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By Paul Williams  The role of the media in promoting gender equality and social inclusion was the main focus of a capacity building workshop organized for journalists in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states by Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center.The event which took place in Port Harcourt last Friday, with support from MacArthur Foundation and Women Rights Advancement and Protection Initiative (WRAPA), brought together over 20 journalists from both states, who are members of Kebetkache Media Against Gender Violence and the Niger Delta Journalists for Environmental Justice.Executive Director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center, Obonganwan (Dr.) Emem Okon, said,…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri has received the Bayelsa State Para contingents to the just concluded National Para Games in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Governor Diri during the State Prosperity Weekly Exercise on Thursday, received the Para athletes in a special recognition after Bayelsa State finished first position with 30 gold, 24 silver and 20 bronze. Addressing the team, Governor Diri congratulated them for making the state and the Ijaw Nation proud by their spectacular performance. He described their achievements as fulfilling, stressing that despite their current physical conditions they were able to…

…Tasks Young Lawyers to Promote Human Rights Advocacy By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa’s deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has reminded medical workers in Nigeria, particularly doctors of the need to obey their professional oath at all times in the performance of their duties. This is just as he urged young lawyers to take interest in promoting and protecting human rights of the people as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution. Senator Ewhrudjakpo spoke when the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa Chapter and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Community Development Service Legal Aid Group paid him separate visits…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again made a case for the practice of true federalism and restructuring of Nigeria in order to determine the real viability of states. Governor Diri spoke on Wednesday during the 124th state executive council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, against the backdrop of a recent report on the economic and financial viability of states in the country. It could be recalled that the Economic Confidential, in its 2022 Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) report, listed Bayelsa among six states that were allegedly financially insolvent. In a statement issued by…

As part of activities “to show love through giving in this season,” the Eunice Nnachi Women Advocacy Foundation, ENWAF has visited the Victoria Orphanage Home located in Okutukutu, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. ENWAF led by its founder and CEO, Lady Eunice Nnachi, presented gift items, clothing, food items and toiletries to children during the visit. Lady Nnachi noted that the purpose of the visit was to gain insight into the daily lives of these young children and to understand the efforts made by the caretakers to provide them with love, care, and a nurturing environment. “This visit is part of…

By Amos Odhe The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Rivers State Command has decorated ninety-eight newly promoted senior and middle cadre officers at the command. The NIS in Rivers State also inducted 54 newly recruited personnel after their convocation and orientation at the command. The newly decorated ninety-eight senior and middle cadre officers are made up of 43 females and 55 males. The Comptroller of the Rivers State Command, Sunday James, who is now an assistant comptroller general of the NIS, joined families and well-wishers of the newly promoted officers, in a statement on Tuesday,…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Members of the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has commenced campaign against road accidents in Bayelsa State, calling on indigenes of communities along major highways to help reduce deaths of accident victims by quick live-saving response. The NAS, in conjunction with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigeria Red Cross Society, offered preliminary training to the indigenes of the indigenes of the Tombia-Amassoma road in Yenagoa and Southern Ijaw local government on the wherewithal to be first responders to road crash incidents. In his opening remarks, the Capoon of Oxbow Marino Deck, Mr…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Former aide to two former managing directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Barr. Alabh George Turnah, Sunday celebrated his victory over alleged money laundry and other charges level against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the victory of the state Governor, Senator Douye Diri in the recently conducted gubernatorial elections in the state. Turnah who described his travails in the hands of the anti-graft agency as persecution said it was an honour and rare privilege to be amongst the ‘free citizens’ to celebrate his liberty from the alleged persecution by the…

By Paul Williams In a bid to deepen awareness of gender and social inclusion issues among students in Rivers State, non-governmental organisation, Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center, on Thursday December 14, organised a debate competition for secondary schools in the state. The event, tagged ‘2023 Secondary Schools Debate,’ with the theme: ‘Promoting Gender Equality and Social Inclusion,’ and organised with support from MacArthur Foundation and Women Rights Advancement and Protection Initiative (WRAPA), saw public school, Government Girls Secondary School, Orominike triumph over others to clinch the trophy. GGSS Orominike emerged the overall winners with 24.8 pts at the finals which…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Priesthood Holy Charity Home, an orphanage at Elelenwo, Rivers State has commenced vocational training programmes that will equip inmates of the home with lifelong skills that will support them when they eventually leave the orphanage. The skills acquisition programmes, according to Pastor Henry Echenwo, proprietor of the orphanage were introduced this year to add value to the educational objectives of the orphanage so that beyond just being custodians of the motherless babies that the home will also prepare inmates for live outside the home. Echenwo disclosed this when members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Rivers State Council of…