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The Ekowe Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was agog penultimate Saturday as the community’s civic centre was filled to the rafters as the people came in their numbers to celebrate the epochal and historic conferment of chieftaincy titles on four “messianic leaders” by His Royal Highness …

A group, Ezza-Effium Consultative Assembly (ECA), has accused Governor David Umahi of “conniving with his business ally,” chief executive officer of Ibeto group, Chief Cletus Ibeto, and the Ohaukwu Council chairman. Barr Clement Odah, “to exterminate the people of Ezza-Effium in Effium Community in order to have unhindered and smooth …

Following the recent declaration of Biafra Customary Government by the former leader of Niger Delta Salvation Force, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, senior special assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Okowa of Delta State, Comrade Daniel Ezikiel Pere, has again cautioned Asari Dokubo to tread with caution, declaring that: “We are not Biafra. …

Bayelsa State’s attorney-general and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Dambo Biriyai, SAN, and members of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Yenagoa branch, have lauded the contributions of Justice J.E. Inyang, of the Federal High Court, Yenagoa Judicial Division to the administration of justice in the state. Biriyai, who described Justice Inyang …

… Charges them to be Proactive President of Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC), Deacon Peter Igbifa, has assured Ijaw youths of his resolve to re position the body towards ensuring a robust leadership platform for it to thrive. The IYC president was speaking during the IYC Eastern zonal election held …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri 93 year-old Chief Simpson Obruche, who is based in the United Kingdom, has eulogized the life and times of late Prof. Peter Palmer Ekeh, describing him as a man worthy of emulation in his sacrificial and selfless service to the development of humanity, Urhobo people …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The ancient Ekakpamre Community in Ughelli-South Local Government Area of Delta State is to host the epochal and historic annual general meeting of the old students of Ekakpamre Grammar school, Ekakpamre. According to a statement signed by the head, publicity and media sub-committee, Augustine Oribioye, the AGM …

Beneficiaries of the Niger Delta third phase Presidential Amnesty Programme have threatened to demand the return of their arms and ammunition from the Federal Government and return to the creeks if the government does not finalized the demobilization process for them. The group, while commending the interim administrator of the …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri CSP Benjamin Igometi, the DPO of ‘A’ Division of the Ughelli Police Station, Ughelli has called on the leadership of the Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State to be more united in order to curb the challenges of insecurity and …

… Calls for Preventable Actions Bayelsa State TB Referral Hospital, Igbogene, joined the rest of the world to take part in this year’s activities, through radio talks, street procession and press briefing. According to Dr. Tuebi Richman Wilson, who is the doctor- in-charge of the TB Referral Hospital, “each year we …