Briga News Nigeria … as Gov Diri presides over 179th state executive council meeting The Bayelsa State Government has announced Friday, 30th January this year as date for the burial of late Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, Ph.D. Announcing the burial activities during the 179th State Executive Council meeting, Governor Douye Diri, said the…
By Peter Jonah In what he described as laudable, Member Representing Burutu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Abuja, Rt Hon Julius Gbabujor Pondi, PhD has endorses the Ogulagha Kingdom Youth Council, OKYC, conference slated to hold on the 23rd and 24th of January, 2026. In a courtesy visit to his residence in Warri,…
By Stephanie Goodluck As the Rivers political crisis continue to lingers, renowned Niger Delta Activist and social crusader, Comr Keneware Emmanuel popularly and widely known as the ‘Pentiger’ has written open letter to Rivers lawmakers of Ijaw extraction. Pentiger, who states that the creation of Rivers State has one of the first States in the…
By Peter Jonah, Port Harcourt The 10th Rivers State House of Assembly has been described as the worst in the history of state legislature in Nigeria since the inception of democratic and civilian rule in 1999. Speaking via a press briefing in Port Harcourt, State capital of Rivers State, Nigeria. Renowned Niger Delta Activist and…
Briga News Nigeria The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, led by Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has constituted a Project Verification and Payment Committee. This followed one of the resolutions reached at the 9th meeting of the 7th Governing Board of the Commission held on December 8, 2025. The Board approved the constitution of…
Briga News Nigeria The Presidential Amnesty Programme, on Thursday, deployed additional 34 foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries to various universities in the United Kingdom for the 2025-2026 academic year. The scholars’ programmes include data science, fintech analytics, cyber security, international energy law and policy, construction project management, public health, agri-food technology, electrical and petroleum engineering, among…
Briga News Nigeria Renowned Niger Delta environmental and human rights activist, Chief Mulade Sheriff, PhD, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to halt the current practice of paying the 13 per cent oil derivation funds directly to oil-producing state governments, advocating instead for the funds to be channelled into federally coordinated mega development…
Briga News Nigeria A prominent Ijaw leader, peace advocate, and renowned human and environmental rights activist, Chief Mulade Sheriff, PhD, has welcomed Nigerians to the New Year 2026, urging governments at all levels to embrace prudence, accountability, and purposeful governance focused on delivering electoral promises rather than being distracted by the next election cycle. Mulade,…
Briga Media The Ijaw Publishers’ Forum (IPF) has held its 2nd annual media conference in Warri, Delta State, with the theme “Safeguarding the Niger Delta Natural Resources for Future Generations”. In his welcome address, Comrade Ozobo Austin, National President of IPF, emphasised the importance of protecting the Niger Delta’s natural resources and environment for future…
Briga Media The coordinator federal amnesty programme High Chief Dr. Dennis Otuaro has charged members of the Ijaw Publishers Forum to report facts to promote ethical journalism while telling the Ijaw and Niger Delta story. Otuaro was represented by the national spokesman of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) made this disclosure at the 2nd Ijaw…