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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reassured oil and gas stakeholders that service companies and other manufacturers that have established capacities in the country will continue to enjoy patronage through the award of contracts from operating companies in the sector. Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe made this commitment on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when he led officials of the Board and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to visit companies that deliver pipe coating and related services. The team visited Brightwaters Energy Limited, formerly known as…

By Norbert Chiazor “Some broken hearts never mend, Some memories never end, Some tears will never dry.” Country crooner, Don Williams 1977 hit song surged in the psyche, as one read Zik Gbemre’s malicious piece on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the Okuama incident. Who is Zik Gbemre? No relation with the great Zik – Nnamdi Azikiwe, please! Zik Gbemre is a man with an incurable spleen on Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Rt.Hon. Sheriff Oberevwori and, in fact, anyone successful. Gbemre, red-faced and notorious for corrosive tantrums, had been making reckless pronouncements against predecessor and successor, peaking his uncivil lamentations in…

By our Reporter Ahead of the much awaited governorship election in Edo State in September 2024, a Niger Delta militant group, Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has endorsed and assured the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo, of victory. This was contained in a statement signed by self-styled major general Johnmark Ezonebi (aka Obama), along with the leaders of the nine militant groups that make up the RNDA. According to the statement, the RNDA said being a foremost militant group in the Niger Delta, which Edo State is part of the region, explained the reason…

… As 26 Amnesty Students Bag First Class at Igbinedion Varsity By our Reporter The administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Chief Dennis Otuaro, has expressed commitment to sustaining the peace, security and development in the Niger Delta through the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), in line with the vision of President Bola Tinubu. This was as the vice chancellor of the Igbinedion University, Prof Lawrence Ezemonye, said that 26 PAP scholarship students in the institution had made First class. Otuaro spoke when he visited the Igbinedion University, Okada and Benson Idahosa University, Benin, in Edo State to interact with the…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Niger Delta coalition, Coalition of Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders for Peace Group (NDENYLPG), has warned some Ijaw groups against blackmailing the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III over unfounded allegations. National Coordinator of the group and ex-militant leader, self-styled General Osama (Ijaw Ethnic Nationality) and the national secretary, General Jemine Josiah, also an ex-militant leader (Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality), warned the “Ijaw groups to henceforth stop their tissues of lies and cheap blackmail sponsored by some unscrupulous elements calling for the termination of the contract to the Niger Delta revered monarch of international recognition…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended political leaders and elders in the state, under the aegis of Elders and leaders of Rivers State, who converged across political party lines and paid a visit to the state Assembly Quarters off Aba Road, Port Harcourt. The elders, comprising past and present members of the National Assembly, local government chairmen and opinion leaders on Sunday paid a visit to the quarters to assess the condition of the buildings. During the visit they called on the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to jettison his…

By our Reporter A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Israel Sunny-Goli has petitioned the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe multi-million-naira investments made by the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Sunny-Goli, who represented Nembe/Brass Federal Constituency in the 9th National Assembly said he is calling for a ‘’thorough investigation and possible prosecution as it relates to the disbursement of funds for the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Limited, the Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited as well as the Brass Petroleum Product Terminal Limited’’. The former lawmaker who said all the projects are situated within the…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The women of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have called on the state government to give them “a befitting modern market” as they have “no ideal place to call a market” in their community. In a chat with our correspondent in the community, leader of the Unenurhie women, Mrs. Ajari Ephron said that, the poor nature and the small size of the local market in the community is a setback for many of the women in the community that want to venture into local trading, especially buying and selling…

The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lashed what it described as “the rant of one Zik Gbemre,” against the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori. In a release titled, ‘Zik Gbemre’s Infantile Attack on Oborevwori, A Misplaced Rage,’ and signed by the state secretary, Engr. Dan Ossai, the party said, “It would not have dignified the unnecessary attack with a response but for the fact that it made reference to the party, which fielded and worked hard during the campaigns leading to Deltans giving their overwhelming votes to the PDP candidate who today…

By our Reporter Community sources in Asarama kingdom Andoni Local Government Area where there was a fire incident on Saturday have said that the fire was caused by equipment failure and not sabotage as being claimed in some quarters. A fire outbreak was reported on the Trans National Pipeline at Iyongorong Agbagilor in Agbaokwan Asarama, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Though no life was lost in the incident, sources said. But aquatic life was destroyed and fishing activities of the predominantly riverine community was disrupted as the people were no longer able to carry out their fishing and…