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Esan youth flay Oshiomhole over plan to relocate teaching hospital

By Isaac Olamikan  Special Correspondent, Benin Esan Youth Association (EYA) has condemned what it tagged the “devilish plan of the Oshiomhole administration to defraud the over-taxed, harassed and...

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MEND’s endorsement of Buhari inconsequential – N’Delta Youth Council

Ebis Orubebe is the Chairman of Niger Delta Youth Leaders Council and Director General, Jonathan Youth Vanguard. In this interview with journalists in Lagos, he contends that the recent purported...

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2015 is year of continuity, development, says Olejeme

By Sam Akadoro Special  / Correspondent, Sapele   A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, has lauded the leadership qualities of President Goodluck Jonathan...

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Okowa promises market for Orerokpe people if …

Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta, has promised to build an ultra-modern market in Orerokpe if is elected. Okowa made the promise at the...

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Delta youths warn Fulani herdsmen against attacks

By John Dugbe  /  Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Following the recent attack on Ewen village in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State by Fulani herdsmen, which left one of the youths of...

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NDE begins skills acquisition training for women in C/River

National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Cross River State has begun a two-week skills acquisition training for 50 women in the state. Mr Edem Duke, NDE state coordinator, said at the flag-off of...

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Patani PDP flays party leaders over imposition of candidate

By John Dugbe  / Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Patani, headquarters of Patani local government area, have flayed the party’s national...

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Ojugbo threatens to expel defecting PDP members

By John Dugbe  Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Ahead of the February 2015 general election, South South Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Cairo Ojugbo, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum...

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How security operatives, royal father averted bloodbath at Onne Port

By Godwin Egba Port-Harcourt   December 2014 would have ended on a sad note for Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Free Zone, Rivers State, and its immediate host community (Onne), as youths from the  community and...

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Procurement process for Ibom Deep Sea Port to start soon – Minister

Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, said at the weekend in Abuja that the procurement process for Ibom Deep Sea Port, located in Akwa Sbom state, would commence soon. Umar said this at the...

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Urhobo group promises to work for Okowa’s victory

By John Dugbe Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Urhobo Awareness Youth Association (UAYA) has pledged to work for the victory of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate,...

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Delta group honours Olejeme, backs Jonathan

  By Sam Akadoro Special Correspondent, Sapele   Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, has been honoured for putting in place cost saving measures and...

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Peterside promises to upgrade Elelenwo steel village

Dr Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, on Tuesday promised to upgrade the steel village at Elelenwo, if elected. Peterside said this during...

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Ogoni rejects implementation of UNEP Report untill…

By Godwin Egba / Special Correspondent, Port Harcourt   The Ogoni Central Indigenous Authority (OCIA) has said it is against the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)...

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Urhobo youth urges FG to fulfill promise

John Dugbe /  Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Onoriode Okoh, a youth from Okere Urhobo Kigdom Warri and a beneficiary of the Federal Government training in agriculture in Israel, has appealed to the...

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Igbo traders in Delta urged to vote for Okowa

By John Dugbe /  Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Igbo traders in Delta State under aegis of Ndigbo Traders Political Forum have been urged to vote for Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and governorship...

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SDP Senate hopeful commissions boreholes, town hall in Uzairue

By Isaac Olamikan  /  Special Correspondent, Benin   Abubakar Momoh, who is representing Etsako Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, has continued to put smiles on the faces of his...

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Ex-councillor alleges marginalisation of Abraka community

By John Dugbe  /  Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Former member of the Ethiope East council legislative arm, Felix Erhimedafe, has cried out over what he termed as “total marginalisation of Abraka...

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Fitters, welders flay firms over use of automatic welding machines  

By John Dugbe / Special Correspondent, Ughelli   Members of the Nigeria National Fitters Association and Nigeria Welders Association have condemned the use of automatic welding machines by Next Oil...

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NDDC: Fast-tracking development in Niger Delta region

By Daniel Abia  / Snr Correspondent, P/Harcourt   In its determination to fast track the development of Nigeria’s oil-rich region, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has promised to put more...

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