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  By Joel Anekwe   The confusion over the fate of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress’s participation in the 2019 elections continued at the weekend with the display of Tonye Cole’s name as the governorship flag-bearer of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). …

  By Joel Anekwe   The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has given the Federal Government and the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) up till November 30 to fully commence the cleanup of oil impacted sites in Ogoniland or risk civil unrest from the people of Ogoni. …

The Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA), in collaboration with the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has held an entrepreneurial fair to engage 50 Niger Delta youths trained by the Amnesty office in various vocational skills. The programme coordinator and special adviser to the President on PAP, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo, …

The All Progressive Congress Non Indigene Campaign Team 2019 for Arc Tonye Cole, has resolved to work for emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as President of Federal Republic of Nigeria and Arch. Tonye Cole as Governor of Rivers State. During a meeting held on Sunday October 28, 2018, the group …

    When the All Progressive Congress (APC), submitted the name of Tonye Cole, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its gubernatorial candidate for Rivers State for the 2019 general elections, the question that came to most lips was: Is this the end of Senator Magnu Abe? All, …

    “Without doubt or illusion, nothing happens on planet Earth without the approval and knowledge of God Almighty. Thus, before David was anointed as king of Israel, it was already established in the spiritual. So also it is today for His Royal Highness, Eze Amb. Dr G.B. Odum (Igwugwu-Oha …

  … As Court Restrains EFCC from Arresting Rivers Contractors   The governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged prominent indigenes of the state and other Nigerians to stop de-marketing the state. Delivering a speech at the commissioning of the Port Harcourt International Airport Terminal on Thursday, …

  By Joel Anekwe   As the much awaited cleanup of Ogoniland is set to commence, a civil society organisation, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) has called on the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to ensure adequate monitoring and reporting of the process to ensure a thorough job is …

  By Joel Anekwe   Some Port Harcourt-based legal practitioners have condemned the recent issuing of Executive Order (EO6) by President Muhammad Buhari, and the consequent travel ban placed on some 50 high profile Nigerians, describing this as illegal and unconstitutional. The President Buhari-led APC Federal Government, capitalising on a …

  By Joel Anekwe   The United Nations Children’s Funds UNICEF has scored Rivers State low on official registration of children born in the state, noting that only 30 per cent of such births are recorded. UNICEF Child Protection Specialist, Sharon Olatunji made the revelation during a media campaign to …