Ethiope-East Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Chief Augustine Ogedegbe has vowed that the pregnant woman shot dead by soldiers chasing suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as yahoo boys, will get justice. Ogedegbe made the vow in a post on his Facebook timeline. He also said the Council is taking necessary steps to prevent such occurrences…
The Delta State Police Command has said it arrested officers who appeared in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba. The video, which circulated on social media, showed the officers handling the money from their parked vehicle, raising widespread suspicion that the cash could have been proceeds…
Tension gripped residents of Warri, Delta State on Saturday afternoon as Itsekiri and Agbarha-Warri (Urhobo) youths engaged in a violent clash over renewed territorial claims. Eye witness accounts revealed that trouble started around noon in Warri South Local Government Area, following a disputed celebratory procession by some Itsekiri youths who were reportedly commemorating the fourth…
Over 50 women in Oviri Olomu Community in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State have declared sex strike over continued attacks by suspected herdsmen. The women who decried years of terror, rape and destruction by armed herders in their once-peaceful agrarian community, vowed on Tuesday not to engage in intimacy with their husbands…
Tension erupted at the Government House in Asaba at the weekend when a cow attacked a staff member, causing panic among workers. The cow, which was meant for slaughter, went on a rampage and injured several people. One of the victims, a man in his 30s who attempted to subdue the animal, was severely injured…
Delta Police have arrested Merit Alice, a 27-year-old woman who confessed to orchestrating her own kidnapping to enable her repay N3.6 million entrusted by her brother. Alice admitted on Monday that her brother had given her the substantial sum to purchase tricycles but she instead diverted the funds to cover expenses for her bridal shower…
The Delta Police Command has confirmed that an 11-year-old girl recently arrested by officers at the Ekpan Police Division was being used to traffic hard drugs. This follows widespread outrage on social media after an X user identified as Kat (#Living_JustCus) claimed the child was unlawfully detained and denied contact with her family. She further…
A 27-year-old, Ubakpororo Kelvin, who went into hiding after killing Excel Ukeredi Peace, the mother of his two children, on June 26, 2025, has revealed that the drugs he took led him to commit the act. Kelvin made this confession at the Delta State Police Command in a video posted on X, during interrogation by…
The Delta Police Command, has reported significant breakthroughs in its ongoing efforts to combat crime, announcing the arrest of suspected kidnappers and the neutralisation of an armed robbery gang in separate operations. According to a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, operatives of the Command’s Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Squad, led…
The Police in Delta State have apprehended a suspect in connection with the alleged stabbing of a fellow student and subsequent demand for ransom from her family. The incident, which reportedly occurred at the newly renamed Southern Delta University in Oleh, was announced by the Delta Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, in a…