A former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, has condemned the killing of 17 officers of the Nigerian Army in Delta, describing the incident as very sad and unfortunate. Obanikoro, also a former Ambassador to Ghana, made the remark while speaking with the News Agency of...
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A cross section of Nigerians have condemned the recent killing of soldiers in Delta, saying any attack on security personnel is a direct threat to public order and rule of law, and an offence that is worse than treason. They said such attacks are unacceptable and must be...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the gruesome murder of 6 brave officers who tragically fell victim to a cowardly ambush by armed assailants while undertaking a mission to investigate the disappearance and rescue of three of their colleagues in the Ohoro Forest,...
President Bola Tinubu has said the perpetrators of the killing of soldiers in Delta State will face certain justice, warning that his administration will not tolerate attacks on the military and security infrastructure. The President, who hosted the leadership of the Senate to a dinner to break...
A Delta High Court sitting in Effurun has granted Brownhill Investment Company and Mr David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, an out-of-court settlement. Justice Michael Obi of High Court Three, Effurun, on Thursday commended both parties for the amicable resolution to settle out of court. “I...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said the slain military personnel in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, will be conferred with national honours. He disclosed this at the breaking of the Ramadan fast on Wednesday in Abuja with the Speaker of...
The Senate Joint Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force on Wednesday in Abuja met with the Service Chiefs over the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuoma Community in Delta. The meeting observed a minute silence in honour of the late 16 soldiers before going into a...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Ahmad Lawan, has said the killing of military personnel in Okuoma community in Delta on March 14, is an assault on security and stability of the Niger Delta region. Lawan made his position known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. He...
The Nigerian Military has debunked claims that it has embarked on reprisal attacks on Okuama Community in Delta. Some members of the community had on Thursday ambushed and murdered the Commanding Officer of 181 Army Amphibious Battalion, two Majors, one Captain and 12 soldiers. The Director Defence Media...
Ministry of Defence on Monday condemned as unacceptable, Thursday’s killing of 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta by youths of the community. Youths of the community killed the battalion’s Commanding Officer, Lt.-Col. AH Ali, two...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Defence Headquarters to fish out those who killed military officers and men in Delta. It would be recalled that a Commanding Officer, two Majors, one Captain, 12 soldiers and a civilian, lost their lives on Thursday in an...
The Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District, Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has called for a thorough investigation into the alleged murder of 16 soldiers in Okuama Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta. The lawmaker, in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Warri, condemned the...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has ordered a probe into the tragic killing of four senior officers and 12 soldiers in Delta State. It was gathered that the slain military personnel responded to a distress call after the communal crisis between the Okuama and...
Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta) has said the Nigeria Army’s discovery of an illegal bomb and arms factory in a community in Delta on Wednesday is of national concern. He was reacting to the discovery in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army have uncovered and neutralised a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory, operated by armed fighters of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Delta. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday...
The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta), has stressed the need to investigate the unexplained delay in electricity step-down of Okpai Power Plant. Nwoko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, that investigating the delay had become imperative as the plant...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has flagged off the distribution of palliatives for victims of the 2022 flood disaster in communities across the 25 local government areas of Delta State. Speaking during the presentation ceremony at the Sapele Athletic Club in Sapele,...
Residents of Abigborodo and Obagboro Communities in the Warri North Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta on Friday held a peaceful protest over the ownership of the Kuri Oil Field. They consequently called on both the state and federal governments to intervene before the situation escalates into a...
A former member of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume has mourned a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, describing his exit as a monumental loss to Delta State in particular and Nigeria in general. Araraume, who, together with Ojougboh and many other associates,...