The second convocation ceremony of the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, coincided with the 10th anniversary of the university. Established in May 2015 under the erstwhile government of President Goodluck Jonathan, the university began on a take-off campus in Kurutie, with structural facilities initially built to host a diving school, being the noble vision of a son of Gbaramatu …

Ex-Niger Delta militant leader and Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo has condoled with President Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian Military and the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, on the passage of the Army boss. Tompolo, in a condolence message made available to journalists in Warri …

Former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (well known as Tompolo) has assured Nigerians of his team’s efforts to frustrate activities of economic saboteurs in the Niger Delta region. Tompolo, who is also the Chairman of Tantita Security Services Limited (TSSL), the private maritime security firm engaged by the Federal …

The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has described as falsehood an online publication that alleged that the Chairman of Tantita Security Services Limited, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, suffered from a stroke. In a statement, the IYN on Friday by its Coordinator, Frank Ebikabo, and Secretary, Federal Ebiaridor, on Friday, urged those who had repeatedly associated Tompolo with what they described as …

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said its personnel arrested a 77-metre-long Motor Tanker Vinnalaris 1 Lagos. It also accused the personnel of Tantita Security Services – a private security company, owned by an ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo (popularly known as Tompolo) of involvement in the illegal activities. The Nigerian Navy said the vessel had 17 crew members onboard at …

Some groups in the oil-rich Niger Delta region on Sunday called on President Bola Tinubu to look into the oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to a company allegedly owned by former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (well known as Tompolo). The demand came less than two weeks after Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara criticised the Federal Government for awarding …

The management of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a Federal Government-contracted oil pipeline surveillance firm, has accused the Nigerian Navy of shielding some suspected oil thieves being pursued by its personnel. It alleged that the Navy arrested four of its personnel chasing the suspects on the high seas towards a naval base. This was contained in a statement issued by …

The President/Chairman of Tompolo Foundation, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (well known as Tompolo) on Friday donated 458 single seater desks worth millions of Naira to the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. At the combined matriculation for the 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions of the university, the Executive Secretary of Tompolo Foundation, …

Nigeria is in a precarious situation, financially. The federal government claims it doesn’t have money, so it is borrowing, from all sorts of places for all sorts of reasons. Some say that the government is borrowing even to pay the salaries of federal workers. In June, we learnt that the nation is borrowing to pay the interest on the loans …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited) has commended Tantita Security Services, led by former militant commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (well known as Tompolo), for recent discoveries of illegal crude oil pipelines. On Saturday, a delegation of NNPC Limited, led by General Manager of the Joint Venture Operations of National …