HER name is synonymous with entrepreneurship, having pioneered the Ritalori brand, especially in the hospitality industry.

THE Concerned Itsekiri Coastal Dwellers, CICD, has berated the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited over the recent OMoU renegotiation.

THE Warri Ijaw Monitoring Group, WIMPG, yesterday, said the claim by Itsekiri ethnic group, through the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, that the site of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, belonged to it, is false

Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILoT, Delta State, yesterday, faulted the claim by the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, that the group had the mandate of Niger Delta leaders to dialogue with the Federal Government, saying it was untrue.

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has assured the management of an indigenous oil and gas company, Pinnacle Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited that “Itsekiri people are unique and never anybody’s problem in Warri.”

National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, and National Association of Itsekiri Students, NAIS, have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Delta State Government, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara and the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim to find the killers of an Itsekiri student, whose dead body was found at the institution’s staff quarters’ junction, last weekend.

Of all his contemporary traditional rulers, particularly around the Niger Delta, that fought intruder British imperialists, got tried and exiled in his time, Chief Nanna Olomu was the only one who returned home to re-establish his throne and pre-eminence before he died.

ITSEKIRI ethnic nationality in Delta State, yesterday, accused some serving and former governors in the Niger Delta, of fraternizing with militants to wreak havoc in the region, only to openly and secretly call on the Federal Government to dialogue and drop the criminal charges against them.

ITSEKIRI leaders, through the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILOT, yesterday raised more justifications for their call on Delta State House of Assembly not to pass the 2016 budget of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, over allegations of “official corruption.”

ACTIVITIES marking the final funeral rites for the late Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II, continued, yesterday, at Ode-Itsekiri in Warri South local government area of Delta State with entertainment and homages in honour of the departed monarch.

ITSEKIRI Joint Action Group, IJAG, a coalition of organizations of Itsekiri ethnic nationality in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, laid siege to the office of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, shutting down its activities.

President Muhammadu Buhari, has commiserated with the Itsekiri people of Delta State on the passage of their revered monarch, Ogiame Atuwatse II, the Olu of Warri.

Given the prominent role the Itsekiri ethnic nationality play in the socio economic well-being of the country, it was a shock to many Itsekiris that not one of them was nominated among the 492 delegates to the conference.

ITSEKIRI women, under the aegis of Benin River Women Forum, BRWF, have resolved to embark on protests over what they alleged was “hatred and discrimination against Itsekiri youths, who are beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s amnesty programmes,” by officials in the Amnesty Office, Abuja.

THE recent aggression on some Itsekiri communities in our Warri North Local Government Area by some Ijaw militants in which a number of Itsekiris were killed and their houses razed down, to my mind, was an unfortunate development and it was uncalled for. Although those who perpetrated the dastardly act gave their reason as political marginalization in the LGA, it was however, a good thing that Ijaw leaders were unanimous in joining their Itsekiri counterparts to condemn the attack in its entirety.