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Symposium Holds for Peter Ekeh As Burial Begins March 24

A memorial symposium and day of tributes has been scheduled to hold in honour of the late distinguished social scientist, Professor Peter Ekeh who died in the United States of America in November 2020 at the age of eighty-three. The symposium will hold on Wednesday 24th March 2020 at the …

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Mothers Are Nation Builders ~ Mrs Odutemu

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Wife of the Archbishop of Bendel Province and Bishop of Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, Mrs. U. O. Odutemu, has described women as “nation builders.” Mrs. Odutemu, who is the provincial/diocesan president of the Mothers’ Union, Women’s Guild and Girls Guild of the province and the …

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Delta: Kidnapping Den Discovered Between Ogor, Evwreni Forest

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As reports of kidnapping, banditry, raping and ritual killings make headlines on daily basis in many parts of the country, a new kidnappers’ den was allegedly discovered within the Ogor/Evwreni axis, along the Ughelli/Patani section of the East-West federal road recently. The discovery was made …

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NDDC Building’ll Add Value to Niger Delta People ~ Michael West

By Don Jack A former member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Ibinabo Michael West, has praised the efforts of the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and President Muhammadu Buhari at ensuring the completion of the …

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NLNG Trains Bonny Youths on Tourism as Stakeholders Kick

By Joel Anekwe In a bid to make Bonny Island, its operational base, a tourist haven, as part of its Bonny-Dubai vision, the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) last week announced the completion of a two-week intensive and hands-on training on tourism business and entrepreneurship for some Bonny youths, in partnership …

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Bayelsa Govt Flays Oil Companies over Expropriation, Insecurity in Niger Delta

…Condemns Killing in Amabulou Community The Bayelsa State Government has accused multinational oil companies, especially Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), of initiating deliberate policies and programmes to short change oil bearing communities. This is just as the government condemned in strong terms the recent criminal attack on Amabulou Community over …

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Bayelsa Bans Open Grazing, to Arrest Armed Herders

Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 on Wednesday at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Yenagoa. He said the essence of the law is to ensure …

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