Archives for February, 2017 - Page 3

GBARAMATU COMMUNITIES CHAIRMEN CALL ON EKPOKO TO BUILD BRIDGES OF PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE, HARMONY WITH ITSEKIRI NEIGHBOURS

Posted by admin on Saturday, 11 February 2017 in News 973 Reads

By Our Correspondent Gbaramatu Communities Chairmen in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have called on the new chairman of Itsekiri Leadership of Thought (ILOT), Chief (Barrister) Edward Ekpoko to use his position to build bridges of co-existence and harmony between Itsekiri and her neighbours, particularly Ijaws and Urhobos. The Chairman of Kokodiagbene Community, ...

Group Knocks NIMASA Boss Over Maritime University Funding

Posted by admin on Friday, 10 February 2017 in News 973 Reads

**** Describes Tompolo As Hero THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has rained heavy knocks on the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside that the agency would not fund the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State. The oil monitoring group hailed Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) for the ...

24 YEARS OLD NIGERIAN MEDICAL DOCTOR LAID TO REST AMID TEARS IN WARRI

Posted by admin on Friday, 10 February 2017 in News 1939 Reads

The late Dr Nancy Oghenetega Appih TEARS flowed freely recently in the oil rich city of Warri, Delta State at the burial of a fresh Nigerian medical doctor, Dr Nancy Oghenetega Appih. Dr Appih who was born July 6, 1992, graduated from the prestigious Ivana-- Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine and returned home after her graduation. But ...

Niger/Delta Amnesty: Gen. Boroh Unites Ex Millitants ahead of VP Osinbajo’s visit

Posted by admin on Friday, 10 February 2017 in News 890 Reads

The visit of the Vice President, now Acting President to Bayelsa State, is an indication that the Federal government is committed to finding a lasting solution to the unrest, instability and underdevelopment of the Niger Delta Region. The above is contained in an online statement made available to the Fourth Estate of the realm recently by ...

NIMASA supports FG’s Establishment of Maritime University

Posted by admin on Friday, 10 February 2017 in News 962 Reads

By Our Correspondent The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said the agency’s attention has been drawn to speculations in a section of the media and a Press Statement from the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) to the effect that the Agency is opposed to the establishment of the Maritime University at Okerenkoko, in Warri South West Local ...

Delta lawmaker bans grazing in Ethiope East

Posted by admin on Friday, 10 February 2017 in News 1272 Reads

Christopher Odamah -Abraka The member representing Ethiope East Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Chief Evance Ochuko Ivwurie and his kinsmen has banned grazing in Abraka kingdom, Ethiope East Local Government Area, saying that it is a private business and no longer a grazing zone for the Cattle rearers. Hon. Chief Evance Ochuko ...

OGBODU RALLY SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN PDP IN DELTA

Posted by admin on Friday, 10 February 2017 in News 1037 Reads

By Nyerovwho Oghenetejiri Members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ethiope West Local Government Area, Delta State and Nigeria in general have been called upon to work as a united body with a view to strengthen the party in order to win back members who had decamped, making plans to decamp to retain the state as ...

ON IBORI’S PRISON-RELEASE CELEBRATION – THE NIGER-DELTA PEOPLE SHOULD STOP COMPLAINING OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 08 February 2017 in Opinion 1309 Reads

By Zik Gbemre It is really sad that presently, Chief James Ibori is highly celebrated at Oghara his hometown in Delta State, particularly when he was welcomed from his UK prison release. Though, this is not the first time we have witnessed such celebration of those who stole the public 'collective wealth' meant for the development ...

7 Russians, 1 Ukrainian Abducted By Pirates In Nigerian Delta

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 08 February 2017 in News 911 Reads

Pirates have abducted seven Russian sailors and one Ukrainian in the territorial waters of Nigeria, the Russian embassy has said. Russian Embassy in Nigeria reported on Wednesday: “The BBC Caribbean ship came under a piratic attack in the territorial waters of Nigeria.” The Russian embassy said on its Twitter page: “Seven Russian citizens and one Ukrainian citizen ...

Governor Obaseki signs 2017 Budget, Pension Bill into law

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 08 February 2017 in News 1024 Reads

L-R The Speaker Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Justin Okonoboh, Hon. Damian Lawani, Chairman House committee on Budget, Governor Godwin Obaseki, Comrade Deputy Governor Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu and Hon. Folly Ogedengbe, The Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly. By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin ...

My Focus Has Shifted from 76 to Politics but I Will No Longer Contest – Princewill

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 08 February 2017 in News 883 Reads

By Our Correspondent In a reveal-it-all interview that takes you into the mind of Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill, he finally speaks on national politics. His current relationship with his 'good friend,' Rotimi Amaechi, his political mentor, Atiku Abubakar and his governor, Nyesom Wike. He also airs his view on President Buhari's administration, the road so far, the ...

APC cannot divert Okowa’s attention from governance – Onuesoke

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 08 February 2017 in News 997 Reads

By Francis Sadhere, Warri The Director of Special Projects to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Hon. Sunny Onuesoke on Monday said the All Progressive Congress (APC) cannot divert the governor’s attention from governance of Delta State, noting that no amount of blackmail will stop the governor from performing his duties to the state Onuesoke spoke to National Reformer while reacting ...

2017 budget: Edo Assembly passes N 153.2billion

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 07 February 2017 in News 1012 Reads

Governor Godwin Obasek of Edo State. By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City The Edo House of Assembly has passed the 2017 budget estimates of N153.2 billion. Governor Godwin Obaseki had on December 19, 2016 presented a budget size of N150 billion to the house for consideration and passage. The budget as presented by the governor consists of N75.11billion ...

BEDC plans free massive metering of customers

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 07 February 2017 in Energy Today 1198 Reads

Pic Caption: Ernest Edgar, Chief Head, BEDC, Delta State (middle), Ashok Acharya, Chief Technical Officer, BEDC, (right) and Abu Ismail Ejoor, Head, Customer Service, BEDC, during the customer forum held in Warri. By Francis Sadhere THE Benin Electricity Distribution Plc on Tuesday revealed plans to embark on massive metering of its customers in Edo, Ondo, ...

Agbami Co-venturers Express Satisfaction with the Impact of the Agbami Scholarship Scheme

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 07 February 2017 in Energy Today 1068 Reads

...Commend 32 Agbami Scholars for Graduating with First Class Degrees By Francis Sadhere Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (A Chevron Company and Operator of the Agbami field) together with its Co-venturers in the Agbami Field - Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Famfa Oil Limited, Statoil Nigeria Limited, Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria Limited have congratulated 289 beneficiaries of Agbami Medical and Engineering Professional ...

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