By EgbemaVoice, The President said this on Tuesday at the inauguration of a new Customs Headquarters in Abuja, said to have cost N19.6 billion. President Muhammadu Buhari has said that only God can effectively guard Nigeria’s borders, as he noted that Lake Chad to Benin Republic is more than 1,600 kilometres long. The President said this on Tuesday at the inauguration of a new Customs Headquarters in Abuja, said to have cost N19.6 billion. Buhari said Nigerians who criticised him for closing land borders to encourage local food production later appreciated it, The Nation reports. He said, “Please note that from Lake Chad to Benin Republic is more than 1,600 kilometres, only God can effectively guard the borders. “So you need a person who has the energy and the competence to supervise. I deliberately closed the borders because knowing Nigerians, they order rice, give some to Niger and the rest, and then they bring the rice here. “With our potential, we have people, we have land, and wea

By EgbemaVoice  Governor Yahaya Inuwa of Gombe State has emerged as the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF).  Advertisement The Gombe leader will be taking over from his Plateau State counterpart Simon Lalong. Lalong has been serving in the position since 2019. More to follow…

By EgbemaVoice, Egbema clan IYC chairman, Comrade Gagbemi Peter Toruwei has  felicitated with Hon. Spencer Okpoye on his well deserved appointment as Commissioner representing the Ijaw Ethnic nationality in the board of Delta state oil producing Area development communities (DESOPADEC.).   According to the clan chairman Peter, said, On behalf of the good people of Egbema clan IYC, he wholeheartedly, congratulate Hon. Spencer Okpoye on his nomination and subsequent confirmation as member of the board, He remark that, Hon. Spencer appointment into the DESOPADEC commissioner is well deserved as we are confident of his expertise and leadership qualities in bringing about effective representation to the Ijaw ethnic nationality. Developing story.....

      By EgbemaVoice, Egbema focus group (EFG), a social cultural organization that advocating for Egbema kingdom development, has lauded Governor,, Sen. Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa , on the appointment of Egbema grassroots leader, Hon. Spencer Okubo Okpoye, as commissioner representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality board of DESOPADEC,  According to the group national director of publicity, comrade Tamara-Ebi Idaji, say, It gives the Egbema kingdom honour and pleasure to extend there heartfelt appreciation to the Governor Sen. Dr. Okowa, for placing Egbema kingdom high, commended his legacies of fairness and equity,  Egbema focus group extend their sincere congratulations and warmest wishes on her kins son Hon. Spencer Okpoye, for his deserve appointment as commissioner representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality board of DESOPADEC,  I wish his Excellency Governor Okowa success as he finish strong in all his endeavours as Governor of Delta state, 

Hon. Spencer O. Okpoye,  BY EgbemaVoice, The Delta state Governor sen. Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa has appointed  Hon. Spencer O. okpoye as commissioner representing Ijaw Ethnic nationality for Delta state oil producing Area development communities, (DESOPADEC), DEVELOPING STORY..........

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share this post   Warri____ A coalition of civil society groups in the oil-rich Niger Delta region has said the open letter reportedly written by some ex-agitators to incoming President Ahmed Bola Tinubu was very “misplaced, fallacious and regrettable.” Consisting of the Niger Delta Solidarity Forum, Niger Delta Progressive Front and Coalition of Niger Delta Youth Movement, the coalition in a joint statement in Warri, the Delta state capital, insisted that the open letter was devoid of truth and could be inciting. According to them, the authors decided to supplant truth with lies, adding that “such must not be allowed to flourish in the minds of the people, lest they believe the concocted lies”. It is worrisome that the writers of the open letter admitted that there was a case of multiple accounts being operated by a single individual detected by the forensic exercise conducted by the Barry Ndiomu-led Presidential Amnesty Programme. “What is more worrisome is

Agadagba!!!! Agadagba!!!!!!!!! Agadagba!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Bini Pere IV, The Agadagba of Egbema kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Ambassador Meshack E.A Ubabiri (JP), will start his first Familiarisation visit to all Egbema clans and communities in Edo and Delta states, it will commence on the 6th to 12th June 2023,  His Royal Majesty Bini Pere IV, Agadagba of Egbema kingdom. Below are details of date and time of visit to each Clans and  Communities, ( Day 1)  6th June: Ofunama 10am to 1.pm same day 2.pm to 5pm Ogbinbiri community ( Day 2)    7th June:  Jamagie.10am to 1pm.same day,2pm to 5pm Ogbudugbudu community. (Day 3)  8th June: Opuama 10am to 1pm Same day,2pm to 5pm Polobubor Community. (Day 4)   9th June: Abadigbene. 10am to 1pm Same day stop over at Sunny Jero Zion 2pm to 4pm. (Day 5)  10th June: Abere. 10am to 1pm same day 2pm to 5pm Ugbolukanga. (Day 6)   11th June: Gbeoba 10am to 1pm, (Day 7)   12th June: Ajakurama 10am to 2pm same day 6pm till down life band play in remembrance of

By zik Zulu Okafor His social life was blunted. Perhaps by his reticent disposition.His persona, two dimensional. To a distant public, he was upscale and cool . His manly bearing spoke loud. His onscreen image ironically amplified some idiosyncrasies ; heroics, romantic adventures and traits that did not gel with the mortal privacy that eerily define his quiet and lonely life.   Saint Obi, real name, Obinna Nwafor, was shy, almost bordering on timidity and insecurity. He cherished the pleasantly tranquil interractions among a few friends. He would vanish at any outburst that could upset the poise of such small meetings. As he repeatedly told me, he just wanted to live a cool, quiet and fulfilled life. But, has he lived this cool and fulfilled life he envisioned ? I have my doubts. I tell Saint's story here with painful tears in my eyes ; because he was a star, a super star whose life turned out a gleam of irony .  Yet, it was this stardom that fetched him his much professed fin

