IYC Condemns Clamp Down On Jonathan’s Ex-Aides, Accuse Obasanjo Of impunity
By Igoniko Oduma – Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council, Worldwide, on Sunday decried what it termed the gradual resort to dictatorship by the President Muhammdu Buhari-led Federal Government with the...
View ArticleStakeholders Differ On Delta BRT Project
By John Dugbe / Ughelli Various stakeholders in Delta State have kicked against the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Scheme in Effurun-Warri area of the state. The Ovie (King) of Uvwie Kingdom, Abe I,...
View ArticleOil Operations Resume, As Delta Settles Rift Between Firms, Host Communities
By John Dugbe – Ughelli Activities have resumed at various Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) oil installations following resolution of the long drawn dispute between the NPDC and...
View ArticleAAU Alumni Moves To Boost Education Quality In Delta Schools
By Victor Otuya – Asaba The Ambrose Ali University (AAU) Alumni Association, Sapele Chapter, has made bold steps towards improving the quality of education in Sapele and Ethiope West Local...
View ArticleEx DESOPADEC Commissioner Commends Contractors On Project Completion
By Victor Otuya - Asaba Former commissioner representing Ethiope West, Sapele, Okpe, Uvwie and Agbara-Urhobo on the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC),...
View ArticleOkowa Wants Shell Office Re-opened In Delta
By Felix Igbekoyi, Asaba Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has criticised Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) for having an office in Lagos State despite not having its operations in the...
View ArticleUghelli Community Deserves Government Presence – Idogun
By John Dugbe - Ughelli The people of Eruemukohwarien Community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have lamented what they called the spate of injustice melted on them by the...
View ArticleWe’ll Resist Any Attempt To Rename DESOPADEC – Izuokumor
By Emma Arubi - Warri THE Co-ordinator, Delta Ijaw Oil and Gas Producing Communities, Chief Favour Izuokumor has said that they would not accept the re-naming of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas...
View ArticleGroups Seeks Dickson’s Disqualification From Bayelsa Polls
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa As the countdown to the December 5, 2015, governorship election in Bayelsa State gathers momentum, A socio-political group, the Bayelsa Democracy and Development...
View ArticleSapele, Ethiope LGs Raise Alarm Over Imminent Collapse Of Gamon Bridge
By Victor Otuya - Asaba The people of Sapele and Ethiope West local government areas of Delta State now live in fear of an imminent collapse of the bridge linking Sapele and Ethiope parts of the...
View ArticleIjaw Youths Urge Okowa To Create Enabling Environment
By John Dugbe Ughelli THE people of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom of Delta state on Thursday urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to create an enabling environment for all political appointees to operate in order...
View ArticleOkowa, Edozie, Olu Of Warri, Others For Delta Role Model Award
By Victor Otuya Asaba Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Asagba of Asaba, HRM, Prof. Chike Edozie and the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II are among notable sons of Delta slated to receive...
View ArticleNSCDC Warns Vandals To Steer Clear Govt Property In A’Ibom
By Idongesit Ashameri Uyo The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Akwa Ibom command has warned vandals in the state to steer clear of government property or risk unpleasant consequences....
View ArticleHow A’Ibom Task Force Demolished Building Where Corpse Of 130-Year-Old Was Kept
By Idongesit Ashameri – Uyo Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA) in conjunction with security agents on Friday raided Ekpene Ukim community in Uruan Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa...
View ArticleExpert Canvasses Strategic Resources Mgt, Identifies Hindrances To Devt
By Victor Otuya & Macaulay Wilson – Asaba A management consultant and public policy analyst Mr. Barry Pere Gbe, has identified proper management of the nation’s strategic resources as the...
View ArticleA’Ibom Police Commissioner Bows Out
By Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State command, CP Gabriel Achong will bow out of the Nigerian Police Force on Friday July 31, 2015 after 35 years of service....
View ArticleBayelsa Communities Warn Saipem Over Neglect In SSGGP
By John Dugbe - Ughelli The management of Saipem Nigeria Limited, handlers of the Southern Swamp Gas Gathering Project (SSGGP), has been advised to address its host communities’ demands before...
View ArticleUyo Residents Blame PHEDCO For Rise In Crime
Idongesit Ashameri – Uyo Residents of Uyo Capital city have blamed the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDCO) for the upsurge in rate of armed robbery cases in Akwa Ibom State. The...
View ArticleIjaw Withdraws Ultimatum On Re-naming Of DESOPADEC
By Emma Arubi - Warri THE Co-ordinator, Delta Ijaw Oil and Gas Producing Communities, Chief Favour Izuokumor has said that the ultimatum issued to the State Government on the proposed renaming of...
View ArticlePolice Raid Cultists, Kidnappers Hide Out In Rivers, Imo
By Daniel Abia – P/Harcourt A combined team of police operatives from Rivers and Imo State commands have stormed and overran the Aggah ‘evil forest’, a notorious hideout for cultists and serial...
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