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Warri Community South Africa is hosting its one year anniversary celebration tomorrow 21st May 2023. In a statement signed by the President of WCSA Mr Bernard Okene, a cordial invitation is extended to all great waffarians in diaspora to come and join WCSA  In celebrating her One year anniversary.  Date: 21st May 2023  Time: 2pm  Venue: Alicats Place 26 Steyn Avenue, Kelvin, Sandton us in Sandton Kelvin Johannesburg. 

  Some members of the  Nigerian community in South africa has expressed their dissatisfaction in the result from the just concluded Presidential election in Nigeria. In a peaceful march to the Nigerian House in South Africa ,they presented their demands while waiting for a response from the Nigerian consulate. (Watch Video) More details to follow..... 

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Precious Ojo, aka Obago, a suspected internet fraudster in Oghara, Delta State. The 26-year-old was arrested following a petition received from a United States of America citizen, on his fraudulent activities. The petitioner had alleged that the suspect impersonated one Raymond Bush who works in the US Treasury to defraud her of $268,000.00. The petitioner had alleged that the suspect impersonated one Raymond Bush who works in the US Treasury to defraud her of $268,000.00. The suspect was arrested at his hotel in Oghara. He confessed to building the luxury hotel with his alleged proceeds of crime. Other items recovered from him include a Mercedes-Benz car with personalized plate numbers and mobile phones. The suspect will be arraigned in court soon.

  The United Kingdom Supreme Court has ruled in favour of leading British multinational oil and gas company, Shell on Wednesday that it was too late for Nigerian claimants to sue its two subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill. On December 20, 2011, there were allegations that an estimated 40,000 barrels of crude oil leaked when a tanker was loaded at Shell’s Bonga oilfield, 120km off the coast of Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Shell disputed the allegations and said the Bonga spill was dispersed offshore and did not have adverse effects on the shoreline, according to Reuters. The case was one of a series of legal tussles that Shell has been battling with in London courts against Nigerians who live in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a region faced with pollution, conflict and corruption connected to the oil and gas industry. A group of 27,800 individuals and 457 communities have made several attempts to drag Shell to court, arguing that the resulting oil slick polluted their lands and waterways,

  A coalition of youth leaders from the Niger Delta region under the auspices of the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Association (NDYLA) has unanimously endorsed a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and a former Minister of the Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio as best suited for the position of the Senate President in the 10th Assembly. At a press conference held in Warri on Monday, the National President, Comrade Lucky Emononefe, and Festus Dumbari, the National Secretary alongside over 100 youth leaders from the region stated that it will be fair for other senators from other zones to cast their votes for Akpabio. The group stated that other zones have held the position in the past and that the track record of Senator Akpabio stands him out as one of the best for the lofty position. The statement reads in parts: “Upon a General Meeting of Executive and Members of the Niger Delta Youth Leaders’ Association, held on Monday, the 8th day of May 2023 at the PTI Conference Centre, Effurun,

  The Executive Chairman of Warri North Local Government Area, Hon. Smart Yomi Asekutu has commended the Sapele Police Area Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sani Adamu Nufawa, for his achievement in the area following his promotion to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP. Hon. Asetuku said Nufawa’s exemplary commitment to duty has endeared him to the people of Sapele and the other six divisions within the Area Command. It would be recalled that Mr. Nufawa was recently promoted from the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, to Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP. He has served as the Area Commander of the Area Command that was created by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, in 2017 which includes Sapele, Oghara, Jesse, Koko, Mosogar and Abraka Police Divisions in Delta State. Hon. Asekutu noted that the outgoing Police Area Commander’s tenure in the Area Command was commemorative and fulfilling especially for his dedication to his duty of fighting crime an

  The Pere of Tuomo Kingdom in Burutu local government area of Delta State, HRM (Justice) Francis Tabai, JSC (rtd), Pere Esuku 1, has congratulated the Delta State governor-elect, Rt Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on his victory at the 2023 general elections in the state. Tabai sent his congratulatory message, yesterday, with special thanks to Deltans for voting Oborevwori in as the next governor, stressing that Deltans were awaiting earnestly massive economic, social and infrastructural development in the state. The monarch tasked the incoming governor to give equal attention to all parts of the state, especially areas in dire need of infrastructural and social development in the government’s distribution of democracy dividends. He said: “I hereby congratulate our governor-elect, Rt Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on his victory at the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. I also want to thank all Deltans for peacefully exercising their franchise during and after the polls. “I urge our governo

  The police have arrested 94 commercial sex workers and 59 male suspects for various crimes ranging from kidnapping,  armed robberies and other sundry crimes in Ughelli north local government areas and environs in Delta state. The Delta state Police spokesman , DSP Bright Edafe who disclosed this to newsmen in Warri, said  locally made guns, three suspected stolen vehicles  and hard  drugs were among items recovered from the arrested suspects, adding that the some of them have  been charged to court and  the others moved to the command’s headquarters in Asaba. He said the police had doubled efforts to flush out criminal elements from Warri and environs. “Operatives were drawn from the command’s operations department, SIB, Dragon Patrol, safer highway,  raiders, CP D-Coy squad, Rapid response squad (RRS) and led by the Commander Dragon patrol, CSP Graham Imade and deployed to the affected areas. “They embarked on an intensive confidence building patrol, stop and search, and show of for