Archives for August, 2016 - Page 4
Okpe Community Condemn Suit Against Monarch
…as Sapele Okpe Community received Land Trust Approval
By Our Correspondent
Public condemnations by indigenes of Sapele-Okpe have continued to trail the court suit instituted by the erstwhile Caretaker Committee Chairman, Sapele Okpe Community, Mr. Moses Ogodo against the traditional ruler of Okpe kingdom- HRM, the Orodje of Okpe Kingdom following the recent removal of the community leader from office.
The Orodje ...
KOKODIAGBENE DECRIES LOPSIDED DISTRIBUTION OF MDGS PROJECTS
By Francis Sadhere
Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom of Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State has raised the alarm over the lopsided distribution of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) projects in the state by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa
The community, which falls under Delta South Senatorial District, accused successive governments in the state of concentrating projects ...
GROUP CANVASSES POLITICAL RE-ALLIGNMENT BETWEEN SOUTH-SOUTH, NORTH
By Tejiri Ebikeme
The convener, South-South Reawakening Group, Comrade Joseph Ambakaberimo, has lamented the present precarious position of the zone in the political equation of the country, stressing the urgent need for the region to re-define its alignment strategy with other zones especially with the North ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Speaking during an interactive session with media men ...
WACCIMA Urges FG to Establish Marketing Boards to Create Agricultural Value Chain Demand
By Francis Sadhere
The Warri Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (WACCIMA) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to establish marketing boards that will create demands through agricultural value chain.
Chief Simeon Asite, WACCIMA President.
The President of WACCIMA, Chief Simeon Asite made this call on Thursday during his welcome address at the chamber's ...
PZ Aghinighan Is Our New Leader, Delta Ijaw APC Declares
By Our Correspondent
All Progressives Congress, APC Chairmen in Ijaw dominated Local Government Councils of Bomadi, Burutu and Patani as well as Ijaw leaders of APC in Warri South-West and Warri North Local Government Areas recently at Udu in Udu Local Government area, unanimously endorsed Pastor Power Ziakede Aghinighan as their new leader.
Pastor PZ Aghinighan ...
OZORO WARD 2 PDP EXPELS ODHEGOLOR
By Ovedhe Jerry.
People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ozoro Ward 2 Leaders and Executives have expelled Engr. Henry Odhegolor’s from the party for creating a Parallel Ward Excos against the Pst. Akalamudo Omovototu led Executive.
Delta State PDP Legal Adviser, Barr. Bernard Odior who is from Ozoro Ward 2 stated this in a chat with this reporter in Ozoro, the ...
Robbery Attack On Warri NUJ Secretariat: Police Nab 4 Suspects
...We Will Fish Out All Perpetrators - DPO
The Nigerian Police (B division), Warri has arrested four suspects allegedly involved in a robbery incidence at the Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Warri Correspondents' Chapel.
IGP Ibrahim Kpotum Idris
The suspects were apprehended at a hideout around the marine quarters in Warri where they were cooling off.
The suspects ...
PDP Extends Caretaker Committee’s Tenure
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday extended the tenure of Senator Ahmed Markafi- led caretaker committee by one year.
The party reconvened at its Rivers State secretariat in Port Harcourt after armed security operatives sealed off the Sharks International Stadium venue of the convention.
Elections of national officers were removed from the day’s business after the Minority ...
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ACTIVIST BLAMES JONATHAN FOR UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN NIGER DELTA REGION
By Francis Sadhere
The much talked about physical underdevelopment of the oil-rich Niger Delta region, in recent times, has been attributed to the failure of the immediate past Nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, to articulate a categorical plan for the region.
Goodluck Jonathan
The Convener of the South-South Reawakening Group (SSRG), Comrade Joseph Ambakederemo, who gave this ...
DELTA STATE PDP LEGAL ADVISER MAKES CASE FOR IMMUNITY CLAUSE
*Says, it should cover the three arms for balanced government.
By: Ovedhe Jerry
Delta State People’s Democratic Party Legal Adviser, Barr. Bernard Odior has supported immunity clause for the Senate President and his deputy.
He said the immunity clause will give them enough time to attend to legislative matters and also to carry out their oversight function without ...
Crisis Rocks Ondo APC Over Tinubu’s Attempt To Impose Governorship Candidate
Watchers of Ondo politics have said that there is palpable rancour between a faction of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in the state and the National Leader of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The reason for the rancour they say, is the National Leader's plans to hand-pick a candidate for the party ...
Group to Gov Okowa: Don’t kill DESOPADEC
By Our Correspondent
OIL bearing communities in Delta State have warned Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the state House of Assembly against alleged plans to cripple the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC and divert its fund.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa
Delta State Oil and Gas Stakeholders Group, DOGSG, which is comprised of Itsekiri, Ijaw, Urhobo, Isoko and Ndokwa ...
Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs: Delta Youths Oppose Proposed Relocation of Warri Office
By Francis Sadhere
Youths in Delta state have opposed the proposed relocation of the Delta state office of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs from Warri to Asaba.
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru.
The directive to relocate the office is said to have come from the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru.
But according ...
Niger Delta Issues Cannot Be Resolved Through Violence – Ambakederimo
By Francis Sadhere
Niger Delta activist and the National Convener of the South South Reawakening Group, Mr. Joseph Ambakederimo has said that the Niger Delta issues cannot be resolved through violence, just as he also condemned the activities of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
Mr. Joseph Ambakederimo
Mr. Ambakederimo said this on Monday in a Birthday Breakfast ...