In abid to step up its constitutional role, the Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne, has recorded ground breaking seizures in its operations against smuggling and illicit trade, led by the vigilant officers and collaboration with sisters agencies. Briefing journalists, the Comptroller, Area II Command, Mahammed Babandede, said the …
Read More »Bayelsa Commuters Groan over Relocation of Motor Parks to Terminal
As a result of the directive issued by the Bayelsa State Ministry of Transport that all motor parks operating within Yenagoa and its environs must relocate to the newly built state’s transport terminal at Igbogene in Yenagoa, commuters traveling from Bayelsa State to other parts of the country are lamenting …
Read More »Ikuru Town HCDT Donates Livelihood Packages to Over 1,700 Community Members
… Lauds JV Partners Green Energy, Lekoil on CSR, Community Relations By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Ikuru Town Host Communities Development Trust (HCDT) on Monday distributed livelihood packages worth N50 million to natives and residents of Ikuru Town in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. This is as …
Read More »GEJ 2027: The North’s Gambit and The Rest of Nigeria
By David Oguzierem The 2027 presidential elections in Nigeria are set to be a seismic moment in the nation’s political history. Behind closed doors, the northern oligarchy, a dominant force in Nigeria’s power dynamics, is engineering what could be a game-changing move—bringing former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) back to …
Read More »Fuel Supply: Lokpobiri Assures Nigerians on ‘Product Availability’, Visits Stations in Bayelsa
The Minister of State Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has toured fuel stations in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state, to monitor the availability of petroleum products. Lokpobiri arrived at the Bayelsa State International Airport, Amassoma, at about 11.30 a.m. and headed straight to the Rain Oil Filling station at …
Read More »From Zik to Obasanjo to Yakubu, ‘Fake Death’ Purveyors on the Loose
By Ehichioya Ezomon There’s a resurgence of “false or fake” reports of death of prominent Nigerians spurned by the mischievous for inexplicable reasons. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, are among the latest victims of repeated reports of their deaths by …
Read More »Port Harcourt can Compete with Lagos in Talents Hunt ~ Mayor of Housing
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Real estate investor and entertainment enthusiast, My-ACE China, has rolled out plans to make Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to compete with Lagos, currently Nigeria’s entertainment capital in talent hunt shows or programmes. While speaking on the sidelines of his emergence as the winner …
Read More »Tony Okocha, APC Chairman, Marks Birthday with Widows, Indigent Women Across Rivers
… Appreciates Tinubu’s Transformational Policies, FCT Minister By Kennedy Wedeh Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Sir (Chief) Tony C. Okocha, has celebrated his 56th birthday with widows in Rumuigbo Community, in Obio/Akpor LGA, and indigent women across the 23 local government area in Rivers State. …
Read More »Green Energy, Lekoil Present Scholarship, Bursary Grants to Undergraduate, PG Students
By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil & Gas Investment Limited Joint Venture (GEIL/LEKOIL JV) on Thursday presented bursaries and scholarships to 121 undergraduate and post graduate students. The students are Indigenes of Asukama and Ayama Ekede communities in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, two …
Read More »Bayelsa Community Rejects ‘Award of Contract’ to Former Rep, Ofongo
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The leadership of Angiama Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, has rejected the likely award of contract to a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr Henry Ofongo, “or any company promoted by him,” for the construction of an Administrative Block, Information …
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