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Burial announcement of Mrs Theodora Oruberi Brialade

The families of Buboubiri and Badeinmo from Ayakoromo town in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State wish to announce the passing away of their mother, grandmother, aunt and sister, Mrs. Theodora Oruberi Brialade.  Mrs. Brialade passed on, Friday, August 20, 2021. She died at the age of 70. She will be buried on Friday,

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News Rivers

COVID-19: Wike threatens fresh lockdown in Rivers

By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the government may be constrained to re-impose lockdown if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19 protocols. The governor, in a broadcast on Monday, said daily figures released from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show that both the transmission and death

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National News

FG should prioritise Itakpe-Lokoja-Abuja rail project – Onoja

By Our Correspondent The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward Onoja has urged Federal Government to Prioritised the Itakpe-Lokoja-Abuja standard gauge rail line. Onoja who revealed thisn Sunday in an interview after riding the Warri-Itakpe train in Itakpe, Kogi state, noted that the route is linking both the Northern and Southern states of the

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National News

FG Inaugurates Performance Devt Unit for Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs

The federal government has inaugurated a Ministerial Performance Delivery Unit (MPDU) for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA) to facilitate processes aimed at ensuring that reports to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) conform with the required standards. Members of the MPDU, drawn from various projects department of

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Opinion

Youths and Potentials By Kingsley Otuaro 

“We must therefore inspire and teach our youths how to fish by creating platforms and structures for the youths to commercialise their talents and potentials and become economically strong and sustainable in the face of covid-19-induced economic challenges ravaging the economies of various countries in the world.” The world does not need university thesis or

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Video

[VIDEO] Meet Aniete Akpan, the blind professional laundryman from Akwa-Ibom state

A blind Nigerian man, Aniete Akpan, who hails from Akwa-Ibom state, has become a sensation in Lagos after it was discovered by BBC Pidgin that he operates a laundry and dry cleaning outfit in Lagos. Watch video below… https://youtu.be/71Vsj-B2iks

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Delta News Politics

Wide Jubilation in Warri as Mulade joins Delta 2023 Governorship race (Photos)

By Enaibo Asiayei  There was a widespread jubilation in Warri, on Sunday as Niger Delta activist and National Coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Chief Sheriff Mulade, officialy declared his intention to contest for 2023 Governorship in Delta State.  Mulade who made this known before some Ijaw and Itsekiri stakeholders at the

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INTERVIEWS News

How internet photo landed Port Harcourt entertainer in police detention for three years

Godwin Stephen, also known as Steve Winners, a 27-year-old entertainer and event planner based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State who was arrested and remanded in prison for three years for using the photo of a child he found online for publicity for his birthday. You were remanded in prison for three years. What led to

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Maritime News

Construction on Bonny Deep Seaport to start soon as Amaechi inspects proposed site

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said work will soon start on the Bonny Deep Seaport. Amaechi, in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transport, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, disclosed this when he visited the proposed site for the project. The minister noted that in choosing the site, considerations

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News Politics

PDP CRISIS: Secondus Appeals Suspension 

By Joshua Williams  Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, has approached a Court of Appeal in the Abuja Division to demand an affirmation that his four-year tenure will end on December 9, 2021. Secondus who has been having a running battle for his position, asked the appellate court to

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National News

FG launches two aircraft for mineral deposits survey

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Olamilekan Adegbite, has commissioned two aircraft for Airborne Geophysical Survey to identify mineral deposits in Nigeria. Mr Adegbite, who inaugurated the aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Thursday, said the survey became imperative as it would help determine the quantum of minerals available in

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News Weather Report

Prepare for heavy rainfall from Sunday – NiMet tells residents of Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, others

From the afternoon and evening hours of Sunday, rains are expected over parts of Enugu, Ondo, Imo, Osun, Abia, Anambra, Ogun, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Oyo and Ekiti states, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said. The agency noted that the inland and the coastal cities in other southern states are expected to

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Opinion

PIA’s 3% Community Allocation Management and Mulade Sheriff’s Propositions

By Jerome-Mario Utomi Undoubtedly, we live in a nation where public leadership scorns ideas from citizens and sees it as a form of distraction to public policies. Again, ours is a country where grit, tenacity, perseverance coming from far sighted citizens is considered divisive. The above ill-considerations by the public office holders notwithstanding, there appear

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National News

NDDC FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT: Sack Akpabio now, IYC writes Buhari

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore the recommendations suggested by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on the just submitted forensic audit report, calling for immediate sack Akpabio. The IYC in a statement in Port Harcourt by its President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, said sacking Akpabio

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Delta News

‘Resources from Niger Delta interventionist agencies should be invested in youths’ – Pastor Andafa

…charges politicians to lead with fear of God  A Warri-based popular cleric, Pastor Simeon Obiobo Andafa of Shammah Divine Zion Ministry International, has disclosed that Niger Delta region has been significantly insufficient in the investment in youths. Andafa who is also a businessman and entrepreneur made this known while speaking with GbaramatuVoice recently. He explained

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National News

Heads to Roll as Buhari orders criminal investigation over 6 trillion naira misappropriation in NDDC

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a criminal investigation into an approximated six trillion naira given to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since 2001. Recall that the President had ordered for a holistic forensic audit of the activities of the Commission from inception to August 2019 in response to the yearnings of the people of

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National News

Akpabio submits NDDC’s Forensic Audit Report, says 13,000 projects abandoned in Niger Delta

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Thursday submitted the Forensic Audit Report on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The report was submitted to the President through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN in Abuja. Akpabio, who noted that although the exercise

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Editorial

The pragmatic loyalty of Kingsley Otuaro and a call for emulation

This editorial was first published November 20, 2017 When Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa declared before the gathering of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts in 2015 that God revealed his Deputy to him even before he (Okowa) selected him, many viewed it as a conventional political statement. But looking at the personality of

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Edo News

Obaseki to challenge Rivers court order on COVID-19 vaccine directive

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he has instructed his team of lawyers to vigorously pursue and challenge a Port Harcourt High Court order directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported vaccine mandate for its citizens. The governor made the announcement in Benin at a press briefing with reporters while

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National News Politics

PDP crisis deepens as ward chairman suspends Secondus in Rivers

The Peoples Democratic Party Ward 5 in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has suspended the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus. Secondus is a prominent politician from Andoni in Rivers State. He was a former Chairman of the PDP in Rivers and a former National Organising Secretary of the

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National News

Read why President Buhari sacked agric and power ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the reason behind a reshuffle in the cabinet he formed on August 21, 2019. GbaramatuVoice had earlier reported that Mohammed Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Sale Mamman, Minister of Power, were sacked. They were replaced by Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, and Abubakar D.

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National News

President Buhari sacks agriculture, power ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. The President also announced the redeployment of two Ministers to take over from them. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development while

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