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OTUARO: My ambition to succeed Okowa is divine, says zoning does not exist in Delta

OTUARO: My ambition to succeed Okowa is divine, says zoning does not exist in Delta The Deputy Governor of Delta State and governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has described his ambition to succeed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as divine. Speaking in an

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Christland: Don’t buy phones for any child who is not in university – Pastor David Ibiyeomie counsels parents

Christland: Don’t buy phones for any child who is not in university – Pastor David Ibiyeomie counsels parents The Lead Pastor, David Ibiyeomie, of the Salvation Ministry has advised parents against buying their children’s phones until higher institutions. The anointed man of God, in a message shared on his Facebook page, said, “Don’t buy a

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Delta News

Gbaramatu oil spill: Benikrukru community drags Chevron Nigeria for abandoning them

Gbaramatu oil spill: Benikrukru community drags Chevron Nigeria for abandoning them ...demands Chevron to immediately begins process of remediation of the environment …As well as compensate all affected communities in Gbaramatu kingdom An American oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited has been dragged by the indigenes of Benikrukru community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri-South West Local Government

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News Politics

PDP directs aspirants to submit completed forms by Wednesday

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a revised timetable, has directed its Presidential and governorship aspirants to submit their completed nomination and expression of interest forms latest April 20. The party has also directed Senatorial, House of Representatives, and Houses of Assembly aspirants to ensure submission of their completed forms by the same date, which

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Delta Politics

2023: Ijaw National Congress re-emphasises commitment to produce next Delta governor

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has re-emphasized its commitment to the ambition of Ijaw to produce the next governor of Delta State. The spokesperson for the INC, Ezonebi Oyakemeagbegha, reiterated this during an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Warri. ALSO READ: DELTA 2023: Why Ijaw gubernatorial aspirants must shun politics of divisiveness, blackmail According

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National News

Former MEND commander urges Buhari to handover to Jonathan

Former commander of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, and chairman of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Dreams of Niger Deltans, MADND, Josiah Oyakonghan (aka Oyimi) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to handover to Goodluck Jonathan who is a Southerner as President in 2023. The ex-militant commander who

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Ijaw Diaspora Council resolves not to allow environmental degradation to continue in Ijaw land

As environmental pollution continues to devastate oil and gas bearing communities in the Niger Delta region, the Ijaw Diaspora Council , IDC, weekend, resolved not to allow environmental degradation in Ijaw land to continue. This was stated by the president, IDC, Mondy Selle Gold, during IDC’s ‘First Annual General Meeting’ held virtually, ahead of its

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Ijaw Diaspora Council to showcase rich culture to global audience in US

The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) says it will showcase its rich and colourful culture and tradition to the global audience at the 2022 convention in the United States. This is contained in a statement by Prof. Mondy Gold, President of IDC on Saturday in Bayelsa. Gold said that the convention had been slated to hold

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National News

Nigerian Navy intensifies action against oil thieves in Niger Delta

The Nigerian Navy is clamping down on crude oil thieves in the Niger Delta as part of a massive operation to mitigate the effect of crude oil theft on the economy. The Navy’s operation tagged Operation DAKATAR DA BARAWO (OPDDB) has recorded large success in Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa- Ibom and Rivers States. According to a

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Delta Politics

Delta 2023: There will be no AK47 votes in Ijaw land for PDP, says Michael Johnny

A leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, High Chief Michael Johnny, has vowed that political stakeholders across all Ijaw communities in the state would do everything within their powers to ensure that all votes must count to ensure that the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, emerges as governor in the forthcoming

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Maritime News

NIMASA committed to Nigerian Maritime University development – Jamoh

NIMASA committed to Nigerian Maritime University development – Jamoh Conversion of NSTC Okoloba to NMU campus in consideration.  Experts in Nigeria for Modular floating dockyard deployment The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has restated the Agency’s commitment to development of the Nigerian Maritime University,(NMU) Okerenkoko, Delta

