By Austin Ogwuda    ASABA—IT was a bloody day at Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday as a gang of armed robbers raided a first generation bank in the town.      Ironically, the bank is a stone’s throw from the Ogwashi-Uku divisional police station. The robbers succeeded in bolting away with over N28 million, an [...]

By Ike Okonta Okonta is a writer, scholar and journalist. In 2005, he earned a D.Phil from the University of Oxford where he has also taught.  He was shortlisted by the Caine Prize Judges for his story, Tindi in the Land of the Dead. He has published many books and articles. His latest book is When Citizens Revolt: Nigerian Elites, [...]

A shopping mall valued at $100 million (about N15 billion) will soon berth in Asaba, capital of Delta State.New City Mall Limited, the company behind the investment has disclosed. According to a Director of the company, Mr Vincent Otiono, the mall when completed will have recreational hotel facilities with over 500 car parking space. The Mall is being sited opposite [...]

There is no denying the fact that River Niger is West Africa’s major river. It runs across a distance of about 4180 km (2600 miles) beginning from Guinea Highlands in the Southeastern Guinea down to Mali, Niger, and Nigeria, where it blesses the country with large deposits of oil, palm trees, raffia, and many other natural resources before emptying into [...]

By: Chuka Konwea Asaba, the Delta State capital was in a festive mood last week. There was drumming, dancing, singing and merry-making. There was exhortative speeches, novelty football matches and fund – raising ceremonies . All of these were in honour of one man, HRH Obi (Prof.) Joseph Chike Edozien, J.P. the Asagba of Asaba. How time flies. It is [...]

The Chief Executive of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan commissioned Virgin Nigeria’s Passenger Sales Agents’ (PSA) office located in the state capital, Asaba on the 19, June 2008. Dr. Uduaghan who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Utuama commended the management of Virgin Nigeria as well as that of Maycif Consulting headed by Mr. Jones Enebeli for the [...]

Did you know that Asaba has a sister city in the USA?  “In 2005, the Nigerian Association of Central California requested the Stockton Sister Cities Association to develop a sister city relationship with Nigeria. The following year, the Nigerian Association of Central California, Stockton Sister Cities Association and the Oshimili South LGA of Delta State began working together to build [...]

The gathering had the trappings of the traditional and the political. There were the beaded traditional rulers. The politicians whose immaculate Senegalese dresses swept the floors behind them were not left out either. The youths, students, market women, farmers and activists were all present. The setting was the Conference Hall of the Grand Hotel, Asaba, where the Anioma people had [...]