Category: Niger Delta
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Okowa presents N561.8bn budget for 2023
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday presented a budget of N561.8 billion for 2023 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Okowa, while presenting the budget, Christened “Budget of Seamless and Stable Transition”, in Asaba, said that the figure showed an increase of 17 per cent over that of 2022.
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Crude oil theft going on for about 50 years now – Chief Clark
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has said that crude oil theft in Nigeria has been going on for much longer, for about 50 years, contrary to the position held by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
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NDDC director, Dr Ita arraigned for N45 million fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, arraigned a director with Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Solomon Okpa Ita for alleged diversion of N45 million.
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Pains of Niger Delta run through my veins – NNPP Senatorial candidate
Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for Delta South Senatorial District for the 2023 elections, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (rtd) has said the pains of the Niger Delta region run through his veins.
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Obaseki sacks Security Network boss
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has sacked the Director of Operations of the Edo Security Network, Mr Emmanuel Oboh.
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TRENDING VIDEO: Watch Oborevwori’s classmates, colleagues vouch for his educational status
A trending video has emerged online depicting classmates, course mates, school principal, political allies testifying to the fact that Sheriff Oborevwori is a fully certificated Nigerian and qualified to run the affairs of Delta State. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that the PDP guber primaries which the Delta Speaker convincingly won has been a subject of litigation…
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Marginal Oilfields: Ijaw leaders pray court to void licences
Some Ijaw leaders on Thursday prayed the Federal High Court in Yenagoa to cancel the marginal oil field licences issued on June 29 by the Federal Government. The leaders claimed that the licences were issued in breach of a restraining order of the court.
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Elcrest donates relief items to Gbetiokun communities in Delta
Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited has, on behalf of itself and the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Operator of the OML 40 JV, presented various relief items to communities in Gbetiokun, Delta state.
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Delta Govt unfair to Ijaws – Omo-Agege
The Deputy President of the Senate. Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on Sunday said that the Delta Government had not been fair to the Ijaw ethnic nationality in the state. Omo-Agege, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Delta, made the observation when he visited the Ijaw nations.
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Constitute substantive board for NDDC now – Clark charges Buhari
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a substantive Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) without delay. Clark made the appeal when members of the Delta Central All Progressives Congress Leaders of Thought (DELCAT) paid him a solidarity visit in Abuja on Tuesday.