Delta

HOW PAST AND PRESENT NIGER DELTA GOVS. DEPLOY SPYING DEVICES TO MONITOR ITS CITIZENS – Premium Times investigation

June 30, 2017 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Two years after PREMIUM TIMES revealed that four South-South states were running illegal surveillance programmes to intrude into privacy of their residents and target opposition, latest findings by this newspaper suggest that the states have not backed down on the controversial operation. Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States were named in the 2015 investigation that uncovered […]

APC leadership must make Delta a priority By Godwin Anaughe

October 9, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Delta, a state with great potentials which has lost its way, is now ready for change. The All Progressives Congress, APC, is now presented with the greatest opportunity to add another state in the South South geo-political zone to its fold as the party is providing a strong and vibrant opposition to the ruling Peoples […]

BREAKDOWN OF FEDERAL ALLOCATION FOR JULY: Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Kano got highest allocations

July 23, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Thirty-six states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, collectively smiled home in the month of July when they pocketed a whopping #673.324billion as their share of statutory allocation and first tranche of the excess crude earnings distribution for the period. This was revealed in a document from the office of the Accountant-General […]

IKIMI DRAGS OKOWA TO COURT OVER PASSENGER WELFARE LEVY

July 20, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Human rights activist, Oghenejabor Ikimi, has dragged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to a High Court, sitting at Otor-Udu, Udu Local Government Area, over the introduction of Passenger Welfare Scheme levy. Ikimi, in the originating summons in Suit No: OUHC/111/2016 OGHENEJABOR IKIMI, ESQ., VS. GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE and 2 ORS, filed on July […]

OKPE LANGUAGE IN PALEOLITHIC EXTINCTION by CHIEF BOBSON GBINIJE

July 2, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

“Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have Jargons; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine Ideas, bright ideas (Eric Bentley) To lacerate the tentacles of communication blackout, developmental somnambulistic movements and cerebral Erebus every collectivity must have a language as a matrix and vehicle of communication. Hence, the essayist George […]

CEPEJ tasks Delta Govt on Ekpan crisis

February 3, 2016 adminLeave a Comment

Delta State Government has been called upon to find a lasting solution to the intractable intra-communal crisis bedeviling oil rich Ekpan community in Uvwie Council of the state. A foremost Non-Governmental Organization, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), makes the appeal Monday, stating that government has a big role to play in bringing the […]

Buhari betrays hatred for Niger Delta people, says “I Am Irritated They Feel Region’s Oil Belongs To Them

February 1, 2016 adminLeave a Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari revealed his “irritation” with the agitations of the people of the Niger Delta for fairness in the distribution of the nation’s oil wealth. Buhari made this slip at a town hall meeting with Nigerians living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Saturday, January 30, 2016. While speaking with Nigerians on the topic of […]