By Mandy Tina United States of America-based Ogoni advocacy groups, Centre for Democracy, Human Rights, and Anti-Corruption (CDHRAC) and the National Union of Ogoni Students (NUOS) International USA, have called for a referendum among Ogoni people, home and abroad, to determine whether oil production can resume in Ogoniland. The groups …

By Mandy Tina Former commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning Rivers State, Dr. Reason Onya, has expressed optimism that after distraction arising from the legal battle and political crisis being faced by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers people will experience dividends of democracy. Onya, who reacted to the political situation in …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Loyalists of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and youths from the Niger Delta region have raised an alarm over “plans by some politicians and presidential aides to embarrass and mock the duo of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON, …

By Pius Dukor Many have described the game of Polo as for only rich and well to do in the society. Reacting on the sidelines of the just concluded Polo tournament in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Mr. Adokiye Ikpoki, the managing director of Chairborne Global Services dismissed the …

By Pius Dukor It was Mathew Desmond who postulated some years ago that “Housing is absolutely essential for humans to flourish. Without stable shelter it all falls apart. The pathway to housing should be fair and equitable for everyone, and access to affordable housing is the infrastructure people in our …

By Amos Odhe IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ) has said that it is “extremely dismayed and frowns at the reported police invasion of ABN TV and forced arrest of a guest during a live programme in Umuahia on Tuesday, 16th January, 2024.” In a release made …

By Mandy Tina A leading humanitarian and Human Rights organization in Nigeria, Relief International Africa, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the decision to revisit the perpetual injunction obtained by the former Governor Peter Odili-led administration in Rivers State. The humanitarian organisation described the decision as …

By Amos Odhe The first meeting in 2024 of the governors of oil and gas rich South South region, under the auspices of the BRACED Commission, in this current dispensation held on Thursday January 18, 2023 under the leadership of the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, who double as chairman …

By Amos Odhe Osun State Government has frowned at incessant encroachment on government properties by land grabbers and estate developers.  The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Sunday Oroniyi, made this known during his visit to Owalla Dam in Oba- Oke, Osun State, where Federal …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There was mild drama at the magistrate sitting in Yenagoa Magisteria district of Bayelsa following the whisking away of a 45-year old trader, Esther Maduka who was brought to court to be arraigned on charges of alleged breach of peace and malicious damage. Esther Maduka, who …