Let the kite and eagle perch on ‘Wado city’
By Uwa John When I first read the catching axiom of “Kite” and “Eagle”in Things Fall Apart, a masterpiece of...
Month: October 2021
EndSARS memorial: Timi Frank urges PSC to sack Lagos CP, Odumosu, over arrest, teargas of protesters
By Gold Ebimene Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, called...
Ijaws in Diaspora to converge in US for world convention
A socio-cultural group of the Ijaws in diaspora, Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has disclosed its intention to hold the 2022...
PIA: Sylva inaugurates management team for new oil industry regulatory agencies
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has Inaugurates the management team of the regulatory framework for the oil...
#EndSARS: Timi Frank accuses FG of insensitivity to plight of victims
...Says power to change Nigeria for better resides in youths Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress...
The Urhobo 2015 Uvwiamuge declaration and the validity of 2023 Ijaw Governorship agitation in Delta State
Because we are not known for equivocation, the time has actually come for the Ijaws to awaken Deltans to the...
Fresh oil spill reported from Agip facility in Bayelsa
By Ebi Perekeme A fresh devastating oil spill has been reported at a facility operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil...
[BREAKING] Gunmen open fire at traditional rulers meeting in Imo, five monarchs feared dead
A report by Channels TV indicates gunmen have opened fire on traditional rulers during a meeting at Njaba local government...
Bayelsa govt imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew on waterways, bans 200hp engine boats
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the imposition of night curfew on all waterways in the...
NIGER DELTA ROYAL FATHERS TO FG: Our people are suffering
“We have our children with Masters and PhD degrees in management, geology, geosciences and engineering, what other certificates do you...
IN RIVERS: 500 youths renounce cultism in Andoni, surrender arms
There was celebration in the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State when about 500 gang members who had been...
NNPC spends N32.56bn on pipeline security, maintenance in six months
By Ebi Perekeme The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it spent a total of N32.56bn on pipeline security and...
Buhari committed to completing abandoned projects in Niger Delta – Akpabio
Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has restated President Muhammadu Buhari's commitment to completing all abandoned projects in...
PIA: FG scraps DPR, PPPRA, PEF as Sylva inaugurates new boards
The Department of Petroleum Resources, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund are all officially scrapped...
[VIDEO] Watch how NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari stormed the creeks of Niger Delta
Watch how NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari stormed Oporoza town, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State. Watch video below https://youtu.be/JJsb7HYllZ0
[PHOTOS] Governor Okowa meets with Gbaramatu Youth Council in Asaba
The Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday hosted the President of Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), Comrade...
Resign Now, IYC Tells DESOPADEC Commissioner
The Ijaw Youth Council Western Zone has asked Commissioner Representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas...
Keyamo, Ogboru, Timinimi, others fume, boycott APC Congress in Delta
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta Leaders’ Council has charged the party’s faithful across the state to remain focused and steadfast in...
IYC reveals Niger Delta politicians frustrating NDDC board reconstitution
By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have blamed selfish politicians including ministers...
‘Bottled, sachet water exposed to sunlight emit harmful chemicals’ – Rivers Govt warns residents
The Rivers State Government has said harmful chemicals are emitted when bottled water and its equivalent in sachet are exposed...
Bayelsa APC Congress: Sylva’s loyalist, Otiotio emerges party chairman
Chief Dennis Otiotio, a political associate of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged Bayelsa Chairman...
Omeni Sobotie emerges new APC Chairman in Delta
The Special Adviser on Legislative, Plenary Matters and Political Affairs to the Deputy President of the Senate, Omeni Sobotie, was...
Cooking gas explosion kills husband and wife in Warri
No fewer than two persons (husband And wife) have been reportedly killed on Friday in a gas explosion at Eboh...
Buhari renews Dikio’s appointment as interim administrator of Amnesty Programme
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of appointment of retired Col. M. D. Dikio as Interim Administrator of the...
[MUST READ] What NNPC GMD told Niger Delta traditional rulers in Gbaramatu
The Chief Executive Officer/Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroluem Corporation, Mele Kyari on Thursday led a delegation from...
Read full speech delivered by Pere of Gbaramatu to the NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari in Oporoza
BEING A SPEECH PRESENTED BY HIS ROYAL MAJESTY OBORO GBARAUN II, AKETEKPE AGADAGBA, THE PERE OF GBARAMATU KINGDOM TO THE...
[PHOTO STORY] NNPC GMD, Kyari, other top government officials visit Gbaramatu kingdom
A delegation from the oil and gas industry to the Niger Delta led by the CEO/Group Managing Director of the...
DOPF LECTURE: NDDC to explain role in building a new face for Niger Delta
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to use the opportunity of the Third Annual Convention/lecture of the Delta...
Anambra Deputy Governor, Okeke decamps to APC
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, received the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke, who recently left the All Progressives...
Two masquerades arrested for stealing N370,000 in Ondo
Two masqueraders namely Sheriff Ojo and Muhammad Lukman have been arrested for allegedly stealing ₦370,000.00 and inflicting injury with cutlasses on one Adinoyi Mohammed...
PIA 3% HOSCOM FUND: Niger Delta traditional ruler rejects S/South Govs’ call to appoint trustees
...Says governors failed in managing 13% Derivation Fund to develop communities ...Calls On Buhari to inaugurate screened, confirmed NDDC board...
NDDC dedicates new headquarters to God
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has formally dedicated its new headquarters building at the Marine Base, Port...
Gunmen invade police station, kill 1 Sgt in Bayelsa
Gunmen, yesterday, killed a Police Sergeant during an attack on the Divisional Police Station, Kolo, Ogbia Local Government Area of...
[BREAKING] Gbaramatu kingdom set for groundbreaking ceremony of multi-million Naira youth development centre in Niger Delta
The Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, the umbrella body of youths in Gbaramatu Kingdom, has announced the groundbreaking/foundation laying ceremony to...
Defamation: Popular Instagram dancer, Janemena petitions police over Tonto Dikeh’s claim, demands N500m compensation
Instagram dancer and influencer, Jane Orezimena, popularly known as Janemena, has written a letter to Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, demanding...
