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Protesters shut East-West road, demand NDDC administrator’s sacking Dele Ogunyemi, Warri The ever-busy East-West Road was shut down at the Agbarho end in Delta State on Thursday as hundreds of angry youths rejected the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission by the Federal Government. They called for the immediate appointment of a substantive board for the NDDC. Consequently, motorists plying the route were subjected to hard times following the resultant...

Our Correspondents THE President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that adequate measures had been put in place by the legislative...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri Prominent leaders of Okpe Kingdom in Delta State rose from the community summit, on Wednesday, declaring that anyone who wants to succeed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, in 2023, must be prepared to develop the state. This was contained in a resolution jointly issued by Patrick Akpotor (President General), Kingsley Akpederin (General Secretary) and  Atarhe Abu (National Publicity Secretary) at the end of the summit. The community leaders insisted that any...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri A popular cleric in Delta State and founder of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Warri, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, has splashed Christmas gifts and cash worth about N30m on his church workers and members. Sources said that the event, which was part of the end of the year activities of the church, “was aimed at soothing the current economic challenges on the masses.” “The people not only deserved to be fed with the word of God, but with ph...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri THE Royal Palace of Olu of Warri has denied the claim in some quarters that His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has died. While insisting on Tuesday that the monarch was alive, the Palace said the Olu of Warri “is indisposed and currently receiving medical attention by a team of qualified medical specialists.” Addressing journalists at a press conference, the Director of Palace Administration in the Olu of Warri Palace, Chief Clement Maleghemi, expre...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has bemoaned the prevailing bloodbath at settling communal disputes just as he reiterated his commitment to peace and cooperation among the various ethnic nationalities in Delta State. The frontline traditional ruler made the assertions at his Ajamimorha Royal Palace on Saturday on the occasion of the celebration of his fifth coronation anniversary which he described as “a significant milestone”. ...