Archives for June 16th, 2016

New militant group in Delta threatens to blow up gas plant

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By Our Correspondent There is tension in Delta state following a threat from a new militant group, the Utorogun Liberation Movement (ULM) to destroy the Utorogun gas plant in Ughelli which supplies gas to Egbin Power Station, Lagos, and other facilities under Oil Mining Lease, OML 34 in Ughelli south local government area of the state. Niger Delta ...

Buhari orders Kachikwu to visit maritime varsity site

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...school may be renamed Nigerian National Petroleum Academy By Our Correspondent Minister of State for petroleum resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Thursday, paid an unscheduled visit to the site of the controversial Maritime University at Okerenkoko, Warri south west local government area of Delta state. Dr. Ibe Kachukwu, Minister of State for Petroleum (m) in a group photograph with villagers during the unscheduled visit to the site of the controversial Maritime ...

HOW ALADJA PEOPLE SACKED DIEBIRI COMMUNITY 21 YEARS AGO – HON. POKUN

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…CALLS ON OKOWA TO RESETTLE DIEBIRI PEOPLE BEFORE SETTLING OGBE-IJOH, ALADJA BOUNDARY DISPUTE   Honourable Frank Pokun is the councilor of  Diebiri ward in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. In this interview with FRANCIS SADHERE at REFORMER office in Warri, Hon. Pokun talks about how his community was sacked by the Aladja people, ...

IDU BOSS LAUD OKOWA’S COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOKO LAND

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By Ovedhe Jerry The President-General of Isoko Development Union (IDU), High Chief Iduh Amadhe has lauded Governor Ifeanyi Okowa commitment towards the development of Isoko land and for making the best out of the difficult situation facing the state and the country. Photo caption: Delta state Gov. Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa (middle) Speaker of the Delta state House of ...

Wike and the Futility of His Propaganda against Amaechi: Setting the Records Straight Using Agriculture as a Case Study

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By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, Preamble Jordan B Peterson, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist must have had Chief Nyesom Wike the Rivers State Governor in mind when he postulated his famous quote that, “When you tell a lie often enough, you become unable to distinguish it from the truth”. Paul Watzlawick writing ...

EFCC grills Modu Sheriff for hours over corruption

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has interrogated Ali Modu Sheriff, the embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ali Modu Sheriff The EFCC has been carrying out high profile investigation into the campaign fund of the PDP which allegedly came from the office of the former minister of petroleum, Diezani Madueke. The Punch reports ...