Tompolo
8 Apr
Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) have urged the Federal Government to rescind the decision to award oil pipeline surveillance contract to ex-Niger Delta militant
11 Jul 2021
Sir: In the buildup to the imminent inauguration of a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, perplexing calls for the commission’s board “to be constituted” this way or...
6 Jun 2021
Ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) has endorsed the outcome of a consultative meeting between traditional rulers from the Niger Delta, Delta State Government
30 May 2021
Former leader of the Niger Delta agitators, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, Sunday issued a seven-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to reconstitute the NDDC board or face a major breakdown of law and order in the Niger Delta. Tompolo said Senator Akpabio's temporary reprieve from the…
28 Dec 2020
Ex-militants, yesterday, issued a 30-day ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Government to vacate property belonging to Government Ekpemupolo, otherwise known as Tompolo’s or face renewed hostilities in the Niger Delta.
3 Dec 2020
Former leader of the Niger Delta agitators, Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo, yesterday, protested the continued sealing of Mieka Dive Limited and his jetty in Warri, Delta State, in spite of the dismissal of a suit against him by the court.
17 Jul 2020
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, and the immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, have congratulated ex-militant Niger Delta leader, Government Ekpemupolo,
24 Jul 2018
A team of policemen from the ‘A’ Division in Warri on Sunday night arrested a naval personnel, Lance Corporal Usman Shaibu and two others for allegedly stealing and attempting to remove an electric transformer from the property of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo. The naval officer was a member of the guards watching over…
12 Apr 2018
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has felicitated with Niger Delta ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, as he marks his 47th birthday today.
27 Jun 2017
There was pandemonium in Oporoza Town, Warri South West council of Delta State yesterday as the ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo’s hometown was unsettled by military helicopters, which hovered over the town for several hours.
19 Jun 2017
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, further adjourned till July 14, to deliver judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by Government Ekpemulopo, alias Tompolo.
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