By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The rich and popular annual Ohworhu cultural festival, of the Unenurhie people in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, is set to be celebrated on September 17, 2023 at the village square. This is as organisers of the event have called on the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Former member of the House of Representatives and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli, has slammed the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who is his party’s governorship candidate for the November 11 polls …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has approached the development agencies of France and Germany with discussions to propel job creation and boost farmers’ productivity in the Niger Delta region. Managing Director of the commission, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, led a delegation on a two-day exploratory visits to the French …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has given the new minister of Niger Delta, Abubakar Momoh, a single-point agenda of focusing on and completing the abandoned sections of the East-West Road. In a communique signed by Hon Bright Ngolo (chairman) and Irikefe R.O. (mobilization director), the group, which …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Five months after the 2023 General Election, politics and politicking has resumed in four states of Bayelsa, Edo, Kogi and Imo for off-seaon balloting in the states controlled, two apiece, by lead opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The two dominant …

… Advocates Participatory Media By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Vice Chancellor, Academic, of the University of Africa (UAT), Prof. Barclays Ayakoroma, says the media is crucial to credible the November 11 guber election in Bayelsa State, adding that the university will continue to expand and explore windows, especially from its digitization, to …

Following the vote against oil extraction activities at Yasuni, non-governmental organization, Oilwatch International, has commended the people of Ecuador on the “historic victory,” while describing it as “restorative justice for the wounded Amazon and its people.” On August 20, 2023, 5.2 million citizens of Ecuador voted in a national referendum …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has restated commitment to the Global Memoranda of Understanding (GMoU) it signed with its host communities in 2021, to drive community-initiated sustainable development. The company stated this on Tuesday at the commissioning of projects by the Rumuji Community Cluster. The projects, which include …

… Allege NNPCL, Others’ ‘Conspiracy to Hoodwink FG’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A coalition of former militant leaders and stakeholders from the Niger Delta region have written to President Bola Tinubu over the controversy rocking the move to seek re-approval of the over $1.3 billion USD surveillance contract, with about …

… Urges FG to Stop Bayelsa’s 13% Derivations  By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State chapter of the Host Communities producing Oil and Gas in Nigeria (HostCom) on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the state capital inaugurated a new executive to pilot its affairs. Port Harcourt Mundial reports that Pastor Samson Dabbey Graham was sworn-in …