By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A respected lecturer in the Department of Political Science of the University of Delta, Agbor, Dr. Irorohwo Goodluck Oyibokure, has bagged a Ph.D in Political Science from the popular and prestigious Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka with flying colours. Dr. Oyibokure who was among those …
Read More »Finidi George: NFF Went for Merit ~ Diri
By Odie Ramon, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has congratulated Bayelsa-born new head coach of the Nigerian national football team, Finidi George. The governor also commended the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for appointing the new Super Eagles tactician based on merit. Diri stated this on Thursday during …
Read More »GPHCDA: Fubara Commits to Making Greater Port Harcourt ‘A Model City’
… Greater/TAF City moves to Ensure Completion of 400 Houses in 3 Months By our Reporter The management of the Greater Port Harcourt City has organised a retreat, with the theme, ‘Transiting to New Smart Cities; The Beginning.’ The event, which held from April 26 to April 27, 2024 in …
Read More »Environmental Degradation: Group Explores Legal Options to Halting IOCs Divestments
By Godwin Chukwumaechi A human and ecological rights organization, We The People, is seeking legal options that would hold international oil companies IOCs responsible for the massive environmental degradation from their operations in the Niger Delta for the past seven decades. The move was made imperative by the rush of …
Read More »Ogoni Youths back Resumption of Oil Exploration in Ogoniland
By Godwin Chukwumaechi National Youth Council of the Ogoni People (NYCOP), an umbrella body for Ogoni youths, has lent it support for the resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland even as it urged the Federal Government to speed up the process The youths stressed that the oil wealth will be …
Read More »Prosperity Cup: Diri to Flag off Draws, Kits Presentation to Teams
By our Reporter The Central Organizing Committee (COC) of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football spectacle, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament, tagged, the Prosperity Cup, has fixed Thursday 2nd, May, 2024 for the official draws and presentation of jerseys to participating teams. About Two hundred teams comprising of the Male, Female and …
Read More »Wike Calls for Prayers for Nigeria, Tinubu, as Okocha Celebrates Appointments
By Akpekwu Imbufe FCT Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, has called on Nigerians from all walks of life to join hands in prayers for the country and President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Wike made the call at a Thanksgiving Service held at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Rumuapara, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. …
Read More »Tanker Inferno: Rivers NAWOJ Urges FG to Expedite Repairs on East-West Road
By Mandy Tina The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Rivers State chapter, has mourned the “tragic and preventable” inferno that occurred at the Aleto Bridge in Eleme Local Government Area, on Friday night 26, April, 2024. State chairperson of NAWOJ, Susan Serekana-Nwhikhana, said that “the devastating incident, resulting in …
Read More »SWAN Bayelsa Commends Diri For Re-appointing Daniel Igali
By our Reporter The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Bayelsa Chapter, has congratulated the newly inaugurated Sports Commissioner, Dr. Daniel Igali, describing his re-appointment as well-deserved. A statement signed by Bayelsa SWAN’s Caretaker Committee chairman, Loveday Herbert and secretary, Promise Okotoko, noted that over the past few years, the …
Read More »Rivers APC Chairman, Okocha, Thanks Tinubu, Wike for Appointments
By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Caretaker Committee chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sir Tony Okocha, has expressed deep appreciation to President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, for his double appointments as APC Caretaker chairman and Rivers State representative in …
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