The Federal Government has reportedly started dialogue at Abuja with Niger Delta stakeholders and militants, who, last week, gave it a 21-day ultimatum to recommence hostilities, if government refused to quickly address the demands by #EndSARS protesters and additional 11-point demand by the agitators. The talks were convened by the Deputy President of Senate, Senator

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, described the sum of N26,592billion allocated to the ministry in the 2021 budget as meagre and grossly inadequate. Akpabio gave this indication when he defended the ministry’s 2021 budget estimates before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, chaired by Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North)

Ex-militants, under the Third Phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, have threatened to go back to the creeks over the plight of beneficiaries whose training, empowerment and reintegration programmes have been suspended abruptly. The third phase ex-agitators, under the auspices of the United Amnesty Delegates, yesterday frowned at the abandonment of the reintegration and empowerment

By Ebi Perekeme A close ally of foremost ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemukpolo, popularly known as Tompolo, Bello Bina, has debunked reports that Tompolo’s reappearance six years after of being declared wanted by the Federal Government was a new plot to launch an attack against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Niger Delta. Bina,

The Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA), Mr. Clement Nze, has said that the Federal Government provided a lot of relief to cushion the effects of flooding in the affected states. Nze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, that the relief followed the setting up of a Presidential committee on

Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. 2. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well – intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country,

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has imposed 48-hour curfew on the state begining from 6pm today Thursday, October 22. Details shortly

By Ebi Perekeme The Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta state has said that there is no rancour in the area as the #EndSARS protest escalate. The Kingdom said that it would support any genuine cause and that the general public should eschew fake videos in circulation in which gunmen were being seen. Spokesman of the kingdom

By Ebi Perekeme The headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has been set ablaze by angry youths who invaded the premises, chased out the workers before set the facilities on fire. The building was razed as the NPA fire fighters run for their dear lives and therefore unable to arrest the inferno. A staff

As the protest enters its second week with about 23 demands on the table of the Federal Government to deal with, we gather some of the best pictures from flashpoints across the oil city of Warri and its environs.

By Our Correspondent Staff of Television Continental, a private television station on Ikosi Road, Lagos, have cried for help as hoodlums have reportedly set the station on fire. The station is linked to a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu, who is a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). A reporter

By Our Correspondent Some youths in Edo State continued with their EndSars protest on Tuesday despite the 24-hour curfew announced by the state government. The protesters converged at Ugbowo Main gate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) junction, Ugbowo road, on Tuesday. Youths came out, as usual, to

—Gives Thanksgiving at Egbesu Temple By Ebi Perekeme Oporoza Community, Headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government of Delta State came alive yesterday Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, following a sudden appearance of High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (popularly called Tompolo), at the Egbesu Shrine in Oporoza. ALSO READ: GbaramatuVoice releases never-before-seen pictures of

The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of a nationwide “cyberwarfare” operation, as protests against police brutality continue in the country. The army said the operation will be under the banner of Exercise Crocodile Smile, which it said is an annual exercise and traditionally holds in the last quarter of the year. It made the announcement on