...Says military option without addressing fundamental problems in region is not a solution By Francis Sadhere The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to constructively engage the people of the Niger Delta region and stop treating the region like a conquered and enemy territory, just as they said that the renewed hostilities ...

By Our Correspondent Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, yesterday, condemned the killing of seven  Naval and Joint Task Force code named Operation Pulo Shield personnel, along the creek of Nembe and Foropa community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of the state respectively and other parts of the Niger Delta region. Governor Seriake Dickson of ...

By Our Correspondent The Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and other party leaders in the state has been commended for their leadership role and joint efforts in ensuring a peaceful conduct of ward, local government and state congresses held recently across the state. Hon. Augustine Tete. Speaking to newsmen at the local government congress held at the Warri ...

– The oil company Shell has ended exports of Bonny Light crude – The oil giant’s decision comes after a spate of attacks in the Niger Delta – Bonny Light crude is Nigeria’s principle export Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary has announced that it has declared force majeure on Bonny Light crude exports after one of its ...

President Mohammadu Buhari OPEN LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT   HIGH CHIEF GOVERNMENT EKPEMUPOLO (TOMPOLO) The Ibe-ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation Date: May 10, 2016 His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.   Dear Mr President,   I once again, deem it pertinent to write Your Excellency since your assumption of office in May 2015. Mr President will recall ...

With reoccurring fuel crisis in Nigeria, the federal government has announced that it will build three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri to end fuel crisis permanently. Dr. Ibe Kachikwu The minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu made this known when he spoke at a town hall meeting organised by the Federal ...

By Ovedhe Jerry. Teachers in Delta State have threatened to take the state government to court over what they described as illegal deduction of their February salary for purchase of laptops. The teachers gave this threat when hundreds of primary school teachers across Isoko South and North Local Government Area of Delta State today besieged the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Local Government Education Authority ...

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria’s problem is not the constitution He argues that leadership and corruption remains the key problems of Nigeria Obasanjo said the nation is in dire need of continuity of governments He said Jonathan’s administration was corrupt, but Buhari will do well as president Former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The former president of Nigeria noted that ...