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The Association of Oil and Gas Communities in Delta State stormed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) office in Abuja yesterday, demanding that the former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, be investigated for allegedly diverting N1.07 trillion from the 13 per cent oil derivation fund. The association made up of representatives […]
Deputy President of the Senate and Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised to address the developmental needs of riverine communities in the state if elected as the next governor. Omo-Agege, who lamented the absence of social amenities and development in Itsekiri and Egbema communities […]
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, marks 56 years since Chief Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh was killed during the first coup in Nigeria. To mark the occasion, Dr. Mrs Dere Awosika (with some of her siblings) is launching the nine storey Okotie-Eboh Overlook Condominiums built on the grounds of the former estate of their father, Chief […]
Chief Ayirimi Emami, the embattled Ologbotsere of Warri, has urged Itsekiris living in major cities and towns across the world to return to their various homelands, particularly communities in the riverine areas, to celebrate this year’s yuletide. Chief Emami, who had been in court to challenge his suspension as Ologbotsere of Warri by a […]
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and his wife, Olori Atuwatse III, on Monday marked their seventh wedding anniversary. The Olori took to her Instagram page to share pictures of their wedding day. In the caption, she poetically showered prayers on her husband as they celebrated their union. She wrote, “Happy Wedding Anniversary […]
The Itsekiri Liberation Group, ILG, has threatened to challenge the Federal Government in the law court, if it goes ahead to constitute a substantive Board for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, without appointing an Itsekiri indigene as Chairman or MD, insisting, “Any attempt to constitute a substantive Board of the NDDC with any other […]
Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, has appealed to the Itsekiri people of the state not to do anything that will rubbish the throne, insisting there is no alternative to peace and unity in the matter. Ibori said: “I plead with all, no matter the divide you belong to in this […]
Rights activist, Chief Rita Lori Ogbebor, has called on Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to avert another crisis between Ijaw and Itsekiri by calling those threatening to sack Itsekiri communities from their lands. She also warned that recent events in the area were reminiscent of the early days of the Ijaw/Itsekiri crisis also […]
As the emergence of Prince Tsola Emiko as Olu-designate continues to generate cross-reactions, a section of the ruling the house has faulted the selection process that produced the son of Ogiame Atuwatse ll as Ikenwoli’s successor. Some of the princes from the ruling house have criticised the method of his selection without reference to […]
….Palace bans partying for three months to mourn deceased monarch Descendants of the Itsekiri nation from across the country, yesterday, gathered at Ode-Itsekiri, the ancestral home of the Itsekiri people, to herald the unveiling of the Olu designate, Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, 37. The transition ritual began when one of the chiefs gave a […]
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