Archives for January 23rd, 2016

RE: NDDC, REVERSE SEMINITARI’S APPOINTMENT, PMB ADVISED.

Communique Reached by the Niger Delta People's Movement at the End of Its Meeting Held On Friday, 22nd January 2016 RE: NDDC, REVERSE SEMINITARI'S APPOINTMENT, PMB ADVISED. We have observed, over time, attempts by various supposed pro-Niger Delta groups to get President Muhammadu Buhari reverse his recent appointment of Mrs Simintari's  as the Acting Managing Director of ...

35 Youth to Benefit From Ugborhen Community Skills Acquisition Programme

By Our Correspondent The President of oil-rich Ugborhen Community in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Anthony Ayovogware Amitaye has flagged off a Skill Acquisition Training  Programme for 35 youths of the community in different disciplines. In his opening speech at the ceremony,Chief  Amitaye, thanked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for creating an enabling environment between the ...

Delta Speaker, ALGON Chairman dismiss story on remittance of N325million

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By Fidel Njamanze The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya has stressed the need for media practitioners to be thorough and be armed with accurate facts and figures in their investigative journalism. Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya He also asked them to always project the image of the State in its true perspective to counter ...

OGBEMUDIA DUMPS PDP FOR UNKNOWN PARTY

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By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia the former Bendel State two term governor has dumped PDP for an unknown party following his submitted  resignation letter yesterday to withdraw his membership. Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia The Chieftain and a member of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, disclosed that he made his decision to quit the party ...

The litigious fight against corruption in Delta State: Comrade Kpokpogri, ICPC and the rest of us

By Ephraim Okwuosa Fighting corruption in a nation like Nigeria is certainly a complex phenomenon but it remains a very necessary ingredient that would help strengthen democracy because a victory over financial sleaze in governance will ensure  that the collective wealth of citizens are properly utilized for common good. However, when emotions and falsehoods are introduced to misguide interpretations of ...

Market Square opens in Yenagoa

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By philip eke, yenagoa A new shopping experience capable of giving big supermarkets operating in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, a run for their money, has opened for business. Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State. Named Marketsquare, the shopping outfit designed like Shoprite, wasinaugurated on Wednesday by the state Governor and Governor-elect, Mr. Seriake Dickson. As the name implies, Marketsquare, ...

BE GOOD AMBASSADORS, UNIBEN VC CHARGES MATRICULANTS

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BY EBEN ENASCO KINGSLEY, BENI CITY The Vice Chancellor University of Benin, Prof. Faraday O Orumwense, has charged matriculants   of the university to be good ambassadors of its Alma maters. Prof. Faraday O Orumwense. He gave the charge on the occasion of its 2015/16 matriculation ceremony held today at the Akin Deko Main Auditorium Ugbowo Campus Benin City. While ...

Tompolo: ‘APC govt clueless, fighting everybody’

By Our Correspondent The Niger Deltan Patriotic Alliance, NPDA, has urged the Federal Government to refrain from what it called “the harassment” of High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, asserting that “the All Progressives Congress, APC, led administration must realize that it cannot fight everybody at the same time.” Addressing newsmen, on Thursday, in Uyo, the group ...

Gaidam Assures Bill Gates, Dangote Foundations on Polio Eradication

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Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has assured Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote, founders of the Bill and Melinda Gates and Dangote Foundations that the state is fully committed to ensure that children have access to quality “healthcare and immunization” against child killer diseases. Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State. Gaidam spoke yesterday in Kaduna during the ...

Attack on Escravos pipeline: N470m lost daily on gas, electricity losses

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Following the bombing of a major gas pipeline in the Niger Delta last weekend, the Petroleum ministry has said that the Power and Gas Sectors have incured multiple losses in repairs, electricity shortage and gas sales resulting in a loss of N470million daily. Emmanuel-Ibe-Kachikwu, Petroleum Minister (State) As security agencies intensify the search for culprits behind ...