Archives for October, 2014 - Page 8
Welders, Fitters Set for Showdown with Chevron
By Our Correspondent
MEMBERS of the Gbaramatu/Egbema Host Communities Welders and Fitters (ESCRAVOS) have threatened a total show down with Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) over ten of their colleagues laid off by the Company.
In a letter dated October 2, 2014 to the Warri Area Manager of CNL, the chairman of the Gbaramatu/Egbema Host Communities Welders and ...
Delta Police Arrests 11 Cultists, 12 year Old Girl Raped by 7 boys as Part of Initiation rites
By Our Correspondent
The Delta State Police Command has arrest 11 street cultists including a 12 years old girl who was raped by seven boys as part of her initiation rites into a cult in Warri recently
The teenage female cultist who was arrested along the 11 cultists over bloody crisis between two rival street cults was said ...
Private Schools Administration Not An Easy Task – Propreitor, Jato School
By Felix Jeremiah, Yenagoa
Proprietor of Jato School, located in Mbiama Yenagoa road, Opposite Bayelsa State House of Assembly Amaratta, Mr. James Jato, has said that running of a private school in the state was not an easy task, stressing that it takes the grace of God to run one.
Mr. James Jato
Jato who stated this ...
Governor Dickson Calls On Muslims to Pray for Nation
By Felix Jeremiah, Yenagoa
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has called on Muslim faithfuls in the Country not to waiver in their belief for the Nigerian project by using the period of Eid el Kabir to pray for the unity, peace and stability of the Nation.
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson (L), in ...
Sallah Celebration: Delta Muslims Sue for Peace
By Francis Sadhere
As Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid-el Kabir, Muslims in Delta State have sued for peaceful coexistence amongst one another, saying that without peace the nation cannot develop.
Alhaji Abdul Azeez Bello, Chief Imam of NPA Mosque, Warri.
The Chief Imam of Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA Mosque, Warri, Delta State, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Bello, ...
Will They Obey Mr. President [Their Party Leader]? – Rivers APC Questions
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
All Progressives Congress in Rivers State said it believes that President Goodluck Jonathan’s seeming confession at the recent PDP rally in Benin was accidental, unintended and, therefore, tainted by mischief which was very glaring in the tone, air and occasion where it was made.
President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi
The party ...
Centrep Hails Emergence of Pinnick as NFF President
By Francis Sadhere
The Centre for the vulnerable and the underprivileged, (Centrep) has hailed the emergence of Mr. Amaju Pinnick as the President of the Nigeria Footbal Federation, NFF.
Mr. Amaju Pinnick, NFF President
The Executive Director of Centrep, Barrister Oghenejabor Ikimi stated this in a press statement made available to pressmen in Warri, yesterday.
According to the ...
NPDC, NOSDRA Stall JIV on Oil Spill Impacted Erhoike Community
By Francis Sadhere
The refusal of the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, and the National Oil Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, to identify with the executives of Erhioke community in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, has stalled the Joint Investigation Visit, JIV, of the impacted area of a recent oil spill in the ...
2015: I Will Give Warri South Constituency II, Good Representation – Ikpuri
Mark Wariota Ikpuri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in this interview with our crew of Tejiri Ebikeme and Francis Sadhere spoke on why he wants to represent the people of Warri South Constituency 11 in Delta State House of Assembly.
Excerpt:
Please introduce yourself to us
Mark Wariota Ikpuri is my name and I am from Agbarha ...
Flood Takes Over Oil City of Warri
Motorists and commuters Thursday October 2, suffered long hours in gridlocks on roads in Warri, Delta State, particularly on the Okumagba Avenue and Airport road by Total Filling Station, opposite the new office of the State Internal Revenue Board as a result of flood due to heavy downpour. Our camera man captured some flooded parts ...
CNL, Employees Rebuild, Provide Classrooms at Ibadan School
By Our Correspondent
For the Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Operator of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture and its employees, the desire to support the education sector for qualitative education is a top priority of schools in Nigeria as part of efforts to ensure students get qualitative education.
Oyo State commissioner for Education, Professor Solomon Olaniyonu commissioning the ...
CHEVRON MD COMMENDS PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS FOR NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT
By Tejiri Ebikeme
Chairman/Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Clay Neff has commended the Foundation for Partnership Initiative for Niger Delta (PIND) for its commitment to establishing and encouraging innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships that support programs for community empowerment, economic growth and peaceful co-existence in the region.
Mr. Clay, who is also the Chairman, Board of Trustees of ...
PHOTO NEWS: THE 11TH PRIESTLY ORDINATION/ GRADUATION THANKSGIVING AND BOOK LAUNCH OF VERY REV. FR. (Dr.) BENEDICT EMOKINIOVO UKUTEGBE
SHOTS FROM THE 11TH PRIESTLY ORDINATION/ GRADUATION THANKSGIVING AND BOOK LAUNCH (ACTIVE PARTICIPATION: THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED IN LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS) OF VERY REV. FR. (Dr.) BENEDICT EMOKINIOVO UKUTEGBE AT NATIVITY CATHOLIC CHURCH, ALEGBO, EFFURUN, UVWIE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA, ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014.
VERY REV. FR. (Dr.) BENEDICT EMOKINIOVO UKUTEGBE
FLOOD TAKES OVER OIL CITY OF WARRI
FLOOD TAKES OVER OIL CITY OF WARRIMotorists and commuters suffered long hours today in gridlocks on roads in Warri, Delta State, particularly on the Okumagba Avenue and Airport Road by Total Filling Station, opposite new office of the Delta State Internal Revenue Board as a result of heavy flooding.Our Cameraman captured some flooded parts ...
NIGERIA @ 54: WHICH WAY?
NIGERIA @ 54: WHICH WAY?
Zik Gbemre
The crusade for Nigeria's Independence, spear-headed mostly by educated Nigerians was not an easy one.
This agitation came to a hilt with Chief Anthony Enahoro's motion for independence on the floor of the Federal House of parliament in 1957.
According to Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa at independence Day On Saturday October 1,1960:
'Today ...