National News

95 ex-Boko Haram fighters set for release into society

Ninety five ex-Boko Haram terrorists that have been rehabilitated under the Deradicalization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme are now set to be reintegrated into the society. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when he declared open a stakeholders meeting to work out modalities for the reintegration of

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Edo Politics

Edo LG polls: PDP may boycott polls

There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) in Edo State might boycott the local elections in the state scheduled to hold on March 3rd. This is because the party is yet to begin sale of nomination forms to aspirants or fix a date for its party primaries. The PDP has also expressed

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News

Okerenkoko Land Claim: You are a liar, Gbaramatu women leader tells Fmr Delta AG

•Calls on Pa Akpata spirit to visit Former AG •Calls on Aisha Buhari to appeal to her husband to do the needful To further add credence to the claim that the people of Okerenkoko own the land where the Nigerian Maritime University is sited, Chief Vero Tangbuwei, a descendant of Pa Akpata in Okerenkoko community has

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National Politics

Senate Turns Heat On Buhari Over Killings By Herdsmen

•Demands sack of cabinet members, service chiefs •Says foreign militias operating in NigeriaSuspends sittings for security summit •Ohanaeze, Afenifere visit Benue Governor Ortom •’Some herders are Boko Haram members’ •Cattlemen get ‘24-hour ultimatum to quit S’ East’ The Senate, yesterday, delivered a damning indictment on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, stopping short of calling

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Breaking News News

Soldiers, Gelegele community disagree over alleged attack, missing rifle

Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigeria Army Benin City and the youths of the Gelegele Ijaw community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State have disagreed over an alleged attack on the troops drafted to Dubril Oil Company Plc’s flow station and a missing military rifle. Consequently, soldiers alleged stormed the community

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News

Bombing Threats: Community Leader Appeals To Niger Delta Avengers

…tasks government to address contentious regional issues In order to avoid widespread violent actions that would bring pains to the people of the Niger Delta, a Human Rights activist and a Community Leader from Gbaramatu Kingdom, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has appealed to members of the dreaded Niger Delta Avengers not to carry out its planned attacks,

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Letters

INC, IYC Division: An Open Letter To Izon Nation

By Ofoni Williams The development in Izon nation of late is not the best way to celebrate ourselves and the existing leadership of our race. The development to say the least remains a sad tale and commentary. Notable among others are the saga of the Edo state Izons, Okerenkoko saga. Both events have connoted that

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Breaking News News

JUST IN: HOUSE OF REPS PASSES LAW TO ESTABLISH MARITIME UNIVERSITY IN OKERENKOKO

The Nigerian House of Representatives has passed the bill for the establishment of Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State, three years after its foundation was laid. The groundbreaking of the school at Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri south-West Local Government Area was done by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014. The bill for its

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Politics WORLD NEWS

US embassy could move to Jerusalem within a year, says Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he believed the US embassy in Israel could be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem within a year, reports said, contradicting statements from US officials. “The embassy is going to be moved to Jerusalem faster than you think, certainly within a year,” Netanyahu told journalists accompanying him on an

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News

N’Delta Avengers Declares Fresh War On Oil Installations

•Says “restructure now or face our wrath” •Demands for release of freedom fighters in custody •Condemns release of Boko Haram members, release of $1b to fight sect in North East •Shuns intervention from Elders The Niger Delta Avengers on Wednesday, has threatened to visit violent attacks of oil installations in the Niger Delta region, if their

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National News Press Release

Resign now as Petroleum Minister, kinsman tells Buhari

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and kinsman of the President, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim Daura, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign his position as the Minister of Petroleum Resources to concentrate on salvaging the country. At a briefing in Kaduna, yesterday, Daura argued that the office of the President was very demanding and

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Breaking News National News

BREAKING: Niger Delta Avengers send fresh bloody New Year message to Buhari

PRESS STATEMENT HAPPY DOOMED YEAR NIGERIA; GET READY FOR OPERATION BRINGING DOWN FPSO The high command of the Niger Delta Avengers wishes all Niger Deltans a happy New Year as we admonish the Nigerian Government to brace up for the doom we have finished all arrangement to unleash on the oil sector in a few

