Category: Niger Delta

Niger Delta Activist, Scholar, High Chief Dennis Otuaro Congratulates President, Vice-President

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  ….Makes Special Case For Niger Delta Region A renowned Niger Delta activist, High Chief Dennis Brutu Otuaro Phd., has congratulated the newly sworn-in President of Nigeria Sen Ahmed Bola Tinubu (GCFR), and the Vice President, Kashim Shettima ( GFCON) on their successful swearing in on Monday, May 29th, 2023 as President and Vice President respectively. In a Press Statement, signed by him personally, High Chief Dennis Otuaro, Phd, rejoiced with the new President, the Vice President for their swearing in ceremonies and urged them to give the people a…

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Governor Diri Calls For Peace Among Ogbia Communities 

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  Story by Elizabeth Vincent Bayelsa State Governor, Sen. Douse Diri has directed the Commissioners of Justice, Lands and Housing and Urban Development as well as Local Government and Community Development to immediately resolve the conflict among the three communities of Otuabagi, Otuogidi and Oloibiri over the location of the Oloibiri National Oil Museum and Research Centre by the federal government. The State Governor gave the directive on at this year’s Boro Day celebration at the Ijaw Heroes Park in Yenagoa, the state capital. Represented by his Deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor,…

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Bayelsa Govt Woos Shell, AITEO, Others Over Partnership On Quality Education

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From Elizabeth Vincent/ Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Aiteo and other international oil companies (IOCs) to partner it in sponsoring programmes that will promote quality education in the state. Governor Douye Diri, made the call at the grand finale of a school quiz competition tagged “First Tech-Girl Champ Science Competition” at the Dappa Biriye Conference Centre in Yenagoa. The Governor, who was represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, noted that investing meaningfully in education as part of the IOCs’ corporate social…

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Ex-Agitators Protest Alleged Hijack Of Surveillance Contract By Omo-Agege

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COALITION OF NIGER-DELTA EX- AGITATORS have staged a peaceful protest alleging the hijack of pipeline surveillance contract belonging to the Urhobo ethnic Nation. The ex-Agitators formed a human barricade that slowed the movement of vehicles for several hours at the East west road by Uvwiamuge junction in Ughelli North local Government Area of Delta State . The Ex-Agitators claimed that the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District and Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege hijacked the surveillance contract meant for ex-militants leader And mayor of Urhobo…

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Niger Delta Militant Group, Warn Nigerians On Atiku

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  Ahead of Saturday Presidential election, the most Dreaded militant group in Niger Delta codes named Niger Delta Liberation Movement, has warned Nigerians to avoid casting their votes for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, alleging that he (Atiku) will sell Nigeria to United Arab Emirates. In a statement issued on behalf of the Militant group through its spokesperson, Commander Amabiri Andabiri and made available to our correspondent, the militant lamented that the only thing that Atiku knows how to do all his life is to privatize Federal…

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Political Parties Sign Peace Accord In Bayelsa Ahead Of Elections

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  By Elizabeth Vincent/YENAGOA,   Ahead of the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria political parties in Bayelsa state, have signed ‘Peace Accord’ in ensuring a peaceful conduct of the presidential and governorship elections in the state.   The “accord’ under the supervision of the state Commissioner of Police, Ben Okolo, was signed by all chairmen of political parties fielding candidates. Speaking during the event at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Conference Centre in Yenagoa, CP Okolo commended all the political parties in state for going about their campaigns peacefully…

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PDP grew Nigeria’s Economy, APC destroyed it – Atiku

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…Says his administration ‘ll secure Nigeria, attract direct foreign investment Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday said if voted into office, his administration would change the security architecture in the country and grow the economy. He gave the assurance at the party’s Presidential Campaign in Delta held at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba. Abubakar said that between 1999 and 2015, PDP grew Nigeria’s economy and made it the largest in Africa, but that the All Progressives Congress (APC) destroyed it with its inept leadership.…

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Salary: Surveillance Workers To Shut Oil Exploration In OML 30

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BY JOE Favour /UGHELLI   Oil exploration activities in Oil Mining Lease, OML 30, is set to be shut down by pipeline surveillance workers engaged by Mormar Marines Ltd, over owed backlog of salaries by the company and the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. The protesting workers, were armed placards, with inscriptions such as, ‘NPDC leave Mormar Marines to do their work, “Mormar Marines and NPDC, pay our salaries, ‘Our salaries are paramount”, ‘President Buhari, call NPDC to order’, ‘ among others, the protesters said they could not continue to go…

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NDDC: Confirmation Of Board Nominees Is An Affront On The Judiciary And Legislative lawlessness- Atie

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By Emma Arubi   TENSION is brewing in the Oil rich Itsekiri Communities across Delta and Edo states following the screening and subsequent confirmation of the NDDC Board nominees by the Nigerian Senate in spite of a competent court order puting same on hold even as the Senators’ action has been described as an affront on the Judiciary and an act of legislative lawlessness.   A Warri based legal practitioner, Fabius Jemide Atie Esq., made this remark yesterday in Warri in a statement made available to newsmen, saying that what…

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When An Ogborigbo Visited My Household

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By Sunny Awhefeada,   When I was planning what my residence would look like, I explained to the architect that I would want a number of small gardens and then a grove behind the house. I had envisaged a mini-forest behind my house where I could retreat from the buffetings of life without having to wander far. So upon completion of the house eleven years ago, I set to planting fruit trees that have now grown and turned a portion of my residence into a grove. Besides providing shelter and…

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