Stop the ongoing military onslaught in riverine communities, Group tells Acting President
Says residents dying of hunger
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Paris Club fund: Bayelsa gets N10bn, Dickson warns against misuse
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has warned against any act that would lead to misuse of the second tranche of the Paris/London club refund to the state, which stands at N10 billion from the federal government. He noted that out of the money, N919 million is meant for the eight local government councils. This
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Delta Police Command Allays Itsekiri Community’s Explosion, Says No Casualties
Delta state police command has allayed the fears generated Tuesday night by an explosion that occurred in Koko town, Warri North council area of Delta state. There was panic across the town when the loud explosion, which roared out from the premises of Ebenco Global Link Limited at about 6:25pm, occurred, impacting on the adjoining houses. Although details
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Hon. Ebimaye Lauds NDDC Initiative To Build Women Development Centres
•Calls on Commission to extend programmes to creeks
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WARRI: Many injured as Police, Air Force personnel engage in shootout
The peaceful atmosphere in Jeddo, Okpe council area of Delta, on the outskirts of Warri metropolis, was shattered Monday evening as operatives of two sisters security agencies; police and the Nigerian Air Force, engaged each other in a fierce shootout. Although there was no death record from the engagement, our correspondent gathered that several persons, including personnel
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Final year student killed as two cult groups clash in Bayelsa
Mr. Diete Rufus, a 24-year-old final year Business Administration student of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, has been murdered in Bayelsa State. Rufus was reportedly killed in a crossfire during a deadly armed clash involving two rival cult groups on Sunday. It was learnt that three other persons also sustained serious injuries in the incident
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Release our men within 48hours, Gbaramatu youths tell Aladja community
•Crisis has nothing to do with Gbaramatu-Ogbe-Ijoh Youth President •We did not abduct Gbaramatu youths-Aladja Youth President
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IYC condemns military officer killing, decribes act barbaric, unacceptable
The Barrister Eric Omare-led Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the brutal killing of a military officer at Ogbugbagbebe in Burutu Local government Area of Delta State by unknown gunmen, describing the act as barbaric and highly unacceptable. In a statement signed by the IYC boss, which was made available to GbaramatuVoice, Omare said the
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Tension, as Aladja youths abduct two Gbaramatu men
Reports reaching GbaramatuVoice news desk indicate that two young men from Gbaramatu kingdom who were going about their normal business have been abducted by armed youths suspected to be from Aladja community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. Reports further indicate that the young men, Samuel Monday, 37, and Solomon Ikoto, 38, were abducted around 1:00pm,
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Demand good governance not politics, NDDC boss urges Traditional Rulers
*Says Traditional Rulers play key role in ensuring peace, security
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OML 42: Kunukunuma alleges planned exclusion, threatened to shut down NECONDE
Kunukunuma Federated Community in Gbaramatu kingdom has alleged plans by Neconde Energy Limited and Nigeria Petroleum Development Commission, NPDC, to remove her from list of OML 42 host communities. The community further alleged that NECONDE and NPDC have concluded plans to hold OML 42 host communities meeting tomorrow, in which it feared Kunukunuma community was not
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FG to pay NDDC outstanding allowance soon-NDDC Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance, and the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning to work with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in reconciling all outstanding statutory obligations due the Commission and agree on an immediate payment plan. Managing Director of the NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere disclosed this when
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NDDC to construct roads, hostel accommodation at Ozoro Polytechnic-MD
THE Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has assured the Governing Council of Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, of the Commission’s determination to assist the school with basic infrastructure such as roads and hostel accommodation. Speaking on behalf of the Managing Director, at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Executive Director
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11 Presidential Amnesty students bagged first class at Idahosa Varsity
Gbaramatu leads with 8, Bayelsa 2, Rivers 1
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Ize-Iyamu congratulates Obaseki
Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the September 28 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on Monday’s Supreme Court ruling which affirmed Obaseki’s election. Pastor Ize-Iyamu, whose petition was dismissed for lack of merit, assured Governor Obaseki of his goodwill. ALSP READ: JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Obaseki As Governor Of
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JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Obaseki As Governor Of Edo State
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the PDP challenging the election of Governor Godwin Obaseki for lacking in merit. The apex court said it would give in detail, its reasons for the judgment on July 24, 2017. A seven man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
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Bayelsa NUT gives government ultimatum over salary
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued an ultimatum to join the national body in ongoing strike, if government fails to pay up salaries owed teachers in the state. The ultimatum, according to the state chapter of the NUT was necessitated because they have waited long, yet government was
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Incessant air pollution dangerous to our health-Rivers Communities
Residents of Eleme communities in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State have raised the alarm over the incessant pollution of the air they breathe by the activities of companies operating in their area. They lamented that chemical companies such as petrochemical and fertiliser companies operating within their environment in addition to gas flaring from
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New Avengers: Otuaro Commends group for shelving strike
Delta State Acting Governor, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has commended the New Delta Avengers for heeding the call by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark to shelve its planned “Operation Cripple Delta Oil.” Otuaro, who chairs the Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Oil Facility Vandalism, had appealed to the Avengers to resort to dialogue in place of
