Stakeholders of Gbaramatu kingdom have called for federal and state government intervention over alleged threat issued to the Ijaws in Ikantu and Ijaghala communities from group of persons believed to be From the Itsekiri ethnic nationality. The appeal was made by the Fiyewei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama at a press briefing on Monday […]
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The leadership of Kantu (also known as Ikantu) Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State has reaffirmed its ancestral roots as an integral part of the Ijaw ethnic nationality, strongly rejecting what it described as “misguided claims” that the community belongs to the Itsekiri nation. In a press conference held at […]
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The ancient kingdom of Gbaramatu, Warri South-West was agog yesterday when the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Ekemejewa Sideso, Abe 1, JP, OON led a delegation of some Urhobo Traditional Rulers Forum Exco members to Oporoza to pay a courtesy visit on the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM. Oboro-Gbaraun 11(Aketekpe, Agadagba) The Urhobo monarchs […]
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Our attention has been drawn to the delay and inability of federal goverment to enforce the order for the immediate return of the Egbesu golden sword stolen by the military during the unwarranted invasion of Oporoza community. It is imperative to note that vice president Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has directed the military to return the […]
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Early this week, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo flagged off a tour of the Niger Delta region, starting from Delta State. No doubt, the motivation for the tour is apparently in search of peace. The peace, not for the sake of it, but so there will be conducive atmosphere that will boost crude oil exploration and […]
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Having faulted the recent fact-finding visit by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo to Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State, which we considered ‘very political’ and a mere show-off – away from the Federal Government’s unwillingness and refusal to simply just implement the catalogues of past Recommendations to address the Niger Delta crises; we also consider it necessary […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the Niger Delta region of the country is special and must be treated as such. Speaking in Gbaramatu kingdom of Delta state when he flagged off the peace tour of the Niger Delta on Monday, the nation’s number two citizen appealed to the stakeholders of the region to embrace peace, explaining […]
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FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to aggrieved Niger Delta youths to embrace peace, saying it was the only means to usher in the needed development in the region. Jonathan spoke when he visited the troubled Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, the hotbed of renewed militants’ activities in the […]
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The purported planned downgrade of the Okerenkoko Maritime University, Delta state have triggered fresh uproar in the Niger Delta region. The Gbaramatu Traditional Council is spoiling for real showdown with the Federal Government over the purported plans, which they described as annoying, provocative, dehumanizing and capable of throwing the region into another round of crisis. […]
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President Buhari has, once again, been implored to revive the now-comatose platform of the holistic 2009 Amnesty Dynamic that President Umar Yaradua deployed, to stem the tide dangerously imploding reality of armed agitation in the Niger Delta. This urgent advice is contained in a terse Statement released by UNDEDSS (United Niger Delta Energy Development Security […]
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