An estimated 3,000,000 people, mostly children and women, died in Eastern Nigeria during the civil war. Many people died from hunger and starvation after Nigeria imposed a total economic blockade on the region.
The Delta State House of Assembly has unanimously approved a proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution seeking to establish State Police Services in Nigeria, with all 23 lawmakers present voting in favour.
Electricity supply across Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states was disrupted on Monday after workers under the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) shut down critical facilities of BEDC Electricity Plc over a dispute involving emoluments and welfare packages
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has expressed sadness over the death of former Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, describing the late former governor as a detribalised leader.
The death of former Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, on Monday, October 19, 2026, brought to a close a political journey that spanned more than two decades and placed him at the centre of some of the most consequential developments in Delta State since Nigeria's return to democratic rule in 1999.
Uduaghan, a medical doctor who governed Delta State between 2007 and 2015, came into office with a Three-Point Agenda centred on Peace and Security, Infrastructure Development and Human Capital Development.
A heavily fortified building fitted with underground passages suspected to have served as secret escape routes has been uncovered in Asaba, Delta State, deepening concerns over an alleged drug operation and possible wider criminal activities within the premises.
The Delta State Police Command has detained the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Dr Kingsley Ashibogwu, and four other persons as investigations deepen into the death of Mr Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, a Deputy Director in the state Ministry of Secondary Education.
The Delta State Government has constituted an eight-member Administrative Panel of Inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Adeda Ekwevugbe, a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, following an incident at his workplace in Asaba.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
