele Local Government Area other than Okpe. National President of Okpe Youths Council, Harrison O. Ekeleme, and National Publicity Secretary of the council, Ekpo…
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‘Enormous’ economic potentials in Sapele, Warri other ports revival – Omo-Agege
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has described as “enormous,” the economic gains to be derived from reviving the Sapele, Warri, Burutu, and other ports in Delta state. He also harped on the need for oneness in Urhobo nation, urging its leaders to prioritize the interest of the ethnic nationality in their different dispositions. The…