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By Mandy Tina Civil Society Organizations and stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have advocated for community accountability to ensure transparency in the management of proceeds from natural resources, particularly oil and gas. This was made known in a summit organized by Social Development Integrated Center, also known as Social Action, in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in Port Harcourt, with the theme ‘Building the Niger Delta Hope: Collaborating for Inclusive Development and Public Accountability.’ The event which drew stakeholders from both the private and public sectors, including traditional rulers, anti-corruption agencies (ICPC) academia,…

Mr. My-Ace China, the chief executive officer Mayor of Housing, a real estate and construction company with corporate office in Port Harcourt, has been honoured with an excellent Gold Achievers’ Award as Distinguished Company Director of the Year 2024 on Real Estate and Development by the Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN). Presenting the award plaque to him, deputy chairman, Board Trustee (BOT) of Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN), Mr. Kennedy Wedeh, explained that the honour was well deserved following the report from the association’s assessment team. He advised the awardee to maintain the speed lane considering…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Barely 24 hours after viral media reports on the neglect of the new market site of the popular Okutukutu/Edepie Market in Yenagoa where the traders were forcibly relocated to by the Bayelsa State Government, Governor Douye Diri has undertaken an unscheduled visit to the new market site located off the Tombia-Amassoma Road to see things for himself. Diri on Friday stopped his convoy to address the traders at the new market site on his way from the state’s airport, a statement by his chief press secretary, Daniel Alabrah, said. The traders had on Thursday in separate…

By Paul Williams As the world marked the International Women’s Day on March 8, women in the Niger Delta have joined the global activity with a call for issues of Inclusion and equality to be addressed in the region. Meeting in Port Harcourt, under the auspices of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, the community women and community-based organizations, noted that the event afforded them the opportunity of drawing attention to issues of Inclusion, while recognizing the achievements of women in the society. A release, read on behalf of Dr Emem Okon, executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource…

By Mandy Tina The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has demanded for an upward review of national minimum wage from thirty (N30,000.00) to four hundred and forty-seven thousand Naira per month. A statement signed by the union’s secretary general, Comrade Nuhu Toro, states that Nigerian workers can no longer survive with N30,000.00 naira minimum wage following the economic hardship on daily basis. The union maintained that the purpose of minimum wage is to protect workers against undue low pay, ensure a just and equitable share of the fruits of progress to all, reduce poverty, inequality, including those between men…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Wrestling Federation contingents have departed Yenagoa where the team camped ahead of the African Games in Accra, Ghana. The 20-man delegation led by the president, Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Dr. Daniel Igali, left Yenagoa on Tuesday for Port Harcourt airport en-route to Abuja before leaving the country for Ghana on Wednesday. Speaking on the federation’s hopes ahead of the games, Dr. Igali said the expectation is for the athletes to put up a good performance in the games. “This is African Games and as you know our athletes have been in training camp here in Yenagoa…

By Amos Odhe Two separate investing conglomerates on Tuesday evening committed close to eighty million dollars to investment in Osun State infrastructure within the framework of Public Private Partnership. Hosted by Governor Ademola Adeleke and members of his cabinet, the investors include Allegiance CNG Limited focussing on comprehensive sustainable energy solutions through Compressed natural gas and First Tricon Construction Services Limited with earmarked projects across infrastructures sub-sectors. The Allegiance CNG led by its managing director, Deji Afolabi listed several gas projects for which Osun state is to benefit up to the tune of Twenty Million dollars. Mr. Afolabi who said…

By Mandy Tina A man, identified as Michael Chidozie, has been arrested and detained by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly beating his thirty-two year old wife, Mrs Ufuoma Chidozie, to death on Tuesday night, 5 March, 2024, at their residence at Agip axis of Mile 4, Port Harcourt. Report gathered from friends of the deceased alleged that Chidozie is in the habit of beating his wife who is mother of three children, on daily basis without provocation. Our source disclosed that after Ufuoma died as a result of injuries sustained from the alleged physical assault by her husband,…

Stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta North senatorial district, have passed a vote of confidence on the Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. At a meeting held in Asaba on Thursday, March 7, 2024, the stakeholders also passed a vote of confidence on the deputy governor, Sir Monday Onyeme, and on the immediate past governor, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. Dame Nkem Okwuofu, a member of the State Advisory Council, who moved the motion for the vote of confidence on Governor Oborevwori, his deputy, Sir Onyeme, and immediate past governor, Senator Okowa, noted that the governor has…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has indicated its readiness to partner the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) to build a residential estate for medical doctors at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the indication on Thursday when the NDUTH branch of the MDCAN paid a courtesy visit to his office in Government House, Yenagoa. Senator Ewhrudjakpo said government was prepared to make the necessary arrangements for the siting of the proposed estate in a suitable location, under a joint or counterpart funding arrangement with the doctors.…