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…
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 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…
Briga News Nigeria IJAW YOUTHS COUNCIL (IYC) AKUGBENE-MEIN CLAN, BOMADI WESTERN ZONE HEADQUARTERS Office of the Chairman PRESS RELEASE AN OPEN APPEAL FOR A JOINT INTERVENTION BY THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) AND THE DELTA STATE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS THE URGENT COMPLETION OF THE ESANMA–GBAREGOLOR BRIDGE, BOMADI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, DELTA STATE Date: 04 August…
By Prof Benedict Binebai Before the map, there was the river. Before the boundary, there was the community. And before the state, there was the people. The history of the riverine territories of present-day Edo State cannot be fully understood without confronting the competing narratives of Bini political authority and Ijaw riverine occupation. The question…
Briga News Nigeria • Tasks Niger Delta Leaders on Peacebuilding The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Chief Dennis Brutu Otuaro, PhD, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to sustainable peace, security and socio-economic development in the Niger Delta, urging stakeholders to embrace effective leadership and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as essential tools for…
Briga News Nigeria Delta State-born environmental rights and peace advocate, Chief (Comrade) Mulade Sheriff, PhD, has called on the Federal Government, Delta State Government and relevant regulatory agencies to immediately declare an environmental emergency following a major oil spill reportedly affecting several host communities in Warri South-West and Burutu Local Government Areas of Delta State….
Briga News Nigeria The Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, says there is no record of any previous Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, that has matched the current reforms being driven by High Chief Dennis Otuaro, PhD. The group has also warned individuals and groups it is described as “blackmailers” to stop what…
Briga News Nigeria The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, has reiterated the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to investing in the education of the Niger Delta youths through the programme’s scholarship scheme to bridge the human capital development gap in the region. Dr Otuaro spoke on Wednesday when a delegation…
