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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 …
Read More »Grant 50% Derivation, Become Nigeria’s ‘Best President’ ~ Ijaw Activist Tells Buhari
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 …
Read More »Army 6 Division Commissions Training School, Officers’ Accommodation
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 …
Read More »We’re Committed To Service, Okparaji Tells Eleme People
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 …
Read More »Group Rejects Resumption Of Oil Production In Ogoniland
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 …
Read More »Cleanup: Ogonis Elders Reject ‘Moves To Resume Oil Production’
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 …
Read More »NDLEA Seizes 7.5kg of Cocaine, Arrests 3 In PH
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three persons in connection with the seizure of 7.5 kilogrammes of cocaine in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The agency’s director of prosecution and legal services, Barr Sunday Mbona, who represented the chairman, chief executive …
Read More »NUPENG Issues 7-Day Ultimatum, Threatens Shutdown
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Port Harcourt zonal council, has threatened to shut down its activities over the increasing cases of termination and victimization of its members by some companies operating in the zone. The zonal chairman/national treasurer of NUPENG, Alex Agwanwor, who addressed reporters …
Read More »2019: Sekibo Predicts ‘Defeat For Rivers APC’
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi In what could be described as a doomsday prophetic declaration, the immediate past senator representing Rivers East, Sen. Thompson George Sekibo, has declared that there is no vacancy in the Rivers State Government House, popularly referred to as the Brick House. Speaking during the flag-off …
Read More »Widowhood Practices Have Reduced In Rivers ~ Perm Sec
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi Effort by the Rivers State Government to eradicate widowhood practices in the state is yielding results. This is because the once high rate of such practices has drastically reduced in the state. The permanent secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs Atosemi Eson Teetito, …
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