Bayelsa News

[PHOTOS] All set for Turnah’s mother burial on Sunday …See inside the magnificent mausoleum of Late Deaconess Elizabeth Titi Charles

By Ebi Perekeme  All is now set for the final journey of the deceased mother of Barr. George Turnah, Executive Assistant to the.

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National News Oil & Gas

Escravos-Lagos pipeline set to move 2.2 billion scf of gas, says NNPC MD

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it has completed the looping of the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System with a capacity to add 2.2.

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News Oil & Gas

Chevron, Gbaramatu communities trade words over oil spill at Abiteye-Otunana fields in Delta

By Our Correspondent  Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has described as untrue, claims of oil spill in its Abiteye and Utonana fields.

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National News Oil & Gas

Gbaramatu communities raise alarm over fresh oil spill from Chevron pipeline

By Ebi Perekeme Fresh oil spills suspected to emanate from American oil giant facility – Chevron Nigeria Limited have hit more than 15.

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National News

Tension as Niger Delta militants resurface, threaten to bomb Abuja, Lagos

By Our Correspondent  Niger Delta militants under the aegis of Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters have threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos State and.

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Delta News

BREAKING: Fresh oil spill in Gbaramatu pollutes creeks, communities

By Ebi Perekeme Members of the Benikrukru United Community have disclosed that what looks like an extensive oil spill occurred in the late.

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National News

Presidential Amnesty office begins probe of staff, fraudulent contractors

By Our Correspondent The Presidential Amnesty Programme has begun investigation of fraud perpetrated by some vendors and contractors to determine its spread and.

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News Ondo

Ondo Ijaw lawmaker, Torhukerhijo sends strong warning to Akeredolu on adoption of Yoruba anthem

By Ebi Perekeme  The lawmaker representing Ese-Odo Constituency in Ondo State House of Assembly, Barr. Success Torhukerhijo, has condemned the recent approval of.

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Delta News

Gbaramatu students in Egypt send SOS to Deputy Governor Otuaro, others for help

By Ebi Perekeme  Gbaramatu students under the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) sponsored scholarship scheme to study at Arab Academy for.

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News Rivers

Rivers Govt. approves N12.4bn for two additional Port Harcourt flyovers

By Our Correspondent  The Rivers State Executive Council has approved two contracts for construction of two additional flyovers in Port Harcourt City at.

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National News

Amnesty: Ex-militants threaten resumption of hostilities in Niger Delta over poor funding

By Ebi Perekeme  Repentant militants in Akwa Ibom State have threatened to resume hostilities over the poor funding of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

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Opinion

The true story of St. Valentine and why do we celebrate on February 14?

Every year, Valentine’s Day comes as a reminder for us to celebrate our loved ones. The special occasion, celebrated annually and worldwide on.

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National News

Death Rumour: Edwin Clark is alive, hale and hearty, says PANDEF

By Ebi Perekeme Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, this morning, deflated rumor flying around on its National Leader and Chairman, Board of Board.

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Entertainment & Events INTERVIEWS

Michael David Akpenyin, a creek boy turned international film maker in South Africa

Like many other children born in the Niger Delta creeks, his environment provided him with no opportunity. The government at both state and.

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Opinion

Kingsley Kuku: Architect of Peaceful Niger Delta at 51

By Femi Salako Great impacts of Dr. Kingsley Valentine Kuku in restoring lasting peace to the Niger Delta region will continue to make.

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News Oil & Gas

Crude Oil Pollution: Niger Delta communities can sue Shell in UK courts — Supreme Court

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that oil-polluted Nigerian communities can sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts after years of oil.

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Maritime News

MMCC, Port of Antwerp to construct $2.9bn Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex

By Our Correspondent  Mercury Maritime Concession Company Limited (MMCC) and Port of Antwerp are collaborating to build the proposed $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport.

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News

NDDC boss, Akwa orders contractors back to site

By Ebi Perekeme    The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, has ordered contractors handling its projects.

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Delta News

Delta Govt approves N16bn for construction of roads in Oporoza, Ogbe-Ijoh, others

By Our Correspondent Delta State Government on Thursday announced the approval of the construction and rehabilitation of no fewer than 15 roads across.

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INTERVIEWS

How I became best graduating student, broke 55-year-old academic record in Philippines – Fetimi, Ijaw academic genius

By Ebi Oboko To Engineer Fetimi Bebetebe Balogun, making money at a tender age was not his headache, in fact he never believed.

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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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