Briga News Nigeria Following a call by an alleged coalition of Niger Delta Civil Society groups for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Security Adviser to appoint a replacement of the current amnesty administrator, Dr Dennis Burutu Otuaro, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI has urged the president Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ignore such…
Briga News Nigeria The CEO of Waffi TV, Pst. Arex Akemotubo, in a letter addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has voiced concerns over the recent appointment of Chief Dennis Otuaro as Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. Akemotubo, acknowledging Tinubu’s esteemed decision-making, urged against succumbing to sentiments that undermine the principles of meritocracy and…
Briga News Nigeria The Ijaw National Congress INC, has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria to desisit from harassing and intimidating Pa Edwin Clark, just as they wonder why the consistent attacks on him without just cause; whereas, ‘ransom negotiators’ for bandits from a section of the country are left untouched as sacred cows. The…
Briga News Nigeria President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro as Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Dr. Otuaro holds a PhD in Comparative Politics & Development Studies; an MSc in Public Administration, and a BSc in Education. He had previously served as a top-level executive of the Niger…
Briga News Nigeria Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State today paid a visit to the Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, at his office in Abuja. Governor Diri said the Minister who is an illustrious son of Bayelsa State deserves the support of all Bayelsans to succeed in his national assignment. He stated…
By Peter Jonah Group operating under the aegis of Concerned Nigerians for Good Governance, CNGG, has applauded the landslide achievement of Tantita Security Services for their fight against oil theft and protection of oil facilities. In a Press statement by the group’s President, Comr. Awipi Lawson, the group showered encomium to the Chairman, Tantita Security…
Briga News Nigeria A pan Nigeria group, National Awareness Forum (NAF) has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to speedily terminate the oil pipelines surveillance contracts awarded to the Pipelines Infrastructures Nigeria Limited (PINL). PINL operated by the Warri Monarch was awarded the contract for the surveillance of the oil pipelines in some…
Briga News Nigeria The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has called on the Federal Government to review its policy of using non-state actors in its effort to secure the maritime environment of the country. Senator Diri,who expressed concern that the continued use of such unconventional security agents might cause greater security challenges in…
By Peter Jonah The Ijaw Publishers Forum has advised political office holders of Ijaw extraction to prioritise the development of Ijaw communities across the Niger Delta region. The president of the media professionals, Comrade Ozobo Austin asserted this in Warri while receiving a protest from some youths over the collapsed Gbaregolor/Ogbeinama bridge, abandoned Bomadi/Ogulagha road,…
Briga News Nigeria The former Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs and the Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has expressed his appreciation to Governor Douye Diri, for helping him at the time of his needs. Kuku, who said this at a forum in Yenagoa organised to…