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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Ex-Agitators under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, phase 2 beneficiaries, have vowed not to be deterred by arrest of its members until the alleged “monumental fraud in the Amnesty office is exposed.” Our correspondent gathered that the newly elected leadership of the Phase 2 beneficiaries, inaugurated barely three weeks, earlier hinted that they will not rest until there’s a “reorganization of the policies and programme to benefit the real beneficiaries and fulfill the essence of its existence.” A statement issued on Wednesday by the publicity secretary, Passman Akpos, said “The newly elected National Chairman, PAP phase…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The president-general of Unenurhie community, Mr. Peter Maison, has spoken extensively on why the Unenurhie people continue to agitate for their separate kingdom from the present Evwreni kingdom. In a recent interview held at his residence in Unenurhie community, the president-general told our correspondent that, “We, as a community in this present Evwreni kingdom will continue to agitate for our own separate and independent kingdom other than this present Evwreni kingdom. “As a peaceful and law-abiding community, we don’t want to do anything outside the scope and limit of the law. Therefore, we have placed…

By Mandy Tina Concerned residents of Rivers State have raised eyebrow over Police silence on arresting prime suspects in the gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim. February 8, 2024 made it five months after suspected Iceland cult members, led by one David Gift aka 2Baba, operating in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state were fingered by the Rivers State Police Command over the beheading of Superintendent of Police (SP) Bako Angbashim. Angbashim, then Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Police Division, was killed on September 8, 2023 at Odemude community. Speaking with our correspondent, a resident of the…

By Emma Sunday On Thursday, February 15, 2024, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) launched an online portal for registration of regulated port service providers at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) conference center in Effurun, Delta State. The event was attended by members of the organized private sector and other maritime stakeholders, including terminal operators, shipping agents, freight forwarders, and port users. Others in attendance at the event were; DACCIMA President, Chief Anthony Idigbe, represented by Rev. Lucky Otegheri, the DACCIMA 2nd Deputy President and Dr. Austin Egbegbadia, President, Delta Shippers Association (DELSA) among others. The keynote address was delivered by…

Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt  The Rivers State Police Command says it is still trailing Mr. Gift David, aka 2Baba, a wanted leader of the Iceland cult group, who is the prime suspect in the killing of late Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim back in September, 2023. The late DPO, SP Amgbashim was reportedly killed and beheaded by members of the Iceland cult group led by Mr ‘2Baba” with his private parts cut off during a raid on the criminals’ hideout in Odiemudie forest in Ahoada East local government area of the State. The incident angered the Rivers…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Niger Delta group, the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has called on the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu to launch an independent investigation into alleged cases of oil vessels entrapment along the waterways of the region, insisting that the investigations must include the recent seizure of crude oil vessels by the personnel of the private security company known as Tantita Security Services Limited. The protest letter, which was dated 13th of Febuary, 2024 and signed by the publicity secretary of the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger…

By Mandy Tina Some staffers of the Rivers State Broadcasting corporation have staged a protest shutting down operations on Monday 12 February, 2024, over alleged “management’s poor performance.” The staff who gathered at about 6:am locked the station entrance while accusing the management of neglect and corrupt system of leadership. In an interview with our correspondent, chairman of the Radio Rivers Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Lekia Anya, decried the decay of facilities which he said has crippled the services of the company. “It is an accumulated issue that we have been trying to dialogue with the management…

… Niger Gov Inaugurates 22km Ring Road Project By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration is considering immortalising the late group managing director and chief executive officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, for his contribution to development of the state. Wigwe, his wife, son and a former group chairman of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Abimola Ogunbanjo, died in a helicopter crash last weekend in the United States. Speaking on Tuesday during the inauguration of sections 2 and 3 of the 22km Yenagoa Outer Ring Road, which was constructed by Lubrik,…

By Ehichioya Ezomon  The other day, 18 of the over 30 aspirants of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State – acting as paupers in an undisguised blackmail – petitioned the party leadership to scrap the N5m fee for Expression of Interest form, and reduce the cost of Nomination form from N25m to between N1m and N5m for the February 22 primaries. But the LP national chairman, Mr Julius Abure, acknowledging at a January 31 press conference in Abuja that “election is expensive in Nigeria,” portrayed the aspirants as unserious and unprepared for the governorship…

… We Arrested Him Three Times ~ DSS Witness Admits By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command have thrown more light on the circumstances that led to the arrest and two-year detention of a Youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie allegedly by the men of the Department of State Security (DSS) in 2016. The Bayelsa Police Command through Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Stanley Friday, told the State High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Monday that the two petitions filed by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) against the youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie on…