By Gogo Ada Rufus Mbere Crème de la crème of the society from all walks of life converged last week Saturday to honour a young, vibrant and humble man, Rufus Geoffrey Edeh, who hooked his pretty heartthrob, Mgboisire, at a blissful wedding, held at Bethel Anglican Church, Amadi-Ama in Port …
Read More »NBA Sets Up Committee on Oyigbo Killings
By Joel Anekwe The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a fact-finding team to investigate the alleged killing of Oyigbo indigenes by the Nigerian military. The four-man team which headed by NBA’s 1st vice president, John Aikpokpo-Martins, also has two former NBA Port-Harcourt branch chairmen, Victor Frank-Briggs and Anthonia …
Read More »#EndSARS and Nigeria’s Hunger for Leadership
By Hamzat Lawal I have never experienced a near-national annihilation, as we did after the #EndSARS protest turned bloody a fortnight ago. I have heard about the Civil War, but I was not born then. I also heard about the 1993 post-election crisis, I was a toddler at the time. …
Read More »Travel Journalists Laud Gov Diri on Tourism Development
… Await Maiden Edition of Bayelsa’s Cultural Carnival By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Journalists covering travel, arts and culture beat in Bayelsa State under the auspices of Travel Writers Corps of the Bayelsa State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) have again applauded the vision of the state government to …
Read More »Parents Urge Delta Govt to ‘Remove Boarding Fees for Public Schools’
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Parents and guardians whose children/wards are in public model and boarding schools in Delta State have called on the state governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to remove boarding fees for public schools across the state especially now that economic hardship is telling hard on many Nigerians …
Read More »Urhobowood Int’l Ends Film Festival, Urges Govt to Promote Industry
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Urhobowood Int’l, a popular film/movie organization based in Ughelli town, Delta State has ended her 2020 film festival and exhibition event with a call on both the federal and state governments to promote the local film industry in Nigeria. The yearly event, which took place in …
Read More »IPOB, Kanu Fanning Embers of Disaffection in Rivers
By Tunde Uchegbuo The alleged wanton destruction of lives and property by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in different parts of Rivers State, and the utterances and insults of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, are capable of instigating ethnic disaffection between Rivers indigenes and Igbo residents in …
Read More »We Shall Begin Action on Resource Control soon ~ IYC President
… Says Ijaws ‘no Longer Comfortable with Current Sufferings’ The president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Comrade Peter Igbifa, has declared that they are no longer comfortable “with the current sufferings inflicted on the Ijaws by the lopsided constitution of Nigeria, a constitution which is set to heighten our marginalisation and …
Read More »Covid-19 Brought about Radical Transformation in Arbitration Procedures ~ Derri
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world has been described as a catalyst that necessitated novel innovations in court proceedings, which innovations further brought digital litigation and digital case management systems to the fore in the administration of justice in Nigeria. Professor Damfebo K. Derri of the …
Read More »Itumiruke Buried with Fanfare at Evwreni
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Late Mrs. (Olori) Itumiruke Akpososo, aged 65, who passed away on April 12, 2020, has been committed to Mother Earth recently at her home town of Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State with fanfare. The burial ceremony which was conducted according the …
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