Delta News

Cabals Have Hijacked DESOPADEC – Ijaw Traditional Ruler Cries Out

By Our Correspondent  Traditional ruler of Siembiri Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Pere Charles Ayemi Botu,

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Opinion

Niger Delta: Is this what the Military has brought to the oil-producing area of Nigeria?

“Unemployment in South-South is nearly 65%. It is visibly the poorest area of Nigeria. There is no agriculture, less fishing, greater expectation, more

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National News

I have not been paid for 10-years, I am dying – Amnesty programme recipient cries out to Col. Dikio, Interim Administrator

-Oleke Iyenkedi Stanley, a recipient of the federal government’s 2010 amnesty programme, is crying out over the non-payment of his arrears – The

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News

Obituary announcement of Comrade Andrew Diowei Ogegbene 

The families of Late Pa. Dr. Alfred Ise Ogegbene of Perebiri Quarters of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom and Late Amabenimo Yokiri of Kenibra Quarters

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Opinion

The Depth in Dasuki by Ekanpou Enewaridideke

Rituals for different purposes walk on the surface of this earth like the void upon the earth before the world was born. Rituals

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National News

PIB: Warring factions of Host Communities make peace, to present harmonized position

By Ebi Perekeme  Warring factions of the host communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM and HOSCON) have agreed to sheath their

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National News

Again, tension mounts in Niger Delta as FG seizes Presidential Amnesty’s N26B

Trobule is brewing in the Niger Delta over the decision of the Federal Government to seize N26b belonging to the Presidential Amnesty Programme

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Entertainment & Events News

Popular singer, Harrysong set to marry beautiful Ijaw girl

Reggae-blues singer, Harry Tare Okiri, popularly known as Mr. Harrysong is set to wed his fiancée, Alexer Peres Gopa on the 27th of

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Delta News

JUST IN: Kokodiagbene community swear in new exco

By Ebi Perekeme Oil-rich Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, has sworn-in a 9-man executive council, headed by Comrade Pedro Bekenawei, to

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National News

Egbema, Gbaramatu communities reject PIB, send strong warning to FG

Oil producing communities in Gbaramatu and Egbema Kingdoms, Delta State, have rejected the recommended governance model under the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2020

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Delta News

Unbelievable! How I discovered my first three children were not mine, says Justice Ezonfade Okorodas

By Our Correspondent A Delta State High Court judge, Justice Anthony Ezonfade Okorodas has narrated how he discovered that his first three children,

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Delta News

Inauguration: Deputy Governor Otuaro set to storm Kokodiagbene Community

By Ebi Perekeme  Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro is expected to lead a high-powered delegation of the state government to

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News Rivers

NDDC to distribute boat ambulances to improve healthcare in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom

By Ebi Perekeme  The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is to distribute 36 waste disposal trucks, two boat ambulances and 162 waste bins

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Delta News

Panic as parents withdraw their children from school over spread of COVID-19 in Delta

Panic seems to have overwhelmed Government Modern Secondary School, Asaba, Delta State, as several students are said to have contracted COVID-19. It was

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Delta News

Egbema leader, Pa Pagblogba, passes on at 95

By Godbless Motiola Foremost Ijaw leader and the Miyenkirigbolomowei of Egbema kingdom, High Chief Robert Ayenor Pagblogba, is dead. He was aged 95.

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National News

[BREAKING] Fight breaks out at House of Reps PIB Public Hearing

By Our Correspondent  It was a free-for-all by oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region on Thursday during a public hearing on

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Delta News

Delta Assembly Majority Leader, Owhefere Is Dead

By Enaibo Asiayei  Majority leader of the Delta House of Assembly, Tim Kome Owhefere (Esq.) is dead. Owhefere, a four- time member of

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Delta News

[BREAKING] Delta State Governor, Okowa, Loses Father

By Our Correspondent The father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa is dead. He died in the

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National News Oil & Gas

Niger Delta: Delta Govt presents position on Petroleum Industry Bill

By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Government has presented its position on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the National Assembly where it

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National News Oil & Gas

IYC tackles FG for cancelling oil blocs awarded to Niger Deltans

By Our Correspondent  The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), yesterday, condemned the Federal Government for cancelling Oil Prospecting Licences (OPL) 2001, 2002 and 2003

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National News Oil & Gas

PIB: Host Communities tell FG to scrap NDDC

…Say over 20 years of existence, nothing good has come out of NDDC By Ebi Perekeme Host Communities of oil producing states have

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National News

Ijaw group sends strong warning to Fulani herdsmen

By Our Correspondent  As the dry season bites harder amidst migration of herders and their cattle to the southern parts of the country,

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National Politics

2023: Wike’s Presidential Campaign posters flood Abuja

By Our Correspondent Posters promoting Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, for president ahead of the 2023 general election have surfaced in the

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Edo News

Ex-DESOPADEC ED, Gbasin buries mum in grand style

By Ebi Perekeme  Prominent dignitaries storm Ofunama town in Edo state, as late Mama Comfort Yeh Gbasin goes home in grand style Friends

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Opinion

The Origin of Okrika clothes in Nigeria

Okrika, second-hand, used clothes, bend-down-select, these are some of the names used to refer to imported clothing that is not new. The opposite

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Delta News

Late Mama Edah Daunimighan for final burial in Gbaramatu 

By Our Correspondent  Late Mama Edah Buobenghan Daunimighan, who died nine years ago, will be finally laid to rest today, Friday, January 22,

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News Oil & Gas

Chevron debunks oil spill from Bayelsa facility

By Ebi Perekeme  Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (the NNPC/CNL

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News

Wike donates N500m to Sokoto Government to rebuild razed market, traders

By Our Correspondent Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, on Wednesday donated N500 million to support the Sokoto State Government in rebuilding the

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National News Rivers

IYC sends strong warning to FG over fresh wave of Niger Delta militancy

By Enaibo Asiayei  The Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide has warned that a second wave of militancy is looming in the Niger Delta region

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Business Oil & Gas

SPDC declares force majeure on Forcados crude exports over pipeline closure

By Ebi Perekeme Loadings of Nigeria’s key export grade Forcados are on force majeure due to the shutdown of the Trans Forcados pipeline,

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News Rivers

163 new COVID-19 cases reported in Rivers as 14 die nationwide

Rivers state has reported 163 new cases of the novel coronavirus, even as 14 more persons were confirmed dead across the country. Rivers’

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Business Oil & Gas

Tony Elumelu gets deeper into oil sector with OML 17 in Niger Delta

The Nigerian billionaire acquired from Shell, Total and ENI the ownership of 45% of a producing oil block in the Niger Delta. With

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News Rivers

NDDC Begins Talent Hunt for Niger Delta Youths

By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has rolled out a talent hunt programme to discover and expose creative youths from

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Delta News

[BREAKING] Ijaw record-breaking student bags direct UK PhD scholarship

By Ebi Perekeme Engr. Fetimi Balogun Bebetebe, the best graduating student and first class graduate of University of Cebu, Philippines, is starting his

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The passage of Opunene Medi, the incarnate and brief history of Ibolomoboere, the mother of Ijaw deities

THE PASSAGE OF OPUNENE EFIYEASEIMINI MEDI, THE INCARNATE OF IBOLOMOBOERE AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF IBOLOMOBOERE With deep sense of gratitude to Woyin

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