Archives for November, 2014 - Page 3

NIGERIA’S POLITICS OF ENDORSEMENT

Posted by admin on Thursday, 20 November 2014 in Opinion 1946 Reads

Zik Gbemre It is really sad to see how many things happen in this country which ranges from the strange to the absurd and from the weird to the ridiculous, to the extent that often times, such things have become the norm and brazenly made acceptable for all and sundry to swallow. Nigeria is a place where ...

Rights Activist wants Ijaw Militants Disarmed

Posted by admin on Thursday, 20 November 2014 in News 1237 Reads

By Our Correspondent A legal luminary and Human Rights activist, Mr Robinson Ariyo, has bemoaned the proliferation of dangerous arms allegedly in possession of Ijaw youths in Delta State. Barrister Robinson Ariyo Ariyo, who spoke in his chambers in Warri, told journalists that the recent threat by the Ijaw people of Gbaramatu to President Goodluck Jonathan, to ...

Governor Dickson Presents 2015 Budget to Speaker

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 19 November 2014 in News 1192 Reads

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson (left) presenting the 2015 budget tagged (Budget of Completion ) to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Konbowei Benson (right) at the Assembly complex, Yenagoa.

OBASANJO: CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM!! BUT THE (IAC)

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 19 November 2014 in Opinion 1110 Reads

CHIEF BOBSON GBINIJE Our global village is being continuously bedraggled and bemused by conflictual vortexes and counter-vortexes, and it has now become fundamentally imperative more than ever before to institutionalize instrumental actions of crises management and schism resolution to backpedal mankind from the epicenter of this anarchical entropy. We need consultative initiatives, all-embracing strategic repositioning and synergistic ...

Upcoming Events

Posted by admin on Monday, 17 November 2014 in Event 1353 Reads

Compiled by Ogechi Ojukwu Chinyere Weds Lawrence, December 4,13 The wedding ceremony between Peace Chinyere Anyaegbu and Engr. Lawrence Osiota has been fixed for Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Assembly of God church, Effurun Branch 1, No. 18, oil mill Road, off Alegbo primary school,off P.T.I Road, by 10:ooam prompt. Reception follows immediately at Trade fair Ground, ...

EPZ: Okorare Calls On Ijaws, Itsekiris to Give Peace a Chance

Posted by admin on Monday, 17 November 2014 in Crime 1262 Reads

By Tejiri Ebikeme Former Chairmanship aspirant for Ughelli North Local Government Area, Chief Dave Okorare has called on the Itsekiris and the Ijaws to exercise moderation on their strong stance on the name and whatever may be their annoyance and grievances against the EPZ project and its inauguration. In a statement, the Warri based businessman said Delta ...

Ogbuagu Blames Parents for High Rate of Crime in Nigeria

Posted by admin on Monday, 17 November 2014 in News 2770 Reads

By Francis Sadhere Former Delta State Education Commissioner, Dr. (Mrs.) Veronica Ogbuagu has blamed the high rate of crime in the country to lack of good parental upbringing. Dr. (Mrs.) Veronica Ogbuagu (2nd Right) Handing Over the various books she donated to the Confraternity of Catholic Christian Mothers, Diocese of Warri at the occasion. Dr. Ogbuagu stated ...

BOTCHED EPZ COMMISSIONING; UGBORODO INDIGENES COUNT LOSSES

Posted by admin on Saturday, 15 November 2014 in News 1591 Reads

Our Correspondent Traditional rulers, community leaders and indigenes of Ugborodo community in Warri South-West LGA of Delta state have expressed disappointments over President Goodluck Jonathan’s withdrawal to perform the ground breaking of the multi-billion dollars Export Processing Zone (EPZ) project earlier scheduled for yesterday at Ogidigben, describing the decision as shocking. The Eghare-Aja (traditional Prime Minister of ...

2015: VOTE OBORO AGAIN

Posted by admin on Friday, 14 November 2014 in News 1241 Reads

EPZ commissioning: IYC warns against bloodshed

Posted by admin on Friday, 14 November 2014 in News 1208 Reads

Ijaw Youth Council, IYC said it did not want bloodshed between the Ijaw and Itsekiri in Delta State over the Federal Government-owned Export Processing Zone, EPZ, project, now renamed Delta Gas City. In a statement by IYC spokesman, Mr. Eric Omare, the council called on President Jonathan, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, and other Niger-Delta leaders to, “as ...

EPZ: Jonathan Bows To Pressure, Calls Off Commissioning

Posted by admin on Friday, 14 November 2014 in News 1667 Reads

President Goodluck Jonathan has bowed to pressure and called off the commissioning of the $16bn Delta Gas City project in Delta State scheduled to hold today following a threat by the Ijaw of Gbaramatu kingdom to unleash violence if he went ahead. Some Gbaramatu youths protesting the proposed EPZ groundbreaking at Oporoza recently Reports that the ...

NNPC/Chevron JV Donates Medical Equipment to Delta State

Posted by admin on Thursday, 13 November 2014 in Energy Today 1450 Reads

By Tejiri Ebikeme The NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture has donated medical equipment to the Delta State Government to support efforts to contain outbreak of communicable diseases in the state. The donation comes on the heels of the donation of a Ford Transit ambulance to the State last September. Mr. Dan Agofode (r) of Chevron handing over the ...

UPCOMING EVENT; TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE CEREMONY BETWEEN EFE & SIMON HOLDS DEC. 14, 2014

Posted by admin on Thursday, 13 November 2014 in Event 1380 Reads

Come Sunday 14th December 2014, all roads will lead to McDermott Road, Warri, Opposite GKS, for the traditional marriage ceremony between Miss Efe Macaulay and Mr. Simon Enaturu by 11am prompt.

Crisis Looms Over EPZ Project… As Gbaramatu Community Vows to Fight with Last Drop of Blood

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 12 November 2014 in News 2178 Reads

By Francis Sadhere The Ijaw Gbaramatu of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State today vowed to stop the groundbreaking ceremony of EPZ project scheduled for Friday November 14, 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Angry Ijaw Gbaramatu Protesters Protesting in Oporoza, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. They are protesting their exclusion ...

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