By Young E Freeborn, Warri Indigenes of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, in conjunction with the community leadership, recently organized a seminar as a step to raise the standard of education in the community. The community also called on the state government to provided the …
Read More »My Administration, Laying Foundation to Industrialize Bayelsa ~ Diri
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said political opponents, talking about industrialisation of the state, have no idea what it takes to achieve it. Diri said rather than politicise it, his administration was laying a solid foundation to position the state for industrialisation …
Read More »Amnesty: Elaye-led Third-Phase Executive Visits Rivers Lawmaker
By Amos Odhe The national chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme (Phase 3), general Elaye Slaboh, and his national/state excutives have paid a courtesy visit to the member representing Ahoada West in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Sokari Goodboy Sokari, in his office in Port Harcourt. The purpose of the meeting, our …
Read More »INEC Releases Voters’ Register in Bayelsa, Records 1,056,862 Voters
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As part of the timetable for the Bayelsa State off-circle governorship election slated for November 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a comprehensive voters’ register to all the political parties that will feature candidates at the poll, recording a total of 1,056,862 …
Read More »From Pulpit to Palace: How Can Pastors Become Kings in Urhobo Land?
By Young Erhiurhoro The above topic is quite expedient as it’s woven round two important divine and traditional tools of “pulpit and palace.” A pulpit in this usage is a description of the church and the clergy, while the palace is a description of a royal throne and the king. …
Read More »Diri, Adeleke Eulogise Alamieyeseigha at 8th Memorial Anniversary
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, and his Osun State counterpart, Senator Ademola Adeleke, have commended the passion of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha for the development of the Niger Delta state and the Ijaw nation as a whole. Both governors, who eulogised the …
Read More »RNDA Threatens Showdown over NNPCL’s ‘Secret Award of $Multi-Billion Pipeline Contract’
… Accuses NNPCL of Rating of AA Rano, other Northern Companies over Niger Delta Contractors By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A former militant group, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has threatened showdown with the over the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr …
Read More »Host Community Rights: Traditional Ruler Hails ‘High Court Ruling against NLNG’
By Ebube Egbufor Amadabo of Finima in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Dagogo Lambert Brown, has expressed happiness over the recent High Court judgement in favour of Finima, the host community to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) over the accruable benefits and entitlements owed them by the …
Read More »Nigerian Content, Key to Renewed Hope Agenda ~ Minister
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has identified the effective implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 as one of the key levers for actualizing the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking …
Read More »Delta Gov, Oborevwori, Inaugurates 44-Member Advisory Council
By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba The governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Tuesday inaugurated the state’s Advisory and Peace Building Council, with a charge to support the government’s M.O.R.E Agenda with “regular expert advice to foster inclusive economic growth, environmental protection, religious harmony, and sustainable development of …
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