Kpooka Media Reporters

~ Says SPDC Waste Disposal line is located in Ogulagha Community and 7KM away from Odimodi. WARRI _____ The youths under the leadership of Mr Anthony Okilo Waterwei  in Ogulagha Community   under Ogulagha kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has faulted and debunked an online publication made by the youth president of Odimodi Community, Mr Akin DC Claiming SPDC Waste disposal line and Forcados Terminal as been "located in Odimodi Community" which in it's entirety is not true. Mr Anthony refuted the said publication in a press statement which was made available to newsmen in Warri, a copy of which was sent to CoastalTimes News. The statement Reads; " The dead of fishes found floating on our sea and shorelines particularly in Ogulagha kingdom, neighboring kingdoms and villages in Burutu and Warri South West LGAs, Delta State and  other parts of Niger Delta region is not new to us and even the Government. We want to thank God that one of our Neighbour wh...

BY: GODKNOWS IGALI, PHD The progressive march of human civilization, especially in science and technology in the last two centuries had seemed to make the world in which we live fairly foreseeable and predictable in almost all spheres. As a matter of fact, humanity, at certain times, had been tempted to crow, quite deafeningly about already living in the future. How untrue. “The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we are not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence”, once lamented by American writer, Paul  Auster. Officially called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS COV2), but commonly known as Coronavirus and its associated disease, Covid-19, came in November, 2019, suddenly, surprisingly and swiftly encircling the entire world into a mass lockdown mood. According to United National Secretary General, Antonio Guteres, “COVID-19 is t...

The National Coordinator of Ijaws in Oil and Gas, Comr. Ebipams Johnny has predicted that the Niger Delta region may boil again if President Muhammadu Buhari refuses to appoint a substantive competent Ijaw son from Delta to manage the office as its coordinator. The national coordinator, Ebipams made the prediction yesterday in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Warri. He also alerted Nigerians that recession is imminent after the pandemic, stressing that there is the urgent need to appoint a substantive coordinator in the Amnesty office to take care of the interest of the region. Comr. Johnny particularly described the interim committee of the Amnesty programme as an act of oppression taken too far, wondering on what Northerners would be doing in a programme established for Niger Deltans alone. He said President Muhammadu Buhari must urgently begin to strategize on economic recovery plans in a post Covid-19 Pandemic era, stressing that the current administration must not allow...

Former Niger Delta militants have kicked against the prolonged stay of members of the Interim Committee of the Presidential Amnesty Program meant to oversee the affairs of the Amnesty Office. In a statement made available to journalists at the weekend in Abuja, said the chairman of Amnesty Phase II, Delta State chapter, Chief Kingsley Muturu, said the continued stay of members of the interim committee was capable of derailing the objectives of the program, even as it called on the president to appoint a substantive coordinator. The statement argued that the committee mainly made up of individuals outside Niger Delta region was not in the best position to run the program as the members may not be abreast with the objectives for which the office was set up. It said: “The president had on February 28, suspended the coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Program, Prof. Charles Dokubo, on allegations of fraud. While suspending the coordinator, the president called for the inauguration of an...

His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, (GCFR), The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Three Arms Zone, Abuja. Sir, AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO INVESTIGATE, PROSECUTE THE INVASION OF THE MILITARY ON FROPA COMMUNITY AND THE SETTING UP OF EMERGENCY SETTLEMENTS AND FOOD. It is with a broken heart and tears in my eyes that I am bringing this gruesome and unholy military action taken by the Nigerian Army on our people in Fropa community in Southern Ijaw Local Government(LGA) of Bayelsa State destroying homes with thousands of families fleeing the community. Mr. President, on what account should the Nigerian Army invade a community that she should be protecting like a full fledge war no matter the gravity? This action by the Military is uncalled for, not necessary and it’s against the rules of engagement. No matter the gravity of the offense committed or the militants in the area, dialogue as we all know is the best form of conflict resolution. The duty of the Nigerian...

The convener of the Niger Delta Self-Determination Movement, NDSDM, Annkio Briggs has spewed fire over the establishment of a regional security out fit in the Niger Delta. This she expressed in a press release  made available to the press in her office in Porthacourt. The press release reads thus;                 PRESS RELEASE The attention of the Niger Delta Self Determination Movement (NDSDM) has been drawn to publication by an unknown faceless group and signed by persons who were unknown throughout the years of agitations in the Niger Delta, and published in a national news paper and some online news outlets; warning the Governors of the Niger Delta not to go ahead with the proposed Regional Security Network. The NDSDM ordinarily would not react to such statements as we believe the Governors of the Niger Delta have the capacity to engage such groups, however, so that fear and falsehood do not take the place of rational thinking we make the...

The Ijaw Youth Council has commenced sales of nomination forms to  qualified and interested members to pilot the affairs of the Ijaw Youth Council.  Just as stipulated in the electoral guidelines and activities for the transition process the electoral committee have started receiving payments from different aspirants who have shown interest to contest in various positions in Council. Today, Comrade Tina Tobusi picked her form to contest for the position of The National Woman Leader in Council  at   TEEBILOS HOTEL, off  Refinery Road -Warri. The designated  secretariat and nomination form sales post. Comrade Tina Tobusi is an active comrade in council and she hails from Isaba clan. In her words to kpooka media immediately after she picked her form she said that her interest to run for the position of the woman leader is to strengthen the women fold in the activities of council and bridge the gap in the participation of women activities in council. She h...

As a Beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programmes, we must take into consideration of some critical departments in the Office, if we really want the program to succeed. I represent the voice of the Voiceless as far as am concerned.  Why every SA fall into temptations, after occupying the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme? As a people, we fail to identify problems in the Amnesty office. The leaders of various phases 1, 2 & 3 and the critical stakeholders of the Presidential Amnesty Programme need to have a rethink , if they really want the Amnesty Programme to succeed. Then, we need to do something different and get different results for the sake of posterity. I will never keep quiet any longer simply because I  am a real beneficiary of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. We take oath with the Federal Government of Nigeria in year 2009 Disarmament process and  Demobilization p...

Bekewei Ajuwa nominated as Chairman of IYC National Electoral Committee.  Arogbo born Lawyer, Bekewei Ajuwa has been nominated as Chairman of the nine member IYC Electoral Committee to conduct the 2020 National Elections of the foremost Ijaw Youth Organisation, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide.  The nomination of Bekewei Ajuwa which was sequel to a peace accord reached by all critical stakeholders of the IYC to allow Leaders of the IYC in the Western Zone nominate the Chairman of the Electoral Committee was confirmed by both Peretuobo Oweilaemi and Eric Omare.  The IYC will have a National Convention tomorrow Friday February 28, 2020 at Sagbama,  Bayelsa State to ratify the Electoral Committee nominees to formally start the electoral process. The Convention will kick off at 10am in the morning.

The High Chief Emonena Victor Wayles Egukawhore has buried his dear mother Late Mrs Magdalene Zipuamore Egukawhore nee Okoro in a carnival like manner in her home town Pa tan I in Delta State. Dignitaries from all works of life were present including the governors of Delta and Jigawa State respectively. Captains of industries,business merchants,oil merchants,top government functionaries AIG,DIG,commissioners of police were all present to mourn with the High Chief. Speaking to kpooka media reporters immediately after the outing service on Sunday at his residence in Patani, High chief Emonena Victor Wayles Egukawhore said that it is traditional to shave ones hair as a mark of honour to the dead,and im ready to do so because its our tradition. Everyone knows the bond I have with my mother and doing this has nothing to do with been fetish,cos its tradition and tradition should be observed he added. Therefore I call on the general public to grace the traditional hair shaving rights of my mo...