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Unknown gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Oghenekevwe Ojakorotu who is in-charge of St. Patricks Catholic Church, Eku in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. Ojakorotu was allegedly kidnapped along Sapele-Eku road in Sapele Local Government Area while returning from a journey to Eku on Friday. It was learnt that... Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Monday visit Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers States. This was in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande on Saturday. According to the statement, the visit is part of efforts to stop militancy in the Niger Delta. The statement read, “In further demonstration... Read More
A former Chairman of Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta, Rev Sam Ken, has said the former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, who was recently released from London Prison, United Kingdom, for money laundering, is synonymous to Obafemi Awolowo. Speaking to The Vanguard Rev Ken, who is still bed-ridden after a life threatening automobile... Read More
Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More
The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDJM) on Thursday destroyed another pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in Delta State. In a statement by its spokesperson, Aldo Agbalaja, the group claimed responsibility for the attack. “As a mark of our commitment to a just course and to prove to the wicked and... Read More
Tragedy struck in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State after a 25-year-old man, Matthew Iyede was stabbed to death over a ‘girlfriend’. It was gathered that the victim was stabbed in the chest several times at a popular bar, Blue Sea Restaurant and Bar, in Eku near Delta State University Abraka. It was also learnt... Read More
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it has arrested 11 suspected crude oil thieves in Delta State. In a statement by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, the Navy said the suspects were arrested during raids on illegal refineries around Jones, Sara and Oporoza Creeks of Warri South West Local Government Area. He also said the... Read More
The Nigerian Navy on Saturday said it has arrested 7 suspected oil thieves in the Escravos axis of Delta State. This was revealed in a statement by the Director of Information of the Nigerian Navy, Commodore Christian Ezekobe. According to Ezekobe, 6 of the suspects were arrested during a raid by a team at Escravos,... Read More
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a human trafficking syndicate who had been operating in Asaba and Okpanam communities, and rescued 12 out of the 15 children unharmed, according to Leadership. Police image maker in the state, Celestina Kalu who confirmed the arrest said three other suspects were on the run. She said,... Read More
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Paul Irikefe in Delta State. The priest who arrived the state on Monday afternoon to attend the burial rites of his friend and colleague, Rev. Fr. Amaefule Chike, was said to have been kidnapped in Warri. Father Irikefe is a lecturer with Saints Peter and Paul Catholic... Read More
There was commotion on Friday last week when Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s convoy killed an elderly man in Umutu community, Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. According to Sahara Reporters the governor and his convoy were on their way back from a meeting in Warri, jointly convened by former Information Minister Edwin Clark and Mr.... Read More
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has identified no fewer than 59 people who might have had direct contact with Lassa fever victims in Delta and Anambra states. It said they are currently being monitored for symptoms of the disease. The National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,... Read More
A former Chief Judge of Delta State Justice James Omo-Agege, is dead. The Chief Judge whose son Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, represents Delta Central at the National Assembly, died on Thursday evening after a brief illness at the age of 83. James Omo-Agege was the state Chief Judge between 3rd October 1993 and 4th November 1998.
The Nigerian Navy on Saturday, paraded two suspects alleged to be members of militant group, Niger Delta Avengers in Delta State. The two suspects Stanley Toghan and Felix Miyenminiye were arrested in Sapele area of the state by men of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS). The Warri, Commander, NNS Delta, Commodore Joseph Dzunve who paraded... Read More
A pregnant woman has been shot dead after a clash over a disputed plot of land by Enwhe and Igbide communities of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state. Five persons were declared missing after the clash. According to Punch, the clash over the land could be dated back to 1967. It was reported... Read More
A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), has blown up a pipeline in Delta state. According to The Punch the group had threatened to blow up oil installations in the upland of the Niger Delta region, on Wednesday. The affected pipeline is a major trunk line operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company in Isoko,... Read More
A family land dispute went wrong in the Emevor community of Isoko-North Local Government Area of Delta State, after one Jude Boroh allegedly chopped off the hand of an extended family member. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 5pm on Saturday after a meeting involving the parties to demarcate and adjust a... Read More
Early Monday morning, suspected militants attacked a major crude oil exports trunk line close to Odimodi community in Delta State belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company. According to Vanguard,who confirmed the a resident of the community, Endoro New-world, said, “The incident occurred at 1a.m., with the intensity of the blast shaking apartments in the community amidst a... Read More
An Ogwashi-Uku High Court sitting in Delta state presided over by Justice A.O.Akpovi has sentenced two bus drivers, Okechukwu Mba, Christian Joseph and a conductor, Ekwe Nwomah to death by hanging for armed robbery. According to the NATION, the three accused persons were convicted by the court for the offence of conspiracy in count 1... Read More
Niger Delta Avengers, militant group responsible for several pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta region has claimed responsibility for yet another series of explosions. The spokesperson for the militant group, Mudoch Agbinibo has revealed that in the early hours of Friday, pipelines in Nembe, Bayelsa were attacked by Avengers’ agents. The militant group announced on its... Read More
The militant group responsible for several pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has reacted to claims made by the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Shehu Garba blaming the militants for the deaths of soldiers, policemen and civilians. In an interview, Garba Shehu had said, ‘Out... Read More
In spite of the Niger Delta Avengers’ warning against the repair of any destroyed oil installation in the oil rich region while dialogue is on, the Nigerian government has began work on a blown up pipeline. According to Vanguard, repair work has started on the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) pipeline at Ubefan Creek in Gbaramatu Kingdom,... Read More
Former militants operating under the aegis of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE-A), on Monday, called on the federal government not to dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers, saying that such a move will increase crisis in the region. The group made this known in a communique released after its meeting in Ughelli,... Read More
The lesson from the story below is that – even your police security orderly may not be your friend. A police officer allegedly shot at Nkechi Chukwurah, the Chairman Ndokwa East Council in Delta State. According to Southern City News, the police officer, identified as Dave, was attached to the security detail of Chukwurah, who is currently... Read More
Nigerian military operatives, on Sunday morning, invaded Ogulagha, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, arresting a chief and five other persons in the process. According to Vanguard, the men were arrested by the soldiers in connection with last Thursday’s bombing of Shell Nigeria Petroleum Company owned Forcados 48 Export Line by the Niger... Read More
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, pleaded with militants in the Niger Delta region to desist from bombing oil installations, saying that the people of the state are the greatest losers in the acts of violence. The Governor made this known while commissioning a recently completed road in the state. He further noted that... Read More
Following the militant attack on its oil installations, Shell Nigeria, on Friday, confirmed that the Niger Delta Avengers blew up the Forcados 48 inches under-repair by the Shell Petroleum Development Company terminal pipeline in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State This was disclosed by the company in a statement, wherein the it noted that... Read More
While the national rate of employment is declining, one state has good news. The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa,on Monday, disclosed that his administration had in the last year created 17, 173 jobs. The Governor said this while speaking with news men at a press conference in Asaba, the Delta state capital. Okowa, who presented... Read More
Groups of people led by the National Labor Congress across the nation are currently protesting the increase in pump price of petrol. From streets to government houses, see photos of protesters across the nation. Benin city Ekiti Abuja Delta Ogun
