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By Freeborn Abraye The apex media group, the Ijaw Publishers’ Forum (IPF) has expressed profound gratitude to the administrator of the presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, Sir Ken Etete, CEO/Chairman, Century Group of Companies, High Chief Collins Cocodia, the Special Adviser to the governor of Bayelsa State on political matters, Mama Annkio Briggs, Niger Delta renowned…

Coastal News Hon. Paul Bebenimibo, Commissioner Representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Board of DESOPADEC. The Ijaw Youth Council Western Zone has asked Commissioner Representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Commission (DESOPADEC), Dr. Paul Bebenimibo to resign for improper use of office. The group said that the office is supposed to be a connecting point…

Okowa tasks DESOPADEC on people-oriented projects

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, at the weekend, charged the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to execute projects that would add value to the socio-economic lives of host communities in the state. Okowa gave the charge at Government House Asaba, while swearing-in a new member of the commission, Bright Abeke, who replaced the late Joyce Overah, who died earlier in the…

Four prominent Delta indigenes die within six days

No fewer than four prominent Delta State indigenes namely: Maj. Gen. Orho Obada (rtd), Chief Tom Amioku, Joyce Overah and Pastor (Mrs.) Victoria Avwomakpa, have died within the last six days.

While Obada, Amioku and Avwomakpa died at the weekend, Overah passed on a week ago. They all died separately after brief illnesses of undisclosed nature.

A family member told The Guardian that Obada, a…

STALWART of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State, Mr Daniel Ogiriki, yesterday, told the State Government to address what he described as the injustice being suffered by the Ndokwa nation over the non-review oil production quantum used in determining the sharing formula for the ethnic groups which make up the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC. 

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DELTANS—WORRIED by what it described as injustice to the Urhobo nation, Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, CHURAC, has dragged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to court over the appointment of Chief Michael Diden as Chairman of the Board of the State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC.

The group in the suit is praying the court to nullify the appointment of Diden,…

Apply to Benefit from Delta State Bursary Program: DESOPADEC – Are you an undergraduate from Delta State? Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) is giving you the opportunity to apply for bursary/scholarship.

Application to Benefit from Delta State Bursary Program closes on the 25th midnight of October, 2018.

Eligibility Criteria for this Opportunity 

Applications must…

Ibori Passes On At A Ripe Age

James Ibori Loses His Elder Brother, Williams Ibori

The death has been announced of the elder brother to the former Governor of Delta State, High Chief Williams Ibori.

NIGERIA NEWS gathered that Williams Ibori who is the former Unugbrogo of Oghara kingdom, Delta State died this morning.

Since the death, stakeholders have been taking turns to commemorate with the family of the deceased which…