NDDC crisis deepens as Onochie, Ogboku fight dirty at senate over fraud allegations The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Samuel Ogbuku, and Chairman of the Board, Lauretta Onochie, fought dirty on Friday when they accused one another of being corrupt. Ogbuku and Onochie engaged in sordid exchanges during an investigative hearing

BREAKING: Court sacks Alex Otti as Abia governor-elect A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has canceled the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa also nullified the candidature of all Labour Party flagbearers in Abia and Kano States. Yunusa ruled that their

FNDIC tasks INEC to obey supreme court judgement in three Warri LGAs The Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities, FNDIC, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, FNDIC, to obey supreme court judgement. This was made known in a statement issued to GbaramatuVoice and signed by the president, FNDIC and the Ebiyedouwei of Gbaramatu Kingdom,

How Delta lawmakers approved N71bn budget for Okowa 12days to handover Less than two weeks to the expiration of the tenure of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as the governor of Delta State, the State House of Assembly approved the governor’s N71 billion supplementary appropriation bill. GbaramatuVoice reports that on Tuesday, the governor forwarded a letter to

Report says $12 billion needed to clean oil pollution in Bayelsa state  Cleaning up decades-long oil pollution and restoring environmental health in just one of Nigeria’s crude-producing states, Bayelsa will cost at least $12 billion, investigators said on Tuesday. Bayelsa state, home to some two million people, “is in the grip of a human and

Senate passes N876 billion NDDC 2023 budget …12 board members’ aides get N451m The Senate yesterday approved the 2023 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), totaling N876bn. The sum of N451 million was also approved as provisions for aides of 12 NDDC board members. ALSO READ: NDDC signs MoU with US firm to

PHOTOS: Ooni of Ife unveils new wife, Opeoluwa Elizabeth The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has unveiled his latest wife, Opeoluwa Elizabeth Akinmuda. The king reportedly took his sixth wife sometime in May and is set to officially welcome her into his Royal Palace of Oodua in Ile-Ife. PHOTO SPEAK: Prophet Jeremiah visits

Court restrains Lauretta Onochie from exercising executive powers in NDDC A Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has held that the Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has no executive powers in the day-to-day running of the commission. The court, in a judgment delivered on May 9,

BREAKING: Hilda Baci breaks Guinness World Record for ‘longest cooking time’ Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has broken the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual”. [VIDEO] Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, set to break Guinness World Record The chef, on Monday morning, smashed the 87 hours

Meinbutus Federated Communities get new president  Activist Amakiye Ekaye has been elected as President of Meinbutus Federated Communities, in Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom in Delta state. GbaramatuVoice writes that Ekaye and others were newly elected to Meinbutu Executive Council and will pilot the affairs of the communities for the next four years. ALSO READ: Host Communities

Otuaro bags National Daily Most Outstanding Peace Builder of the Year Award The Deputy Governor of Delta state, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has been honoured with the Most Outstanding Peace Builder of the Year Award for the year 2022 by the National Daily, a Lagos based publication. The event, held at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos

How Nigerian military set ablaze barge carrying stolen crude oil in Delta creek intercepted by Tompolo’s Tantita The military, in partnership with a security outfit, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, has impounded a barge in Warri, Delta State loaded with over 600 barrels of crude oil from illegal bunkering. The firm is a security consultant

Pictures of barge Intercepted by Tantita Security carrying stolen crude oil in Delta Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited has intercepted 1000 metric ton capacity barge with consignments of stolen crude oil in Opete in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The barge, according to information has been set ablaze on Saturday, while the suspects

Okowa, Oborevwori, Ogboru, Others pay last respect to Ohworode of Olomu Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor as well as the Archbishop of Bendel Province/Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Ughelli, Most Rev. Cyril Odutemu, yesterday, paid glowing tributes to the Ohworode of Olomu