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PAP SCHOLARSHIPS: IYN Leaders Praise Tinubu, Otuaro for Transformative Leadership in Niger Delta News by Delta Event Media  Leaders of the Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) have lauded President Bola Tinubu and Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Administrator Dr. Dennis Bruto Otuaro for their commitment to developing the Niger Delta region. The prominent youths group particularly cited the recent award of scholarships to over 1,700 students from the region as very commendable. In a statement by the IYN President and Secretary, Frank Ebikabo and Federal Ebiaridor, the group praised the President's decision to retain the PAP and his appointment of Dr. Otuaro, to lead the agency. The duo described the President’s decision as a visionary move that has started to yield unprecedented results in peace sustenance in the region.  They IYN particularly commended Otuaro for taking painstaking steps to ensure that the last scholarship exercise was transparent and fair across the region.   "...

 PAP Students Visit IPF's President,  Demand For Amnesty Budget Increment, Applaud Otuaro  News by Delta Event TV  Earlier today 15th March 2025, the National Association Of the Presidential Amnesty Students Worldwide (NAPAS) visited the National president of the Ijaw Publishers' Forum (IPF), Comrade Ozobo Austin at his Warri office. The visit was led by its national president Comr Ebidouwei Miyenpirigha and the union's women leader Comr Embelakpo Emeka. The PAP students' expressed gratitude to the administrator of the presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro for his uncommon achievements with the short time in office, adding that Niger Delta leaders and stakeholders should give him every necessary support to enable him do more for the amnesty programme. The student's body during the visit, appealed to IPF to call the president Ahmed Bola Tinubu to increase the amnesty programme annual budget to enable the PAP administrator also increase the stipends o...

IPF Raises Concerns Over Additional Oil Drilling Plans in Niger Delta News by Delta Event News  A leading professional media group, the Ijaw Publishers' Forum (IPF) has asked the federal government to stop nursing the ambition to drill more oil wells in Niger Delta,following the increase in demand for more crude supply in the country. It would be recalled that, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) in a special report on Thisday newspaper on 4th January 2025 said following the resumption of oil refining by Dangote, Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries, the country needs 123.48 million barrels for the nine Nigerian refineries in the first quarter (H1) 2025, with Dangote receiving the highest share, suggesting that the country needs to undergo drilling of more oil to meet both foreign and domestic demands. The Ijaw apex media organization in a statement signed by its National President Comrade Ozobo Austin which was made available to media houses, said following...