EDWIN CLARK: Nigeria Has Lost a Potent Voice in South-South Geopolitical Zone – TOMPOLO

LATE PA (SENATOR) EDWIN KIAGBODO CLARK: Condolence Message to the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo Family of Kiagbodo Town; South-South; Southern Nigeria/Middle Belt; and Nigeria I, High Chief Dr. Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, also called Tompolo, would like to express my sympathies to the family of High Chief Dr. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, OFR, CON, on behalf of my friends, […]

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Gbagi Foundation Gives 500 Edwin Clark University Students N6m Scholarship

THE Gbagi Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has set up a N6, 000,000 Scholarship Endowment Fund for 500 Nigerian students at Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State. Justice (Mrs) Sybil Gbagi, wife of former Minister for Education (State), Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, who is chair, Board of Trustees of Gbagi Foundation, presented a N6 million bank draft  […]

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AYEMI-BOTU’S PNDPC DENIES MERGING WITH EK CLARK’S PANDEF

The attention of the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress (PNDPC) has been drawn to a very spurious and preposterous claim making the rounds that it has merged into one with PANDEF. For the avoidance of doubt, the purported merger is not only2C the purported merger is not only false and misleading but […]

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RESTRUCTURING IS RETURNING TO TRUE FEDERALISM PRACTISED IN FIRST REPUBLIC – EDWIN CLARK

What does restructuring mean to you as a leader of the South-South geopolitical zone?======== Restructuring really is nothing but a re-introduction of true federalism, which was practised in the First Republic (1964-1966) when there was devolution of powers to the regions. There were three regions then: we had the Eastern Region, Western Region and the […]

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RESTRUCTURING: OBASANJO IS A HYPOCRITE – Edwin Clark

South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark has lashed out  at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over his condemnation of restructuring, saying the ex-president knows the truth and should say it. He said:  “If he (Obasanjo) does not believe in restructuring, what were the national conference or political conference and national reform conference, which we all attended for? […]

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Clark Accuses Politicians, Oil Contractors Of Sponsoring Recent Pipeline Bombing In N’Delta

Chief Edwin Clark, leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, believes some politicians and oil company’s contractors were behind the recalcirant militant groups still carry out pipeline attack in the Niger Delta region. Clark declares this shortly after an enclosed meeting of PANDEF on Friday in Warri, Delta state. An enraged Clark noted that […]

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Niger Delta Avengers resumes hostility, bombs export line operated by Chevron in Delta

The Niger Delta Avengers on Tuesday morning attacked an export line operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited at Escravos in the Warri South West Council Area of Delta State, thereby threatening current production of 1.9 million barrels per day The attack which the militant group claimed responsibility for reportedly occurred on Tuesday morning at about 3:45am. […]

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Dialogue between FG and Niger Delta leaders begin on October 29

President Muhammadu Buhari has invited the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PNDF, established by Niger Delta leaders, penultimate Friday, to a meeting, next week Saturday, October 29, in Abuja for talks before commencing an acceptable dialogue with the stakeholders and representatives of militant groups. Vanguard learned that President’s Buhari’s invitation to the meeting was conveyed to […]

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NIGER DELTA CRISIS: CLARK TO LEAD NEGOTIATION WITH PRESIDENT BUHARI

Ijaw National leader and a former Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clark, is to lead negotiation with the Federal government on behalf of Avengers and other militant groups in the Niger Delta region to find lasting solutions to the perennial crisis in the region. Accordingly, all the various groups and initiatives which have been working to […]

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Nothing to reconcile between Clark/Amaechi – Rights groups

NIGER Delta Security Watch Organisation, NDSWO and Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, said yesterday, that there was nothing to settle between the Pan-Niger Delta Consultative Forum steered in the interim by Chief Edwin Clark and Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, who is leading a factional group. They stated this in separate statements in Warri, […]

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