THE Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Udu Branch, Chief Akpokona Omafuaire has cried out over what he described as an unjust and arrogant display of power by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) along the Ozoro/Oleh roundabout in Delta State. According to Omafuaire, he and some colleagues were on their way to a professional assignment at Ozoro when the incident occurred. The road safety officials, he said, physically obstructed their movement after demanding a bribe and…
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Niger Delta Group Condemns Raid Of Papa Clark Home, Demands Apology Within One Week
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…
Read MoreCrude Oil Theft: NUJ Sets To Honour Tompolo
…..E×-militant commander to be conferred with NUJ’s Award in Abuja in February The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) is set to confer a national merit award on the former militant commander in the Niger Delta, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. The honour, according to the national leadership of the NUJ, is in recognition of Tomplo’s contributions to the prevailing peace in the Niger Delta and the success recorded in the war against crude oil theft and pipelines vandalism being spearheaded by the ex-commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of…
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