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From Hamilton Nwosa with The New Diplomat's Delta State Bureau It was a gathering of the who is who among Urhobo leaders and elites as they thronged the Uvwiamuge headquarters of the Urhobo Progress Union, (UPU) to reminiscence and pay tributes to late Professor Peter Palmer Ekeh for his life and time as he embarks…
March 24, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to virtually declare open the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled to commence in Edo on April 2. Musa Ebomhiana, Head of Media and Communications, Local Organising Committee (LOC), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that President Buhari would virtually declare the fiesta officially open on April 6, four…
March 24, 2021
Bilabiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa has called on the military Joint Task Force (JTF) to flush out criminals from its fold. In a letter dated March 21, the community appealed to the Joint Task Force deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta to deploy its surveillance boats to the…
March 21, 2021
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has urged the Federal Character Commission (FCC), to adopt stringent measures to ensure fair representation of the state at the federal level. He spoke on Wednesday in Yenagoa when he hosted Mrs Muheeba Dankaka, Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary,…
March 18, 2021
The House of Representatives, Reps, has resolved to investigate alleged sabotage responsible for frequent shutdown of Warri Refinery, towards addressing the problem. The resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) at plenary on Wednesday. Speaking, Igbakpa said that the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company was mandated to produce…
March 17, 2021
By Abiola Olawale ( The New Diplomat's SouthWest Bureau) The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to validate its claims that it gave N100 million to each of the nine governors of Niger Delta as Covid-19 palliative fund. The revelation follows a summon issued by the Senate to the representatives of…
March 17, 2021
Rivers Government has announced the closure of Eastern By-Pass Road leading to new Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt for repair work. The state’s Commissioner for Works, Mr Elloka Tasie-Amad said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the closure was to enable construction work on the road. According to him,…
March 17, 2021
Agency Report -- A Milan court on Wednesday acquitted energy companies ENI and Shell in Nigeria’s oil industry’s biggest corruption scandal. Also acquitted by the court was a long list of past and present managers of the firms, including Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi. The verdict, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, comes…
March 17, 2021
The Police in Ebonyi said it arrested six suspects over looting of property from crisis-ridden Ezza-Effium in Ohaukwu local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Abakaliki on Wednesday by the Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Loveth Odah. Odah said that three others were…
March 17, 2021
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From Hamilton Nwosa with The New Diplomat's Delta State Bureau It was a gathering of the who is who among Urhobo leaders and elites as they thronged the Uvwiamuge headquarters of the Urhobo Progress Union, (UPU) to reminiscence and pay tributes to late Professor Peter Palmer Ekeh for his life and time as he embarks…
March 24, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to virtually declare open the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled to commence in Edo on April 2. Musa Ebomhiana, Head of Media and Communications, Local Organising Committee (LOC), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that President Buhari would virtually declare the fiesta officially open on April 6, four…
March 24, 2021
Bilabiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa has called on the military Joint Task Force (JTF) to flush out criminals from its fold. In a letter dated March 21, the community appealed to the Joint Task Force deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta to deploy its surveillance boats to the…
March 21, 2021
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has urged the Federal Character Commission (FCC), to adopt stringent measures to ensure fair representation of the state at the federal level. He spoke on Wednesday in Yenagoa when he hosted Mrs Muheeba Dankaka, Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary,…
March 18, 2021
The House of Representatives, Reps, has resolved to investigate alleged sabotage responsible for frequent shutdown of Warri Refinery, towards addressing the problem. The resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) at plenary on Wednesday. Speaking, Igbakpa said that the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company was mandated to produce…
March 17, 2021
By Abiola Olawale ( The New Diplomat's SouthWest Bureau) The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to validate its claims that it gave N100 million to each of the nine governors of Niger Delta as Covid-19 palliative fund. The revelation follows a summon issued by the Senate to the representatives of…
March 17, 2021
Rivers Government has announced the closure of Eastern By-Pass Road leading to new Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt for repair work. The state’s Commissioner for Works, Mr Elloka Tasie-Amad said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the closure was to enable construction work on the road. According to him,…
March 17, 2021
Agency Report -- A Milan court on Wednesday acquitted energy companies ENI and Shell in Nigeria’s oil industry’s biggest corruption scandal. Also acquitted by the court was a long list of past and present managers of the firms, including Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi. The verdict, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, comes…
March 17, 2021
The Police in Ebonyi said it arrested six suspects over looting of property from crisis-ridden Ezza-Effium in Ohaukwu local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Abakaliki on Wednesday by the Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Loveth Odah. Odah said that three others were…
March 17, 2021