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Ondo most peaceful Niger Delta state, says Akeredolu
Ondo State Government is to host the second meeting of the National Council on Niger Delta (NCND) between August 7 and 12. The first meeting was hosted by Akwa Ibom State Government in Uyo, the state capital, in 2013. Inaugurating the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to organise successful meeting coming up in Akure, the state
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Okowa Proceeds On 15-Day Leave, Otuaro To Act As Governor
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has proceeded on a 15-Day leave as part of his annual vacation. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Aniagwu on Friday in Asaba, said “In line with the provisions of Section 190 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, the Governor has written to the Speaker of the Delta
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At last, Oweilaemi confirmed IYC President
Deliver Ijaw nation from injustices, Justice Tabai urges new executives Controversy surrounding who is the authentic president of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, was put to rest yesterday as Barrister Oweilaemi Pereotubo was formerly inuagurated as the 7th president of the Council. The IYC was rocked with leadership crisis following an outcome of two different conventions
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Jubilation in Ghana, Bayelsa as Dickson Clear Outstanding Fees
Students of Bayelsa State origin studying in Ghana under the state government scholarship programme are now in jubilant mood following the release of N162 million by Governor Seriake Dickson to clear all their outstanding arrears. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the governor’s spokesman, who disclosed the development on Wednesday, June 28, said Dickson gave the approval for the
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BREAKING: Wike dissolves cabinet
RIVERS State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Saturday, dissolved the State Executive Council. The dissolution of the council came barely two days after the Commissioner for Works, Bathuel Harrison, was relieved of his position. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George, had on Friday resigned from his position as the image
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N100m defamation suit: EFCC dismisses Jonathan godson’s threat
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dismissed the threat by the political godson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. George Turnah, to institute a N100m defamation suit against it. Turnah had on Sunday, through his lawyers, demanded N100m from the EFCC and a social media activist, Mr. Bodmas Kemepadei, as compensation for alleged defamatory
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2010 Abuja bombing: Bayelsa youths protest Ebiwari’s life imprisonment
Concerned youths in Bayelsa State, yesterday, took to the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital, describing as unjust and misplaced, the life imprisonment passed on Mr. Edmund Ebiware by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in connection with the October 1, 2010 Independence Day bomb blasts and called for his release. Ebiware, a father
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Maritime University: Itsekiris planning attack on oil facilities, Ijaws-Okerenkoko community
Okerenkoko community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State has called on the Federal Government, security agencies to take urgent action against the Itsekiri ethnic group on the 14 days ultimatum issued, alleging that the Itsekiris have planned attack on pipeline facilities, security personnel, and the Ijaws at the expiration. This is coming after Niger Delta Omega, a group from
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Osinbajo’s Visits To Niger Delta, Reaffirms FG’s Commitment To Region – Ndoma-Egba
The Chairman of the Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has said that the frequent visits of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to the Niger Delta reaffirms the current administration’s commitment the region. Ndoma-Egba said this in a statement signed by Special Assistant Communication, Office of the Chairman, Clara Braide,
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NNPC Moves to Frustrate $160m Modular Refinery Initiative
THE termination of the construction of a modular refinery in Akwa Ibom State by Hi Rev Exploration and Production Company is sending conflicting signals to the oil and gas sector. It concerns the position of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to frustrate the building of modular refineries in the Niger Delta to compete with
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War in Calabar: Navy used GPMG to destroy Calabar police station
Following Tuesday’s clash between the Navy and Police in Calabar, there are indications that the naval operatives used a General Purpose Machine Gun to bring down a section of the Akim Police Barracks in the Cross River State capital. Trouble started earlier on Tuesday when an unidentified naval rating was shot in the left shoulder
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22,430 Former Cultists Surrender Arms in Rivers
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Monday, May 29, disclosed that 22, 430 repentant cultists surrendered 911 assorted arms to the state amnesty committee in line with the state’s amnesty programme. Wike made the disclosure at a Town Hall meeting and accountability Forum to mark his administration’s second year anniversary in Port Harcourt, state
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Group Uncovers Plan To Organise Nude Protest Against Dickson
A political movement, Young Ijaw Professionals, on Tuesday said they have uncovered plans by a former governor from the South South Geo-political zone to hire women to stage a nude protest in Yenagoa against Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson. The organiser of the protest intends to carry out the exercise using some of his past
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Boro Day: Mischief makers are after Dickson-Chief Okorotie
A former Chief Whip in the old Rivers State House of Assembly, Chief Thompson Okorotie, has expressed concern over the continued attack on Governor Seriake Dickson which queried the performance of Bayelsans who have held public offices at the national level in the last six years. According to him, most of those painting the governor
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Okerenkoko Community Announces Dates For 2017 General Election
Okerenkoko Federated Community in Gbaramatu kingdom has announced Saturday, 27th May, 2017 for conduct of community election. A statement signed by Hon. Bethus Emmanuel, Chairman and Sir Roland Ekpemupolo, Secretary, Electoral Committee (EC) says submission of all purchased forms is scheduled on Thursday 25th May, 2017 while manifestos by all aspirants and accreditation of delegates come up Friday 26th. Meanwhile, ongoing
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Contractors beg Okowa to make road accessible for project execution at Bomadi Poly
Contractors executing projects at the Polytechnic site in Bomadi are begging Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to fix the access road leading to the institution to ease the execution of ongoing projects. Our correspondent gathered that the condition of the ever-busy access road had worsened as a result of the sand-laden heavy trucks plying