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Isoko Bye-election: Judgement Day As APC, PDP Battle For Victory

The much anticipated Isoko South Constituency 1 bye-election has kickstarted as political parties battle to secure victory at the polls in Delta. A total of 14 political parties are contesting in the bye-election including the two major political parties in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Electorate of Isoko…

Ijaw Elders Seek Investigation Into Planned Takeover Of Bayelsa Oil Fields

The Ijaw Elders Forum, (IEF) has called on the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri to investigate an alleged plan by some unnamed top individuals in the country to takeover oil fields belonging to Bayelsa in South-south Nigeria. The group stated that the call has become important after stories that some persons in the corridors…

Isoko South By-Election: Omo-Agege Mobilises Support For APC

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has met with other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Idheze Irri, a town in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State ahead of the by-election scheduled for September 11. During the meeting, Omo-Agege joined the stakeholders of the party and the campaign train of…

9/11 by-election: Omo-Agege Leads APC’s Campaign To Capture Isoko South Constituency I

With a few clear days  to the September 11, Isoko South Constituency I by-election, the All Progressives Congress Campaign train led by the Deputy President of Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has hit the ground running across the five wards of the Constituency with a charge to mobilize the grassroots for its candidate, Dr. Ogaga Ifowodo.…

NDDC Report: Niger Delta Monarchs, Group Call For Substantive Board

A group of traditional rulers under the aegis of the Association of Rural Chiefs for Peace and Development (ARCPD) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The monarchs while reacting to the recent audit report on NDDC called on the President to inaugurate the…

Unpaid Stipends: N’Delta Ex-militants Give FG 7-Day Ultimatum

Niger Delta ex-militants currently benefitting from the Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP) has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the federal government to pay the August stipends owed over 10,000 beneficiaries of the Programme. The beneficiaries who claimed they have suffered sundry "unfair treatments" under the current PAP Cordinator, Col. Dixion Dikio threatened to storm the streets…

Kidnappers Seize Senator Effiong In Uyo

Some unidentified armed men, said to be kidnappers have seized former Senator Nelson Effiong in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. According to reports, Effiong who represented Akwa Ibom South Senatorial district was kidnapped at about 9pm on Sunday night. It was gathered that the armed men who were said to be three stormed a popular lounge…

CSR Debacle: Tension Escalates Between NPDC/Elcrest, Egbema Youths; LG Boss Wades In

...Blames companies for reneging on MoUs with communities Following the 14-day ultimatum handed over to the management of NPDC/Elcrest joint venture oil company Ltd to address a 7-point demand by Egbema Youth Council, (EYC) in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State recently, the Executive Chairman of the Council, Hon. Smart Asekutu has waded…

Olu of Warri: Police Declare Two Princes Wanted Over Stolen Crown

The Zone 5 of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Benin, Edo State has declared two sons of the immediate Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli Emiko, Princes Onyowoli and Omatsuli, wanted over their alleged connection with the missing royal crown of the Itsekiri kingdom. The zone 5 command, in a report disclosed that the two…

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Isoko Bye-election: Judgement Day As APC, PDP Battle For Victory

The much anticipated Isoko South Constituency 1 bye-election has kickstarted as political parties battle to secure victory at the polls in Delta. A total of 14 political parties are contesting in the bye-election including the two major political parties in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Electorate of Isoko…

Ijaw Elders Seek Investigation Into Planned Takeover Of Bayelsa Oil Fields

The Ijaw Elders Forum, (IEF) has called on the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri to investigate an alleged plan by some unnamed top individuals in the country to takeover oil fields belonging to Bayelsa in South-south Nigeria. The group stated that the call has become important after stories that some persons in the corridors…

Isoko South By-Election: Omo-Agege Mobilises Support For APC

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has met with other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Idheze Irri, a town in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State ahead of the by-election scheduled for September 11. During the meeting, Omo-Agege joined the stakeholders of the party and the campaign train of…

9/11 by-election: Omo-Agege Leads APC’s Campaign To Capture Isoko South Constituency I

With a few clear days  to the September 11, Isoko South Constituency I by-election, the All Progressives Congress Campaign train led by the Deputy President of Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has hit the ground running across the five wards of the Constituency with a charge to mobilize the grassroots for its candidate, Dr. Ogaga Ifowodo.…

NDDC Report: Niger Delta Monarchs, Group Call For Substantive Board

A group of traditional rulers under the aegis of the Association of Rural Chiefs for Peace and Development (ARCPD) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The monarchs while reacting to the recent audit report on NDDC called on the President to inaugurate the…

Unpaid Stipends: N’Delta Ex-militants Give FG 7-Day Ultimatum

Niger Delta ex-militants currently benefitting from the Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP) has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the federal government to pay the August stipends owed over 10,000 beneficiaries of the Programme. The beneficiaries who claimed they have suffered sundry "unfair treatments" under the current PAP Cordinator, Col. Dixion Dikio threatened to storm the streets…

Kidnappers Seize Senator Effiong In Uyo

Some unidentified armed men, said to be kidnappers have seized former Senator Nelson Effiong in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. According to reports, Effiong who represented Akwa Ibom South Senatorial district was kidnapped at about 9pm on Sunday night. It was gathered that the armed men who were said to be three stormed a popular lounge…

CSR Debacle: Tension Escalates Between NPDC/Elcrest, Egbema Youths; LG Boss Wades In

...Blames companies for reneging on MoUs with communities Following the 14-day ultimatum handed over to the management of NPDC/Elcrest joint venture oil company Ltd to address a 7-point demand by Egbema Youth Council, (EYC) in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State recently, the Executive Chairman of the Council, Hon. Smart Asekutu has waded…

Olu of Warri: Police Declare Two Princes Wanted Over Stolen Crown

The Zone 5 of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Benin, Edo State has declared two sons of the immediate Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli Emiko, Princes Onyowoli and Omatsuli, wanted over their alleged connection with the missing royal crown of the Itsekiri kingdom. The zone 5 command, in a report disclosed that the two…

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