By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Ogoni stakeholders have unanimously agreed that the governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, should lead a multi-consultative forum to discuss with the Federal Government on the planned resumption of oil production in OML 11. The stakeholders said the choice of the governor was aimed at preventing saboteurs who may want to adopt divide …

… Plans To Sustain Cultural Potentials The chairman of Andoni Local Government Area, Barr Erastus Awortu, has called on all Andoni people to embrace peace and encourage positive values that will enhance the growth of the entire Obolo people. He made the remark at the unveiling of the Andoni Carnival …

… Gov’s Aide Justifies Cost Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the immediate past director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has challenged claims by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike that the state is spending N16 billion to build the Port Harcourt …

The Afrozons Dubai ‘Sound Off,’ a premier, “one-of-a-kind, travel experience,” organized by Dubai Tourism and AfroZons Radio (USA), has gained so much momentum since its launch on October 1, 2021. News about the Soundoff has travelled far and wide, according to organizers, covering all corners of the globe. Celebrity radio …

A former governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill, has said the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has the requisite qualities to become the President in 2023. Princewill said, given Amaechi’s achievements as a former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, and chairman, conference of Speakers in …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A foremost Bayelsa indigenous gospel artiste, Pastor Bannerman Embiowei, has faulted the state government for hiring musicians from outside the state, “with millions of naira,” to perform during the annual Thanksgiving Day to the neglect of indigenous artistes. The immediate past government, led by former governor …

A body of various women groups, activists, community and opinion leaders, and professionals in the Niger Delta, under the aegis of Wailing Women of Niger Delta and Burden Bearers of the Niger Delta advocating for the development of Niger Delta region, said the region and its people “have been taken for granted …

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condemned the raid by security operatives on the Abuja residence of Supreme Court jurist, Justice Mary Odili. Describing it as an ill-advised sting operation, Governor Diri said it was an attempt to intimidate the judiciary, which is an independent arm of government. He …

Nigerian-based non-governmental organization, AfriLaw, in conjunction with Geneva-based DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance and the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), on Friday continued its two-day engagement with stakeholders in the private security sector in Port Harcourt. A day earlier, Thursday October 21, 2021, the NGO had …

The Central zone of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has expressed its discontentment over the non-inclusion of Bayelsa State in the recent approved construction and rehabilitation of 21 roads by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the six geopolitical zones in the county. Recall that the Federal Executive Council …