Category: Delta State
Unpaid salaries: Delta Council workers to give State Govt ultimatum, plan mass rallies
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State NULGE lament pains, agonies of members over unpaid salaries The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Delta State Chapter has expressed discontent over the non-payment of salaries of…
Six soldiers killed in new clash in Nigeria’s oil hub, says Army
By Tife Owolabi | YENAGOA, NIGERIA May 5 At least six Nigerian soldiers have been killed in new military campaign against militants in the country's restive Niger Delta oil hub, security officials said on Friday. The southern swampland…
UPU decries killings, rape, seizure of Urhobo farm lands by Fulani herdsmen
Olorogun (Dr.) Moses Taiga, UPU President General Apex socio-cultural organization of the Urhobo Ethnic Nationality, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide has called on the Federal Government to take concrete steps at ensuring an immediate stop…
E.K. Clark’s open letter to Olusegun Obasanjo
Your Excellency, Re: Your Mischievous and Malicious tirade against the Ijaws I received several calls from Nigeria recently while in London about a new book being presented by Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi former Special Advisor on…
Modular refineries to boost oil business, says Boroh
Amnesty Boss Paul Boroh By Abujah Racheal Retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), says the Niger Delta region will soon become a hub of oil business, if the modular refineries are…
PPA bemoans lack of good governance in Delta, plans to win 2019 guber
Holds stake holders’ meeting in Asaba The Progressives People’s Alliance PPA, Delta State Chapter under the leadership of Mr Fred Obi has commenced in earnest the massive mobilizations of Deltans with a bid to reposition…
Shell’s duplicitous Corporate Social Responsibility
By Sunny Awhefeada This article was provoked by a news item in the Independent newspaper of Tuesday 25th April, 2017 in which the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) claimed to have among other…
May Day: TUC presents 7-point demand to Okowa
Want Prof. Monye’s Accrued Rights Review suspended Stop meddlesomeness of DESOPADEC mgt in Union matters Appoint new permanent secretaries to fill vacant spaces The Delta State Council of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC),…
Incessant harassment, killings by Fulani herdsmen in Delta State – Open letter to Governor Okowa
By Okwumabua Francis Your Excellency, The Governor sir, I am compelled to write this open letter to the executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on the yet to be controlled harassment…