Category: Niger Delta
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Delta community faults FG on naming of Ujevwu train station
Ujevwu community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State has faulted the federal government for renaming Ujevwu train station after the late Chief Alfred Rewane. President-General of the community, High Chief Notoma Godwin on Friday faulted the FG as the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) formally flagged off freight services on the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge…
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NCAA approves commercial flight operations at Bayelsa airport, Diri reacts
After months of expectation, the Bayelsa State-owned airport, on Saturday, finally got the nod of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to commence commercial flight operations. The NCAA Director General, Dr. Nuhu Musa, presented the regulatory body’s approval letter to an elated Governor Douye Diri in Government House, Yenagoa, after the team completed the mandatory…
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Okugbe MFB gets major boost with view to chase poverty out of Urhobo land
The proposed Okugbe Microfinance Bank (Okugbe MFB) on Friday received a massive boost with a promise from Mr. Abraham Ogbodo, chairman of the committee set up to raise funds for the bank, that the stage is set to chase poverty out of Urhobo land. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Okugbe MFB is being set up by the…
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FG flags-off train freight services from Warri to Itakpe
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the freight services on Warri-Itakpe Standards Guage Railway Line would create more jobs and promote the ease of doing business in Nigeria. Amaechi made the disclosure on Friday during the inauguration of the Freight Service of Standard Guage Railway Line at Ujevwu Community, near Warri.…
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Kaduna Govt advises sacked workers on what to do
The Kaduna State Government has advised workers disengaged in the State to take advantage of the State Government’s various agricultural and entrepreneurship development schemes. The Kaduna State Government gave the advice in a statement released by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Communication. According to the statement, those disengaged that…
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Okowa congratulates former militant leader Tompolo at 50
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated a Niger Delta activist and ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, on the occasion of 50th birthday. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Monday in Asaba, said that Ekpemupolo remained an illustrious son of Niger Delta, who had…
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Police rescue kidnap victim in Delta
Police in Delta rescued one Mr James Emmanuel from suspected kidnappers/robbers on Saturday in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright, stated in Warri on Monday that men of the Eagle Net Special Squad of the Police Command carried out the rescue operation. “At about midnight…
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Evwreni crisis: Peace committee to meet, reconcile aggrieved king makers
The Evwreni Crisis Resolution and Peace Committee has said it would be meeting with the view to reconcile aggrieved king makers in Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The Chief Convener of Evwreni Crisis Resolution and Peace Committee, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor made this known on Sunday in a statement, stressing…
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Massive turnout of voters as Isoko North by-election holds in Delta
There was massive turnout of voters in Saturday’s Isoko North Local Government Area Constituency by-election for Delta House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that distribution of election materials from the Registration Area Centres (RACs) to the various polling units started at about 7:00 am while accreditation of voters began at…
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Reps uncover syndicate manipulating IPPIS to defraud FG
…but suddenly goes Into Closed Door After Uncovering Fraud In IPPIS, MDCN …bar Journalists, Committee Staff Out Of Hearing Room Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Health on Friday uncovered a syndicate of civil servants and operators of the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), manipulating the system to defraud government. The…