COVID-19: EGCDF sends relief materials to communities in N’Delta
By Faith Abo Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), has donated food materials worth millions of Naira to communities in Egbema...
Month: March 2020
Passengers stranded at River Niger, as Delta lockdown over COVID-19
By Ebi Perekeme Hundreds of travellers in and out of Delta State were stranded at the Asaba end of the...
Ondo govt says no case of COVID-19 in the state
Ondo State Government has said that there is no confirm case of COVID-19 in the state. It said 12 individuals...
Ijaw community in panic as UK-returnee allegedly tests positive for Corona Virus
Arogbo, the traditional and spiritual headquarters of Arogbo-Ijaw kingdom has been thrown into a state of confusion following a tested...
COVID-19: Pere of Gbaramatu Quickens Traditional Cleansing Rite Festival
By Ebi Perekeme The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II, has started cleansing rites of all the communities...
Bikumor community cries out over alleged soldiers maltreatment
By Loveth Ojogun The people of Bikumor Community, a fishing settlement, which is located in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South...
Don’t despair over COVID-19 – Jonathan tells Nigerians
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says more actions are needed even in this time when the world is facing a devastating...
CEPEJ takes COVID-19 crusade to Delta, Abuja, donates items
By Ebi Perekeme The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, a frontline Nigeria-based non-governmental organisation, has embarked on a...
Okowa directs closure of air, land boarder, street movement over COVID-19
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Government on Thursday ordered the closure of the Asaba International Airport following the rising...
COVID-19: Six patients recover in Lagos, set to be discharged
Six patients being treated for the coronavirus have recovered and will soon be discharged by the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lagos. Tunde...
2020 IYC election: Wuruyai receives royal blessing
By Loveth Ojogun One of the leading aspirants for the office of the National Secretary of the Ijaw Youth Council...
#Covid-19: Edo speaker, Okiye tests positive
The speaker of the Edo state House of Assembly, Frank Okiye, has tested positive to Coronavirus. Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu,...
Wike partially lockdown River over Coronavirus
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has announced partial lockdown of Rivers State. He also suspended operations of night clubs, cinemas and...
IOCs Relocation Order and Okowa’s Politics of Development
By Jerome-Mario Utomi "What’s crucial about a vision is not its originality but how well it serves the interests of...
Sex in times of the Coronavirus
Agency Reporter Social distancing is the order of the day, so it’s not a good time for sexual contact. It’ll...
NDDC Takes Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Infection
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has suspended visits to its offices as part of measures to...
Chevron affirms hope that non-employees contracted Covid-19
By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and CNL,...
(BREAKING) Ben Bruce loses wife
A former Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray-Bruce, has lost his wife to cancer. She was 43-years-old. Murray-Bruce...
Head of Koko community, Ejueyitsi Aganbi passes on
Koko community has been thrown into mourning with the death of its paramount head, Deacon Stephen Ejueyitsi Aganbi, who passed...
Oghior, Ukpiovwin sign peace pact to end community crisis
The two communities in conflict over land and boundary adjustment dispute in Udu Kingdom; Oghior and Ukpiovwin communities have agreed...
Man, 41, stabbed to death in Warri
A middle aged man, named Oghenekparobo Kpedi was stabbed to death by yet to be identified run away armed bandits...
Petrol stations yet to effect new price in Warri
Twenty four hours after a decrease in pump price was announced by the Federal Government, most filling stations visited by...
INEC postpones bye-elections in Bayelsa, IMO, Plateau for CoronaVirus
By Ebi Perekeme The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the senatorial bye-elections for Bayelsa, Imo and Plateau states...
Rivers Govt gears up to tackle illegal refineries
Worried by the environmental devastation, the Rivers State government has begun moves to end artisanal refineries which are adjudged to...
FG doles out N20b for completion of East-West road
At last the Federal Government has released the sum of N20billion for the completion of the East-West Road project that...
Gov. Emmanuel goes after cultists, reads riot act against them
Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel has banned the existence and operation of 65 secret cult groups in the state. Emmanuel,...
Army unveils plan to recruit N’Delta youths into Special Forces
The Nigerian Army has said it will spare no effort in sensitising Niger-Delta youths in its recruitment drive for its...
My life now seriously threatened by officials of Rivers Govt – Sobomabo Jackrich cries out
By Ebi Perekeme High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich Founder, Kengema Unity Forum and Network for the Defense of Democratic and Good Governance...
Exclusive: Meet the 13 Major Candidates Running for IYC President in 2020
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide election scheduled for April 10th to 11th, 2020 will be keenly contested by a...
Ebimami, a man of sterling qualities, Uduaghan consoles family
By Ebi Perekeme His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON, the immediate past Governor of Delta State and Chieftain of...
Diri with jaundiced mandate should pray for God’s forgiveness – Sylva
By Ebi Perekeme Mr Timipre Sylva, Minister of state for Petroleum Resources and former governor and leader of the APC...
N’Delta agog as Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation berths in Okerenkoko
By Enaibo Asiayei History was made at Okerenkoko community, hometown of the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr Kingsley Otuaro,...
Looking into recent crisis between Bini and Itsekiri youths
Oil-rich Ologbo community in Edo State is in the eyes of the storm. Commercial activities have been paralysed in the ...
Gbaramatu Youths threatens FG over Gbaramatu/Escravos light project
By Ebi Perekeme The Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, has said that due to alleged failure of the Federal Government to...
Lawmaker rebuffs Amaechi over comment on insecurity in Rivers
---Wine moves to reward indigent JAMB applicants A member of the House of Representatives, Solomon Bob, has faulted the Minister...
