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Flood Cuts Bridge Linking Unenurhie, Enhwe Communities

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Calamity has again befallen the flood-ravaged Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area and Enhwe community in Isoko South Local Government Area, as the bridge linking both Delta State communities was recently cut off by the flood, throwing residents of the communities into agony and …

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Rivers $12m Cassava Initiative to Create 3000 Jobs

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed optimism that the state’s $12 million cassava processing initiative will create jobs and enhance the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The governor urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support the initiative …

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#EndSARS: Ex-Militants Threaten ‘Mega Protest,’ Ask Mongono to Pay Amnesty Contractors within 48hrs

Following the nonpayment of verified Presidential Amnesty Programme’s contractors from November 2019 to date, coupled with the rumoured plan by the present administration to scrap the Amnesty Programme, aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta region have indicated their interest to join the EndSARS protest platform to ask the National Security …

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#ENDSARS Protest: Group Sues for Peace

Association of Waterfront Coordinators has called on youths in Nigeria to tow the line of peace, following the ‘ENDSARS’ protest which turned violent over the past week. Addressing the press recently, president of the association, Comrade Sam Ateke, said that the protest which kicked off peacefully all over the country …

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Wike Reinforces Ban on IPOB Activities in Rivers

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State government, in line with the proscription order of the Federal Government, has reinforced a ban on activities of Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) in the state, adding that no form of procession or agitation by the group or any of its affiliates is allowed …

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Pirates Attack Passenger Boat along Bille Waterway

A passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bille in Rivers State was on Sunday, October25, 2020 attacked by sea pirates, leaving one person dead and several others missing. In a chat with our correspondent, former chairman of Bille Kingdom Community Development Committee, Asatubo Igbanibo Kemuel, said the activities of …

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