Archives for March, 2017 - Page 2
Okowa lauds Seplat over good community relations, commissions completed projects in Ugborhen
Okpalaume Mary, Sapele
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has lauded Seplat Petroleum Development Company for living up to it corporate social responsibility in its host communities.
Okowa while speaking at the commissioning of eight completed projects of the company in Ugborhen community, Sapele local government area of the state on Wednesday, march 22, also called on ...
ELECTRICITY: ARMY BOSS WADES INTO PROTEST AGAINST CHEVRON BY KOKODIAGBENE COMMUNITY
By Tejiri Ebikeme
THE Commanding Officer 19 Battalion, Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Lt. Col MA Maaji has waded into the recent protest over electricity against Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) by the people of Kokodiagbene Community, Gbaramatu Kingdom Warri South West Local Government Area of the State.
Hundreds of indigenes of Kokodiagbene in ...
DELTA TO REVIVE NDDC ABANDONED OKERENKOKO COTTAGE HOSPITAL
*** HOW TOMPOLO SPENT OVER #400 MILLION ON HOSPITAL FOR TWO YEARS--- COMRADE BEBENIMIBO
THE abandoned Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) built ultra modern Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State to bounce back to life, courtesy of the State Government as revelation came of how ex-militant Leader, Chief ...
Videoshoped clip is lame attempt to blackmail Dr. Mpigi, APC – Rivers APC
By Our Correspondent
Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, its attention has been drawn to a video clip being circulated in the social/new media lately by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) purporting same to represent Hon. Dr. Barry Mpigi, member representing Tai/Oyigbo/Eleme Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives addressing an unidentified audience.
The APC in statement ...
General Boroh Brokers Partnership between Akwa Ibom State and Innoson Motors
Brigadier General Paul Boroh, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme
All is now set for Innoson Motors to establish a world class manufacturing plant in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State.
This was confirmed as the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs ...
RESIDENTS OF ENERHEN PROTESTS AGAINST BEDC
By Our Correspondent
Enerhen and environs stood still in the early hours of Monday, March 20, 2017 as aggrieved residents that includes shop owners and artisans staged a peaceful protest against Benin Electricity Distribution Company (B. E.D.C.) over bloated bills, inadequate supply of power and outright blackout for a long time.
As early as 6.00am, the protesters who chanted solidarity songs ...
OKOTIE-EBOH TACKLES NDDC ON PROJECTS FOR ITSEKIRI NATION
THE chairman of Itsekiri Development Congress (IDC), Mr Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh has tackled the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on why Itsekiri Nation was not included in latest tender for projects to be executed by the Commission in the region.
The Commission recently called for Tender in furtherance of its mandate to execute projects ...
We can’t call off NUT strike, ANCOPSS tells Okowa
The All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Delta State chapter, have dissociated themselves from the present strike embarked upon by the state branch of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).
President of ANCOPSS, Delta State, Comrade Brisibe Ebipade Mark told newsmen in Warri on Sunday in a press conference that ANCOPSS has no ...
MSDF empowers 50 indigent women across Niger Delta
Omamuzo Efidhere
In a bid to alleviate poverty amongst women found in the Niger Delta Region and also to commemorate the 2017 International Women’s Day Celebration with the UN-theme “be bold for change”, Morgan Smart Development Foundation (MSDF) has empowered 50 indigent women.
Addressing the over 150 hard working women drawn from Niger Delta, President/CEO of Morgan ...
‘We will not forget Ogbemudia’s legacy’ – Obaseki, Okowa
By Eben Enasco Kingsley Benin City
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has assured that his administration would not forget the legacies left behind by late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, who was former military and democratic governor of the old Mid-West and Bendel States.
The governor gave the assurance while expressing his tribute at the interdenominational funeral service in honour of late Dr ...
Former Etsako LGA Boss Assassinated, Obaseki mourns, says justice will prevail
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
Following the alleged murder of the former Etsako East Local Government Council gaffer, Hon. Prince Suleiman Afegbua yesterday, Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has expressed shock and sadness over the alleged killings saying, the state government will do everything within its coffers to unravel the perpetrators.
The Governor, while condemning, ...
Edo declares Friday public holiday in honour of Late Ogbemudia
L-R: Governor Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State; Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, Deputy Governor of Edo State; Gen Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), former Head of State; Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; APC National Chairman, during the service of songs of late Samuel Ogbemudia, yesterday.
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
In honour of the late Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo ...
Act Now On Demands Of N’Delta People, Tompolo’s Monarch Tells Buhari
His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun 11, Aketekpe Agadagba, the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom.
By Tejiri Ebike
The traditional ruler of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun 11, Aketekpe Agadagba has urged the Federal Government not to bask in the euphoria of relative peace in the Niger Delta ...
DUNAETA Lauds Rachael Umahi for Building Houses for 172 Widows
…Describes her as embodiment of selfless service
A Non-Governmental Organisation, the David Umahi Nweze Akubaraoha Ebonyi Transformation Agenda (DUNAETA), has hailed the move by Chief (Mrs.) Rachael Umahi, wife of the Ebonyi State Governor and Founder of the Family Succour& Upliftment Foundation Programme, to build houses for 172 widows in the State.
DUNAETA in a statement issued ...
Ogbemudia’s body arrives Benin, as Obaseki, Okowa extols his legacy
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
The remains of the late Former Governor of the defunct Midwest and Bendel State Dr. Samuel ogbemudia arrives Benin from Lagos as both Governor of Edo and Delta State counterparts and other high profile sympathizers converge at the Benin airport to behold the remain of the elder statesman.
Following the break of the news of ...