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  By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori recently directed that workers be promoted as and when due, with payment of necessary financial obligations, to avoid piling up of promotion arrears.  Oborevwori gave the directive when he received the judges of the state judiciary, led by the state chief judge, Justice Theresa Diai at the Government House, Asaba. He said his administration approved over N600 million monthly at N10,000 each per worker to be paid as palliative for three months in the first instance to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal on workers. Governor…

  … Says Sylva Anti-Development By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has alerted security agencies to an alleged plot by the opposition in the state to cause mayhem in Ogbia Local Government Area during the November 11 governorship election. Diri also accused the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, of being “anti-development and anti-progress.” The Bayelsa governor, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the November 11 governorship poll, spoke at the Ogbia Constituency 2 rally at Otuokpoti after campaign stops at riverine Anyama-Ogbia and Emadike communities. He alleged that…

By Pius Dukor The deputy managing director, Joint Venture Asset, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Ltd, Mr. Guillaume Dulout, says the company will do everything humanly possible to support the educational advancement of Nigerian schools. Dulout made the remark at the 2023 Book Reading and Open day event for Senior Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with the theme: ‘A Chapter a Day Keeps the Brain Alert,’ organized by Total Energies Nig. Ltd. He said reading a chapter of book everyday by the students will help keep the brain alert and make the reader acquire life-improvement skills, noting that it adds…

… Rate Firm High on Pipeline Surveilance By Godwin Chukwumaechi Some members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dumle Maol, Hon. John Dominic Iderema and Hon. Sokari Goodboy Sokari, representing Gokana, Abua/Odual and Ahoada West constituencies respectively, have called on the Federal Government to extend the surveillance contract of Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, PINL beyond the current three months. This was as the lawmakers rated the company high on its performance on the pipeline surveillance contract across some Niger Delta states. Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, PINL, is one of the contractors employed by the Federal Government to…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The president-general of Otogor community, traditional headquarters of the ancient Ogor Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. U.K. Emmanuel Tobi Ediri, has inaugurated the community youth executive, task force committee and other committees to aid his leadership pilot the affairs of the community.  Addressing elders, chiefs, women and youths at the community town hall, at a meeting attended by representatives of the Area Commander, Ughelli Police Station, the Divisional Police Officer, Ughelli Police Station, “A” Division, the Army Commander, 222 Battalion, Agabarha-Otor, DSS and others, the Otogor president-general said, “The…

  By Ebube Egbufor Christians all over the world have been charged to pray that God should raise men and women of God that would preach the truth and do His work the right way. Senior Pastor of the Healing Word International Christian Centre and president, International Council of Archbishops and Bishops of Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches, His Royal Eminence, Archbishop Benny Danson, gave the charge while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt at the occasion of his 58th birthday celebration recently. The cleric, who was reacting to questions why there is division in the body of Christ, the Church,…

… Health Commissioner Promises Govt Intervention in PHCs By Paul Williams “Oil-producing communities are key to Nigeria’s economic development. By bearing thebrunt of oil extraction – loss of diversity and other natural productive assets, they should benefit from strategic infrastructural developments to compensate for manifest and latent consequences of oil exploration.” “Contrastingly,” according to the chief executive officer of Connected Development (CODE), Hamzat Lawal, “this is not so.” An attempt, therefore, to take stock of social infrastructure in oil-producing communities in Rivers State, with a view to determining their felt-needs for policy intervention, thus formed the backdrop of a project…

A non-governmental organization, the Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN), has ended a two-day awareness campaign on the dangers associated with flood. National coordinator of the Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN), Dr. Gilbert Amadi, explained that the event was to drew the attention of flood-prone communities on the dangers associated with the natural disaster and the need for people living in low density areas to take precautions and adhere to early warning signs. He thanked the people of Mbiama community and adjourning villages who turned out in their numbers to participate in the program, which according to…

By Amos Odhe A group known as Delta State Coalition of Youth Leaders for APC, on Tuesday advised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost their cases at the Election Petition Tribunals in Asaba, to file their respective appeals before the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The group, gave the advice in a statement signed by Comrade Ovibi T Superior, coordinator (Delta Central), Mr. Waibode Fuludu, secretary (Delta South), Engr. C.O Chinadu, PRO, (Delta North) They said: “The people of Delta State and particularly, the members of the All Progressives Congress APC in Delta State would recall how…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Two pregnant women and 13 other persons were among victims confirmed burnt to death in a fire disaster at an illegal oil refinery fire at Rumucholu community in Ibaa, Emoha Local Government Area.  The fire which occurred early morning of Monday was said to have been caused by the activities of illegal refining of crude oil at a site previously destroyed by some government security agencies, GSAs working in collaboration with a private security firm, Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, PINL. It was gathered from a community source who pleaded anonymity that the fire incident occurred as a…