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❚ You already voted!   The Nigeria Military have destroyed illegal oil refineries at Ibeto creek in Rivers State, Igbere TV reports. According to our source, ‘the illegal oil refineries have been going on for years not until today when a joint team of Nigerian Navy and Army stormed the area exploding everything on site’.     Illegal oil bunkering is a regular activity in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. Despite the huge financial cost on the part of the government and the mu...

Reps task FG on construction of irrigation Dams for agricultural purposes On By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to carry out a holistic Needs Assessment of Irrigation Dams across the country and ensure their expeditious construction for agricultural purposes. The House also urged the Federal Ministry of Power, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Independent Power Project (NIPP) to direct the Contr...

  By Wisdom Nwedene Uche Mefor, ex Deputy of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, has joined Asari Dokubo to fight Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. IGBERE TV recalls that Ex-Niger Delta militant, Dokubo had announced himself as the leader of the new “Biafra de facto customary government”. Uche Mefor who was Nnamdi Kanu’s Deputy has been appointed as Secretary of Information to the group formed by Dokubo. A source that spoke with IGBERE TV Correspondent on the condition of anonymity revealed that Uch...

❚ You already voted!   Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has drawn a battle line with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, following the minister’s recent verbal attack on South-south governors. In a video obtained by IGBERE TV, Wike said Akpabio failed ordinary Senate election and threatened to deal with him if he dared speak negatively about Rivers State, insisting that Akpabio had no authority to talk about his...

❚ You already voted!   Nollywood actor Charles Inojie has flooded the photo sharing platform with pictures to celebrate his birthday, Igbere TV reports. The actor turned 51 on Thursday. “Happy birthday to me ������������������” he wrote in his first post.   In another post he said, “For every village boy, seemingly hopeless, helpless and without a formidable support structure to compete in the open world, if you do not give up; you too shal...

❚ You already voted!   Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, led members of the State Executive Council (EXCO) in a solemn valedictory session honouring the late State Commissioner for Transport, Rt. Hon. Mathias Ekweremadu Jnr, who died on February 4, 2021, while in active service. Delivering his eulogy, Gov. Ugwuanyi who gave a heart rending narrative of how he received the unsettling news of late Ekweremadu’s sudden health challenge that ensued when he was att...

❚ You already voted!   The Chief Whip of the Senate , Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has just arrived the residence of the former President of Nigeria, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Igbere TV reports. Senator Kalu was ushered into Abdulsami’s residence,where he was received by General Abdulsami Abubakar himself. Kalu and Abubakar later proceeded for an indoor meeting which lasted over an hour.   The Chief Whip of the Senate earlier today paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Niger ...

❚ 1 You already voted!   The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi has expressed excitement over the improvement in the health of Ex. Deputy Governor of old Imo State, Chief Francis Orji as he visited him at Niger Barracks, Abuja on Sunday. IGBERE TV recalls that Chief Orji had a domestic accident a few weeks ago and has remained out of public appearance because of his ill health.     But the Governor on his visit to Chief Orji said, “We thank God that you are recuperatin...

❚ You already voted!   The Federal Government has threatened to suspend flight operations from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and The Netherlands. The government gave the hint in reaction to new COVID-19 protocols the countries announced for incoming travellers, Igbere TV reports.   The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday said both countries recently requested...

❚ 1 You already voted!   An apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC), has called on the new Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru to act quickly to withdraw all army checkpoints in the South East to avoid possible community clash between the army and Igbo youths. Ohanaeze also asked the Army to warn operatives posted to the region to desist from employing youths to extort motorists on their behalf and put an end to the extortion commuters or be ready to dea...