Rivers APC Hails Buhari, Amaechi for Rail Revolution
….Urges continued faith in Buhari Administration
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed the revolution in the rail sector engendered by the Muhammadu Buhari Administration through the Ministry of Transportation ably led by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
President Muhammadu Buhari
The party in a statement signed by the State Chairman, Dr. ...
Bayelsa Declares N889m Deficit Balance for June
… set to kick-off model boarding schools
By philip Eke, yenagoa
The Bayelsa State Government has declared a deficit of N889 million for the month of June, 2016 out of a net inflow of N4.4 billion from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, (FAAC).
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State.
Presenting the income and expenditure profile for the state in his office in ...
AGRO- BUSSINESS: Osinbajo Lauds Utomi for $136m agric investment
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
Vice President Professor Yemi Osibajo has praised Chairman Integrated Produce City in Edo State, Prof Pat Utomi for investing $136 million in the agricultural sector.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria's Vice President
The Vice President, represented by Governor Adams Oshiomhole said “the timing of the project couldn’t have been better.
“Not just because ...
OSHIOMHOLE INAUGURATES EDO VARSITY’S GOVERNING COUNCIL
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
Edo state Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has inaugurated the Governing Council of Edo University, Iyamho to be chaired by Prof. Pat Utomi.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State.
While inaugurating the nine-man Council, Wednesday, Governor Oshiomhole said his vision was to midwife a first-class university for the state and turn Edo ...
Pass PIB Into Law Now – CEPEJ to Lawmakers
By Francis Sadhere
A foremost NGO in the oil-rich Niger Delta Region, Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) has urged Nigerian Lawmakers to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law now.
Comrade Sheriff Mulade.
National Coordinator of CEPEJ, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, speaking from Accra, Ghana at the weekend, decried the delay in the passage ...
Stella Oduah son’s Death: My Son, Omabuwa Was Killed – Chief Etoromi
By Francis Sadhere
The husband of Stella Oduah, Lieutenant Colonel (Chief) Satchie Ayomike Etoromi says he suspect foul play in the death of his son, Mr Maxwell Chinedu Toritseju Etoromi.
Late Maxwell Etoromi.
He said that controversies surrounding his son's death will be investigated.
It could be recalled that following an earlier statement be Chief Etoromi to Senator Stella Oduah ...
Onuesoke to Masari: Jonathan was Nigerian President, not N-Delta
By Our Correspondent
Former Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan was president of the whole nation and as such would not have concentrated on the development of Niger Delta alone at the expense of other parts of the country.
Goodluck Jonathan
Onuesoke, in a statement in Warri, ...
N’Delta dialogue: We didn’t Send Anybody to Represent Itsekiri – Olu of Warri
By Francis Sadhere
The Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwole has on Thursday said he did not send those who claimed to be representing either the Olu or the Itsekiri people' in recent Niger Delta stakeholders' gatherings purportedly aimed at resolving renewed militancy in the region.
Ogiame Ikenwoli, the Olu of Warri.
The Warri monarch ...
Withdraw Military From Niger Delta Region Now – Delta Monarch Appeals to Buhari
By Francis Sadhere Warri
Paramount ruler of Siembiri Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu, has appealed to President Mohammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, withdraw the heavy military presence in the Niger Delta region.
According to the Ijaw monarch attacking the region with military might at this moment when the militants have announced ceasefire will be ...
JTF Recovers 7 Tankers Filled With Illegally Refined AGO, Others
...Parades 12 Suspected Oil Thieves in Delta
By Francis Sadhere
The Joint Task Force (JTF) ''Operation Delta Safe'' has on Thursday said it has recovered seven tankers filled with illegally refined Automated Gasoline Oil (AGO), one truck, one bus, a Gulf car and one outboard engine.
File photo
It also paraded 12 suspected oil thieves at the 3 Battalion, ...
Facebook to be translated into 10 more languages, says Zuckerberg
By Our Correspondent
With about 18 million people connected to the social media network- Facebook in Nigeria, and 1.71 billion monthly active users all over the world, plans are underway to translate Facebook into 10 more languages within the next 18 months.So says Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook.
Early this ...
Return My Late Son To Me Now, Bereaved Father Tells Senator Stella Oduah
By Francis Sadhere
Ex-husband of Senator Stella Oduah, Lt. Col. Satchie Emmanuel Etoromi (Rtd.), has urged the ex-aviation minister to return his late son to him now in Warri, Delta State for burial.
Late Maxwel Etoromi
Late Maxwell Etoromi
Chief Etoromi speaking to newsmen in Warri shortly after sending a powerful delegation to his royal majesty, Igwe D. O. Oduah, ...
Bring Back My Late Son: Ex-Husband of Stella Oduah, Chief Etoromi Cries Out
Late Maxwell Etoromi.
31st August, 2016.
His Royal Highness Igwe D. O Oduah
The Igwe of Akili Ozizor
The Royal Palace
Akili Ozizor
Ogbaru
Anambra State
Nigeria
Your Royal Highness
APPEAL TO INTERCEED TO ENSURE SENATOR STELLA ADAEZE ODUAH BRINGS MY SON MAXWELL OMABUWA CHINEDU OBIECHINA WEREYESIGHA TORITSEJU ETOROMI TO ME IN WARRI FOR BURIAL
His Royal Highness Igwe Oduah 1, betrothed Stella Oduah to ...
Delta Govt honours Chevron at 25th Anniversary celebration
By Our Francis Sadhere
Chevron Nigeria Limited, (CNL), the operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL was on Saturday August 27, 2016 bestowed with a prestigious award as “An Outstanding Corporate Tax Payer in Delta State and the Nation” by the Delta State government during the Gala night organized as part of ...
Osun at 25: Why Osun is gasping for breath under Aregbesola—Civil Society
...Dedicates anniversary to courageous Justice Oloyede
By Our Correspondent
As Osun people are marking the 25th anniversary of the creation of the state, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation for Osun State (CSCEOS) has stated that the state is gasping for breath under the present administration of Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola due to the mismanagement of its resources.
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