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By Mandy Tina A sociopolitical group in Rivers State, known as the Rivers Women Unite for SIM, have called for peace and tranquility in the state. The group of women took to the streets of Port Harcourt in a peace walk to speak against the current political situation in the state. According to them the crises could cause security challenges in the state while calling on political actors to respect the office of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Led by a former Commissioner for Environment, Professor Roseline Konya, cautioned politicians against using their ambitions to cause unrest in the state. She maintained…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Rivers State Tax Justice and Governance Platform (TJGP) in collaboration with her partners, Christian Aid (CA) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), have called on the National Assembly to urgently investigate all International Monetary Fund, IMF, loans received by the country. The call is necessitated by the escalating debt burden being incurred by the Nigerian government and its attendant effect on the economy and the populace, in the face of the unprecedented spiraling inflation in the country. The group said the escalating debt burden has profound implications for the well-being of Nigerian citizens, and…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The national leadership of Phase 2 Ex-Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has countered the call by ex-militant leaders, Abraham Vwaghie and Israel Akpodoro, for the sack of the interim administrator, Major General Tariye Barry Ndiomu, describing it as “a futile mission by a few misguided beneficiaries.” The ex-agitators in a statement by the national spokesman, Ibena Rufus Salvation, said that “every genuine warlord and leader both in Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Ondo State are all very supportive of the Interim administrator Maj. Gen. Ndiomu (Rtd), and his leadership style to maintain the already existing…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The general overseer, Distinguished Peoples Assembly, Bishop Dotimi Egbegi, has been nominated for the sixth edition of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards. A statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa by the project manager, Mr. Blessing Matthew Ozegbe, stated that “Bishop Dotimi Egbegi is a clergyman par excellence, whose teachings have impacted positively on the lives of many. Mr. Ozegbe further described Bishop Dotimi Egbegi as a kind hearted and God fearing man who has shown enormous compassion to humanity. He noted that the clergyman is humble and visionary with vast knowledge of the gospel and…

By Amos Okioma The Egbo quarter in Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area was agog as dignitaries from all walks of life thronged the ancient community to lay to rest the aged mother of Olorogun Charles Oruru, late madam Ejovwoke Eunice Oruru, who died at the age of 88 years. Among dignitaries that attended the event described as a ‘Celebration of Life’ were politicians and captains of industries from all over the country and the Diaspora. Some of them included Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) chieftains and those of Uwheru Development Union (UDU) Bayelsa State chapter. The Okobaro 1…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Rotary Club of Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has organized a seminar on ‘Peace Building and Conflict Resolution,’ with a call on individuals and leaders in the community to prevent conflict instead of allowing it to occur. Delivering the seminar lecture, at the event held on February 22, 2024 at the Evwreni town hall, the guest speaker, Prof. Sunny Awhefeada of the Delta State University, Abraka, dwelt extensively on the various causes of conflict in homes, communities, kingdoms, ethnic groups and even in the nation to include, injustice, poor…

By Kelechi Nwaucha Decades of environmental devastation in the Niger Delta, as a result of oil exploration activities, and subsequent destruction of the socio-economic lives of people in the region, have continued to be at the centre of calls for environmental justice and remediation. These agitations for environmental justice heightened recently following moves by multinational oil companies operating in the region, notably Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), to divest their onshore holdings in the country. Thursday, at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, women groups from oil-bearing communities in the Niger Delta (Notably Rivers, Akwa Ibom…

Niger Delta youths have threatened to shut down the region if some persons “within the circle of the Niger Delta Development commission (NDDC), continue to make things difficult for the contractor handling the Project Hope initiated by the commission to empower and develop the region.” The Niger Delta Development Commission recently flagged off a youth development and empowerment scheme designed to create a comprehensive resource database of the youth population of the Niger Delta region. The scheme which is known as Holistic Opportunities, Projects and Engagement, HOPE, is to provide a platform to empower youths of the region on a sustainable…

By Mandy Tina A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and acquitted the deputy chairman of the Youth Movement in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Fubara Ohaka, of charges filed against him by Federal Government. Chief Ohaka, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress has been standing trial on six counts of alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering, terrorism, dealing on Illegally refined products without licence, conspiracy amongst other charges brought against him by the Federal Government through the Department of State Services since 2022. In his ruling, Justice Stephen Dalyop-Pam held…

By Mandy Tina A man, identified as Bro Joe, and two other young men, whose identities are yet to be known, at Ogbogoro in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, allegedly abducted an eleven year old girl, chained and defiled her inside an uncompleted building in an undisclosed location for two days. Report has it that Joe and the two young men abducted the minor at about 7pm on 15 February, 2024, when she went on an errand for her mother. Our correspondent gathered that the mother and neighbours had reported to Ozuoba Police Division on the fateful day,…