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By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, has promised cooperation with the Department of State Services (DSS) to address security challenges in the Niger Delta Region. He made this promise when the new Director of the Rivers State Command…

Nigerians are hoping for a crash in petrol prices as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and independent markets commence lifting of petrol products from Dangote Refinery. The cheery news followed an agreement between DRL and the presidential committee, which announced on Friday that state-owned oil company NNPC Limited will…

By Frank Efe, Warri The OML 150 Communities Consultative Forum, led by Dr. Monday Agbeyi, has denounced media reports that the forum has been dissolved. A statement issued by Vice Chairman Comrade Emmanuel Afotan described the claims as misleading and inflammatory, designed to create unrest among the OML 150 host…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has said that the list of selected beneficiaries of the NDDC Youth Internship Scheme circulating on social media is false and fraudulent. In a statement signed by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Seledi Thompson-Wakama on Tuesday, September 10,…

By Francis Sadhere, Warri NIGERIA: A private security company, Tantita Security Services Limited, has presented a re-modelled Soldiers’ Transit Accommodation at the 3 Battalion of the Nigeria Army in Effurun, Delta State, to the Nigeria Army. Stakeholders said the project, which was unveiled by the General Officer Commanding 6 Division…

By Deborah Nnamdi Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has attributed the drift in prospective economic development of the State to mismanagement. The governor assured that the State under his watch will be restored and transformed to its rightful position as an enviable and economically viable State. Governor Fubara disclosed this…

By Frank Efe, Warri NIGERIA: Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, on Monday morning faced another wave of violence, as armed men in military fatigue reportedly launched a coordinated attack on the village. Reports that could not be independently confirmed indicated that three persons were…

By Deborah Sunday Nnamdi NIGERIA: The Joint Representatives Council of Ogoni Youth Groups (JRC) has strongly condemned and refuted a recent press statement by Raymond Nwibani, calling for the removal of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission. In a statement signed by Ledogo Amabu, JRC…

A chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, Dr Paul Bebenimibo, has urged the state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori to urgently address infrastructure challenges, including dilapidated federal roads in the state. Dr Bebenimibo, a former Commission of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, tasked Oborevwori to…

By Deborah Sunday Nnamdi NIGERIA: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 12 40-feet containers ladened with illicit hard drugs, military fatigue, footwear, and other goods worth over N31billion at Area 2 Command, Onne ports, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Customs said the interception of the illicit cargoes followed credible…