Itsekiri Youths call for careful management of pipeline surveillance contracts in Niger Delta
The Itsekiri Youths for Good Governance (IYGG) has urged the federal government to ensure careful management and oversight of pipeline surveillance contracts in the Niger Delta to maintain safety and operational efficiency. In a statement issued on Monday, the group stressed that pipeline surveillance is a critical component of national infrastructure protection and should be […]
Escravos oil threats: Okowa advises Ijaw/Itsekiri to sustain win-win option
By Etop Ekanem Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has advised aggrieved Ijaw of Gbaramatu Kingdom and Itsekiri in the Escravos area of Warri South-West Local Government Area to sustain dialogue to achieve a win-win outcome with the Federal Government, over pending demands. In an earlier conference, the Gbaramatu Kingdom in a statement by its […]
Chairman, Itsekiri Bible translator, Aganbi, dies at 99
By Jimitota Onoyume Chairman Itsekiri Bible translator, Deacon Stephen Ejueyitsi Aganbi, has passed on at the age of 99 years at his residence in Koko, headquarters, Warri North local government area, Delta state. A statement made available to newsmen in Warri signed by Mr Felix Aganbi said the late Aganbi, a London trained Lawyer was […]
IRDC, others urged to halt bid opening for devt projects
Itsekiri Regional Development Council, IRDC, and other parties in a move to open a proposed bid for building projects in Itsekiri oil and gas producing impacted communities under the Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU, between Chevron Nigeria Limited, Itsekiri Oil and Gas Producing/Impacted communities and Delta State government have been urged to put the matter on hold.
Itsekiri devt c’ttee opens bid for housing, hospitals, jetties projects
Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC, on Monday, began the process for the award of new housing, hospitals, roads and jetties’ projects, with a bid opening ceremony.
Old Warri province urged to support Okumagba as MD NDDC
A prominent community leader in Warri mainland and former member Delta state Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, Prince Churchill Oki has enjoined various ethnic groups in the old Warri province and the entire state to rally support for Chief Bernard Okumagba to succeed as Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Oki who is […]
NDDC: Lori-Ogbebor faults appointments, demands positions for Itsekiri
Rights activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has faulted what she termed the sidelining of Itsekiri ethnic group in the appointment of Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and Chairman of the board of the commission, describing the action as against the Act establishing the NDDC.
Itsekiri displaced by leadership crisis return from 2-yr exile
The Nigeria Police Warri Area Commander, ACP Mohammed Garba, has been commended for the return of over 150 indigenes of Ugbeogungun community, an Itsekiri settlement, in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State to their homeland.
Itsekiri group appeals for completion of Warri-Ode Itsekiri road
Itsekiri Progress Club, IPC, a platform of prominent Itsekiri, has urged governor Ifeanyi Okowa to complete the Trans Warri-Ode Itsekiri road linking the oil-rich city with the ancestral home of Itsekiri nation, Ode Itsekiri.
Itsekiri community laments alleged abandonment of Ogidigben Central Hospital
The people of oil rich Ogidigben community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has lamented the alleged abandonment of the Ogidigben Central Hospital, by both the State Government and oil companies operating in the area, saying that several persons have died due to lack of medical equipment and doctors in the hospital.
Ward structure: Itsekiri nation urges INEC to comply with Appeal Court judgement
ITSEKIRI ethnic nationality has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to comply with an Appeal Court judgment in suit No CA/B/482M/18 directing it to revert to the 10— ward structure in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.
Itsekiri in US give scholarship to students
WARRI—Ugbajo Itsekiri has given scholarship to students of Itsekiri origin in higher institutions across the country.
HOSTCOM crisis: Itsekiri youths petition Olu of Warri
The youth wing of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, Itsekiri Chapter, Delta State, has petitioned the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli, over alleged unfair interference in the affairs of the chapter by a Warri chief.
DELTA SOUTH: Ijaw, Isoko, Urhobo, Itsekiri leaders back Diden
By Emma Amaize WARRI – IJAW and Isoko leaders in Delta State have assured Delta South Senatorial aspirant, Hon. Michael Diden, aka Ejele, of the people’s support for his ambition. You wiped our tears —Chief Okirika Former Chairman of Delta State Oil-Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Wellington Okirika, who received the aspirant during a […]
DELTA SOUTH: Don’t overheat the polity, ICUK tells aspirants
The Itsekiri Congress UK has urged all aspirants vying for the Delta South Senatorial District seat in the forthcoming elections to play by the rules of engagement and not overheat the polity, noting that elections can be peaceful, cordial, transparent and devoid of violence and wanton killings of innocent citizens.
GMoU: 438 Itsekiri youths begin entrepreneurship after training
No fewer than 438 youths of Itsekiri extraction, drawn from the over 20 Itsekiri communities of Chevron Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU, under Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC, are to begin full scale entrepreneurship after successfully undergoing intensive training.
