By Young Freeborn, Warri The annual Igbe holy festival by the Igbe Orhe Ofuafo Oghene Healing Home Inc, situated along Ughelli/Patani road, Unenurhie town in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, holds from March 23rd this year at the religious home’s premises. Giving the breakdown of different religious …

Following the successes allegedly recorded in the ongoing membership re-validation exercise of the All Progressives Congress, APC, one of its chieftains in Ahoada West council area of Rivers State and entrepreneur, Mr Inime Karibo, says he was hopeful that the exercise would continue to attract more bigwig defectors to the …

As the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) marks this year’s International Tourist Guide Day, being a professional holiday celebrated every February 21, an expert in international tourism and current senior special assistant to Bayelsa State governor on Tourism Development, Mr. Tamaramiebi Abiri, has called for a broader environmentally …

Former acting paramount ruler of Mbiama community of Ahoada West council area of Rivers State and presently supervisory councillor for Education, Hon Emmanuel Dikio, has said the best thing that has happened to the LGA in the recent years was the choice of Hon. Hope Ikiriko as council chairman. Dikio …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Agudama-Epie Community within the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa, has elected a new paramount ruler after a keenly contested election for the exalted royal position. The new Obenaken Agudama-Epie Community is High Royal Highness Titus Gospel Akputakpu. Speaking to journalists after the election, the Electoral Committee …

Scores of Ijaw leaders under the aegis of the Ijaw Forward Movement (IFM) have opened up on reasons why major contractors “are after the jugular” of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Col Milland Dixon Dikio rtd. In an online statement, the group’s coordinator, Anthony Oki, posited that Dikio’s offence may …

The Federal High Court Yenagoa, on Friday adjourned a suit by Ijaw leaders seeking to halt the process leading to licensing for marginal oilfields located in their domains pending the determination of their suit. The suit marked No, PHC/YEN/CS/81/2020 was filed by Chief Brown Agu (Opu Agu VIII), Mrs Rosemary …

The member representing Constituency 3 SILGA in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Moses Marlon, has felicitated with the Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere, on his one year Anniversary in office. This was contained in a statement released by the member on Friday. On …

.. Travel Writers Laud Govt’s Initiative As the Port Harcourt Zoo undergoes renovation work, the Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Travel Writers Corps has expressed the “great expectation” of the people of the state for a quick and effective restoration of the facility. When the travel writers visited the …

Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Police has arrested a 26 years old male, Promise Olive, for allegedly slapping his 17 years old girlfriend, Esther Uko, to death over a minor quarrel. Briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Yenagoa, commissioner of Police, Mr. Mike Okoli, said that Esther slumped …