By Enaibo Asiayei  A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $1.638 billion to the Delta State Government being 13 percent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue payable to the oil-rich state. Justice Donatus Okorowo, while delivering the judgment, held that being a suit instituted to recover revenue accruing

By Ebi Perekeme The House of Representatives Committee on Steel Development has commenced investigation into the alleged fraudulent sale of the Delta Steel Company. To this end, it invited the Managing Director of the new owner – Premium Steel – to appear before it Wednesday and explain the company’s role in the alleged mismanagement of the assets worth

By Gbenga Nicholas  Gunmen Suspected to be bandits have Kidnapped some staff of the University of Abuja on Tuesday. It was learnt that sporadic gunshots started at 12:14am before some members staff were whisked away. However the number of officials abducted from the university cannot be acertained yet The university has confirmed the development but

Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering.  The Anambra-born club owner,  who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, is currently being interrogated by operatives of the commission. Though allegations against the socialite

The Itsekiri Liberation Group, ILG, has issued strongly worded warnings over alleged plans by 59 northern legislators to amend the 1999 Constitution and remove the 13% derivation fund to the Niger Delta. Arising from an emergency meeting of the group, the ILG said through its chairman, Comrade Mone Oris, and the secretary – Comrade Ajofotan

The Special Adviser on Youth to the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has condemned in strong terms the kidnapping of an expatriate in Bayelsa State on Saturday. The expatriate simply known as Mr Rony is an engineer with PAACHE Construction Limited, the contractor handling the 4.5-kilometer Igbedi Road

The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has unveiled his next plan for ex-agitators, saying he will focus on wealth creation, leveraging on partnerships that will have positive effects on the economy of the Niger Delta and the country at large. He said having laid the foundation in his first

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Timi Frank has called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to resign over his embarrassment and selective targeting of judicial officers from the South. He condemned in strong terms the illegal invasion of the house of the

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday released a detailed breakdown of how it planned to spend the N621.2billion tax liabilities on federal roads in the country. The Federal Executive Council (FEC)  on Wednesday gave the corporation the go-ahead to spend the N621.2billion tax liabilities on the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the

Governor of Rivers state, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has arrived at the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. The governor arrived minutes after army and police operatives stormed the home of the supreme court justice. ALSO READ: Security operatives invade Justice Odili’s residence in Abuja The security operatives, who came with a

Security operatives, on Friday, conducted a search on the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court, in Abuja. The supreme court justice is the wife of Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers state, who is currently on the watchlist of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The security operatives, who were made

By Beauty Sobai The Publisher of GbaramatuVoice, a leading newspaper in the Niger Delta, Jacob Abai has been honoured with 2021 Media Personality of the Year Award. The Award was bestowed on him by Arogbo-Ibe Entertainers during a colourful event held at the Arogbo cultural centre in Ondo State. According to the organiser, Abai was

The Protest by the Niger Delta students at the Benin head office of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation has taken a different twist this Thursday as one of the female Protesters was allegedly hit by a bullet shot by one of the police attached to the corporation. The students had embarked on peaceful protest after

Youths from the South-South have notified the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of their intentions to resume their suspended protest to demand a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youths, under the auspices of the South-South Youths Initiative (SSYI), in August occupied the headquarters of NDDC in Port

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) says it has been mandated by people of the Niger Delta to request an upward review of the derivation allocation from its present 13 per cent to 50 per cent. The apex South-South socio-cultural group made the disclosure in a communique issued following an emergency general assembly held virtually on

Concerned by the security and safety of commuters, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has proposed an extra-budgetary intervention for the inclusion of the East-West road sections I-IV in the 2021 SUKUK issuance programme of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning also the Debt Management Office (DMO). Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio

The Pan Niger Delta Forum has convoked an emergency “general assembly” for Monday over a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to amend the Constitution to remove the 13 per cent oil derivation formula being enjoyed by oil-producing states, especially in the South-South geopolitical zone. The bill has generated protests especially from the Niger

Ijaw National Congress, INC, has said the proposed Bill to delete Section 162, sub section 2 of the 1999 Constitution, which deals with derivation principle by 59 northern Members of House of Representatives, was an invitation to chaos. A statement by its National President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba on Thursday, October 21, 2021, urging the sponsors

By Gold Ebimene Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, called on the Police Service Commission (PSC) to urgently dismiss and prosecute the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, for illegally ordering the teargas and arrest of youths who protested peacefully to mark the

A socio-cultural group of the Ijaws in diaspora, Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has disclosed its intention to hold the 2022 IJAW DIASPORA CONVENTION in United States of America (USA). The board has chosen Newark, New Jersey where they would all converge from their various countries of residence across the globe.  The event that is scheduled

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has Inaugurates the management team of the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry as provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The new entities are the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC) and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The inauguration of the

…Says power to change Nigeria for better resides in youths Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of gross insensitivity to the plight of victims of the #EndSARS protests and the Lekki Tollgate massacre a year ago. Frank in a statement to

Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has restated President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to completing all abandoned projects in the nine states of the Niger Delta Region. Senator Akpabio spoke in Uyo, on Sunday, after an inspection tour of the long-abandoned 1000-bed hostel blocks constructed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the

By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have blamed selfish politicians including ministers from the region for the delay in constitution of the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youths, under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, said the delay is caused

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of appointment of retired Col. M. D. Dikio as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for another one-year tenure. The GbaramatuVoice reports that President Buhari approved the appointment of  Dikio as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme) with effect from Aug. 21, 2020. This followed the President’s approval of

A delegation from the oil and gas industry to the Niger Delta led by the CEO/Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, on Thursday, October 14, 2021 paid a courtesy visit to Gbaramatu Kingdom. The Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II and other respected traditional

…Says governors failed in managing 13% Derivation Fund to develop communities …Calls On Buhari to inaugurate screened, confirmed NDDC board …Advocates equity, justice, fairness for United Nigeria The Royal Father of Idjerhe kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM King Obukowho Monday Whiskey, has rejected the call by the South South