Category: Niger Delta
Tompolo’s 119th Birthday Celebration in the Forest of the Gods: A Dialogue with Aziza
By Asiayei Enaibo AZIZA Father Igologolo, Aferekiripon! I dip my fingers into your pot of power to redeem my father’s vow made before your sacred altar in the days of antiquity before I came to see the light of the Earth when I was you and now I am you then you in your mercy…
Group Condemns FG’s Use Of Asari Dokubo As Mercenary For Protection
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has criticized the Federal Government for employing mercenaries allegedly connected to Mujahid Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), to protect the Abuja-Kaduna road, which has become notorious for criminal activities. HURIWA stated that the government, particularly the Nigerian Army and…
Ijaw Nation Mourns the death of Barrister Smooth Band Members in Auto Crash
The Ijaw Nation is in mourning following the tragic death of prominent Ijaw musician, Chief Barrister Smooth’s band members, a promising female highlife musician, Ikesima Brown, and five other members of their popular band in a fatal road accident along the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on Sunday. Chief Barrister Smooth The news of the accident has left…
Environmental genocide in Bayelsa: Report Says Clean-Up To Cost $12 Billion
I, therefore, on behalf of the government and people of Bayelsa State, pledge our commitment to act decisively and speedily on the recommendations of this report that has been painstakingly put together. In doing so, we remain open to robust and genuine engagements with all stakeholders”
People and Cultures in the Niger Delta
The Laduno Lake in the tropical forest of Ikibiri community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria provides an epic fishing festival in cultural repertoire of Ijaws in the Niger delta region of Nigeria. Click the “Subscribe” button and Watch video to the end:
Governor Douye Diri is defeating hunger in IDP camps.
The best efforts of the Bayelsa State Governor His Excellency Senator Douye Diri is yielding remarkable results as inmates of the government established Oxbow-lake Pavilion Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp enjoys breakfast this morning. On the menu this morning from the Prosperity Kitchen was, beans porridge with bread and noodles. The residents who coordinated themselves…
Flood In The City
Arietallin Street in Ovom used to be one of the busy commercial hub in Yenagoa capital of Bayelsa state until this raging flood came and changed the tide of commercial activities as people scamper for dear life in the Niger Delta.
Oil Theft in Niger Delta: Many Soldiers Are Involved — INC
•Inside story of the cartel that steals crude with impunity •How Sylva, Kyari convinced Buhari to hire Tompolo For many years, security personnel deployed in the Niger Delta to guard oil installations and stop crude oil bunkering had turned themselves into oil bandits in collusion with some International Oil Companies, IOCs, government officials and oil bunkers. They…
How Tompolo Got Pipeline Surveillance Contract — NDDC chief
Following the uproar generated by the oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to an ex-militant leaders Government Ekpemopolo (aka Tompolo), the Special Assistant on Youth to the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Udengs Eradiri, said Tompolo followed due process before the contract was awarded to him. Eradiri stated this while representing the Interim…
