Full list of newly elected Delta PDP exco members
Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Saturday returned Chief Kingsley Esiso for another four years term as its State Chairman.
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Ijaw students honour EGCDF chairman, Ukori
By Loveth Ojogun In recognition of his contribution toward academic excellence in the Niger Delta region, the National Association of Delta Ijaw Students
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25% Equity Holdings In Marginal Field: Otuaro harps on constant communities dialogue
…Meets with Egbema leaders in Asaba By Ebi Perekeme In a bid to quell the incessant agitation in the Niger Delta region, the
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DELTA STATE CURFEW: Plight, bane of Deltans as curfew bites hard
Joshua Williams, Warri The Covid 19 pandemic wave has been the most felt since the Influenza pandemic in 2010. Due to the emergence
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Niger Delta: Clark sends strong warning to Osinbajo
CLARK CAUTIONS VICE PRESIDENT, PROF YEMI OSINBAJO, TO TREAD CAREFULLY ON NIGER DELTA REGION AND NOT ANTAGONIZE LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS OF THE REGION
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Francis Waive clamours for unity among Niger Deltans
By Joshua Williams Francis Waive, lawmaker representing Ughelli north/Ughelli south and Udu federal constituency in the house of representatives, has called for unity
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Niger Delta: PIND fingers unemployment to cause of youth restiveness
Dara Akala, executive director of Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND), has attributed the restiveness and conflict in the Niger
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Why Governor Okowa must lift curfew in Delta state now – Ijaw People
…Okowa’s 7pm-6am curfew a defiant of Buhari’s directives …Police now exploit Deltans massively — Report By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative,
Akwa Ibom
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A’Ibom APC Chairman passes on
By Joshua Williams The Akwa Ibom state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ini Okopido is dead. A top member of the
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Ogoni mandates oil companies to liaise with natives before resuming operation
By Ebi Perekeme Ogoni oil producing communities in Rivers state on Wednesday declared that any oil firm desirous of resuming exploration in the
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OML host communities in Southern Ijaw ‘divide’ over interest
Host communities of the Operating Mining License (OML) 79 in Ekeremor and Southern Ijaw local government areas, Bayelsa State, have distanced themselves from
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LGA chairmen: Wike directs removal of Joint Account Allocation Committee from banks
By Our Correspondent Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has directed the removal of Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC, from banks that
Edo
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Obaseki redeploys his protocol chief for failure to bring kola to palace
By Our Correspondent Osayande Aisagbon, Director of Protocol (DoP) at the Edo government house, has been redeployed to the ministry of culture and
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Vigilante in Delta arrests alleged notorious criminal
By Joshua Williams Indigenes and residents of Udu community in Udu local government area of Delta State have had cause to rejoice greatly
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N’Delta: Buhari petitioned to investigate N6.2b palliatives
By Ebi Perekeme A fresh petition has been issued to the National Assembly to raise another panel to investigate alleged misappropriation of N6.2
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Otuaro douses threats by oil communities against oil companies
…Visits Ogulagha, Ughievwen kingdoms By Ebi Perekeme As a move geared towards addressing the threats by oil producing communities in the Niger Delta
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IYC describes delay in payment of students’ scholarship school fees as call for anarchy
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has identified the ongoing delay in the payment of students under the scholarship scheme of the Niger
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Niger Delta Agitations: Allow us control our resources, environments, Mayor tells Buhari
’50 years counting, we’ve been denied opportunity to control our resources, environments’ A former presidential aspirant of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide, Mayor
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Ogulagha: Plans to shutdown Forcados under way
Indications emerged, yesterday, that the angry people of Ogulagha Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, have concluded plans to shutdown
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NDDC invites President Buhari to Commission Signature Project
By Ebi Perekem The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to commission the 29-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa state.
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Gov Wike signs revised Appropriation Bill into law
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has signed into law the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill. This followed the presentation of
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Wike donates SUVs to Judges in Rivers
By Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has gifted judges in the state High Court 41 new sports utility vehicles (SUV). Presenting
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Schools resume in 25 LGAs in Delta
By Joshua Williams About 29,525 students have resumed for academic activities across various public secondary schools in the 25 local government areas of
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Breaking: ShopRite to leave Nigeria
South Africa’s grocery retailer ShopRite is leaving Africa’s biggest market, Nigeria, 15 years after it opened shop in the West African country. The
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Goodluck Jonathan Railway Station in Agbor, Ridiculous, demeaning – PANDEF
By Ebi Perekeme The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has described the naming of what is in effect, a railway sub-station, after the
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Alleged Fraud: Amaechi terminates Okunbo’s OMSL maritime security contract
By Joshua Williams The Federal Government has cancelled the maritime security contract handled by Capt. Hosa Okunbo’s Ocean Marine Solutions Ltd (OMSL), alleging
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Pathetic! Senate reveals NDDC’s IMC collect 30% of contracts before contractors
The Senate has revealed that the new head of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Professor Kemebradikumo
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Oil-rich communities in A’Ibom fume over alleged maltreatment
By Joshua Williams Angry Ijaw youths in the oil communities of Akwa Ibom state, on Thursday, protested over what they called ‘high underdevelopment
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A’Ibom: New appointments on Monday, Aug. 3
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State will on Monday, August 3, 2020, swear-in eight new members of the State Executive Council recently
Bayelsa
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Bayelsa: Shell Nigeria in talks with host communities on development fund review
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has begun discussions with 12 host communities in Bayelsa which demanded upward review of development
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Rivers
Gunmen demand N16m ransom to release 60-yr-old woman in Rivers
Unknown gunmen who abducted Nyieda Kpeenu in Nweol community, Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, have demanded N16m ransom for her ransom. Kpeenu,
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My new album will take the world by surprise – Beetasha
Lagos-based Nigerian female artiste Blessing Enyamuke popularly known as Beetasha, and founder of Delta Pikin Initiative and the BeeInspired Foundation, is one artiste
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Those Who Will Die Mysteriously In Cross River State
By AIG Mbu J. Mbu The unfolding leadership crisis as a result of maladministration in Cross River has taken a dangerous dimension as
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Oil-rich Ogulagha cries out of alleged marginalization, petitions FG
The leaders of Ogulagha Kingdom, in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, have protested against the alleged marginalisation of the oil-rich kingdom by
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Wike rebuts allegation he wants to control NDDC
By Ebi Perekeme Erastus Awortu, Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Niger Delta Development Commission Matters, has dismissed insinuations