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News Politics

N1.67B ABANDONED PROJECT: DELTA GOVERNMENT DRAGS AYIRI TO COURT

…Okowa’s aide rubbishes Contractor’s professed love for Itsekiri …”I have nothing to do with contract”-Ayiri It has been reported that the Delta state Government has instituted a court action against an indigenous company, EasyQuest Nigeria Limited, that allegedly has links to the Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayiri Emami . According to court papers, the

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News

Patience Jonathan’s property demolished in Abuja

A property allegedly belonging to the former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan was on Tuesday demolished by the FCT Development Control Department. The building, which is inside A. Aruera – Reachout Foundation/Women For Change and Development Initiative, is situated on Shehu Yar’Adua Way along Mabushi–Kado–Life Camp Expressway, Abuja. Mr Emmanuel Anene, a Lawyer with E.A.

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News

Embrace peace and development, Niger Delta activist tells Itsekiri leaders

•Ignore the memo, its content, and the author- Mulade •We must fight our common enemy called underdevelopment A Niger Delta Activist and community leader from Gbaramatu  Kingdom, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has called on Itsekiri leaders to embrace peace, development and to shun actions  that are capable of derailing the prevailing peace that is currently enjoyed

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News

More questions trail ex-militant’s death in JTF’s custody 

Many questions have trailed the death of twenty seven year-old Bayelsa State-born alleged kidnap kingpin and sea robber, Oyawerikumor Peregbabofa. The self-styled “Creek General”, Karewei, who attacked security formations, sparked a lot of concerns in security circles, which had made soldiers of Operation Delta Safe to express doubt when he surrendered, last Thursday, at Torugbene community

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View Point

Buhari and the Republic of Impatient People

By Oludayo Tade The catastrophic opening of the year, 2018, with wanton killings of over 70 persons in well-coordinated attacks in Benue State by the perennial Fulani herdsmen killer squad has called to question the sloppiness of Nigeria’s security architecture and the look-away attitude of the executive. It shows on the one hand, the powerlessness

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News Politics WORLD NEWS

Make burial plans before going to N/Korea, U.S. warns Americans

The U.S. State Department has warned Americans travelling to North Korea, to see their journey as a death wish following its frosty relation with the Asian country. The State Department gave the warning on its website and urged those wishing to travel to North Korea to make their burial plans and write a will if

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Oil & Gas

NGC begins repair works on exploded gas pipeline in Delta

The management of Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) has commenced repair works on the gas pipeline that exploded last week at Ugbokodo Community in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. An indigenous company, NANPIST Venture, was seen on Tuesday morning, at the scene of the gas explosion  mobilising equipment and clearing the surrounding bushes within

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National News Politics

Buhari, Barrow meet in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja met behind closed doors with visiting Gambia’s President Adama Barrow at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Barrow, who is visiting Nigeria for the first time since his inauguration as Gambian President on Jan. 19, 2017 arrived the presidential villa at about 11.50a.m. The President would host Barrow to a

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Life & Living

Suppressing A Sneeze Can Be Dangerous, Doctors Warn

Stifling a sneeze can rupture your throat, burst an ear drum, or pop a blood vessel in your brain, researchers warned on Tuesday. Many people – when they feel a sneeze coming on – block all the exits, essentially swallowing the sneeze’s explosive force. Just how dangerous this can be was illustrated when a 34-year-old

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National News

Charles Okah in safe custody, says NPS

The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) on Monday denied reported rumours that detained alleged mastermind of the 2010 bombing in Abuja, Charles Okah was refused medical attention in Kuje prison. According to a statement issued and made available to newsmen by the NPS spokesman Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Chukwuedo Humphrey, the command has never relented in

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Edo News

Ijaw monarchs sue for peace, unity

• Do not indulge in any form of criminality – Pere of Gbaramatu Known for their peace-loving nature, the  Ijaw traditional rulers from across Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, and Ondo states have again called on all, and the Ijaw nation in particular, to imbibe the habit of promoting peace, love, and unity within their domain and in

