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By Mandy Tina Women residing in Diobu, Port Harcourt, have protested to the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) over the inability of their husbands to engage in conjugal relations as a result of the “incessant poor power supply in the area.” The women, who were carrying placards with several inscription such as ‘No Light No Bill,’ ‘The Heat is too much,’ amongst others, marched through Wokoma Lane, Obaziolu, Dim Lane, Egbuagu, Azikiwe, Ojoto streets in Diobu before proceeding to the PHED office at Mile 1, Port Harcourt. The women said they cannot be paying for darkness,…

Region-based newspaper, Port Harcourt Mundial, has joined media practitioners and organizations across the state and Deltans in general, in commending the appointment of Dr. Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza as the new state commissioner for Information. Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori last week swore in Osuoza alongside other new commissioners. In a letter signed by the publisher of Port Harcourt Mundial, Ukandi Christopher, the medium noted that Dr. Osuoza comes to the job with “high-profile experience and achievements in media management and relations, that span years of engagement and practice in the industry.” According to Ukandi Christopher, “Deltans and Governor…

By Amos Odhe The Urhobo Host Communities Rebirth Initiative (UHCRI) has faulted allegation made against Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, Executive Vice President, Upstream of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL. A group had accused Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan of allegedly planning to increase of the scope of the pipeline surveillance contract awarded Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, a company allegedly linked to the Olu of Warri. But, the Urhobo Host Communities Rebirth Initiative (UHCRI), in a press release on Friday, said the NNPCL Executive Vice President Upstream “cannot single-handedly increase scope of contract in favour of Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited.” The press release…

. . Father Extols ‘Gov Diri’s Neutrality’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hon Warikumo Amakoromo winner of the Yenagoa constituency re -run election, having polled a total of 6959 votes to beat Hon Eboiwou Koku Obiyai of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, who scored 5263 votes. While declaring the result , the Constituency Returning officer, Prof Chris Onyema, deputy vice chancellor of the Federal university , Otuoke said, ” by the power invested on me, l hereby declare the candidate, Hon Warikumo Amakoromo haven scored the highest number of votes is thereby declared…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Japan 2020 Olympic silver medalist, Blessing Oborodudu, has secured a slot in next month’s African Games in Accra, Ghana. Our correspondent said Blessing wasted no time dispatching her 68kg opponent Tokere Appah of Bayelsa in a pinfall dominant fashion. Ebi Biogos of Bayelsa and Hannah Reuben of the Nigerian Army also came out victorious in the 72kg and 76kg respectively. In the male freestyle, Soso Tamarau of Delta and Ashton Mutuwa of Plateau caused an upset in the 97kg and 125kg. The new American based sensation Ashton Mutuwa upset national champion Progress Benson of Rivers to…

Delta State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, has extended “warm felicitations to the First Lady of the state, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori, on the occasion of her 54th birthday.” In a congratulatory message, made available to our correspondent, Dr. Osuoza eulogized Deaconess Oborevwori, describing her as “a humane and prayerful woman of virtue,” who has remained a firm and solid pillar of support for her husband, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, over the years. The commissioner commended her for her “kindness and humanitarian services, her unwavering commitment to the community, and her dedication to the betterment of the lives of Deltans,…

Non-governmental organization, Connected Development, CODE’s FOI Coalition Team on January 24, 2024 paid an advocacy visit to the Rivers State commissioner for Health, Mrs Adaeze Oreh, in a bid to “strengthen collaboration in order to drive the FOI legislation at the Rivers State House of Assembly.” According to the Coalition Team Lead, Mr. Charles Timothy Uffort, CODE is implementing Power of Voices Fair4All Project with support from OXFAM Nigeria in the State. Of which one of it’s objective seeks to advocate for the domestication of the Freedom of Information ACT to enhance access to information by it’s citizen. He mentioned…

By Kelechi Nwaucha As Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other multinational oil companies begin to divest their onshore holdings in Nigeria, women in the Niger Delta have cried “No,” demanding that the oil giants “Restore our land before leaving.” Rising from a meeting held in Port Harcourt, under the aegis of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre as part of the Power Up Project in Nigeria, community women from Ibeno in Akwa Ibom State, Eleme, Abua, Egbema in Rivers State and Delta State, described the situation as a “use, despoil and dump situation.” “Now they (oil companies) want to…

Pastor Michael Zilly Aggrey, son of the general overseer of the Royal House of Grace Int’l, has marked his 40th birthday with a reach out to widows and prison inmates in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The 3-day event, which kicked off on January 26, 2024 with a prison outreach to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre, Borokiri, continued in the evening of the same day with High Praise & Worship at Royal House of Grace Intl Headquaters in Port Harcourt, and Thanksgiving & Book Launch on January 28. Pastor Zilly Aggrey, in a chat with our reporter, said the…

By Ehichioya Ezomon If Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s testing the waters to re-enact his 2016 imposition of a candidate on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, he’s failed spectacularly in the plot, with pleas by members to President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership to call him to order, to avoid another defeat for the party, as in 2020, blamed on Oshiomhole. Hell was unchained in the APC on January 19 when words spread that a shadowy “screening committee” had reduced from 29 to 10, to six, and to four the number of aspirants angling for the party ticket. Fingers…