General Abacha’s ex-CSO, Al Mustapha dumps GPN, picks PPN presidential ticket
Retired Major Hamza Al Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late maximum military dictator, Sanni Abacha has dumped the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) which he helped founded and nurtured.…
Gas Supply: Nigeria looks beyond Niger Delta, targets North – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday said the country was looking beyond the Niger Delta in its effort to find alternative source for gas supply.…
Int’l Day of Rural Women: Obaseki harps on inclusive policy
By Isaac Olamikan Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government has prioritised policies to place women at the fore of development policies and programmes, assuring…
In Some Niger Delta Towns, Women Marry Women
How Okrika women marry themselves We’ve heard about it in hush tones, on the corners of the streets, with the periphery of our ears. It has been in many a…
Late Ken Saro-Wiwa’s daughter relieves life experience in Nigeria
Zina Saro-Wiwa, daughter of the hanged environmental rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, said it is a curse that oil was ever discovered in the Niger-Delta. Zina, who is currently holding her…
Miss Africa World Is Creative Director, Face Of Gbaramatu 2019
By Isaac Olamikan In its painstaking effort to ensure that nothing is left to chance in its soon-to-be-held top-of-the-shelf beauty pageant, Face of Gbaramatu International Beauty Pageant 2019, the organisers…
SLAIN SOLDIER IN EDO IJAW COMMUNITY: Handiwork of foreign criminal elements, says group
..wants Edo and Delta State Governors to wade into matter By Isaac Olamikan Egbema Academic Welfare Association (EAWA) has placed the blame of the recent killing of a soldier in…
Army confirms killing of soldier by unknown persons in Edo Ijaw community
The Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) has confirmed the killing of a soldier by yet to be identified persons at Ajakurama community, Ovia South West Local Government Area…
TENSION MOUNTS IN EDO IJAW COMMUNITIES OVER SLAIN SOLDIER
By Isaac Olamikan There are fears among some Ijaw communities in Ovia South West Local Government Area over the killing of a soldier. The soldier was said to be returning…
UNDERCOVER: Inside Niger Delta creeks where oil thieves feed fat after bribing soldiers with millions
By Femi Owolabi Nigeria has lost more than N3 trillion to oil thieves in the last two years, according to a report Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC) released in August.…