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[PHOTOS] Tompolo rocks traditional costume during 2022 Amaseikumor festival in Gbaramatu

High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo in his traditional costume during this year’s Amaseikumor Festival on Friday, April 15 in Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta state, Nigeria. See photos below…

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Delta News

Delta 2023 Governorship: David Edevbie emerges consensus choice of Urhobo nation

Olorogun David Edevbie has emerged as the consensus candidate and preferred choice for the Urhobo Progress Union (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. GbaramatuVoice reports this was contained in a statement signed and released on Sunday by UPU’s President General, Olorogun Moses Taiga;

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News Oil & Gas

Port Harcourt refinery to begin operations by 2023 – Timipre Sylva

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has disclosed that the Port Harcourt refinery is likely to resume operations by the first quarter of 2023. Recall that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited commenced the rehabilitation of the refinery, after the Federal Executive Council, approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation exercise in

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PICTORIAL: Mammoth crowd attend Omo-Agege’s governorship declaration in Delta

PICTORIAL: Mammoth crowd attend Ovie Omo-Agege’s governorship declaration in Delta Earlier today, the Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ovie Omo-Agege declared his intention to contest for the governorship race of Delta State. ALSO READ: Delta 2023: Ijaws in APC shelve guber interest for Omo-Agege, promise to wait till 2031 He declared his intention in front

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Delta News

Delta 2023: Ijaws in APC shelve guber interest for Omo-Agege, promise to wait till 2031

Delta 2023: Ijaws in APC shelve guber interest for Omo-Agege, promise to wait till 2031 Delta state was thrown agog today when Ijaw leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) endorsed the gubernatorial ambition of the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, calling on all Ijaw sons and daughters in the state to shelve their gubernatorial

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National News

Read full details of how Nigerian senate confirmed Tonlagha, others nominated by Buhari into NUPRC

The Senate has confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s four nominees as Executive Commissioners of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). This is coming a few weeks after the President, in written communication, asked the Senate to confirm the Executive Commissioners for the oil sector regulator. The confirmation followed the consideration of a report of the

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News Oil & Gas

By June, we expect marginal field awardees to begin drilling for oil — NUPRC

Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), says it is targeting June for marginal field awardees to begin the field development plan (FDP). The plan includes all activities and processes required to optimally develop a field. Komolafe, who spoke on ‘The Morning Show’ of the ARISE News

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National News

Delta 2023: Omo-Agege to declare for governorship Thursday

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is set to declare interest in contesting for the governorship of Delta State in the 2023 general elections. A statement from Omo-Agege’s Media Office signed by Yomi Odunuga and sent to newsmen on Wednesday, said the decision was “in deference to emphatic calls for populist leadership

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Wonder moment TOMPOLO played the native drum — Must Watch

Wonder moment TOMPOLO played the native drum  Watch video below…. below

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Culture

AMASEIKUMOR FESTIVAL: Grand celebration of rich Ijaw cultural heritage

What you should know about Amaseikumor, the oldest festival in Nigeria Amaseikumor Festival is one of the ancient enduring Ijaw traditional festivals in Nigeria. It is celebrated annually by the Ijaws of Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, South-South, Nigeria. According to elders of the kingdom, Amaseikumor Festival came into

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PICTORIAL: Hundreds march in Warri to honor Tompolo, advocate for the emancipation of Niger Delta

A peace walk was held in honor of High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo in various cities in the Niger Delta, including Warri in Delta State on Tuesday, April 12, to mark his 51st birthday anniversary. The walk took place simultaneously in major cities across the Niger Delta. Dressed in all-white outfits, participants were

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National News

Senate confirms Tonlagha, others for Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission

