Delta News

Delta State Coastal Communities not complete without CADA – Mulade

By Loveth Ojogun Delta State Coastal Communities have again called on the State Government to create the Coastal Areas Development Agency, CADA, in order to boost development of the area. The much needed CADA was recently amplified by a Delta born environmental and human rights activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade on behalf of the CADA, asking Governor Ifeanyi

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National News

EID-EL-KABIR: Otuaro tasks Nigerians on peaceful co-existence

By Loveth Ojogun Niger Delta environmental activist and scholar,  Chief Dennis Otuaro has called on Nigerians to embrace peace for a harmonious co-existence in the country. Chief Otuaro disclosed this in his message to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir in Asaba on August 12. He said that promotion of peace among diverse ethnic and religious groupings in

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National

Nigeria to experience more flood next month – NIHSA

Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency(NIHSA) has issued an alert warning Nigerians of imminent increased flooding, in September. This was disclosed by the director-general NIHSA, Clement Nze, on Wednesday during a press briefing in Abuja. The agency also accused state governments of failing to heed its previous warnings on floods released earlier this year. It, however, urged

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Bayelsa Politics

Apathy, boycott characterise LG polls in Bayelsa

Voter apathy and boycott by the opposition party, All Progressives Congress characterised the local government elections in Bayelsa State on Saturday. The APC had said that it pulled out of the polls because the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission was constituted of card-carrying members of Peoples Democratic Party, who could not be trusted to conduct

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National News

Problems Affecting Niger Delta Addressed At 4th GbaramatuVoice Lectures and Awards

By Odimegwu Onwumere The GbaramatuVoice 4th Anniversary Lectures and Awards have come and gone but the pomp and pageantry it has recorded in the minds of those who were at the occasion will take some time to sputter away. The event took place at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. It was full of people from all walks

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Delta News Oil & Gas

Olero field communities demand stoppage of burning illegal petroleum products on rivers

By Our Correspondent Olero Oil Field Communities in Warri North area say diseases and economic challenges which were worsened by pollution of environment require urgent remedial steps just as the Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro demanded patience on government response. The oil-bearing communities made demand on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over concerns that held security

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Akwa Ibom News

A’Ibom govt establishes cattle ranch with 2,000 cows from Brazil

By Our Correspondent The Akwa Ibom State Government has imported 2,000 cattle from Brazil, said the State Commissioner for Information, Charles Udoh.  Udoh said the need was for massive meat production in the state to enable sufficient protein intake among people and food sustainability in the oil rich state. It was while interacting with newsmen

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Delta News

Otuaro hypes on need to empower and strengthen women in Delta

By Enaibo Asiayei The Deputy Governor of Delta state, Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has expressed the need to empower women in oil producing communities in the state. Otuaro made this known in Asaba on July 31, at a reception ceremony by the newly sworn-in members in the board of DESOPADEC to represent the Ijaw ethnic nationality.

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