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The Rivers State Government has called for strengthened collaboration between security agencies, community stakeholders, and residents to combat rising criminal activities, including sea piracy, illegal oil bunkering, and theft of fishing equipment in Opobo Nkoro Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral …

National leadership of the Association of Women Against Gender-Based Violence (AWAGBV) has commissioned it’s Secretariat in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital with the unveiling of a five years strategic plan on preventive, collaborative and empowerment measures to tackle cases of violence against women in the state and the Niger Delta …

By : Odeh Okioma, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested killers of 50-years-old, Hon. Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha, inlaw to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri and two others including the Paramount Ruler of Kalaba Community and Chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), HRH Kolibo Francis …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri   The Odion’Rode of Evwreni kingdom, His Highness, James Amuke, has sued for peace as part of efforts towards reconciliation and ending the power tussle rocking Unenurhie community, his primary domain in the Evwreni kingdom. In an enlarged meeting called by the traditional ruler at …

By: Young Freeborn The newly elected president-general of Unenurhie community in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North LGA of Delta state, Mr. Williams Ilayah held his first National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on 26 April, 2025 at the community town hall with a call for support from members and residents of the …

…As Oyetola Flags Off Marine Safety Sensitization Initiative in Bayelsa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again appealed to the Federal Government to make good its promise of supporting the state in developing the Agge Deep Seaport. Governor Diri made the appeal at the flag-off of the Marine Safety …

There was pandemonium Friday morning at the EUI Event Centre in Port Harcourt, venue for the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), a pet project of wife of the president, Mrs Remi Tinubu as women of Rivers State walked out on Mrs Theresa Ibas as she was about addressing them. The programme …

To ensure speedy detection and management of oil spills in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country, some civil society organisations have demanded an amendment to the Act establishing the Nigeria Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA. The organisations said amendment of the NOSDRA Act to provide …

….Calls for forensic probe of Shimite Bello’s mysterious death By Amos Odhe. National leadership of the Association of Women Against Gender-Based Violence (AWAGBV) has commended the judiciary for the recent ruling on the death of gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, describing the sentencing of Peter Nwachukwu (Osinachi’s husband) to death by …

…As Father of Abducted Girl Seeks Justice The Rivers State Civil Society Organisations has called on federal authorities to carryout a thorough investigation into allegations that the Enugu Correctional Facility was compromised, allowing a suspected kidnapper to operate freely while in custody and masterminding further illicit acts. Chairman of the …