By Angela Nkwo-Akpolu, Leadership Listen To The Report Fifteen young males were last weekend, arrested by the Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Ekwe community in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State. Reports suggest they were excavating sand at the Njaba River while the Palace of the Traditional Ruler, Eze Nicholas Ibekwe was also invaded and
By Idowu Bankole, Vanguard Newspaper Listen To The Report Following the seasonal, unabated crisis peculiar to some Urhobo communities in Ughelli North and South Local Government Areas of Delta State, a philanthropist, Chief Lawrence Emareyo has kick-started the process of ensuring lasting peace amongst Urhobo communities through the ‘Chief Lawrence Emareyo Community Peace Cup.’ The
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report A coalition of 11 Civil Society Organizations have accused the government of being insincere in the provision of lasting solutions to the menace of illegal refineries as the country experiences worsening ecological disasters from accidents and explosions. The CSOs also accused law enforcement officials of complicity in artisanal
By Henry Umoru, Vanguard News Nigeria The Senate has raised the alarm on how the management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid retired generals for regional security surveillance of the agency’s projects without evidence of service delivery. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts uncovered
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Journalists have been identified as key players in ensuring the negative narrative about the Niger Delta region of Nigeria changes. This was the focus and intent of the maiden edition of the Niger Delta Annual Media Dinner organised by GbaramatuVoice Newspapers in Warri, Delta State last week where the guest speakers reminded
By Victoria Effiong Unless an urgent action is taken, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 500 unit prototype hostel at Cross River State University (UNICROSS) could soon become a disaster. It is a death trap for students living in it. The hostel, awarded in December 2004, was abandoned by Directed Services Limited, a local firm that
By Okodili Ndidi, The Nation Newspaper The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) may soon be history following plans to transfer its functions to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The planned scrapping of the agency is part of the efforts by the government to increase the pace of development in the oil producing South-South. The Nation
By Bankole Abe, ICIR In an attempt to appease the Ogoni people of Rivers State for long years of deprivation, injustice and neglect, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is prepared to give a posthumous pardon to late activist and playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others hanged by late dictator, Sani Abacha. The