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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As Delta State’s incoming governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori warms up to assume office on May 29, Deltans are eager to know what he would do differently from Day one, as the state transit from one style of leadership to another. Speaking on Saturday …

By Emmanuel Sunday Two Police officers on Monday sustained different degrees of injuries while chasing suspected kidnappers who abducted a yet to be identified man and killed his aide in Rivers State. Our correspondent reports that the incident happened along Obiri Ikwerre axis of the East West Road, in Obio/Akpor …

By Amos Odhe The apex body of youth organizations in Nigeria, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Osun State chapter, has lauded Governor Ademola Adeleke’s developmental strides “within the short period of time.” In a statement signed by the caretaker committee chairman of the organization in Osun State, Comrade Abdulmajeed …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Rodney Ambaiowei of the People’s Democratic Party as winner for Southern Ijaw federal constituency supplementary election in Bayelsa State. According to the result declared by the returning officer, Professor Christopher Onyema, the PDP candidate, Ambaiowei polled a total …

By Emmanuel Sunday After two days of siege by men of the Nigeria Army in Rundele Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, over alleged shooting of two soldiers by leader of a disbanded local security, Rundele Security Peace and Advisory Committee (RUSPAC), normalcy has now returned to …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri In a bid to put a stop to oil theft and pipeline vandalism in Nigeria and other parts of the world, a media practitioner from Delta State after years of “tortuous research work” has been able to come out with a discovery tagged, ‘Aerial/Magnetic Drilling …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has handed over two of its uncompleted bridge projects in Bayelsa to the state government. The bridges are located at Akenfa and Polaku in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. The Polaku bridge connects communities in Yenagoa with Sabagreia …

By Amos Odhe In a bid to ensure sustainable water supply for the people of Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed a phased rehabilitation of selected water works and water pipeline networks across the state. According to government sources, this new directive is coming as the sinking of 332 …

By Young Erhiurhoro The struggle for freedom and independence by the Unenurhie people is not something of today or two years ago. It’s a struggle for years now. But for the fact that, it’s a habitual attitudinal process in Nigeria, that if you don’t have ‘Abuja Connection’ you will continue …

By Amos Odhe The Federal Government has issued a gazette recognizing ownership and vesting custody and management of repatriated Benin artefacts in the Oba of Benin. With the official gazette, the dispute over the ownership, custody and management of the repatriated looted Benin artefacts between the Oba of Benin, Oba …