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 2027 REPS HOPEFUL BEGINS DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ACROSS WARRI NORTH LGA Koko In a bid to promote quality education across Warri Federal Constituency, the House of Representatives candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 General Elections, Dr. Pedro Bekenawei, on Tuesday July 21, 2026 flagged off an educational support programme with the distribution of learning materials to pupils and students in various wards of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State. DRTV Correspondent reports that the items distributed include exercise books, pens, pencils, mathematical sets, rulers and other essential learning materials. Speaking during the presentation of the materials at Iwere College, Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Government Area, Dr. Pedro Bekenawei, represented by Hon. Soroaye Dennis, said the initiative was designed to complement government efforts in the education sector, ease the burden on parents, and encourage pupils and studen...

 

 

MULADE UNVEILS DELTA ETHNIC PEACE AND UNITY CUP 2026 Delta State is set to witness another landmark initiative aimed at promoting peace, unity, and grassroots sports development as renowned development and peace advocate, Chief Comrade Mulade Sheriff PhD, announced the readiness and commence preparedness for the * Multi-Million Naira Delta Ethnic Peace and Unity Football Tournament 2026 * The football competition, an initiative of the * Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) * in collaboration with the Africa 4 Peace Sports Academy, is designed to strengthen peaceful coexistence and foster unity among the various ethnic nationalities in Delta State through sports. The tournament, previously known as the * Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Football Tournament, * was established following the Warri crisis as a strategic peace-building initiative to reduce ethnic tensions and encourage reconciliation between the Ijaw and Itsekiri people. Over the years, the initiative has gai...

 MULADE RAISES ALARM OVER MASSIVE OIL SPILL, CALLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY IN DELTA 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. Mulade made the call in a statement issued on Wednesday, describing the incident as an environmental disaster capable of causing long-term ecological damage if urgent intervention is not undertaken. According to him, the spill is allegedly linked to facilities operated by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited across Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) 4, 26, 34, 38, 41 and 42, with crude oil transported through the Trans Forcados Pipeline (TFP). It is imperative to state that the live span of (TFP) 18" crude delivery pipel...