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FLOOD OVERTAKES BENIKRUKRU COMMUNITY IN DELTA

Posted by admin on Thursday, 17 November 2016 in News 841 Reads

By Our Correspondent As community leader appeals to Chevron, NDDC, DESOPADEC, State Government, others for sand filling FLOOD has submerged Benikrukru community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, rendering more than 300 residents homeless and destroying property worth millions of naira Commenting on the situation, Mr. Solomon Eris, former Public Relations Officer of Benikrukru ...

Finally Senate Passes Bill Establishing Maritime University, Okerenkoko

Posted by admin on Thursday, 17 November 2016 in News 983 Reads

President Muhammadu Buhari By Our Correspondent Signs that there would peace in the Niger Delta soon have started showing as bill establishing the Nigerian Maritime University at Okerenkoko in Delta State scaled Second Reading at the Senate on Wednesday. The bill for the establishment of the university sponsored by Senator James Manager (PDP-Delta) was tabled on Wednesday despite ...

Oshimohle has placed Edo in more debt – PDP

Posted by admin on Thursday, 17 November 2016 in News 951 Reads

By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin Cityl The Edo chapter of the People Democratic Party has insisted that ex- governor of the states comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole has put the state in several debt with his misappropriation of the state funds. speaking to journalist in a press conference yesterday the state chairman of the party chief Dan Orbih ...

FASHOLA, OGIEMWONYI TO DELIVER LECTURES AS UNIBEN HOLDS 42nd CONVOCATION

Posted by admin on Thursday, 17 November 2016 in News 1162 Reads

By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City The former Governor of Lagos State and the present Honorable Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, and the Former Minister of State for Works, Dr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, who are both Alumnus of the University of Benin, would on Thursday November 26, 2016, Deliver lectures to ...

Bomadi Community says they are not part of Akugbene-Mein Kingdom

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 in News 3371 Reads

By Our Correspondent Kalafiogbene community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State has denied claims by some individuals that Kalafiogbene belonged to Akugbene-Mein kingdom as published in one of the national dailies, calling on the general public to disregard such publications. According to a press statement by Chief Monday Eregbene, Former Amayanabo of Kalafiogbene community and Mr. Frank ...

Johnny describes dialogue between Buhari, PNDF as failure, says N/D leaders embarked on selfish mission

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 in News 1116 Reads

By Francis Sadhere The Chairman of Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EFCDF), Chief Michael Johnny has described the November Tuesday 1, 2016 meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Niger Delta leaders as a failure accusing the leaders of embarking on selfish mission. According to him, nothing new was discussed at the stakeholders meeting with the President and ...

Princewill Gets Prestigious “Nelson Mandela Pan-African Peace Award” As ’76 Gets Presidential Nod

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 in News 1052 Reads

Senator Ben Murray Bruce (middle) and Prince Tonye Princewill (left). By Our Correspondent Rivers State politician and prominent entrepreneur, Prince Tonye Princewill has added another feather to his cap. The most recent recognition came from the African Youth Global Network, an organization which cuts across West African countries and has a strong affiliation to the United Nations. Prince ...

PHOTO:NNPC GMD VISITS SHELL STAND AT 2016 NAPE EXHIBITION

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 in News 1206 Reads

Baru at Shell Stand: Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Maikanti K. Baru (second right); President, Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Nosa Omorodion; Shell’s Oke-Oghene Uruh, Omagbemi Kakayor and other officials during the GMD’s visit to the Shell stand at the NAPE 2016 exhibition at Eko Hotels, Lagos on ...

Blame Wike for Your Woes, Rivers APC Tells Pensioners, Civil Servants, others

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 in News 915 Reads

•Says it’s wrong to blame Buhari Governor Nyesom Wike is to be blamed for the failure to pay Rivers State civil servants, pensioners and contractors, the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. The party in a statement signed by the State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said it would be wrong to lay the blame at the ...

Delta NIESV Holds MCPD, Members Urged to synergize with other professional bodies

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 in News 986 Reads

Members of Delta NIESV in a group photograph at the end of the 2016 Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Workshop (MCPD) held in Effurun Delta State. By Francis Sadhere Stakeholders in the country have advocated for synergy between the National Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) and other professional bodies for efficient natural resources damage assessment. This view was held on Tuesday ...

Shell wins SERAs awards for CSR innovations

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 in News 780 Reads

By Tejiri Ebikeme Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) continued to earn more recognition for their sustainable development efforts as they took home two trophies at the 10th edition of The Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAs)-Corporate Social Responsibility Awards in Lagos on Friday. Shell Nigeria’s kinetic pitch won in the SERAs 2016 Innovation Award category, beating seven other ...

Stop Imposing High Estimated Bills On Consumers -NUF Tells BEDC

Posted by admin on Monday, 14 November 2016 in News 954 Reads

By Ovedhe Jerry. A non-governmental organization on power and energy under the aegis of Nigeria United Front (NUF), has called on the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to stop imposing high estimated bills on electricity consumer. The National President, NUF, Hon. Johnbull Okoro made this call while addressing newsmen in Ughelli, stressing that, the high estimated bills ...

Delta Community Besieges Deputy Governor’s Office Over kingship Tussle

Posted by admin on Monday, 14 November 2016 in News 928 Reads

By Ovedhe Jerry. Working activities were halted recently in the Delta State Deputy Governors office as Enwhe community protested to his office over an alleged imposition of a king on the community by the Isoko South Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Malik Ikpokpo. The protesters in the their hundreds who besieged the deputy governor's office entrance gate ...

NNPC/Chevron JV committed to improving quality education in Nigeria – Neff

Posted by admin on Monday, 14 November 2016 in News 1153 Reads

L-R: Sir David Onokpen, Prof. (Mrs.) Gloria Obuzor, President, Chemical Society of Nigeria, Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, area Manager Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron, and Professor Felix Okieime, Guest lecturer, during the 2016 Awokoya Memorial Chemistry Competition award ceremony for Secondary Schools during the weekend. By Tejiri Ebikeme Chairman and Managing Director of Chevron Nigeria Limited, ...

CEPEJ urges security agents to sustain peace in N’Delta

Posted by admin on Sunday, 13 November 2016 in News 890 Reads

By Tejiri Ebikeme THE National Coordinator of the Center For Peace And Environmental Justice ( CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff Mulade has appealed to Nigerian security agents to sustain the relative peace in the oil rich Niger Delta region and support the President's dialogue process aimed at find a lasting solution to numerous problems in the region. He also ...

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