By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the farming season sets in after the yuletide celebrations, herdsmen, alleged to be Fulani, have again invaded Uwheru communities of Ohoror, Agadama, Avwon and others with cows “numbering over ten thousand.” Reports from farmers in these communities indicate that, the Fulani herdsmen were heavily …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The director general/chief executive officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Olorogun Dr Rufus Ebegba, has led top management and staff of the agency on a working visit to the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Engr. Hassan Musa. The visit, which took place …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri What could be described as a ‘Black Monday’ occurred at Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State a few days ago as the family of Mr. and Mrs. Onome Morrison Edafe lost a seven-year old child, Master Richard Edafe Onome, to …

… Governors Must Work Together ~ Wike By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, and his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, have described as “bright” the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) producing the next Nigerian president in 2023. The two governors spoke on Monday …

By Ebube Egbufor The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Onne Seaport chapter, has debunked rumours making the rounds that they have been collecting Practitioner Operating Fees (POF) at the port, stressing that they only collect Association Welfare Dues (AWD) which is in line with the association’s constitution. ANLCA’s …

The leadership of the pan-Ijaw youth group, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has flayed the remarks credited to the governor Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, “against the Ijaw nation.” President of the IYC, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement, on Thursday in Port Harcourt, said it was sad that Wike, while …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The city of Ughelli, the headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State will Sunday February 13, 2022 witness the third edition of the 10km road race tagged, ‘Ughelli Secondary Schools 10km Road Race,’ as well as the first edition of 10km adult …

Ijaw Progressive Forum (IPF) has lauded the judiciary for affirming the outcome of Oporoza Elective Convention that produced Dcn. Peter Timothy Igbifa as the duly elected president of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC). The group stated this while congratulating the IYC president following his court victories in two separate suits …

By Tunde Uchegbuo A university gains credibility when it turns out ground-breaking research works and innovations that make society better. This is why there are mutually beneficial institutional linkages with reputable universities and research institutions around the world. Such a relationship makes the academic content of the benefitting university globally …

By Ebube Egbufor The Area II command of the Nigeria Customs Service at Onne Port, in Rivers State, has achieved a record breaking collection of N188,643,692,057, from January to December 2021, surpassing the 2020 collection with N69 billion. According to a press statement made available to journalists by the public …