Tag: DELTA STATE

Tompolo donates ₦10bn to Delta State Security Trust Fund

Aminu Imam
Tompolo donates

Former militant leader and Niger Delta activist, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has donated ₦10 billion to the Delta State Security Trust Fund. The donation marks his first public appearance at a government event in over 15 years – a historic return that underscores his renewed commitment to peace, stability, and security development in Delta State. The high-profile event, held yesterday at Government House, Asaba, brought together captains of industry, security chiefs, and top government officials, including Group Chairman of Access Holdings Plc, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, who chaired the…

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NDLEA arrests drug kingpin in Delta, seizes ₦7.8bn opioids

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NDLEA arrests

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it has arrested a notorious drug kingpin, Sunday Ibigide, while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms, with his distribution bus. Ibigide, who had been on the run for three years, was apprehended on Sunday, August 10, 2025, along with one of his aides, Clement Osuya, in Asaba, Delta, while they were trying to move the illegal drugs for distribution. A statement  issued yesterday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated: “Ibigide came under searchlight on 19th March 2022…

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NEF condemns eviction order against Northerners in Delta 

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NEF condemns

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has strongly condemned the recent eviction order issued to northerners residing in Avavo, Delta State, as reported by the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC). NEF Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in a statement issued yesterday, said the action was deeply concerning and unacceptable. He said, “According to the BBC report, the ejection order fails to distinguish between northerners as a race and the criminal activities of a few individuals. It disregards that most northerners are not Fulani, most Fulani are…

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Delta: ‘Foreign mercenaries may be behind 16 soldiers’ killing’ – Akpabio

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President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has hinted that the 16 soldiers who lost their lives in Okuama community in Ughelli-South Local Government Area of Delta State, may have been killed by mercenaries. The Senate President made the assertion yesterday, during a debate at plenary over the ‘gruesome’ murder of the service men. Deliberating on a Motion moved by the lawmaker representing Katsina Central, Senator Abdul-Aziz Musa Yar’adua, on the “killing of Nigerian Army Personnel in Okuama community, Delta State and the Necessity for an Urgent Investigation,” the Senate President…

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Delta: Okuoma community razed-down over the killing of 16 soldiers

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Troops of the Nigeria Army have razed-down Okuama community, in Ughelli-South local government area of Delta State, where sixteen soldiers were killed in a communal clash. This is coming in the wake of President Bola Tinubu’s vow that the killers of the Army personnel will not go unpunished. Recall that at least 16 soldiers were reportedly killed while on a mission to douse clashes between two communities in the South-South state. The incident occurred during a response to a distress call following a communal crisis between Okuoma and Okoloba communities. The…

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Delta: Security agency intercept vessel carrying suspected stolen crude

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A vessel allegedly carrying crude oil, suspected to have been stolen, has been intercepted in the Koko area of Delta State by the Tanita Security Services. The interception happened on Wednesday, while the 1, 117-ton vessel carrying about 8,100 barrels of crude, was being escorted by some naval officers. Tanita Security outfit is a private security company owned by Government Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, an ex-Niger Delta agitator who recently got a contract from the Federal Government to protect oil pipelines. Operatives of the Tanita Security say the vessel, tagged:…

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Delta APC expels Omo-Agege from Party

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The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Delta State has expelled the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Ovie Omo-Agege, for alleged anti-party activities and other unnamed offences. Omo-Agege’s expulsion is contained in a letter dated March 31, 2023, and signed by the Chairman, Ulebor Isaac, on behalf of the State Executive Committee of the Delta APC and Secretary, Inana Michael, and 23 others. The State Executive Committee of the Delta APC unanimously resolved and adopted the expulsion of Omo-Agege as a member of the party by the executive committee of the Orogun ward…

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Delta: Gunmen attack mosque in dawn raid, abduct 3 worshippers, injure 11 

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Three worshipers were yesterday abducted, while about 11 others were battling for life in an undisclosed hospital in Ughelli, Ughelli-North local government area of Delta State, when unknown gunmen attacked the Central Mosque in the ancient town. A resident, who spoke with newsmen, said the attack took place at about 6.47am, when some Muslim faithful were holding their morning prayers at the Central Mosque, located along Okoroda Street, in Ughelli. The resident, who gave his name simply as Larry, said many residents were jolted from their sleep by gunshots followed by…

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Alleged Corruption: 13% derivation being looted away in Delta, Omo-Agege alleges

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 governorship candidate in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has alleged that 13 percent derivation to the oil-rich state is being frittered away in the State.   Omo-Agege, currently Deputy Senate President, who some years ago cut his political teeth under the State’s former governor, James Ibori, stated this in an issued statement by the Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign, Ima Niboro, congratulating the ex-governor on his 64th birthday.  He said: “His (Ibori) agitation with other great Niger Delta leaders and patriots…

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Delta: 10 dead, many others trapped as church building collapses during first service

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A building housing the Salvation Ministry, Okpanam, Oshimili-North local government area, Delta State, has collapsed, trapping an unspecified number of worshippers, with over 10 deaths recorded. The building, which is being used for the first time, reportedly collapsed during yesterday’s evening service, at about 5:55 p.m. About eight persons have been rescued unhurt, while four persons have been rushed to the Asaba Specialist Hospital. At the time of filing this report, Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah; the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ononye Mordi, a team of…

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