JUST IN: JAMB suspends use of NIN for UTME registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended the use of the National Identification Number as a requirement for registration in the 2020
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Delta
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Otuaro visits Oguma, reiterates Okowa-led govt’s stance to develop Delta
By Ebi Perekeme The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro has assured Deltans that the Okowa-led government will continue to fasttrack
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Ijaw youths suspend two week occupation of PHEDC, describe firm as irresponsible
—We are not irresponsible, consumers owe us N16.5b – PHEDC By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths have ended over two week feud with the
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Rivers
Port Harcourt residents cry out as life-threatening black soot resurfaces
Some Port Harcourt residents have expressed concern over their health as soot resurfaces in the state. Those most affected by the menace are
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JUST IN: Supreme Court affirms Okowa as Delta Governor
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. It also dismissed the appeal by Great Ogboru
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Bayelsa: Police shoots Peace Mass driver escapes with bike
—The shooting is totally unnecessary – anonymous staff —We have arrested the trigger-happy cop – PPRO The Police Command in Bayelsa has confirmed
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Delta 2023: Braduce Angozi declares interest, vows Ijaw would produce next governor
By Badmus Shina A former Delta State Commissioner for Agriculture, who was also 2011 PDP Guber aspirant, Chief Braduce Angozi, on January 6,
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Ondo: N220b debt left by PDP reduced to N100b monthly – Govt
By Our Correspondent The Ondo State Government on Monday, Jan. 6, said it has reduced the debt inherited from the immediate past administration
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Delta State Govt denies abandoning a popular bridge in Burutu
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Government has denied news report that the Ayakoromo bridge project in Burutu Council Area of the state
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Battle for 2023: Braduce Declares Interest For Delta Governorship
By Shina Badmus Former Delta State Commissioner of Agriculture, Chief Braduce Angozi, on Monday January 6, 2020 declared his intentions to contest the
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IYC occupies the offices of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company
—Their action is unlawful, causing hardship to consumers – PHED The Ijaw Youth Council, Central Zone, has vowed to continue to occupy the
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NASS Report Indicts Service Chiefs, NNPC, IOCs Over Oil Theft
—House To Approve PIB In March A House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee report has implicated the country’s Service Chiefs, in the continuing
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Few words on Scientist David-West (1936-2019
By Godknows Igali One name that will continue to reverberate in our memories is that of one of Nigeria’s most outstanding social critics,
Bayelsa
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Ijaw youths call for peace as cult clashes ravage Bayelsa communities
By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths have called for calm following Saturday’s clashes involving two sister communities in Ogbia, Bayelsa State. During the violent
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Ondo
Pathetic! 75yr old woman kidnapped in Ondo
A 75–year old, Mrs Fehintola Wewe of Sabomi in Ese-Odo local government area of Ondo state has been reportedly kidnapped by some suspected
Cross River
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Ayade cautions his appointees against making statement without his autorisation
The governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade has warned his newly appointed commissioners and other political appointees to desist from making
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Rivers
Pyagbara preaches unity among Ogoni people
By Ebi Perekeme The President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Legborsi Pyagbara has called on Ogoni people
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JAMB commences sale of 2020 UTME forms on Jan 13
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would commence the sales of its registration forms for 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
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Rivers
UPDATE: FAAN closes, reopens Port Harcourt Airport after fire incident
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said Saturday, Jan. 4, that it has temporarily closed the runway of the Port Harcourt International Airport,
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Ondo
Ondo Police Command promotes PRO, 18 others
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Ondo State Police Command, Mr Femi Joseph, and 18 other police officers in the Command were
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Rivers
BREAKING: Fire stalls flights in Port Harcourt airport
Flight activities were on Saturday, Jan. 4, evening disrupted by fire out break which occurred on the runway of Port Harcourt International Airport,
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Niger Delta: Nigeria’s sacrificial lamb
By Babatope Babalobi The Niger Delta is ingloriously described as the oil pollution capital of the world. The region produces Nigeria’s crude oil,
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N’Delta to produce 2023 president, a distraction – NDSDM
By Our Reporter The Niger Delta Self Determination Movement (NDSDM) has said the South-South zone should insist on restructuring of Nigeria as against
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Estranged husband butchers mother-in-law to death in Warri
By Ebi Perekeme An angry husband has reportedly butchered his mother-in-law, both yet-to-be identified, to death in Arubayi Street, Okumagba Layout, Warri, Delta
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Oil & Gas
HOSCON: FG to pay gas flare penalty to N’Delta communities
National Chairman Host communities of Nigeria, HOSCON, Dr Mike Emuh has inaugurated the Delta Ijaw working committee of the body with an appeal
Delta
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Oil & Gas
Okowa answers SOS by Ojobo, settles rift with SPDC
Nomalcy has returned to Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Beniseide Flow station as Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has waded into the
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NDDC having a fresh air as debtors are complying, says Akpabio
Some of those indebted to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are already making moves to redeem their obligations. Minister of Niger Delta
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Ogoni: GAHP, FG and Lessons Not Learned
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. Prior to May 1999, when civil rule returned to Nigeria after decades of successive military dictatorships, fierce wars raged between
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Oil & Gas
NNPC, Chevron Sign EGTL Settlement Agreements
By Ebi Perekeme The recent Escravos Gas-To-Liquid (EGTL) Project Settlement Agreements entered into by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria
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Rivers
Dickson not my match, Wike says Dickson sold out PDP in Bayelsa guber
By Ebi Perekeme The least might not have been heard of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as he had alleged his Bayelsa
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Court of Appeal reverses judgement disqualifying Senator Biobarakuma, Bayelsa deputy governor-elect
An appeal court in Abuja has reversed the judgment of a Federal Hight Court disqualifying Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo as the deputy governorship candidate
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Wike, Dickson fight dirty over oil well, Ijaw traditional stool
By Ebi Perekeme The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has accused his Rivers State Counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike, of
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Sylva, Lyon and Bayelsa’s silver lining
By Wilfred Frank Ogbotobo As the All Progressive Congress (APC) prepares to take over the helms in Bayelsa State, all eyes are on
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Ndokwa people protest at NASS over non-inclusion of Kwale federal poly
Residents of Ndokwa in Delta State have registered their displeasure over the delay in the passage of the Bill to establish the Federal
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Guwor settles scores of constituents’JAMB need
By Shina Badmus The Honorable Member representing Warri South West Local Government Area in the Delta State House of Assembly has acted on