Tag: Isoko
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Isoko youths laud WAEC’s adoption of CBT mode for its exams
The Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA) Worldwide has hailed the decision of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on the planned migration of its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from the “Paper Pencil Test” to Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. In a statement released by INYA, the President, Comrade Eniwake Orogun said the…
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PHOTOS: Isoko Development Union Abuja branch pays courtesy visit to Senator Onowakpo-Thomas
The Executive Of IDU Abuja Branch, Women wing of IDU, Leaders and Elders paid Senator Joel Onowakpo Thomas a courtesy visit. The group led by its President, Simon Enajedu presented a portrait to the Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District at the weekend. After the usual banters the Senator promised to work with his counterpart…
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PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE: Pressure mounts on Tinubu over Isoko quota
Conveners of the Coalition of Isoko Youth Groups and Ex-Agitators have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to give Isoko Nation its pride of place in the new award or pipeline surveillance contract in the Niger Delta.
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Isoko nation loses rare gem as Gov Oborevwori mourns Dr Eleyae
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has sent condolences to the family of the late Dr. Awoture Eleyae, a former Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa. Pa Eleyae, who died at the age of 96, hailed from Uzere in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state. Oborevwori, in a statement by…
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Reps adopt Ukodhiko’s motion compelling oil and gas coys to provide electricity for Isoko communities
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal Ministries of Power, Petroleum Resources and other relevant Agencies to compel all Oil and Gas companies engaged in flaring gas within the Isoko North and South Federal Constituency as a matter of urgency to convert gas flared converted into electricity for the benefit of the host…
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Delta PDP Campaign rally storms Isoko North, Dec. 21
The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Train for the 2023 General Elections would berth at Isoko North Local Government Area on Wednesday, December 21, 2023. A statement signed by the Isoko North Campaign Coordinator, Rt. Hon. Dr Emmanuel Okoro says the rally would hold at Ekwerigbe Primary School, Ozoro at 12noon. He said…
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2023: Uduaghan’s peace moves hits Isoko, meets critical stakeholders
The peace moves to reconcile all aggrieved PDP critical stakeholders as Ex-Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan meets Chief Solomon Ogba, Askia Ogieh, Pastor Jonathan Ukodhiko and other aggrieved Isoko PDP leaders. Recall that before this recent move the former number one citizen had hosted all PDP stalwarts in his country home where he bared his mind…
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Floods: Ijaw slams Humanitarian Affairs Minister’s comment, demands apology
The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, on Friday, slammed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Farouq that “Bayelsa State is not among 10 worst hit states affected by flood disaster, describing the remark as reckless and provocative. Recall that the Minister had said Bayelsa State, which is reeling under…
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Isoko Reps candidate, others sue FG, demand N100bn compensation over flooding
The House of Representatives candidate of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, Esanerovo Agbodo in the 2023 general election, in association with other flood victims in Isoko North and Isoko South local government areas have sued the Federal government of Nigeria for negligence and for a N100billion compensation for Isoko people affected by the 2022…
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Photos: Flood overwhelms Delta State as communities cry out
…IMG calls on Delta Govt to help victims Delta State communities have been overwhelmed by flood as people are displaced from their ancestral homes. Reports monitored by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) clearly indicate that there’s no community that does not have its fair share. Mostly affected are, Ijaw, Urhobo and Isoko communities in different locations of the…