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A Call For HE., Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori To Appointment Hon. Onoriode as Chairman Delta State Sport Commission

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Urhobo National Youth Congress (UNYC) wants to use this medium to appeal to our amiable Governor , His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to consider Hon. Onoriode Oborevwori as the best man for the job of the Chairman Delta State Commission. This appeal is based on the personality and pedigree of Hon. Onoriode Oborevwori who has contributed in no little measure in philanthropy and sports development in Delta State without any oita of doubt. Hon. Onoriode Joshua Oborevwori who was a footballer and bonafide member of the All Star Football…

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Arewa Group Commends Tompolo For Stable Oil Production

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A Kaduna based group, the Arewa Intelligentia Caucus has commended Chief (Dr.) Government Ekpemupolo, (alias Tompolo) for stabilizing crude oil production, raising it from 600,000 barrels per day to near 1.7 million barrels, describing the development as patriotism at work and a standing up for the fatherland with a call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to confer a National Honour on him in acknowledgement of his roles in nation building and development.   In a Statement made available to newsmen entitled “WHO IS AFRAID OF TOMPOLO IN THE NIGER DELTA…

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Niger Delta Group Condemns Raid Of Papa Clark Home, Demands Apology Within One Week

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  Niger Delta Lawyers For Equity, NDLF, a group of lawyers from the Niger Delta have called for an immediate national apologies from President Bola Tinubu and Chief of Army Staff over the senseless raiding of Pa Edwin Clark, South-South Leader’s home raided by Soldiers looking for arms. In a statement signed by its Coordinator, Chief Akpokona Omafuaire and Secretary, Barr Amos David, on Tuesday in Warri, the group is demanding an apology within one week. According to the statement, “We at Niger Delta Lawyers for Equity read with dismay…

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WARRI,OBOREVWORI AND JULIUS BERGER TOUCH

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  By Norbert Chiazor Rubble and rock clatter as the metal blade crushes a mass of earth into a hard layered surface. The motorized machine keeps roaring.It’s huge teeth endlessly chews and grinds gravel and sand across an expansive lane.Scores of on lookers stare in captive amazement.A spectacle unfolding as dawn breaks in Warri. It is not a Rambo movie scene.Julius Berger is working in Warri. Mega dozers are rolling on ground,in the most wondrous of construction pageantry ever in the Niger Delta.A new day in Delta.The twin cities of…

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Integrity Group, Unveils Adode As Patrons, Bags Ambassadorial Award

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The immediate past chairman of Ughelli North local government council, Hon. Chief Godwin Adode, has been unveiled as the Patron of  Integrity Group of Delta State in Ughelli North Local Government area of Delta State. Chief Adode was also presented with an Ambassadorial award of excellence in recognition of his massive developmental stride as a worthy ambassador of the MORE Agenda Mantra in Ughelli North. According to the convener of  Integrity Group, Dr. Oke Idawene, “We have seen Godwin Adode as a man of substance and we have come to…

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Orere Community Raises Alarm Over Alleged Army Invasion In Search For  Weapons, Fleeing Refugees

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The people of Orere community of Ewu kingdom in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State, have raised alarm over the alleged invasion of their community and tortured meted on them by the Nigerian Army in search of weapons and escaping refuges from Okuama Community. It was gathered that five Gun Boats entered into the community through the water ways, while four Hilux army came through the Ewu axis last Thursday. According to a local boat transporter in the community, Mr. Adjoka Morrison, “On March 21, I was at…

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Prof. Rukevwe Ugwumba To Appear As Guest Discussant At Advocate Lecture Series

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    Advocate Lecture Series Board of Council (ALSBC) has announced a renowned Canadian-based professor of Family Medicine, Prof. Rukevwe (Ruky) Ugwumba as a Guest Discussant at Advocate Newspaper Publication’s Inaugural Lecture Series, themed “Youth Empowerment and Leadership Evolution: Rethinking Nigeria’s Leadership Recruitment Process.” ALSBC, in a press statement on Saturday signed by its Secretary General, Mr. Shedrack Onitsha, Anipr, disclosed that the choice of the family doctor, Prof. Rukevwe Ugwumba, was as a result of her outstanding impacts globally for over two decades. The statement Read: “Advocate Lecture Series…

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Yoruba Group Lashes Maj-Gen Olanrewaju For linking Army Killing To Pipeline Surveillance Contractors

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A Yoruba Group, O’Odua Integrity Network (OIN) has rained heavy knocks on Rtd. Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju over his statement linking private security surveillance contractors to the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State The OIN accused him of fronting for oil Barons in the country, wondering why a 78-year made himself available for dirty jobs. The Group in a Statement Signed by Chief Adewale Adeosun (President) and Mr Ige Kilanko ( Secretary), said that brutal killing of officers and soldiers…

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Halt Military Operation In Okuama Community, Agbobore Appeals To Tinubu

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    The Welfare Officer of the Urhobo Progress Union, (UPU) Youth Wing Worldwide, Comrade Ese Simon Agbobore has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to halt the military operation in Okuama community, Ughelli South local government area of Delta State over the recent killing of some soldiers. Commiserating with Nigeria Army, families of the four officers and 13 soldiers killed recently at Okuama in Delta State, Agbobore  appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on the Nigeria Army to seize fire of their reprisal attack on innocent lives. According…

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Ogbodo: Military Ambush In Okuama Not Caused By Communal Crisis But Tied To Illegal Oil Bunkering

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  Former Editor of Guardian Newspaper and Niger Delta leader of thought, Abraham Ogbodo, has said that the ambush and murder of the troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion is not connected to the communal crisis between Okuama and Okoloba, but instead connected to illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta. During an interview with ARISE NEWS on Thursday, the Urhobo indigene also said that the military should give investigators access into the Okuama community so that they can find out reasons behind the attack that killed 16 soldiers. Ogbodo…

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