Warri, Nigeria News

By Kingsley Omonobi & Gabriel Enogholase BENIN CITY - THE Ekpoma branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr.

The House of Representatives and the Presidency yesterday agreed on a new and more specific royalty regime for crude oil bearing communities in the country.

By Daniel Gumm , Warri AN Itsekiri group, Benin River Forum yesterday advised the newly-appointed Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Victor Otomewo, to use his position as a genuine opportunity for the change that is desired in the state, even as a Warri-base public affairs analyst and political commentator, Comrade ...

By Emma Amaize WARRI - OPERATIONS of the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company may be affected as from today if the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers make good its threat to shut down the company, following the management's lackadaisical attitude to the supposed poor conditions of service of its 2,000 members.

Former Commissioner of Education in Delta State, Dr. Ogbuagu, has expressed worry about the deficiencies in the nation's school system which has affected the reading culture of over 80 percent of students in the country.

NIGERIAN youths have been urged to fully embrace the opportunity for qualitative training as their future might depend on the type of training and education they receive as young people.

By Emma Arubi WARRIa 'MIDNIGHT fire, Saturday, gutted the multi-million naira 911tourist resort and beach at Ugborodo, Escravos, Warri South-West local government area of Delta State, wreaking havoc on the cinema section.

On Friday, October 6, 1995, between 8.15 and 8.30 am, five men in a Peugeot 504 car came to the premises of 79~year~old nationalist and one of the founding leaders of the then Action Group, Pa Alfred Rewane at 100, Oduduwa Crescent, G.R.A, Ikeja.

By Emma Arubi WARRI - DELTA State Ijaw Oil and Gas Producing Communities' Executives Forum has commended militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, and other leaders in the region for keying into the amnesty agenda of President Yar Adua, saying their struggle was for the equitable distribution of the national cake.

By Daniel Gumm WARRI - COMMUNITY leaders and individuals of Itsekiri stock, who may be in possession of any unlicensed weapon have been warned against keeping such weapons beyond October 4, 2009, or be prepared to bear the consequences of unguided obduracy by not espousing and taking advantage of the window of opportunities provided by President ...

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna- The Secretary to the Kaduna State Government , Mr. Waje Yayok, who was kidnapped in the state 10 days ago has been re-united with his family and colleagues after the government allegedly paid N20 million ransom to his abductors.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa - As apprehension heightens in Ijaw land over the October 4 Federal Government's deadline to militants to disarm, the Ijaw in diaspora yesterday dismissed the deal, saying only armistice and justice could bring about genuine and lasting peace in the Niger Delta and not the use of force.

By Kinsley Omonobi Frontline militant leader in Delta State, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo's call on the Federal Government last week, to extend the October 4, deadline fixed by the Amnesty Committee for Niger Delta militants to lay down their arms and ammunition and embrace peace, is aimed at ensuring a smooth and enduring peace ...

By Emma Arubi WARRI - Operations of Nigerian Agip Oil Company in riverine Burutu local government council area of Delta State have stirred up multiple land ownership problem, with the Gbekebo people charging the traditional ruler of Obotebe kingdom to desist from threatening the company, insisting that the land belongs to them.

By Festus Ahon UGHELLI - A human rights activist and Warri-based legal practitioner, Dr.

Parties At A Critical Juncture -060909 By Alabi Williams R ECENTLY, a politician of the opposition clan, who ventured to mount the podium to express disenchantment with the state of the nation and to remind his fellow politicians of the dangers of flagrant political abuses, was promptly summoned by the intelligence/security services, to explain why ...

By Victor Ahiuma-Young NATIONAL Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers , has called for immediate rehabilitation of displaced natives and inhabitants of Gbaramatu area of Warri, DeltaA State and Odi in Bayelsa as well as other displaced people affected by the crisis in the Niger Delta region in order to boost the amnesty deal, warning that the ...

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN - A Peoples Democratic Party stalwart in Delta State, Mr.

RIVERS: Arms Yet To Flow In Massively T HE first large scale turn-in of weapons by armed groups fighting in the Niger Delta took place on Thursday at Okomgba-Ogoloma, in Okrika council of Rivers State.

If militants surrender one gun, they'll keep five RITA LORI-OGBEBOR Courtesy of Nigerian Vanguard Politics Aug 19, 2009 You seem to be so much scared of the Niger Delta situation, why are you so much afraid about what is going on in the creeks of the region? I am afraid, and I have been afraid for a very long time.