Rivers APC Hails Buhari Over Niger Delta Peace Moves, Coastal Rail Line Project

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….Commends Amaechi for saving N134.4bn for the country By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over his efforts to restore peace in the Niger Delta and for his determination to actualise the multi-billion-dollar Lagos-Calabar coastal rail-line project. President Mohammadu Buhari The party in a statement issued on Thursday in ...

Avengers Sends Sallah Message To Buhari, Blows up Chevron’s Manifolds

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By Francis Sadhere The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers have sent a strong Sallah message to President Mohammadu Buhari as they blew up three Chevron Manifolds. The group in a statement by its spokesperson, Mudoch Agbinibo, published in their website identified the manifolds as RMP 22, 23 and 24. The attacks, according to the avengers, were carried out between 10:50pm to 11:10pm Wednesday night. The group wishes all Muslims in the globe 'Happy Eid Mubarak to our Muslim Brothers.' The statement reads: 'Between the hours of 10:50pm to 11:10pm our (Niger Delta Avengers)  strike team blew ...

GROUP KNOCKS BUHARI FOR REMOVING KACHIKWU AS NNPC GMD

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...SAYS BUHARI FIGHTING NORTHERN INTEREST By Francis Sadhere THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change, (NDIMRC) has knocked President Muhammadu Buhari for  the removal of Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) and replacing him with  the  former Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production   of  the  Corporation, Dr ...

AVENGERS WARN BUHARI’S AIDE TO STOP DECEIVING NIGERIANS

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...SAY THEY ARE NOT INVOLVED IN KILLING, KIDNAPPINGS, PIRACY By Francis Sadhere The dreaded militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) who are responsible series of attacks on oil installations in the region have warned the Senior Special Assistant to President Mohahammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu to stop deceiving Nigerians with false information. Niger Delta militants. The group ...

Again, Twitter Suspends Niger Delta Avengers Account

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By Francis Sadhere The twitter handle of the dreaded militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, @Real_Ndavengers, which the group opened barely 24 hours after their first account was closed, has again been suspended. Twitter is the platform in which the Niger Delta Avengers uses to post all its activities. But recently, twitter decided to suspend the groups account probably to deprive them from telling the world about their activities. The Avengers, who had earlier boasted in their new twitter account that the federal government cannot silence them by suspending their twitter account, said the struggle will continue. The avengers had claimed responsibility for recent attacks on oil facilities in Delta State weekend.  

DELSU Staff threaten showdown with government over unpaid salaries

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Teaching and non-teaching staff of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, have threatened showdown with the state government over the delay in the payment of their two months salaries and promotion arrears for the past two years. Besides salaries being owed which is only happening in the present government of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the university staff ...

URHOBO POLITICIANS HAILS IGBUYA, WARNS DETRACTORS

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B Nyerhovwo Oghenetejiri Notable politicians of Delta Central extraction have hailed Rt. Hon. Monday Ovwigho Igbuya, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) just as they described him as a man of honour, an achiever and a listening leader. Hon. Monday Igbuya, Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly. The politicians who spoke in Ughelli South at the end of an emergency meeting applauded ...

CEPEJ CONDEMNS WEEKEND AVENGERS’ ATTACKS ON OIL AND GAS FACILITIES

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By Francis Sadhere Condemnations have continued to trail the weekend bombings of five oil and gas installation by the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) after a lull in their nefarious activities. Militants A foremost Non-Governmental Organization, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), has joined the league of Nigerians and organizations to condemn the dastard acts which have upended ...

NIGER DELTA AVENGERS STRIKE AGAIN

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...Warns that APC trying replace Ikpeazu With Ogah Barely some few hours after President Mohammadu Buhari announced the replacement of Dr. Ibe Kachukwu with Dr. Maikanti Baru as the GMD of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Niger Delta Avengers continued its onslaught on oil facilities yesterday as they blew up Chevron Well 10, NPDC manifold and two PPMC/NNPC crude oil trunk lines. According to the groups spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Mudoch Agbinigbo, 'At 10pm Nigerdelta Avengers blow up Chevron Well 10 close to Otunana flowstation. 'Other attacks was carried out at At 11:15pm Nigerdelta Avengers blow ...

Women Group to Establish Breast Cancer Screening Centre in Ozoro

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...As Egbabor Seeks Support from NGOs, Individuals By Ovedhe Jerry A non-governmental group in Delta state known as Delta Women United has sued for the support and partnership of the Isoko North Local Government Council for the establishment of Breast Cancer Screening Centre in Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area. Hon Emmanuel Egbabor (middle) and some members of ...

Presidency/NASS face-off: Why Military may strike again in Nigeria—Rights groups

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….Abia political saga, an abuse of judicial process ...Ikpeazu still remains the Governor of Abia State in law   The coalition of human rights groups in Nigeria, under the aegis of Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ) has disclosed on Monday that the men of Nigeria Armed Forces may struck again, if the present political leaders in ...

Court upholds Sheriff’s removal as PDP chairman

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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday upheld the removal of Senator Modu Sheriff as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Justice‎ Mohammed Liman, who delivered his judgeent in a suit brought to the court by the PDP, declared the National Convention that removed Sheriff was legal. Details later.

Why We Still Have Crisis in Niger Delta – Okotie-Eboh

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By Francis Sadhere A prominent farmer in Delta state, Mr. Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh has given reasons why there is still unabated crisis in the Niger Delta region, blaming it on alleged failure of developmental agencies and called for their reorganization. Mr. Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh. The farmer, son of the first Nigerian Finance Minister, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh said the Niger Delta Development ...

Chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai receives award

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By Our Correspondent The chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai has been nominated for an award by the Global Excellence Foundation for his professionalism as a public servant in Nigeria. File photo chief of army staff with the Columbian army chief, Albert Jose Mejia. In a statement by the foundation, Buratai was nominated for the foundation’s Vision Africa ...

Court declares two rival Delta HOSTCOM excos illegal

A Delta State High Court sitting in Otor-Udu, has proclaimed the two parallel executive committees of the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, Delta State chapter as unconstitutional. Trial judge, Justice C. Achilefu, gave the verdict in the suit by the leader of one of the groups, Benjamin Iwetan,  urging the court to ...
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