By Young E. Freeborn, Warri President of the Ariomaghwa Ladies Association, Chief (Mrs.) Ese Umukoro, has reacted to a publication (not by Port Harcourt Mundial), describing it as an attempt “to destroy the reputation of the social group which was founded over 35 years ago by Mrs. Margaret Airoboyi, and …
Read More »Oil Spill: Niger Delta May Face Extinction Soon ~ Rivers Commissioner
By Akpekwu Christopher Imbufe The Rivers State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Igbiks Tamuno, says the Niger Delta region may face extinction sooner than later due to the impact of oil spills and gas flares in the region According to the commissioner, the impact of the degradation of the environment, particularly …
Read More »Mrs Emetughelli Okpakpa for Burial
The burial rites of late Mama Emetughelli Esther Okpakpa (nee Ukpu) a.k.a Ugieore, who slept in the Lord on August 13, 2020, have been announced by the family. Mama Emetughelli Esther died at the ripe age of 107 years. According to a statement released by the family, “her obsequies start on …
Read More »Navy Trains Personnel on Weapons Handling ‘to Minimise Collateral Damages’
The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has begun the retraining of its men in marksmanship and weapons handling in a bid to reduce collateral damage in its engagement in civil security challenges. The exercise, which took place on Tuesday, at Elele 5 Battalion barracks of the Nigerian Army, …
Read More »Egbema Kingdom Gives Agip 72-hr Ultimatum over MoU
The people of Egbema kingdom in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area have given a seventy-two-hour ultimatum to Nigerian Agip Oil Company to implement its 1999 MoU or face the anger of the communities. This was of the highlights of a town hall meeting of the Egbema Youth Association, led by the …
Read More »Ijaw Communities Protest Non-Inclusion, Oppression, Accuse Nat’l, State Lawmakers on Communal Crises
The communities making up Kerebiri Mein kingdom in Bomadi council area of Delta State have protested what they described as non-inclusiveness by the traditional umbrella body of the Ijaw ethnic nationality, the Conference of Ijaw Traditional Rulers and Elders Forum, CITRE. The kingdom in a letter addressed to the CITRE, …
Read More »NUJ Commends Diri for Appointing a Technocrat as SSA on Tourism
… Wants ‘More Technocrats in Strategic Positions’ Following the “impressive performance of newly appointed senior special assistant (SSA) to Governor Douye Diri on Tourism Development, Mr Tamaramiebi Abiri,” chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Bayelsa State Council, Comrade Samuel Numonengi, has applauded the governor, insisting that technocrats should be …
Read More »‘Herdsmen’: Woman, Four Children Escape Death at Uwheru
… Community Urges Govt to Beef up Security By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A farmer (name withheld) and her four children recently escaped death at a farm in Uwheru town, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. According to the report, the farmer and her kids went to harvest …
Read More »Delay in Passage of Social Works Bill Affecting our Practice ~ Social Workers
… Decry ‘Lack of Correctional Institutions, Rehabilitation Centres in Bayelsa‘ The National Association of Social Workers, Bayelsa State chapter, has lamented the non-passage of the Social Works Bill by the National Assembly and the state House of Assembly, noting that this is affecting the practice of the profession in the …
Read More »Anti-Open Grazing Law: Bayelsa Constitutes 23-Man Implementation Committee
… CBN Governor to Commission Cassava Processing Plant Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has constituted a 23-member committee to implement the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law he assented to one week ago. The committee is chaired by the commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. David Alagoa, with the special …
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