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By Joel Anekwe The acting managing director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, recently visited some universities in the United Kingdom with plans to consolidate existing partnerships with the universities to ensure that the commission gets more value for its human capital development programmes. Speaking after the five-day …

By Joel Anekwe The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday presented the certificate of return to the re-elected governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.  Wike emerged winner of the tortured governorship election of March 9, 2019 which was eventually concluded on April on April …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The absence of Justice Awogboro Abimbola of Court 2, Federal High Court, Yenagoa on Thursday stalled hearing on a suit filed by Nembe Community seeking to halt renewal of the OML 29 lease. It would be recalled that Abimbola who lost her mother was absent at …

… PDP Urges APC to ‘Join Hands with Wike’ The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed appeals by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and its factional governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, seeking to allow them participate in the 2019 general election Cole and the APC in Rivers State had approached …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has urged indigenous companies to position themselves to take advantage of new projects valued at about $100 billion in the oil sector. Mr Simbi Wabote, executive secretary of NCDMB on Thursday said that the rebound of the oil …

The governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has dedicated his victory in the March 9, 2019 governorship election to God and the people of the state, especially those who died “defending their votes.” Speaking on Wednesday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, after he was declared duly elected to …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A joint operation by troops of the joint military force deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta has led to the seizure of a thug boat, ‘Aya Oba Olori II,’ and a barge, christened ‘Rampage 13,’ which was laden with over 200,000 litres of …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Presidential Amnesty Programme says it has trained and empowered over 1,165 Niger Delta ex-militants who had enrolled in the programme from March 2018 till date, even as it has also enrolled 11,297 beneficiaries who were engaged in vocational training. Special Assistant on media to Prof …

By David Owei, Yenagoa The Church in Bayelsa State has declared that whoever wants to become governor of the state should be ready to be screened to ascertain that he or she does not belong to secret cult, is a not drug addict or a drunkard, adding that once found …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Maritime Union Workers of Nigeria in Bayelsa State has decried the incessant attacks by sea pirates along the Bayelsa water ways especially the Southern Ijaw axis, and have appealed to the government for adequate security to enable boat operators do their business effectively. The chairman …