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Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri The Department of Petroleum Resources has approved the use of intrusion detection pipeline technology in the domestic oil and gas sector. The new technology, our correspondent gathered, would help identify and manage external corrosion, leaks and other interferences, following its technical evaluation and fitness checking by approval officers. It was further gathered that the approval of the new technology has the potential to stimulate investment ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri WORRIED by the influx of Fulani herdsmen into the Niger Delta forests, some stakeholders from the region have appealed to governments in the nine states of the region to rise up to the challenge. The stakeholders specifically urged governments of the states to promulgate laws that would checkmate the excesses of the herdsmen. One of them, the Pan Niger Delta Forum, said, “Open grazing and an unhindered movement of herdsmen constitute security ris...

Dele Ogunyemi, Warri A 50-year-old woman has committed suicide by drinking a pesticide in the Oghene Road area of Sapele, Delta State. The mother...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri The immediate past Chairman of Ugbori community in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Godwin Metie, has been shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen perpetrated the act around 9pm on Monday at Merogun, a volatile area of the Warri metropolis. According to sources, the deceased was waylaid by the mask-wearing hoodlums, who opened fire on him at close range. He reportedly gave up the ghost on ...

Dele Ogunyemi, WarriDelta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a policeman and a soldier by gunmen at a military checkpoint at Oto...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri The Department of Petroleum Resources has warned those who indulge in illegal sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and other sharp practices to desist from such henceforth. It said ‘black market’ gas distribution was a serious danger to the gas sector. Operations Controller, DPR, Warri Zonal Office, Mr Antai Asuquo, gave the warning at the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the DPR, Warri Zonal Office on Thursday at Ugboroke Community near Warri. He sai...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Comrade Monday Izu, Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Delta State University, Abraka Branch. Sources said that the labour leader was abducted on Thursday night. His whereabouts was yet to be ascertained as at noon on Friday as the kidnappers were yet to open any contact with family members of the victim. The abduction was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer for Delta State ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri DELTA State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has ordered an immediate investigation into Wednesday’s death of a woman and her daughter in Warri axis of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba. According to him, the sad news of the death of a woman and her daughter in a rather bizarre circumstance in Warri on Wednesday is quite unfortunate and disheartening. The governor condoled w...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri A commercial tricycle operator in Sapele, Delta State, simply identified as Kevwe, has reportedly committed suicide by publicly drinking an insecticide following his inability to raise money to treat a medical condition. He was said to have drunk the insecticide at Olympia, a popular location within Sapele city centre along Abeke by Adeola road, as he reportedly parked his tricycle beside the ever busy road and openly took the insecticide while sit...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri The Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, for the South-South, Bishop Simeon Okah has said that the raging insecurity across the country is “disturbing and assuming an alarming rate.” Making the assertion in Warri, Delta State, on Saturday during a media chat on the state of the nation, the P FN leader expressed displeasure over the increase in the wave of criminalities in the country saying the government should forcefully w...