Major stakeholders in the Niger Region have offered various suggestions on how to build a new and prosperous Niger Delta, at a forum organized by the Delta Online Publishers’ Forum (DOPF) to mark its third anniversary. Former governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan in a lecture he delivered on the occasion held in Asaba […]
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A University Don, Prof. Joseph Abugu has said that some sections of the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) appears very demeaning and there is also no provision which would have made host community development, a mandatory role for Oil Companies. These were contained in a key note address on the “Relationship between oil and gas producing communities […]
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The Special Assistant to Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on political matters, Comrade Ozobo Austin has said President Muhammadu Buhari now lacks power to proscribed artisanal refineries in Niger Delta region for supporting and endorsing illegal gold mining in Zamfara and Kebbi states. Ozobo said in a press statement that the Federal government open […]
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I still remember correctly when our dear brother and fellow kinsman, former President Goodluck Jonathan came on board as Nigeria’s President, I consistently wrote him more than 20 times, most of which were sent through courier and electronic media. In my said letters to Jonathan, I reiterated the same advice and call for him to […]
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A ravaging flood has submerged parts of Uzere and Ozoro the headquarters of Isoko North local government area of Delta State rendering hundreds of people homeless, farmlands destroyed as a result of unabated rain, the blockage of drains and water channels in the community. It is also believed that the flooding maybe due to global […]
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The Ijaw Youth Council has raised the alarm that there were plots to turn the now peaceful Niger Delta region into a theatre of war ahead of Saturday’s Governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections in the region. The umbrella body for Ijaw youths worldwide, particularly warned politicians in the region not to throw the […]
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Given the growing discontent among the people over the prolonged, unproductive occupation of the Delta South Senatorial seat in the National Assembly by Sen James Manager, former Governor #EmmanuelUduaghan, now of the All Progressives Congress, APC, towers as the standout candidate to take over the mantle in the 16 February general elections. Aside […]
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A non governmental organization, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice has raised concern over looming hunger in oil impacted communities in the Niger Delta. The national coordinator of the NGO, Comrade Sheriff Mulade who recently embarked on environmental tour around some communities in the Delta creeks lamented that the pollution in the environment has gotten […]
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We are committing Ecocide in the Niger Delta with the manner IOC’s conduct their business and regulatory agencies become their partners in crime. We have forgotten the environmental problems of the Niger Delta due to the general hardship in the country. There are about five hundred (500) environmental laws in Nigeria yet we don’t know […]
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Prominent Niger Delta Activist, Annkio Briggs, has said that the South-South will vote overwhelmingly for PDP because in the areas of the economy, security, political inclusiveness, injustice, human rights abuse the situation is worse now than 2015 Ms Annkio Briggs who responding to reporters questions on whether the South-South will still vote PDP said: “Absolutely! […]
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