The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is seeking to explore areas of possible partnerships with the United Nation, UN, and its affiliate agencies especially in the area of technical support and provision of expert services in the development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, who led a delegation of…
By Meluwa Kelvin, Asaba DELTA: Operations at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) in Delta State came to a halt on Monday as hundreds of protesting support staff blocked access to the facility, accusing the management of exploitation and broken promises. Chanting solidarity songs and wielding placards, the workers who constitute a large majority…
By Kelvin Onyekachukwu, Asaba DELTA: A coalition of Nigerian farmers has raised an urgent alarm over the worsening food crisis and youth unemployment across the country, warning that the situation poses a serious threat to national unity and security if immediate intervention is not taken. The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), in a letter…
From Meluwa kelvin in Asaba DELTA: A fierce legal storm is brewing in the oil-rich Niger Delta as Chief Tunde Smooth, known as the Prime Minister of the Niger Delta and Bolowei of Ijaw Nation, has filed a suit against oil giant Shell Petroleum Development Company and Renaissance African Energy Limited over the controversial sale…
From Meluwa kelvin in Asaba In a dramatic political realignment that has redrawn the legislative map of Delta State, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, and 21 other lawmakers originally elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), effectively transforming…
The Chief Executive Officer of ATLANGROVE HOMES Mr Ayodele Oluwole Aroloye has said the organization has once again launched another comfortable Housing Estate in the Federal Capital Territory.Speaking in Abuja while taking newsmen round the new estate Mr Ayodele said WHITESANDVILLE is an iconic top notch residential piece located along the road to Abuja International…
Nigerians have been called upon to join hands in taking meaningful action to address urgent environmental issues that threaten worldwide’s well-being and our ecosystems’ health. The advise was given by President and Chairman Governing Council institute of Environmental Practitioners of Nigeria Prof Lawrence Ezemonye. Prof Ezemonye made this known on the occasion of this year’s…
KING Charles III has honoured the founder and Chief Executive Office of Wonderfully Made Woman, Mrs Ehinor Otaigbe-Amedu with Member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) prestigious award in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The nongovernmental and non profit making NGO and its founder have been at the forefront of championing women rights course…
By Victor Itula EDO 2024 gubernatorial race has been blessed with the entrance of a powerful aspirant in the person of Engr. (Dr) Chris Ogiemwonyi who is seeking the Governorship ticket of his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Engr. Ogiemwonyi who retired from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as Group Executive Director,…
