Following complaints and the call by aggrieved members of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, for the redeployment of the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Senator Heneiken Lokpobiri, a Niger Delta ex-agitator, Comrade Obubo Opukeme aka Galadima, has advised the minister not to take the issues raised by …
Read More »Abia Royal Father Formalize Marriage with Yoruba Wife in ‘Wedding of Cultures’
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Nigerians from different walks of life gathered at Igoba community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State for the traditional marriage of Eze Enyinnaya Williams and Omowumi, his Queen from Ondo State, in a ceremony aptly described as a royal wedding of cultures. …
Read More »Bayelsa Ready to Collaborate with FERMA on Road Rehabilitation ~ Ewhrudjakpo
The Bayelsa State Government says it is ready to collaborate with the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on the rehabilitation and maintenance of failing roads in the state. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made this known while speaking with a delegation from the Bayelsa Field Office of FERMA during …
Read More »From Serendipity to Synchronicity: An Imperfect Storm That Nigerians Need
By Hamzat Lawal The book, An Imperfect Storm: A pandemic and the coming of age of a Nigerian institution, written by the immediate past Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, with his wife Vivianne Ihekweazu, Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch, is a memoir …
Read More »Correspondents’ Chapel Lauds Members on NUJ Awards
… EMR Hails BusinessDay Manager, Chukwu, on Lifetime Award …. Awards Well Deserved, Honour to Chapel ~ Okonkwo Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State have felicitated with five of their colleagues who received various categories of awards from the Nigeria Union of …
Read More »Baylesa SWAN Seeks Cooperation with Works Commissioner
In continuation of its visits to stakeholders in the sports sector, the leadership of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Bayelsa chapter, on Monday, paid a courtesy visit to the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Esv. Moses Teibowei. Chairman of Bayelsa SWAN, Comrade Mrs Timinepre Ohia, in her remarks, …
Read More »Nigerian Christian Graduates to Hold 49th Conference in Bayelsa
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF) is set to hold the 49th Conference and 27th Anniversary of her Missionary Arm, in Bayelsa, with the theme: “More Than Conquerors”, from Wednesday, August 28 to Sunday, September 1, 2024. Barr. Peter Great Temedie, President of the Nigeria Christian …
Read More »P-Square: It is All About Family
By William Okeke The world is about family. And families are meant to stand for each other. Protect each other. Make up for each other’s lapses. Yet in another sense. Nothing stops P-Square from branding their talent professionally. If only to stop the distraction we are seeing now So those …
Read More »Rivers LG Election: Elele Youths Seek Support for Innocent Worusah
As election into the 23 local councils in Rivers State gathers momentum, youths in Elele Kingdom, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, have declared support for the aspiration of Sir Innocent Worusah to occupy the chairmanship position in the council. They are of the view that Sir Hon Innocent …
Read More »Tinubu’s Hardship Palliatives and Obaseki’s ‘Rice Hoarding’ Scandal
By Ehichioya Ezomon Rice – the most popular Nigerian staple food – has suddenly become an issue, and may contribute to futher scrambling of the campaign of the Edo State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that’s already reeling from months of defection of high-profile members to the …
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