The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources has screened and confirmed Capt. John Tonlagha as a Member/Executive Commissioner, Safety, Health Environment and Community, Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission, today, 12th April, 2022. Other members also screened and confirmed include Dr. Nuhu Habib, Member/Executive Commissioner Development and Production; Dr. Kelechi Onyekachi Ofoegbu, Member/Executive Commissioner, Economic Regulations and Strategic

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National News

Nigerian govt to start monitoring activities of security personnel with oil thieves – Timipre Sylva

Nigerian govt to start monitoring activities of security personnel with oil thieves – Timipre Sylva Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says the Federal Government will begin monitoring the connivance of the deployed security personnel with oil thieves. Sylva had hinted at the FG’s efforts to end illegal oil bunkering. Sylva said

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National News

[BREAKING] Tinubu meets APC governors hours after Osinbajo’s declaration

Former Lagos State and a presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu Monday met with some All Progressives Congress governours hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo formally declared to run for president. A source told newsmen that at least 13 APC governors attended the meeting held at the Kebbi State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. Osinabjo met with governors

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Politics

2023 Presidency: I’m not scared of Osinbajo, Tinubu, others – Yahaya Bello

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said that he is not scared of a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and other APC Presidential contenders in the forthcoming 2023 polls. Bello made this disclosure in Abuja during his

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Sport

Football, tug of war, other games to spice up this year’s Amaseikumor festival

  Football, tug of war, other games to spice up this year’s Amaseikumor festival The Local Organising Committee Chairman of the Amaseikumo Festival, Hon. Paul Kirifede and the LOC Secretary, Hon. Bethus Emmanuel, have announced that this year’s edition will feature a football competition as well as Tug of War and Draft competitions in the

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Watch the moment VP Yemi Osinbajo officially declared for President

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has officially declared his decision to contest the 2023 Presidential election on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The development comes after months of speculations over whether or not he would run for President. In a video shared on his timeline, he said: “I am today, with utmost

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Nigerian police arrest husband of Ekwueme singer, Osinachi

Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the Nigerian police over the death of his wife. The 42-year-old artiste died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Colleagues of Osinachi, who was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Headquarters, Abuja, accused her husband

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Event Video

[VIDEO] Spectacular sights and scenes from Amaseikumor festival 2022 (Day 2)

Spectacular sights and scenes from the ongoing 2022 Amaseikumor festival in Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta state. Activities from Day two, Sunday, April 10, 2022. Watch full video below:

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Politics

PDP rakes in N9.24bn as aspirants pick form

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has realised at least N9.24bn since it began selling nomination and expression of interest forms for various elective offices on March 17, 2022, Saturday PUNCH has learned. No fewer than 3,132 forms had been sold to presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and state Houses of Assembly aspirants. Out of these,

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News Oil & Gas

‘200,000 barrels of crude oil pumped into pipelines, 3,000 barrels received at the Bonny terminal’

‘200,000 barrels of crude oil pumped into pipelines, 3,000 barrels received at the Bonny terminal’ Activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Adeyanju Deji, has cried out to the Federal Government of Nigeria over illegal bunkering of nation’s crude oil going on in the Niger Delta. Adeyanju voiced out in a Facebook post on Saturday as

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Book review

A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria’s Oil Frontier

A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria’s Oil Frontier The largest U.S. trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, petroleum-rich Nigeria exports half its daily oil production to the United States. Like many African nations with natural resources coveted by the world’s superpowers, the country has been shaped by foreign investment and intervention, conflicts

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Delta Politics

Regina Daniels’ mother declares for Delta State House of Assembly

Mother of a notable Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels Nwoko has declared her interest to represent Aniocha South Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly come 2023. The veteran Nollywood actress and the National Woman Leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo worldwide, Chief Rita Daniels Chukwuji on Saturday told delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in

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TRENDING VIDEO: Amaechi runs around stadium ‘to show fitness’ before declaring presidential bid

The Minister for Transort, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi running around at the Port Harcourt stadium ‘to show fitness’ before declaring presidential bid. Watch video below…

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