Briga News Nigeria Tension erupted in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, as the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Western Zone and the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) have rejected claims that two Ijaw communities are part of Ughelli Kingdom. The groups converged on the Palace of the Ebenanaowei of Tarakiri Kingdom in Adobu, Patani LGA,…
Briga News Nigeria A batch of fifty-four offshore post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme has departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom to resume studies in various universities. The students took off from Abuja and arrived in London on Friday. They are among the150 beneficiaries that underwent a pre-departure orientation in August following their…
Briga News Nigeria The Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, has condemned what it described as a “provocative and barbaric” call by a so-called sponsored Niger Delta coalition demanding the sack of Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro, administrator of the presidential amnesty programme, PAP. In a statement signed by its National President and made available to…
Briga News Nigeria The Federal Government has announced the settlement of the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) owed to academic staff of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education for the period January to August 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, saying the affected…
THE PRESIDENT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. State House, Presidential Villa, Asorock, Abuja, FCT MR. PRESIDENT SIR, RE: URGENT CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE REVOCATION OF PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE CONTRACT AWARDED TO SEVEN OCEANS OIL AND GAS LTD/ KOJO SAM LOGISTICS LIMITED/LABRADOR SECURITY OUTFIT: A CALL TO DISREGARD AS COMPLAINT MADE…
Briga News Nigeria The Delta State House of Assembly has resumed plenary after its recess, with Governor Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori forwarding a bill seeking the enactment of a law to provide for the payment of a 13th-month salary to eligible public servants in the state. The bill, alongside other amendment bills, was conveyed…
Briga News Nigeria Warri…….A renowned Delta State-born United Nations Peace Ambassador and environmental rights activist, Comrade Mulade Sheriff has once again reassured the peace-loving people of Warri Federal Constituency that he would deepen unity, peace and development among the Ijaw, Itsekiri and Urhobo ethnic groups in the constituency if elected to the House of…
Briga News Nigeria The Convener of the 2026 Delta Ethnic Peace & Unity Cup and National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Chief (Comrade) Mulade Sheriff, PhD, has inaugurated the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the forthcoming competition, describing the tournament as a strategic platform to strengthen peace, unity, cultural integration,…
By Peter Jonah The National leadership of the revered Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, led by Dr. Doubra Collins Okotete has extended their congratulations to the new Zonal Executive of the IYC Central Zone led by Dr Patrick Enebraiye on their emergence on the just concluded Zonal elections, which took place at the Gabriel Okara Cultural…
Briga News Nigeria Four students under the scholarship of the Presidential Amnesty Programme have bagged Distinction in their Masters Degree from universities in the UK. The four with distinction are Nina Orubebe (financial management) Tonbra Tonlagha (international hospitality and tourism), Kemien Egbekun (law) and Simon Douye (construction engineering management). The four students were among sixteen…
