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From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) A former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko, has said Nigerians should agitate for a detribalized leader ahead of the 2023 presidential election in the country and de-emphasize ethnic consideration. According to the billionaire politician, there are good leaders across the tribes who…
February 6, 2021
By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research & Data desk) Federal Government intervention agency for oil-producing states, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is embroiled in a fresh scandal over huge fund purportedly spent as COVID-19 palliatives. The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions was on Thursday informed about how N6.25billion was…
February 5, 2021
...Would Ex-President Dump PDP? MASSOB Cautions Jonathan Against Derailing S'East Chances By Abiola Olawale The All Progressives Congress (APC), has opened up on reports flying around that the party may favour former President Goodluck Jonathan as APC candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Though Jonathan remains a rallying figure and ranking leader of the opposition's…
February 4, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Former Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has mourned the passage of late Hon. Tim Kome Owhefere, an Isoko-born politician, highly likeable personality and the majority leader of the Delta State House of Assembly, stating his demise is hard to bear for the family and the Isoko community. The former Governor…
January 30, 2021
By Abiola Olawale The Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), a socio-cultural pressure group, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to swear-in the screened and confirmed board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a letter signed by the President of the NDDI, Ebikalome Tonye Anselm, and the Secretary, Johnson Oghenekevbe, the pressure group canvassed for…
January 29, 2021
Ex-Bayelsa Commissioner, Iniruo Wills Hails Ruling, Seeks More Environmental Justice For N'Delta Communities Global Environmental Groups/Activists React In a ruling that set corporate accountability precedence for oil multinationals globally, a Dutch appeal court in the Hague on Friday ruled that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell (RDS), Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria (SPDC) should…
January 29, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) Rivers and Edo States Governors, Nyesom Wike and Godwin Obaseki, have sent messages of condolence to the chairman of South South Governors Forum, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over the death of his father, Chief Arthur Okowa. While Governor Wike described the death of the patriarch of the…
January 29, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Members of oil producing communities engaged in fisticuffs on Thursday at the ongoing Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) public hearing at House of Representatives. The fight began around 12:10 pm when the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on PIB, Hon. Mohammed Monguno invited the representatives of the Host…
January 28, 2021
Sir Arthur Okowa, the father of Delta state Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has taken his exit. The senior Okowa died at the age of 88 in the early hours of Thursday in Asaba following a prolonged illness, according to news reports. The late Chief Okowa, up until the time of his passage, was the Okpara-Uku…
January 28, 2021
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From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) A former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko, has said Nigerians should agitate for a detribalized leader ahead of the 2023 presidential election in the country and de-emphasize ethnic consideration. According to the billionaire politician, there are good leaders across the tribes who…
February 6, 2021
By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research & Data desk) Federal Government intervention agency for oil-producing states, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is embroiled in a fresh scandal over huge fund purportedly spent as COVID-19 palliatives. The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions was on Thursday informed about how N6.25billion was…
February 5, 2021
...Would Ex-President Dump PDP? MASSOB Cautions Jonathan Against Derailing S'East Chances By Abiola Olawale The All Progressives Congress (APC), has opened up on reports flying around that the party may favour former President Goodluck Jonathan as APC candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Though Jonathan remains a rallying figure and ranking leader of the opposition's…
February 4, 2021
By Abiola Olawale Former Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has mourned the passage of late Hon. Tim Kome Owhefere, an Isoko-born politician, highly likeable personality and the majority leader of the Delta State House of Assembly, stating his demise is hard to bear for the family and the Isoko community. The former Governor…
January 30, 2021
By Abiola Olawale The Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), a socio-cultural pressure group, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to swear-in the screened and confirmed board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a letter signed by the President of the NDDI, Ebikalome Tonye Anselm, and the Secretary, Johnson Oghenekevbe, the pressure group canvassed for…
January 29, 2021
Ex-Bayelsa Commissioner, Iniruo Wills Hails Ruling, Seeks More Environmental Justice For N'Delta Communities Global Environmental Groups/Activists React In a ruling that set corporate accountability precedence for oil multinationals globally, a Dutch appeal court in the Hague on Friday ruled that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell (RDS), Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria (SPDC) should…
January 29, 2021
From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat's Delta State Correspondent) Rivers and Edo States Governors, Nyesom Wike and Godwin Obaseki, have sent messages of condolence to the chairman of South South Governors Forum, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over the death of his father, Chief Arthur Okowa. While Governor Wike described the death of the patriarch of the…
January 29, 2021
From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau) Members of oil producing communities engaged in fisticuffs on Thursday at the ongoing Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) public hearing at House of Representatives. The fight began around 12:10 pm when the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on PIB, Hon. Mohammed Monguno invited the representatives of the Host…
January 28, 2021
Sir Arthur Okowa, the father of Delta state Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has taken his exit. The senior Okowa died at the age of 88 in the early hours of Thursday in Asaba following a prolonged illness, according to news reports. The late Chief Okowa, up until the time of his passage, was the Okpara-Uku…
January 28, 2021
