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The Kpakiama in Bomadi Local Government Area born beauty queen who is also contesting at the Face of Ijaw Beauty Pageant in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital has called on Ijaw nation not to allow the Ijaw culture go into extinction. According to her she said "I feel pained when I see how the  Ijaw culture is gradually fading away in the name of modernisation and the practice of foreign religion the beauty queen lamented.  The Ijaw people who are the fourth largest ethnic nationality have  refused to borrow leaf from other ethnic nationalities in the preservation of their culture,they have continued to borrow and maintain other ethnic cultural values as if it is theirs. The beauty queen lamented how the  Ijaw language have been taken over by the speaking of  English language  and slangs among teens and youth in the society today. " I know how my parents will want us to speak the Ijaw language and how forceful they were to ensure this happen she said,but to ...

We the Ijaw Volunteers Ex-Militants from the Ondo, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States of the Niger Delta region, will like to thank you His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari for dissolving the Prof Nelson Brambaifa led board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and sending the new nominees to the Senate for confirmation. In expressing our gratitude, we’ll like to echo the position of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo who during his July visit to Delta State, lampooned the agency for failing to meet the development and expectations of the Niger Delta people.  It will be recalled that during the visit two months ago, the Vice President while lamenting the dearth in physical development in the region, said: “The NDDC in many respect has not met the expectations of the oil-producing states; a lot of money is invested in NDDC and the Ministry of the Niger Delta because the real reason they were created is to speed up the development of oil-rich communities.” We believe that it is ...

The newly appointed Senior Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Delta State on Security Amb Preye Ekpebide said that for Delta to be safe every individual needs to invest in the security of themselves by been security concious , this he narrated when addressing the Press shortly after he was given his appointment in Asaba Delta State. Just as the Nigerian Army Flags off Operation Crocodile Smile IV a s part of measures towards strengthening its security apparatus and ensuring security of Deltans in Aladja and Ogbe-ijoh communities in Delta State. The SSA said this will go a long way to bring peace between the sister commuinities and also advised that conflict triggers should be looked out for and those who benefits from it too should be brought to book. As we all know Security of lives and properties is one of the top priority of the Executive Governor of the State who also has  promised the readiness of government to continue to support the operation of the Army in the s...

The Special Adviser on Local Government and chieftancy Affairs to the executive Governor of Delta State,Hon Kelly Penawou who is celebrating his birthday today officially declared open the two day training workshop for primcipal officers in the legislature in the 25 Local Government Areas of Delta  State, with the theme "Pathway to achieving Harmonious and Mutual Coexistence between the Executive and the Legislature-the role of Principal Officers of the Legislative Council." The Special Adviser who just concluded his familiarization tour to all the local government council headquarters disclosed that the essence of the training which will run a cross the Local Government areas in the State is to enhance the capacity of the principal officers in the legislature,so that they can relate effectively with the Executives. The Special Adviser also charged the principal officers and charge them to put to  use what they will learn  during the training,and also thank God for making...

The Bomadi Divisional Police officer CSP Paul has vowed not to aid and abet any criminal element in Bomadi,promising the people that he will continue the cleansing and make Bomadi a safe haven. CSP Paul when addressing KPOOKA MEDIA reporters in his office earlier today gave kudos to his men and other security agencies that have step up the game in making Bomadi safe again, in his words he said 'if you can recall our last meeting with the Local Government Chairman Hon William Angadi and critical stakeholders at the secratariate we were able to find out the loop holes in the security architecture so the result you are seeing today is a product of our last meeting'. We were able to refine both the community policing system,reorganize the vigilantee,equipping them and we increased our intelligence gathering network. There is no doubt there is a total clamp down of criminal elements in the town which I know many can attest to it he added. The Nigerian Police Force has collaborated w...

The Presidential Amnesty Programme has trained and empowered over 200 EX agitators in Portharcourt, one of the beneficiary  an ex agitator Boukazi Bisco has thanked professor Charlse Dokubo and the facilitator of the training Monroe Global Concept Limited for their thorough and proper way of handling the ex agitators during and after the training. Boukazi displaying items giving to him in his Shop in Bomadi said,he has never believed that he will be given such items,thinking it will be a thing of as usual where contractors will just gather them,train them and allow them to go back home without been empowered. Boukazi valuing his items said it is worth a million Naira and 2 year rent was outrightly paid for them start up their business, he futher explained that the items which include a generator set,television,deep freezer,bags of rice,cartons of income,cartons of Bournvita,Milk,Soap,tissue papers,table water,cartons of blue and black bullets,malt etc. Boukazi futher expressed joy,...

Cater David a young Entrepreneur has launched his bread bakery in Bomadi, the bakery is located close to wetland bank has begun commercial activities with their variety of bread,buttered,coconut,sardine loaf and slices. The bakery which is set up to meet up with the yearning demands of the people,the bakery has seasoned bakers with top baking skills..they also distribute to neighbouring commuinities and towns.  You can call the office line for more enquiries...0703 471 0427

September 2008,the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs was established by the late President Musa Yaradua led adminstration in order to fast track the infrastructural development faced in the Niger delta region. The Ministry since 2013 have received huge budgetary allocation which can not be measured to the infrastructural deficit we experience, the total sum of 173,745,454,968 billion naira has been released to the ministry to carry out several projects in the region. The construction of skills acquisition centres in  the nine Niger delta States is one key project that would have galvanized industrialization in the region. The picture below is one of the skill acquisition centre built in Tuomo community in Burutu local government area of Delta State by the contractor with the name Rt Hon Claudius Inengesi  who was a former Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly during the Ada George administration who hails from Otuasega in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State. The contr...

An injustice to one Ijaw community is an Injustice to all, having accepted the philosophical statement we call on the management of NPDC/ELCREST to quickly give what belongs to the Belief-gbene to the peace loving indigenes. The deliberate exclusion of belief-gbene community as one of the host  community will only distort the already existing peace in Egbema kingdom and metropolis, hence the urgent need to amicably resolve the issues is panacea to peace.  We are reliably informed that several letters were sent on this regards to the company's, non of this letters has yielded result. Instead they're planing on their next move for further works which cannot be accepted anymore. We know that the path of progress never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amidst the conflicting forces of right & wrongs , truth and error. Justice & injustice. Cruelty and mercy. Hence we hope that the collective sensibility of the people in Belief-gbene community should...

WARRI----- Okowa Aide, Comrade Ezekiel Daniel, SSA on security, President of Ijaw People's Development Initiative, IPDI, Comrade Ozobo Austin, flanked by Chief Efiye Oruware, Vice president,  Mayor Timi Ogobiri, acting spokesman, Comrade Obed OLuku, logistics and  others paid the bereaved family and Ogbe_Ijoh community a condolence visit over the demise of slain Taylor Agofugha, a chieftain of Africa Democratic Party, ADC. The duo visited the scene of crime and the tomb of the slain Taylor to assertain the true position of what transpired. The duo appealed with the bereaved family and the community to remain lawful despite what had happened, while expressing their heartfelt sympathy. Ozobo, said late Taylor was a former member of IPDI, and that his death brought grief to the group. They called on security agents and governor of the state Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to fish out the culprits as that is the only ground they will believe that the crime was perpetrated by criminals. Mean...