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South-South women reject call for Akpabio’s resignation

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2023 0

… call NDWL officials, Timi Frank idle talkers, bunch of worthless wimps By Nosa Àkeñzua South-South women has criticized calls for the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to resign. They also described the Niger Delta Women League (NDWL), former Deputy National Spokesman of the All Progressives

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Group backs South-South governors’ calls for the inauguration of NDDC board

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition (NDRC) has said that it is in agreement with the demands of the Governors of the South-South States for the immediate inauguration of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to run the agency in line with the NDDC Act. In a statement made available […]

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Columnist: The South-south demand on the Federal Government

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2020 0

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha On 17th November, a meeting was scheduled in Port-Harcourt between political, social and cultural leaders of the beleaguered South-south region and the presidency was botched at the last minute because the delegation had to attend an ‘emergency security meeting’, in Abuja. Television footage showed elegantly dressed elderly traditional rulers and

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Alleged N81.5bn NDDC Sleaze: South-South Elders Forum insists on judicial inquiry

Ihesiulo Grace 3 August 2020 0

High Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, National Coordinator of the South-South Elders Forum and a Trustee of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has reiterated calls on the Federal Government to set up a judicial panel of inquiry with a view to probing allegations of corruption at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).    In an exclusive interview with […]

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Wike, Udom, Obaseki, Okowa, Diri set to float regional security outfit

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2020 0

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, his Delta State counterpart, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and other South-South State governors have set in motion machinery that would see to the establishment of a regional security outfit. Obaseki, who disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with the governors in Asaba, said the decision was necessary to tackle […]

Business

Okowa, South-South govs to declare NEXIM Bank Forum open in Asaba

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2020 0

Nigerian Export-Import Bank, NEXIM, in collaboration with Delta State Government has concluded plans to host a 3-Days Export Enlightenment and Engagement Forum, tagged Asaba 2020, from Tuesday, January 28th to Thursday 30th. The forum is a deliberate and strategic step  to boost economic growth in the South-South geopolitical zone. It is a core assigned official […]

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Gov Wike berates FG for allegedly stopping Prince Charles from visiting South-South

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2018 0

The Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government for allegedly shielding Prince Charles of Wales from the neglected Niger Delta that produced the nation’s wealth. Speaking when he granted audience to international preacher, Evangelist Daniel Kolenda, at Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday,

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Edo, Cross River absent as South South Governors meet Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2018 0

Four governors from the South South geo-political zone elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday held a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa, Abuja. The State Governors: Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Serieke Dickson (Bayelsa); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom). But Edo State Governor […]

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Edo State strategize to become South-South’ Silicon Valley

Ihesiulo Grace 8 October 2018 0

Technology’s experts have tipped Edo State to become the heart of the digital revolution in South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, even as the state government has set the machinery in motion to position the state to become the go-to place for digital solutions in the Niger Delta region and its environs. This projection was made […]

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S’South Govs back devolution of powers, fiscal federalism

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2018 0

Six Governors, under the auspices of the South-South Governors Forum have resolved to unanimously work with like minds to ensure that, the country is restructured and returned to true federalism, with powers devolved from the centre to the federating units. The Governors said that for Nigeria to be stable, peaceful and prosperous, it should be […]

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Amaechi calls for dialogue as solution to national question

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, Wednesday urged Nigerians to seek dialogue as a means providing answers to the national question. He said disintegration as some are championing, is not an option worth pursuing. Amaechi stated this at the presentation of ‘Dignity in Service,’ the autobiography of late former Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Matthew Mbu, in […]

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APC South-South leaders urge Buhari to declares 2019 intentions

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

South-South leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC), have expressed satisfaction with the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari in his three years in government, urging him to again throw his hat in the ring for the 2019 contest. At a meeting to appraise political actors in Nigeria, the leaders praised Buhari for investing in roads, […]

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IDP Missing Rice: South-South PDP condemns Edo Police’s quizzing of Orbih

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2018 0

The South-South Zonal Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday condemned the quizzing of the Edo State party chairman, Dan Orbih by the State Police Command for accusing the governor of diverting rice meant for the Internally Displaced Persons in the state. The condemnation was made in a-7- point communique issued and read […]

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Untried Pro Biafra Detainees Must Not Die In Nigeria’s Government Captivity -Intersociety

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2018 0

(Onitsha Nigeria, 10th February 2018)-Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law is calling on Nigeria’s central Government of Retired Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that 87 pro Biafra detainees held untried in various prisons and detention facilities in Southeast and South-south Nigeria including those of its secret police do not die […]

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APC will win 2019 election- South-South leaders insist

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

…Condemn calls for Oyegun’s removal South-South leaders have commended the courage and patriotism of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, insisting the country’s ruling party will win the next general election. The leaders also came down hard on the suspended national deputy publicity secretary of APC, Mr. Timi

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Buhari is a big roadblock in Atiku’s way – South-South leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2017 0

Prominent leaders in the South-South geo-political zone on have defended the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the National Chairman of the ruling party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun for providing good leadership, curbing impunity in the party and thinking of the interest of all. In a statement in Yenegoa, the Bayelsa State […]

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APC South-South leaders tackle Timi Frank, says ‘You are mischievous’

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2017 0

Prominent politicians in the South-South geo-political zone have come out condemning the suspended deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Timi Frank, describing him as mischievous. At a meeting in Yenegoa, the leaders scolded Frank for cutting a very bad image for the zone within the party. The leaders in a […]

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Senator accuses FG of double standard over declaration of IPOB as terrorist group

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

The national leader, South-South, of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Senator Roland Owie, has faulted the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari- administration to declare the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group, saying it smacks of double standard. Owie pointed out that the Buhari administration was not walking the way of justice and […]

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Ogwashi-Uku Poly Bubbles For NIPOGA Zonal Elimination Games

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2017 0

Delta owned Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, near Asaba, is to poly host to the South-South Zonal elimination of the 2017 Nigerian Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA) few weeks from now. The Rector of the institution, Dr. (Mrs.) Edna Nneka Moegekwu who confirmed this to our reporter, noted that the school ever since she took over the mantle of leadership […]