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  By Joel Anekwe   Former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Maj.Gen Musa Yusuf has urged officers and soldiers of the division to remain focused on the standards of regimentation and professionalism of the Nigerian Army. He said the call was necessitated by …

  By Joel Anekwe   Hundreds of youths, under the aegis of the Onne Youth Council in the Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Tuesday staged a peaceful protest in the premises of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) located at  the the Oil and Gas Free Zone, …

  By Joel Anekwe   The Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) has asked relevant security agencies in the country to declare a total war against smuggling, especially on the activities of illegal importers. Speaking to journalists after his installation as the new national president of the association last week, Hon. …

  By Joel Anekwe   Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has described the defection of his Sokoto State counterpart, Dr Aminu Tambuwal, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as a victory for democracy, calling on every right thinking Nigerian to work in unity to …

The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Bro. Felix Obuah has said that Governor Nyesom Wike would win a second term if he accepts the calls to run in 2019. Bro. Obuah in a statement in Port Harcourt said the sum total of events in the …

A rights activist in Rivers State, Dr Sokari Soberekon has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari would be the best president in Nigeria if he increases the oil derivation percentage from 13 to 50. He made the statement during a sermon in a church over the weekend. Dr Sokari, who likened …

  By Joel Anekwe   The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt has commissioned its training school, Officers, Masters and Warrant Officers’ residents and other faculties constructed and rehabilitated by the division at its headquarters in Port Harcourt. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, who …

The chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Hon. (Barr) Philip Okparaji has said that he and his team “are not in office to make money but to serve the people of Eleme.” Okparaji stated this when members of a socio-cultural organisation from his community, O-E’la Obor Wiwi Aleto paid him …

The council of Ogoni Leaders of Thought (COLT), an affiliate of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), has rejected what it described as “the reckless move by some oil companies to forcefully resume oil activities in Ogoni through the backdoor.” In a release made available to our …

  By Joel Anekwe   Ogonis, under the aegis of Gbo Kabaari Ogoni, the Elders Forum of the Ogoni People, have petitioned the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, over alleged moves by the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP) to tie the cleanup process to the resumption of oil and …