Category: Niger Delta
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NDDC Board: Tompolo speaks after expiration of seven-day ultimatum, consultative meeting with Akpabio, others
Ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), has “reluctantly” accepted the outcome of the consultative meeting between stakeholders of the Niger Delta and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that this is coming hours to the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued by the Niger Delta warlord, Tompolo, last Sunday.…
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Tompolo’s ultimatum: Akpabio storms Delta, pledges to fast track NDDC board inauguration
Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godswill Akpabio on Thursday said the process of constituting a substantive Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board will be fast-tracked. He spoke after an emergency consultative visit to Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri Southwest of Delta State. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the minister’s visit was at the instance of…
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2023: Clark renews call for power shift
Chief Edwin Clark, National Leader, Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), has supported clamour for the Southern Nigeria to produce the President in 2023. He said this on Sunday, in Abuja, at an expanded meeting of the forum with the theme, “State of the Nation and Preparations toward 2023 General Elections”. Clark, also an…
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Agbon monarch lauds Bashorun Askia on DESOPADEC quality services
His Royal Majesty, Ogurimerime Ukori I, Ovie of Agbon Kingdom, has lauded the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, for effectively using the Commission to deliver people-oriented quality projects and services in oil bearing communities of the state. The Royal father gave the commendation when…
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BREAKING: Gov Okowa appoints 9 new advisers
Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has appointed 9 new advisers, including Dr Kingsley Emu as Chief Economic Adviser. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports those appointed include: Mr. Omimi Esquire and Hon. Chief Isaac Anwuzia as political advisers, and Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Okoro as special adviser. Other special advisers appointed by Okowa are Hon. Kelly Penawou, Chief…
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Warri people will soon experience similar joy being enjoyed in Asaba – Okowa
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said residents of Warri metropolis will very soon start experiencing the joy the people of Asaba are currently enjoying. Governor Okowa stated this on Monday at the State exco chambers, new Government house, where he reeled out the achievement of his six years stewardship as Delta State Governor. In…
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JUST IN: Tompolo issues 7-day ultimatum to FG to inaugurate NDDC board
Former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government Ekpemupolo has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to constitute a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo in a statement on Sunday, described the appointment of a sole administrator to…
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Urhobos seek North, South Delta zones’ support to produce 2023 governor
The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Youth Wing Worldwide, has appealed to Delta South and North Senatorial Districts to support the Central to produce the next state governor in 2023. Its President, Mr Duru Ufuoma, made the appeal at a news conference on Sunday, alongside members of the National Executive Council of the union in Agbarho,…
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Gunmen attack another police station in Delta, kill three officers
Three officers have been killed in an attack on the Umutu Police Divisional Headquarters in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. The Acting Public Police Relations Officer Bright Edafe confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. Edafe noted that the incident started at about 2.am when armed men in their numbers stormed the…
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Funeral rites for late Olu of Warri begins June 18 – Iyatsere
The Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Johnson Amatserunleghe, on Thursday announced June 18 as the commencement of the burial rites fof the late Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli. Amatserunleghe made the announcement alongside other chiefs in the kingdom at a news conference at the Olu Palace in Warri. He also said that Omoba Tsola Emiko…