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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Nigeria’s former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan recently in Asaba, the capital of Delta State lauded the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, for his credible performance in the state. The former president made the remark during the inauguration of the Delta State High Court Complex in Asaba and flagged off the presentation of 20 Toyota Prado Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to judges in the state. Speaking during the ceremony, Jonathan commended Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his primary focus on the infrastructural development of Delta State and his commitment to continuing with projects inherited from previous…

By Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza Our attention was recently drawn to the advertorial in the Vanguard Newspaper of Monday, June 3, 2024, posted by a group called: “League of Delta Patriots” and titled: “Open Letter To Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori One Year In Office,” which suggested some provocative allusions and completely uncharitable aspersions on the leadership and administration of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, the Executive Governor of Delta State. Suffice it to say that every leadership and administration must necessarily attract its own fair share of criticism, especially those fuelled by mischievous, seditious and even cretinous sensibilities, which,…

By our Reporter A socio-political and Integrity group, Bayelsa Renaissance has concluded arrangements to drag the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva and the state chairman of the party, Barr. Dennis Otiotio, to court over their alleged involvement in cases of perjury, forgery and election malpractices during the last governorship election in the state. The group is putting up a formal complaint and petition “to make them pay for their actions which were in contravention of the constitution and other rules.” According to Mr. Imomotimi Abraham, president of the Bayelsa Renaissance, “Both Sylva, the chief…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt An entrepreneur and real estate investor, My-Ace China has expressed enthusiasm with what he described as the commitment of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to reinvent the wheels of investment in the state. China, who is also known as Mayor of Housing, advised the governor to appoint seasoned technocrats to drive his business vision for the state and consolidate on his already demonstrated political will. Speaking on the sidelines of a two-day Economic and Investment Summit 2024 held at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, China advised the governor to engage individuals…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Thousands of Ijaw people from Rivers State, the ethnic group of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, under the umbrella of Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress (RIPC) at the weekend, declared that they will remain eternally grateful to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, for making him (Fubara) governor. The group made up mostly of pro-Wike political leaders, women, youths and traditional rulers from Ijaw-speaking local government areas of Rivers State, made the declaration at the end of an extra-ordinary meeting in Port Harcourt, the state capital. In a communique read by Senator George…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta, MOSIEND, has commenced free registration for all its members across the Niger Delta region, urging them to avail themselves of the online exercise which is starting on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Our correspondent gathered that the NDDC’s Project Hope is designed to capture data of skilled, unskilled and unemployed youths from the Niger Delta region, in order to train and empower them to be independent. MOSIEND, in a statement on Monday by its National Secretary, Amb. Amain Winston Cotterel, said the online…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Unenurhie in Ughelli Diocese (Anglican Communion), Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was jam-packed last Sunday with top-notch politicians, family members, business people and community leaders as the president-general of Unenurhie community, Mr. Peter Maison, Chief Frank Imudje, the Otota’Rode of Unenurhie community and three other sisters in the church marked their separate family thanksgiving. In a sermon during the holy communion service, vicar of the church, Rev. Canon A. E. Onoyasakpo, urged the church to always rely on God in everything they do, adding that this is because…

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Has the political heat in Rivers State simmered in the past week to suggest perhaps – just perhaps – that conventional wisdom has taken hold of the dramatis personae in the crisis to pull back from the precipice they’ve pushed the state to in the last eight months? There’s nothing on the ground to suggest otherwise, even as Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, played their brand of politics at separate locations, trying to undo each other in showcasing achievements in their official jurisdictions, to mark one-year in the…

By Josiah Egbilika The media has widely been acknowledged as a fourth tier of government. Besides its informative role, it has been credited as a watchdog. Beyond this role, the media has become an advocacy tool for social development. Remarkable achievements have been accoladed to journalists, On-Air-Personnel and even media houses in actualizing social developmental objectives of communities. In Rivers State, the media held the police accountable for the unjust torture of the Ikoku-5; unmasked the unjust gruesome murder of four University of Port Harcourt (Uniport) students, now referred as the Aluu-4. These and many more including transparency and accountability…

… Unify Ogonis, Address Oil Resumption, NYCOP Issues, OWA tells Wai-Ogosu By our Reporter The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has said that Ogonis have “sufficient capacity” to negotiate the resumption of oil production in their homeland with the Federal Government. Newly-elected MOSOP President, Engr. Olu Andah Wai-Ogosu, made this known when a delegation of members and BOT of the Ogoni Welfare Association (OWA) paid him a congratulatory visit in his office in Port Harcourt last week. The Ogoni Welfare Association, led by its chairman, Engr. Nwinmene L. Migah, and general secretary, Samuel Nanu ldodowa, endorsed Wai-Ogosu…