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PIA implementation: Chevron charges IRDC, stakeholders
The community engagement representative of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Mr. Femi Abode, has urged all stakeholders to be part of the transition from Itsekiri Regional Development Committee (IRDC) to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)…
Human trafficking: NAPTIP takes campaign to streets, warns N’Deltans
The Edo State capital, Benin city was agog recently as scores of residents took to the main streets to sensitise people on the evil of human trafficking in the state.
The sensitisation, led by the Benin Zonal Commander of the National…
Ughelli residents sensitised on danger of illegal migration
Residents of Ughelli kingdom have been urged to beware and steer clear of human trafficking and illegal migration.
The Community Dialogue Facilitators (CDF), a body sponsored by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in…
Bonny National Grammar School wins NLNG science quiz competition
Bonny National Grammar School (BNGS), has emerged winners in the final of the secondary schools category of the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) sponsored science quiz competition in Rivers State.
BNGS emerged out of seven finalists in the…
Protesting Isoko community adamant, blocks Agip’s access road
Indigenes of Idheze community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, have vowed to continue with their protest against alleged neglect by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) Limited.
Members of the community, especially women,…
Ex-agitators condemn N10bn fraud allegation against amnesty boss
A coallition of Niger Delta ex-agitators in the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Phase 2, Bayelsa State chapter, has described the N10 billion misappropriation allegation levelled against the Interim Administrator of the Presidential…
Delta NSCDC arrsests 42, convicts eight
Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said that no fewer than eight suspects involved in the various offences had been prosecuted and convicted.
The convicts were among the over 42 suspected…
Varsity seeks NDDC, TETFund support on new library
THE Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Professor Florence Obi, has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to come to its aid in the construction of a new library for the institution.
Professor Obi,…
2023: Urhobo monarchs offer prayers for Omo-Agege
Traditional rulers in Urhobo land in Delta State, have offered royal blessings to the Deputy Senate President and the Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege in his bid for the…
Delta Assembly begins review of 1999 Constitution
The Delta State House of Assembly on Monday commenced legislative action on the review of the 1999 Constitution’s Fifth Alteration Bill.
To commence the process, the Speaker, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, in Asaba led members and some…