Oil host community leaders jostling to get into trust funds to loot like before have been warned that this time, it could be slow march to jail. The Rivers State Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Amadi Charles, dropped this bombshell Friday, October 13, 2023, saying that he has already got hints at public relaxation centres where some persons have boasted that this is their turn to ‘chop.’ Charles was speaking at the unveiling of the NNPC/Belemaoil JV Host Community Development Trusts (HCDT) Board of Trustees at Golden Tulip Hotel in Port Harcourt. Petroleum Industry Act different from MoU He…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a registered Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focus more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experience in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas.
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, have again loosed its short victory at the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Saturday, as Honourable Collins Ovie Egbetamah of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared as the duly elected member representing Udu in the Delta State House of Assembly. The decision and judgment of the court sparked off jubilations across Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. Meanwhile the Appeal Court ruling frowned at the Delta State Election Tribunal ruling, which earlier declared Chief Jite Brown of the PDP winner after cancelling some units in Udu Ward 9 where his APC…
Several years after disagreements of who should be the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara the Holy Father, Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., as the Auxiliary Bishop of the sede vacante of the Diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria), also assigning him the titular See of Rusgunie. Curriculum vitae: His Excellency, Minsignor. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., was born on 25th March 1960 in Eziama Oparanadim Ekwereazu, in the Diocese of Ahiara. After joining the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians), he undertook studies in Philosophy at the Claretian Institute of Philosophy Maryland,…
The Niger Delta Peoples Assembly (NDPA), on Saturday said that a frustrated monarch and illicit oil barons were behind “fake Warri Protest” against the Group Chief Executive officer (GCEO) of NNPCL, Mele Kyari. Specifically, the group said that the act of organized protest has become a huge joke in the Niger Delta, wondering how anyone could take what happened in Warri, Delta state as a protest. The group in a press release signed by its National Coordinator, Richard Toritseju Okotie, said it was a thing of shame for few belligerent and ill informed youths, holding placards, in…
Similar to the renowned Delta state Dafinone family of World Guineas Book of record, the Pere of Kerebiri-Mein kingdom in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM (Barr.) Godspower Oporomo, who happenes to be a lawyer alongside his three daughters who are also lawyers were pictured. One of the daughters shared the photos on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. “So today we welcomed the latest Barrister in the family into the Largest Bar in Africa. God is faithful to us as a family, and we are grateful,” she wrote. “Vivian Oporomo Walton Esq. Precious oporomo Esq. HRM…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, October 12, 2023, through a circular released, lifted the ban on 43 items imposed under the administration of Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank equally stated that it will also boost liquidity in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market and intervene from time to time, noting that interventions will decrease as liquidity improves. The 43 Items are; 1. Rice 2. Cement 3. Margarine 4. Palm Kernel/Palm oil products/vegetable oils 5. Meat and Processed Meat Products 6. Vegetables and Processed 7. Poultry–chicken, eggs, Turkey Private Airplanes/Jets 8. Indian…
Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, wife of Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest since a coup in the central African country in late August, has been jailed, her lawyer disclosed on Thursday. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, suspected of allegedly embezzling public funds, was jailed late on Wednesday, her lawyer Francois Zimeray told AFP, condemning the “arbitrary… illegal procedure”. Bongo’s wife was charged on September 28 with money laundering, forgery and falsification of records. Sylvia Bongo has been under house arrest in the capital, Libreville, since the August 30 coup brought the curtain down on 55 years of…
…Plot By APC’s Bigwigs To Frustrate Sylva Unearthed …Group Wants APC NWC To Sanction Lokpobiri, Lyon, Others The last may not have been heard about the crisis rocking the Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following report that the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has united the state’s Governor, Senator Douye Diri with his arch-enemy, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyensom Wike. A group within APC, which styled itself “Concerned APC Stakeholders (CAPCS) “, revealed that Senator Lokpobiri has settled the rift between Diri and Wike, which arose from the last…
By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, on Tuesday, October 10, during a press briefing restated the commands commitment towards achieving the Inspector General of Police goal of stamping out violent crimes from the society. Mr. Abass also disclosed that the command under his watch has since keyed into the vision and mission of the Inspector General of Police in ridden the state free of crime and ensuring the safety of residents and properties. While stating some of the exploits made by the command, the security boss said; “My first major shake-up in the Command was…
Delta State Government, Monday, alerted Deltans and the general public against falling prey to the activities of scammers whose specialty was fooling the unsuspecting public in order to obtain unjust financial favours under the guise of giving them appointments. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, who reiterated the warning for the third time, said some criminal elements were impersonating the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon Johnson Erijo and himself to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. In a statement in Asaba, the Governor’s image maker…