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News

2018 IJAW DAY: Many Reasons For Us To Thank God – Otuaro

The Deputy Governor of Delta state, Deacon (Barrister) Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has said the Ijaw Nation has so many reasons to thank God for what He has done for them. He made this remark during the 21st Ijaw Day of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving with the theme, ‘The Prince of Peace’ organised by the Ijaw Christian

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News

Royal Exit: Pere of Isaba Joins Ancestors

…Iyasere announces demise of top Monarch The Iyasere of Isaba Kingdom, with traditional headquarters in Isaba, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State has announced the demise of their royal majesty, Pere (King) Donokoromo II, the Pere of the great Isaba Kingdom His demise was announced on Saturday January 13th, 2018, according to customs of

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News

Ugborodo Sends SOS To Buhari Over Alleged Attempt By Olu Of Warri, Ayiri, Others To Annex Oil Community

…Says Ugborodo is not part of Warri Kingdom Concerned elders of oil rich Ugborodo community, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over what they called alleged attempt by the Olu of Warri Kingdom, HRM Ogiame Ikenwoli, the Ologbotsere of Warri, Chief Ayirimi Emami and others to annex

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News

Ex-commissioner, soldier kidnapped in Bayelsa

Mrs. Marie Ebikake, the former Commissioner for Transport in Bayelsa and a soldier were abducted in separate incidents by gunmen in Bayelsa on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incidents occurred barely three days after a Bayelsa monarch’s wife, who spent 25 days in captivity, was freed on Thursday. It was

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News Politics

2019 elections: Our last battle, if we lose, we’ll come back, rest – Amaechi

The minister of transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi on Saturday said that 2019 general election will be All Progressives Congress, APC’S last battle, saying that if APC loses in the election, they will come back and rest. “The 2019 elections, especially the governorship, are our last battle. If we win, we will take over Rivers State.

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News

GBARAMATU MONARCH CONTINUES PEACE MOVES

…visits Egbema Kingdom, Sunday to preach unity …to pray for Ijaw nation The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba) started where he left off last year, with a message of peace and unity among all residents of the Niger Delta. This is in continuation of his efforts to  preach peace across the

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Edo News

200,000 jobs in sight as Obaseki, Chinese firms seal deals for Gelegele seaport, 5,500bpd modular refinery

Efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to transform Edo State into an industrial hub and create the 200,000 jobs he promised Edo electorates during his electioneering campaign are clearly in sight with the successful signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese companies for the development of Gelegele Seaport and other infrastructure as

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National News Politics

Your comment is a statement of failure – Rep tells Adesina

…says he should apologise to Nigerians Samson Okwu, a member of the House of Representatives representing Obi/Oju Federal Constituency of Benue state, says the comment by Femi Adesina, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Benue killings is a “statement of failure”. Adesina, on Wednesday, had said between 2013 and May 2015 when Goodluck Jonathan was

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Delta News Religion

Maritime Varsity: Ijaws go spiritual; vow to join IYC protest in Abuja with Egbesu sacred totems and symbols

The Egbesu Brotherhood, an ethno-religious organization of the indigenous people of Ijaw Nation, that prides itself as “upholding the Ijaws’ ancestral covenant through the worship of Egbesu, the only one true and fearless God of Justice, Truth and Righteousness,” has threatened to join forces with the Ijaw youths in their planned protest to the National

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Delta Maritime News

Maritime University debacle: Itsekiris too small to alter our identity – Gbaramatu Youths

• Any unholy move will meet with stiff resistance – Etuemi Wuruyai • AGF should re-memo NASS withdrawing his earlier memo – GYC In their unceasing voice against that mooted plan to change the name of the  Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko to Okerenghigho, the Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, has declared that the Itsekiris are too

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Delta News

Delta government arrests pupils for truancy

For perambulating the streets of Asaba, Delta State capital during school hours, scores of children of school age were yesterday arrested by officials of the state government. The truants, who were over 40, aged between eight and 14, were detained while their parents and guardians were told to show their school uniforms in order to

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National News

IYC Writes Saraki Over Renaming Of Maritime University

…warns against Malami’s unholy alliance with Itsekiris In furtherance of its determination to fight against what it perceives as an injustice being meted to the Ijaws in the recent attempt to rename the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, the Ijaw Youths Council has written a letter to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. In the letter signed

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