By Ehichioya Ezomon Following the bloody and destructive confrontations, aftermath of the October 5, 2024, heated and contentious local government council election in Rivers State, President Bola Tinubu “called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law.” However, …
Read More »Wigwe University Opens for Academic Activities
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Wigwe University on Thursday opened for academic activities, eight months after its founder Dr. Herbert Wigwe and some members of family perished in an helicopter crash in the United States of America. There were grave concerns about the fate of the university located at Wigwe’s …
Read More »Rivers Assembly: Amaewhule-led Faction Declares Ehie, 3 Other Members’ Seats Vacant
… to Ask INEC to Conduct Elections within 90 Days By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Hon. Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Tuesday declared the seats of 4 members of the House vacant for breaching the provision of the 1999 constitution on absention from …
Read More »Diri Calls for Federal Support to develop Agge Seaport, Blue Economy
The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has solicited the support of the Federal Government towards developing the deep seaport at Agge in Ekeremor Local Government Area and the blue economy potential of the state. He expressed the optimism that by collaborating with the Federal Government, a lot can …
Read More »172 Countries billed for Rivers International Film Festival
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt No less than 2,230 films from 172 countries of the world have been submitted for participation in this year’s Rivers International Film Festival (RIFF). The film festival, which is in its second edition, is to run from Oct 24 to 27, 2024 in the city …
Read More »NDDC Distributes 5000 ULesson Tablets to 17 Schools in Bayelsa
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Monday flagged off the distribution of 5000 uLesson educational tablets to students from seventeen primary and secondary schools across eight local government areas of Bayelsa State. The ceremony which took place at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in Yenagoa, …
Read More »Thugs Attack Journalists as Sagbama APC Suspends 7 over Anti-Party
Some journalists in Bayelsa State on Sunday sustained injuries as some hired thugs attacked the venue of a press briefing organised by the Sagbama Local Government Area Chapter of the All Progressives Congress in Yenagoa, the State capital. Chairman of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, …
Read More »PINL Exposes Logistics Company ‘Fronting for Illegal Oil Bunkerers’ in Rivers
… As Army Arrest 7 Suspects including 2 NSCDC Officers By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd (PINL) has uncovered a logistics company at Eleme, Rivers State, Igor Logistics Services Ltd, allegedly used as camouflage for illegal bunkerers siphoning products from the 28-inch Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) …
Read More »Scrabble: FG ‘Abandons’ Team Nigeria, Players Beg to Defend Nigeria in Kigali
By Maxwell Kumoye The Federal Ministry of Sports has washed its hands off Team Nigeria Scrabble that is heading to Kigali, Rwanda for the defense of the African Senior Championship it won two years ago in Lusaka, Zambia. Award-winning news channel, First Zealmediacast Blog, reports that the ministry, under the …
Read More »Modular Refinery: You’re Jinx Breaker, Diri tells Azikel’s President, Eruani
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said president of the Azikel Group, Dr. Azibapu Eruani, broke the jinx in establishing the Azikel Modular Refinery, which is the first crude oil-related industry in the state,. Senator Diri gave the commendation on Tuesday when he visited the refinery complex located …
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