BLOG

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged the 27 members of the state House of Assembly to “go and impeach” state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara. Addressing a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee in Rivers …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In my copy of Monday, January 15, 2024, entitled, “Shaibu’s Talk about Obaseki’s Betrayal Laughable,” I posed the question, “Do politicians have conscience, and if they do, does it prick them?” This followed the declaration by the lately impeached Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, that Governor Godwin Obaseki …

By Young Erhiurhoro As a cultural affairs analyst and media practitioner and also partly related to the said Evwreni kingdom, I have written much on the issue of Evwreni’s seniority among the various communities making up the kingdom at the moment. Quite often, I had even been threatened by some …

… Commends Gov Fubara, Council Boss, Deko The 12th Annual Synod of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Gokana has commended those in authority at the three levels of government in Nigeria, while calling for a “sustainable and lasting solution” to end the hunger and suffering in the land. The …

By Kelechi Nwaucha Against the backdrop of worsening environmental crisis in the Niger Delta, occasioned by decades of oil exploration activities, environmental rights groups have intensified calls for urgent remediation measures and environmental justice in the embattled region. According to a United Nations report, life expectancy has dropped to 45 …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The popular annual ‘Ade’ traditional wrestling festival of the Uwheru people in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has come and gone with a call for cultural renaissance amongst Urhobo people, and Africans, so as to promote Urhobo cultural festivals to international standard. …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the 2024 local government elections in Delta State draw near, more groups and persons in the Ughelli North Local Government Area have continued to express support for Rtn. Fidelis Adjogbe, a People’s Democratic Party, PDP, aspirant for the Ughelli North chairmanship seat. Rtn. Fidelis …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has ruled out imposition of candidates in the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Governor Oborevwori who disclosed this at the PDP Delta Central Stakeholders meeting held at his Osubi country home, said Delta State Independent Electoral …

A Port Harcourt based linguist and Indigenous Language advocate, Mr. Josiah Egbilika, has called on people of African descent in Diaspora to as a matter of urgent necessity, acquire and speak the language of their African affiliations if they truly want to be identified with their place of origin. Mr …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A Lagos-based business consultant, Prince Juakine Ukpebitere, and his siblings have distanced themselves from a publication purportedly made by some members of the Ukpebitere family in Evwreni kingdom, in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, and published by a local newspaper prior to …