Dickson appoints ex-MEND leader to head task force on piracy
Troubled by the upsurge in piracy on the state waterways, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has approved the appointment of former leader of defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Ebikabowei Victor-Ben, aka Boyloaf, and others to lead a special task force to curb criminality in the creeks of the state.
Nwabuakwu emerges Aniocha North PDP candidate
The Aniocha North chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has elected Mr. Henry Nwabuakwu as its chairmanship flag bearer in the forthcoming council elections scheduled for October 25 in Delta State.
I’m committed to Delta guber, says Omo-Agege
FORMER Secretary to Delta State Government, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, has said that he was committed to adding value to the governance of Delta State if elected in the forthcoming 2015 governorship polls, noting that he was not a reluctant aspirant.
DELTA 2015: PDP urged to support Ijaw
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hierarchy and stakeholders have been enjoined to consider the Ijaw ethnic group in Delta State for the next governorship slot in the state.
Contest and plunge Nigeria into violence, anarchy, Northern delegates warn Jonathan, others
NORTHERN delegates at the on- going National Conference have threatened that if President Goodluck Jonathan presents himself for re- election in the 2015 presidential election, it would plunge the country into political chaos.
Boat migrant arrivals to Italy up 500 percent in 2014
The number of boat migrants arriving in Italy soared 500 percent in the first half of the year, already topping a 2011 record during the Arab Spring uprisings, EU border agency Frontex said Tuesday,
