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By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye  The Delta State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB, has insisted that before contractors are paid by the Board, projects executed must be verified.  Following the decision, the board was at some schools in Oshimilli South and North, Ika South, Ika NorthEast and Ndokwa West LGA to inspect and verify the various projects executed in the areas by the board, including school desks, class room blocks building, among others.   Chairman SUBEB, Barr Samuel Mariere, represented by the 2nd member of the board and Chairman Project Monitoring Committee, Comrade Onome Akpoghere,  said the purpose of the verification exercise…

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*** Those Fighting Private Security Providers Are Criminals, Enemies Of Our Nation— TANTITA The Captain of the ill-fated ocean-going Vessel, MT Kali impounded over crude oil theft in Bayelsa State, on Thursday David Adeboye, has disclosed that 119 tonnes of crude oil have been siphoned into the vessel before they ran out of luck. He revealed that 119 tonnes of crude oil have been siphoned into one of the manifolds of the vessel, MT Kali before they were nabbed by the security team. Adeboye and the engineer attached to the vessel, Promise Eze, were paraded before newsmen, on…

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Delta State, Sir Festus Ahon has congratulated the Executive Director Projects, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Olorogun Taleb Tebite on his birth anniversary. Ahon in a statement in Asaba described Tebite as a grassroot politician and businessman of repute and lauded his contributions to the growth and development of Ughelli South and Delta State. The Governor’s image maker acknowledged Tebite’s sterling activities as a politician and man-of-the-people, remarking that the Olomu-born political tactician had brought his wealth of experience to bear on his office as ED (Projects), DESOPADEC. He…

  …Promise To Consolidate On Predecessors Achievements By Ejiro Godwin Dr. Obarakpo James Samuel, acting rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Nassarawa, has assured of his readiness to consolidate on the laudable achievements of his predecessor, Dr. (ESV) Alhassan Abdullahi, whom he described as an epitome of development in all ramifications.  Dr. Obarakpo made his position known on Tuesday, in his office while addressing journalists as assumed leadership of the institution. He said, he will not deviate from the path created by the immediate past rector of the institution whose tenure elapsed on January 1, 2024. He said he is much…

Some stakeholders including  elders and Youths from the Six States of the Niger Delta region have faulted claims by Tantita Security Services Limited (TSSL), a private oil surveillance company owned by Tompolo, over its alleged  arrest of an ocean-going vessel laden with stolen crude oil in Bayelsa state. According to the Elders and Youths from the region under the aegis of the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta, MSDND, the claims by the Tantita Security Services Limited (TSSL) is shrouded in lies, deceit, fraud, and an open attempt to manipulate the Federal Government to hand over the Bayelsa…

… Blames Navy For Aiding Oil Thieves Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSL), on Friday, said it has intercepted a 3,000 ton vessel loaded with over 119 barrels of suspected crude oil in Bayelsa State. The TSSL was contracted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to secure pipelines and curb oil theft in the oil rich Niger Delta region. The vessel, already loaded with an unspecified thousands of metric tonnes of crude oil, was named MT Kally, and carried a crew of 12 with members of some oil communities. It was impounded in a joint operation…

…Seek Removal Of NIS From Ministry Of Interior Over Institutional Manhandling   A Transparency group known as Action against Corruption and Institutional Fraud (ACIF) has raised an alarm over an allege institutional fraud and corruption in the the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), claiming it has led to huge loss of revenue for the country. According to the ACIF, the present administration of President Bola Tinubu should direct the relevant agencies including the EFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Bureau and the Federal Civil Service Commission to nvestigate the Nigeria Immigration Service leadership from 2021 till date on allege auctioning of functional…

Stakeholders from the Six States of the Niger Delta region have welcomed the position of the Bayelsa State Government under the leadership of Senator Douye Diri on the need to review and decentralise the crude oil and gas pipeline surveillance contracts awarded by the federal government across states in the Niger Delta. According to the Stakeholders, made up of Traditional Rulers, Community leaders, Women and Youth leaders and under the aegis of the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta MSDND, said the position of the Bayelsa State Government and other State Governors from the region on the…

  By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Speaker, Delta State Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has assured that the House will continue to work closely with the Executive at meeting the yearnings and aspirations of Deltans. Reflecting on the activities of the 8th Delta Assembly in the last seven months, Rt Hon Guwor said members of the Delta State Legislature would meet before the end of the month to set legislative agenda for 2024.   Guwor stated that the proposed legislative framework will be designed in line with the MORE Agenda of the State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, which he said…