Tag: Clark
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PIB: Clark writes NASS leadership, demands immediate reversal of 3 percent for oil producing states to 10 percent
…says you have further shown your disdain to the Niger Delta people …by redefining host communities to include pipeline-bearing pathway communities …Lawan, is indeed a great obstacle to the smooth running of Nigeria By Emman Ovuakporie Chief Edwin Clark, elder statesman and the leader of the South South region of Nigeria has written a letter…
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BREAKING: Passed PIB satanic, unjust, embarrassing – Clark
The recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has continued to attract flakes especially among stakeholders in the Niger Delta region. The Joint chambers of the National Assembly are billed to harmonise the bill. Both the Senate and House of Representatives passed the bill last week but with some disagreement, especially in the area of percentage…
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J.P. Clark: Buhari, governors, Omo-Agege, others pay tributes
President Muhammadu Buhari, governors and other eminent Nigerians have paid tributes to literary icon, Emeritus Prof. John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, who died in the early hours on Tuesday. He was 86. The renowned poet and playwright was born on December 3, 1933, in Kiagbodo, Delta State. The family, in a statement, said: “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family…
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Edo Poll: Clark congratulates Obaseki, Shaibu commends Buhari for non-interference
Elders statesman Chief Edwin Clark has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu on their reelection as governor and deputy governor of Edo State respectively. The South South region leader also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping to his promise of supervising a free and fair election in Edo. Clark said this a…
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Don’t do anything to truncate ‘fragile peace’ in Niger Delta, Clark warns FG
Prominent South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to thread softly and restrain from doing anything that can truncate the ‘fragile peace’ enjoyed in the Niger Delta region at the moment. Clark issued the warning on Monday in statement after at an Emergency Press Briefing held via…
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Let byegones be byegones, reconcile with your kith and kin now, Clark tells Amaechi
Frontline elder statesman and leader of South-South people, Chief Edwin Clarke, has advised Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi to let byegones be byegones and reconcile with his his kith and kin across political divides Clark recalled how Amaechi sought to be his son, but would later stay from him completely because of his (Clarke’s) close…
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Clark to Osinbajo: Stop antagonizing leaders, stakeholders of Niger Delta
Prominent leader of the South South Region, Edwin Clark has cautioned the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo over his alleged interference and antagonizing of leaders and stakeholders of the Niger Delta region. The elder statesman in a statement on Monday night noted with concern the Vice President’s recent peace meeting that excluded major leaders and…
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Alleged lopsided appointments: Court announces date to hear Clark, Fasoranti, others N50bn suit against Buhari
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed October 2 for hearing of the N50bn suit filed by some southern and middle-belt leaders to challenge alleged lopsided appointments and marginalisation of the people of the regions by the President Muhammadu Buhari. Justice Okon Abang adjourned the case on Friday after realising that the defendants…
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NFF crisis: Clark calls for Sports Minister’s sack over incompetence
Edwin Clark has called for sack of the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Solomon Dalung, for allegedly discrediting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for recognising Amaju-Pinnick-led Board of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). The elder statesman Clark, who made the call in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said reports of “disloyalty and parochial…
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Dapchi girls’ abduction: Declare state of emergency in North East, Clark advises Buhari
Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to declare full state of emergency in the North East. Clark said this would enable the security agencies to finish the fight against Boko Haram terrorists unhindered. Speaking on the recent adoption of over 100 students from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi,…