Archives for March, 2014 - Page 3
Delta Community At Dagger Drawn With NPDC, Nest Oil
By Our Correspondent
The people of Tekedor Kusimi Community (Egwa 2 Oil Field) in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State have called on the State Government and relevant agencies to quickly intervene in the dispute between the community and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Nest Oil in connection with the on-going dredging ...
NO NUJ LAND WAS TAMPERED – CHIAZOR.
By Our Correspondent
The Chairman of Nigerian Union of Journalists, Delta State Council, Comrade Norbert Chiazor has stated categorically that no part of the NUJ land was tampered, the Chairman, who visited the land site alongside with some journalist recently at Marian Babangida way Asaba mentioned that the entire land was occupied by Anglican women association ...
Uduaghan’s Men Queue Up For 2015 Elections * Who Will The Governor Support?
Tejiri Ebikeme/Francis Sadhere
Scores of men of Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan have queued up for elective positions in the 2015 general elections.
Their posters and billboards are everywhere in the oil-rich city of Warri and other places as they set to capture elective positions next year.
Our checks revealed that Hon. Kenneth Efejuku and Barrister Val ...
Group Bombs APC * Calls On Jonathan To Fish Out Sponsors Of Boko Haram Sect
Tejiri Ebikeme/Francis Sadhere
The National President of the Green White Green Vanguard, Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe has described the All Progressive Congress (APC) widely publicized survey placing its party ahead of PDP in the forth coming general elections as the highest political fraud in the history of Nigerian Politics since 1999.
According to him, the survey is ...
MARCH EDITION OF NATIONAL REFORMER
Decline in revenue allocation: Bayelsa Gov’t may reduce civil servant’s salaries
Jesse Ese, Yenagoa
Due to the shortfall in the federal revenue allocation to states, it appears the government of Bayelsa State may decide to reduce the amount of money which is paid to civil servants in the state as salary.
As a result of the decline, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has also ...
Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs Housing Units: Minister Meets with Community Stakeholders
Francis Sadhere
Supervising Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku has met with some community leaders in the Niger Delta region, where the Ministry is building some housing units, to discuss the modalities of allocating the houses.
The Minister who met with these community leaders from Edo, Bayelsa and Delta States at Protea Hotel, Warri, ...
E-West Road: Lack of Funds is drawing us Back – Arc. Ishaku
Francis Sadhere
Supervising Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku has said that the East West Road slated for completion in December 2014, was going to experience serious setbacks due to lack of funds.
Supervising Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku (left) with members of his team at the new Patani ...
We will not tolerate abandonment, IRDC boss warns contractors
By Our Correspondent
Chairman of Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC, Chief Ayirimi Emami has warned contractors that his leadership will not tolerate any case of abandonment of IRDC projects.
Bid Opening: Chairman of Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC, Chief Ayirimi Emami making a remark, while Amos Okoro (extreme left) Chevron GMoU Team Lead , Canaan Ajabgawa (2nd left) ...
OUR STANCE OF RUSSIA’S MILITARY INVASION ON UKRAINE
Zik Gbemre
We join voices with world leaders and the international community to condemn the recent military invasion of Crimea, Ukraine by Russia Forces and government. The said invasion is against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, as an independent nation that has been under severe crises in the last few months.
It started as a ...
Tourism Development and Hotel Licensing Agency Bill on Public Hearing
Jesse Ese, Yenagoa
Governor Dickson Seriake of Bayelsa State
The House Committee on Tourism of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly,
in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism, has put the Bayelsa State
Tourism Development and Hotel Licensing Agency Bill, 2013, on public
hearing.
This is done with a view of taking into considerations the memoranda
of the public so that ...
2015: APC, PDP in war of words
Jesse Ese, Yenagoa
The AIG's meeting with political parties in Bayelsa State last week was meant to brainstorm the way forward in order to have a credible and peacefully organized election in which lives and properties will be preserved, but aching hearts have seized the opportunity to express verbal disagreement.
After the AIG addressed the various political ...
Family of Slain NDYM President Wants Govt. to Fish out Killers
By Our Correspondent
The Family and community members of the slain President of the Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM) and Treasurer of the Usor Community, Warri South Local government area, Comrade Ajulisan Akumagba, has called on the Delta state government and security agencies to fish out the killers of their bread winner.
The late Comrade Ajulisan ...
THE NEED FOR STRICTER GUN CONTROL – THE SOUTH AFRICAN CASE STUDY
BY ZIK GBEMRE
It is unfortunate that man has often times used his own hands to create problems for the human race, which usually end up threatening his very existence. It is also crazy that our modern world today is hiding under the umbrella of “freedom of choice” and “human rights” to complicate our very existence on earth. ...