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LET’S MAKE NIGERIA WORK WITH OUR PVC

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BY ANDREW DARAH   Many Nigerians believe Nigeria is not working due to the high level of corruption which has eaten so deep. President Muhammadu Buhari promised to eradicate corruption, and this was the major reason he was massively voted into office as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. But since his assumption of office, the level of corruption in Nigeria has increased.   Right now Nigeria is not only dealing with the Boko Haram insurgency as the case before Buhari came into power, it has added armed banditry,…

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NDDC Board: Nomination Of Onochie Is A Slap On Oil Producing Itsekiri Nation-Rita Lori

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By Emma Arubi   Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor has described the nomination of Lauretta Onochie from a non-Oil Producing area by President Muhammadu Buhari as a huge slap on the Itsekiri nation that produces the highest quantum of oil and gas in Delta State and second throughout Nigeria. Addressing a mammoth crowd of hundreds of Itsekiri women at the Olu Palace field on Saturday, the social crusader and activist stated that since it is the turn Delta State to produce both the Chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development…

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Flood: Reps Cacus Call For Humanitarian Affairs Minister Sack

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The Niger-Delta caucus of the House of Representatives on Monday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sa’adiya Umar Farouk of her ministerial position if she failed to resign haven made an alleged degenerating statement concerning the Niger Delta region.   According to the lawmakers, the statement made by the minister was degenerating. The caucus at a press conference in Abuja carpeted the minister over her recent comment that Bayelsa State could not and should not be classified as one of the 10 most affected…

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Pipeline Contract: Isoko Ex-Agitators Warn Tompolo, Issue Ultimatum To FG

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By Michael Veloh EX-AGITATORS from Isoko nation in Delta state, have issued a 24hrs ultimatum to the federal government to include them in the recent pipeline contract awarded to Tompolo else, all pipelines in Isoko nation would be blown up. The group in a statement warned Government Ekpemupolo Tompolo and his men not step his foot on any oil installation in Isoko land. This ultimatum  and warning was given by the self styled ex-agitators from the oil mining lease OML 28 and 30 cluster 5 and 6 from various Delta…

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National Award: Oborevwori Congratulates Dike James Chigbue

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By Kobiruo Joseph/ Ughelli   The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated Mr Dike James Chigbue on his selection for the conferment of the National Honours on him, in the rank of the the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON). The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, in a 2022 National Honours Award Letter to Mr Dike James Chigbue had said that; “I have the honour to formally inform you that the President of the Federal…

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Tompolo N4B Surveillance: Group Berates Asari, Rita-Lori Over Contract

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  The Niger Delta Movement For Radical Change (NDMRC) has rained heavy knocked on Chief (Mrs) Rita-Lori Ogbebor on her position on the #4.5 Billion pipeline contract awarded by the NNPC and the Federal Government to Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, accusing her of promoting tribal war The group equally hit Asari Dokubo hard who had been saying unpleasant things against Tompolo over the pipeline contract, describing him as enemy of the oil rich Niger Delta Region Chief (Mrs) Rita-Lori Ogbebor had fumed in an interview over the pipeline contract…

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NDDC: Inaugurate A substantive Board Now, NUJ Tells Buhari

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  …frowns at delay in the completion of East-West Road   LEADERSHIP of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in zone F, comprising of all the States in the Niger Delta region, weekend, called on aadu Buhari President to inaugurate a lawfully and duly constituted Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC in order not to continue to undermine the Act establishing the Commission.   The leaders in a communique issued at the end of their meeting held at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, frowned at the continued delay by…

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Insecurity: Nigerians Are Worried About Wave, As Delta Monarch Tackles Pres Buhari

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  The Pere of Akugbene Mein Kingdom in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty Pere S.P. Luke Kalanama VIII JP, has decried the level of insecurity in the country and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to double his efforts and halt it now. The monarch said that the level of insecurity in the country was frightening, saying it has become a major topic in daily newspapers across Nigeria and the globe. According to the Royal Father who is also the first Vice Chairman of Delta State Council…

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Constitute NDDC Board Now, Else -Groups Warns FG

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A group, Niger Delta groups, Community Development Committee of Oil and Gas Producing Communities of Niger Delta (CDCOGPCND) and Mothers of Oil and Gas Producing Communities of Niger Delta (MOGPCND) have decried the continued delay in inaugurating the Board of NDDC in accordance with the law. In a joint Press Statement issued at the end of a courtesy call on the leadership of Community Development Committee of Oil and Gas Producing Communities of Niger Delta, by Mothers Of Oil And Gas Producing Communities Of The Niger Delta, and signed by…

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NDDC: GROUP URGES BUHARI TO INAUGURATE SUBSTANTIVE BOARD CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE SINCE 2019

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A Niger Delta pressure group, has called on president Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the Niger Delta Development Commission board confirmed by the senate for equity sake and in compliance with the Act of the National Assembly 2000. The group, Niger Delta Integrity, had in a statement signed by its president and secretary, Mr Akpoebide Okotiene, and Edet Ekpenyong described the delay as an affront on the long-deprived people of the region who have had to endure three years of the foremost agency being arbitrarily run in breach of the law…

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