Impacted host communities of the recent oil spill in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, alleged to be from Utonana Trunkline belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), have promised to disrupt repair works of the said pipeline if they are not paid adequate compensation. The …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The East/West federal road has now become a beehive of criminal activities as kidnapping, armed robbery and banditry has continued to make daily headlines across Delta State. The recent one was the kidnapping of four persons identified as GKS members traveling to Warri. The kidnap …

… CP Orders Detectives to Fish out Culprits Operatives of Bayelsa State Police Command have recovered a mutilated female body at School to Land Project, Edepie, Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa State.  The unidentified female corpse was found on March 4, 2021 at about 0830 hours. According to Police sources preliminary investigation …

… Describes Gumi’s Statements as ‘Hate Speech’ Pan Niger Delta Development Forum, PANDEF, a body of traditional rulers, leaders and stakeholders of the region, has elected Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien as its new national chairman, promising to work closely with the governors of the South-South and community leaders to establish …

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the 2.5 per cent revenue proposed for host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was grossly inadequate and unacceptable to the people of the Niger Delta. Senator Diri stated this on Tuesday during a town hall meeting on the bill with …

By Joel Anekwe Former Governor of Kano State governor, Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, has said that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has by his numerous achievements earned a qualification for a higher national office after his tenure as governor. Speaking on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during the commissioning of Rumuogba …

… Warns It will Encourage Resource Control’ The dean of the School of Post Graduate Studies, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof Benjamin Okaba, has played down the purported embargo of food stuffs to the south by some northern groups, noting that there was no need for panic as the …

A body known as Goodluck Must Run 2023  Movement has “called on all stakeholders to make sure that former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is returned back to Aso Rock as the president of the country in 2023. Chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan Must Run Movement, Pastor London Brown, …

By Young Freeborn, Warri Eruemukohwarien community, in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, was agog on Saturday 27, February, 2021 as children, family members and in-laws of late Mr. Joseph Onisuru Asahwiare laid the committed Jehovah witness to rest in his home town. The funeral service, which was …

It will be recalled that on 25 February, 2021 two suspects namely, Headman Eniyi and Ebi Tonbofa, masquerading as members of the State Environmental Task Force, were arrested for suspected armed robbery and kidnapping. “Today, 28 February 2021, at about 0315 hours, these suspects led SWAT Operatives to their hideout …