By EgbemaVoice, Four persons, including staff of the United States Embassy in Nigeria and security agents have been shot dead in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State. The convoy of the officials came under attack in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. According to sources, four persons were killed in the tragic incident. Giving further insight of the attack, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relations Officer, said two policemen and two officials of the US Consulate were murdered. In a statement, the command spokesman said the incident occurred along Atani, Osamale road in Ogbaru LGA around 3:30pm. “The Joint Security Forces have embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of U S Consulate today 16/5/2023 by 3:30 pm along Atani, Osamale road. The hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies ablaze and their vehicles. Also, the arsonist/murderers on sighti

Alhaji Emmanuel Omoko (The Bolowei of Egbema), Opuama and Tsekelewu welfare associations ,oil and gas committees and Bloc leadership, Hon. Alhaji Emmanuel Omoko, The Bolouwei of Egbema kingdom, By EgbemaVoice, The Bolouwei of Egbema kingdom, Hon. Leader Alhaji Emmanuel Omoko, has meet with the oil rich Opuama and Tsekelewu (Polobubo) communities of Egbema kingdom, Warri North local Government Area of Delta state, welfare association, oil and gas committees and bloc leadership at Sapele town, on 13th Saturday May, 2023, over the NNPC, CONOIL and PIA matters, It was resolved that there is need to engage and interact with ourselves not to cause unnecessary crises by building and counting non-existing houses and villages . He advised that we stop the illegal structures so as to enable us achieve a peaceful PIA process in Opuama and Tsekelewu communities  He also said there will be a larger meeting of Opuama and Tsekelewu community leaders soonest to deliberate on same issues. On this no

By EgbemaVoice, Delta State Executive Council on Monday approved the construction of residential quarters to accommodate Resident Doctors and House Officers at Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara.  The Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while briefing journalists on some of the decisions reached at the state's Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa at Government House, Asaba.  Aniagwu said that tthe council also approved the furnishing of the new six-storey high court complex in Asaba, adding that the approval was in furtherance of the independence of the Judiciary in the state.  "In line with the governor's promise to work till the last day in office, the state Executive Council has approved a number of projects, including the construction of 1.2km Ayo Ben Street at Agbor. "The Exco approved the reconstruction of Sokoh Estate Road in Effurun, Uwvie Local Government Area of the state,"

By EgbemaVoice, ‪Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci has beaten Chef Lata Tondon to create a new Guinness World Record for longest cooking marathon. It was gathered that Chef Lata Tondon of India was called the “Iron Lady” when she cooked for 87 hours and 45 minutes in 2019 surpassing the previous record by 20 hours. However, Hilda Baci from Akwa Ibom State, who started cooking on Friday, May 11, 2023 in an attempt to break the record set by Chef Lata, has made headway. Though Chef Hilda Baci has broken Chef Lara Tondon’s 87 hours, 45 minutes record, she has continued cooking as she intends to set a personal record of 96 hours. She will complete this at 4pm Nigerian time (16:00 GMT).

Akinrinade, left, with Adekunle at Opobo River. I was at Abana with Isaac Boro. By Owei Lakemfa ISAAC Jasper Adaka Boro was thirty when he was shot dead in controversial circumstances 55 years ago. Yet, he continues to inspire youths in the Niger Delta who were not born when his restless soul was laid to rest. He became a romantic figure frozen in youth and time; inspiring generations to fight for peoples’ rights. In this wise, he was like the romantic Ernesto Che Guevara and the inspiring Bob Marley, both of whom died at 36, and the fiery internationalist, Franz Fanon who died at 39. All four, captured in the youth of time. Boro Day, May 16, the anniversary of his death is commemorated annually in Kaima and as a public holiday in Bayelsa State. I was part of the commemoration this year. As I sat behind Captain Samuel Owonaru who was Boro’s deputy in the insurgent Niger Delta Volunteer Service, I wondered what inspired youths like him and Nothingham Dick, fifty one years ago

Who Killed Adaka Boro By Hosiah Emmanuel hosiah.emmanuel@gmail.com   Isaac Jasper Boro was born to a Kaiama family in present day Bayelsa State of Nigeria, in 1938 and died in mysterious circumstances on May 16, 1968 while fighting to unite Nigeria. [1,2]   Boro was he who shortly after the Jan. 1966 coup declared the first Republic within Nigeria called the Niger Delta Republic that lasted for 12 days. It was an attempt to liberate the Niger Delta people from the socio-economic oppression by the then eastern regional government. He was a chemistry undergraduate and the president of the students' union of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a police officer and at his death, a commissioned officer of the Nigerian Army. see [4 for more details about this aspect of his life as I concentrate on the subject matter of this piece).   It is no use to repeat that Isaac Boro who was jailed by the Maj. Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi government on recommendation by the supreme court of Nigeria was pardone

  Isaac Adaka Boro – the revolutionary Ijaw soldier who declared the secession of Niger Delta Republic A Neusroom special feature on Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro who proclaimed the first secession from Nigeria at age 27. Written by Michael Orodare for  Neusroom 28 August 2020 The January 15, 1966 coup led by an Igbo military officer – Kaduna Nzeogwu, altered the Nigerian political system. Fifty four years after the brutal coup and the counter-coup six months after, Nigeria is yet to heal from the consequences of the action of a group of aggrieved officers. The coup widely believed to be an Igbo coup against the north and other ethnic groups claimed the lives of Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Premier of the northern region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Minister of Finance, Okotie Eboh, Premier of Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola among others while Nnamdi Azikwe, an Igbo man was spared. The list of casualties gave some credence to the claim that it was planned by the Igbos again