“Federal Polytechnic Orogun is a major strategic, thoughtful & necessary response to Deltans challenge”
By Ebi Perekeme The prospect of situating a Federal Polytechnic in Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State might have been
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Experts worry over oil pollution in Ogoni
By Our Reporter Experts and discussants in the just concluded Correspondents’ Chapel Week of Rivers State Union of Journalists have warned that the
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Aniagwu extols his boss, Gov. Okowa for winning Tribune Platinum Award
By Badmus Shina Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has congratulated Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa on his Tribune Platinum Award as Nigeria’s
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Rivers State Government offers to bury Late High Chief O.B Lulu Briggs
By Our Reporter Following the protracted family crisis that has delayed the burial of Prominent Kalabari Son and Philanthropist, High Chief O.B Lulu Briggs
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Gbaramatu Youth Council explores for new president
By Ebi Perekeme The leadership of Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) has taken a bold step to explore for a new president to pilot
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Akpabio pulls out of A’Ibom N’West senatorial rerun, thanks APC
By Our Reporters The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has pulled out of the forthcoming Akwa Ibom North West senatorial rerun
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FG launches $129.17m agriculture scheme in N’Delta
By Ebi Perekeme The Federal Government has launched a $129.17 million agriculture scheme to boost income generation and food security in the Niger
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Gov. Okowa wins “Tribune Platinum Award”, dedicates it to Deltans
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, was on Tuesday, Dec. 10, honoured as “Nigeria’s Torchbearer in Infrastructure and Environmental Development” for his outstanding
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Reps begin review of oil companies, host communities GMoUs
The House of Representatives has mandated the Committees on Treaties, Protocols, and Agreements, and Petroleum Resources (Upstream) to review all the Agreements and
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Excitement as Ijaw Boy Joins US Army (Photos)
Excitement as Ijaw Boy from Gbaramatu kingdom, Marquis Saniyo Ogbaburu joins US Army. See photos below
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Nigerians attack Amaechi in Spain
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Friday said that he was attacked by some misguided Nigerians in Madrid, Spain. Disclosing this via
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OML 42: Signing GMoU in Lagos by Neconde/NPDC JV fraudulent – DIYMPA
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Ijaw Youth Movement for Political Advancement (DIYMPA) has fingered the ongoing Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) in
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Gov. Okowa makes case against gender-based violence
–Victims shouldn’t shy away – A’Ibom govt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State yesterday, Dec. 3, frowned at the rising cases of gender-based
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Bitterness has characterised Rivers politics – Abe
By Our Reporter A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has said that politics of bitterness and
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OML 42: Odidi community alleges fraud
By Badmus Shina Odidi community, hosting OML 42 in Warri South West Local Government Area in Delta State has furiously kicked against the NPDC/Neconde Global
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TB Joshua gives Bayelsa gov-elect a word of wisdom
The founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet TB Joshua has asked the governor-elect of Bayelsa state, David Lyon to
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OML 42: Odidi Communtity Holds Press Conference, Rejects GMoU In Lagos (Watch Video)
The leaders of Odidi community hosting OML-42 facility in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state on Tuesday December 2, 2019,
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OML 42: Ijaw Youths reject GMoU, threaten to shutdown flowstation
By Ebi Perekeme Delta Ijaw Youth Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, has rejected the proposal of the Delta State Government and NPDC/Neconde JV
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South-South governors, NPF, gearing towards community policing
By Our Reporter Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state and his counterparts in the South-South geo-political zone on Tuesday, Nov. 26, endorsed the
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EGCDF holds ‘GMoU Process/Peace Building’ meeting with N’Delta communities
By Shina Badmus The Egbema/Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), held a town hall meeting on Wednesday, November 27. The, EGCDF, a Delta State based foundation
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Okowa cautions healthcare workers in the state
By Our Reporter In line with his administration’s determination to ensure full routine immunization coverage of Delta, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has advised health
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Ijaw group recognises outstanding Ijaws after Adaka Boro
By Shina Badmus The Proudly Ijaw Cultural Heritage and Peace Building Centre is set to hold its annual award symposium, ‘Ijaw National Merit
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Egberipapa receives Northern students’ Integrity award
By Our Reporter Leader of the Network for Defense of Democracy and Good Governance (NDDGG), Ambassador Sobomabo Jackrich has called on Nigerians to
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Finally! Benikrukru Inaugurates New Executive
By Badmus Shina Pump and pageantry rented the air in oil-rich Benikrukru, major host to Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) in Gbaramatu Kingdom of
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Dickson imported Indian magicians, necromancers – Deputy gov-elect
The deputy governor-elect in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi has said that the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP , Senator
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Burutu: Free for all fight in Tamigbe over chairmanship election
By Our Reporter About four persons have sustained deadly machete cuts and over ten houses destroyed at riverine Tamigbe community in Burutu Local
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Benikrukru votes Odu as new chairman
By Our Reporter Mr. Solomon Eris Odu will soon take over the mantle of leadership in the oil-rich Benikrukru in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Delta
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PIND hosts peace, capacity building between Ijaws, Itsekiris (Video)
By Badmus Shina The Warri Multi Stakeholder Platform (MSP) programme which is a product of the Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND, constituted for
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A 29yr old Timipa paddles canoe 100km on sea to celebrate Lyon’s victory (Photos)
A native of Dukegbene in Opuama Kingdom, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa state, Duke Surveyor Timipa has paddled a canoe for about
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11th-hour legal hurdles that couldn’t mar Lyon’s chances
Barely 48 hours before the polls opened, the federal high court in Yenagoa, the state capital, ruled that the APC had no candidate
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Warri South LGA dissolves revenue committees
By Our Reporter Warri South Local Government Council in Delta State has dissolved all revenue committees for 2019. While thanking members of the
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INEC presents David Lyon certificate as Governor-Elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Bayelsa State Governor-Elect, Chief David Lyon and his Deputy, Sen.
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INEC to award Certificate of Return to Lyon Nov. 21
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Thursday, Nov. 21, present Certificate of Return to the Bayelsa State governor-elect, Chief David Lyon.
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Harrysong set to unveil Pinaza Records’ newly signed artistes
By Badmus Shina Warri is set to experience an explosion of untamed entertainment come Sunday, Dec. 1 2019. Various popular musicians from all
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Otuaro’s Dance For A Woman
By Ekanpou Enewaridideke The time uncanny and the place mysterious Otuaro was recently caught dancing prolongedly for a woman. Some term the prolonged