TRADITIONAL rulers in the Niger Delta have pledged their unwavering backing for President Bola Tinubu’s administration, particularly regarding initiatives designed to enhance peace, security, and development in the region, as well as good governance across the country. During a stakeholders’ meeting hosted by the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) …
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THE Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), says the reign of Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse lll, has brought peace and development to the land and people of Itsekiri. The President of MOSIEND , Dr Kennedy Tonjo West said this on Friday …
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THE Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 has been deemed inadequate in tackling the ecological and environmental issues plaguing the Niger Delta region, according to stakeholders at the Third Niger Delta Socio-Ecological Alternatives Convergence (NDAC). The event, organized by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), took place in Abuja on …
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THE Community Development Committees (CDC) of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas have called for a more direct intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in tackling the scourge of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region. The group made the call …
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Ahead of Tuesday’s election of presiding officers of the 10th Assembly, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Hon. Yekini Nabena, has further advanced reasons why the Niger Delta should produce the next Senate President. Commending the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and …
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Niger Delta Transparency Group (NDTG) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s new list of nominees to be appointed to the Board of NDDC, which was read on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 as “not just another unkind display of insensitivity and unfairness to Board nominees who …
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The Ijaw Women in America has said 600 people have been killed and millions displaced from their homes by flood in the Niger Delta. The women also raised the alarm about the worsening living conditions of the flood victims. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the National President …
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A federal high court in Yenagoa has restrained the federal government from issuing licences for marginal oilfields in the Niger Delta. Marginal fields are smaller oil blocks developed by indigenous companies. They are often discovered on an IOC-owned block where there has been no activity in at least 10 years. …
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Niger Delta Agitators Threaten Protest In Abuja If Sowore Is Not Arrested For Blackmailing Ned Nwoko A group, Niger Delta Peace Agitators has given the Nigeria Police Force 48 hours ultimatum to arrest the publisher, Sahara Reporters Mr. Omoyele Sowore for allegedly blackmailing billionaire businessman, Ned Nwoko. The group says …
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Nine languages in Nigeria are already extinct, according to the National Council for Arts and Culture. They are Ajawa, spoken in present-day Bauchi, Basa-Gumna of Niger State, Auyokawa which used to be spoken in Jigawa State, Gamo-Ningi, a Kainji dialect in Bauchi State, Homa of Adamawa State, Kubi of Bauchi …
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