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The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, Nigeria’s leading beverage manufacturer, says it has invested over $1 billion in the country since 2014, and plans to invest as much as €600 million between 2019 and 2023. NBC’s Legal, Public Affairs and Communications Director, Mrs. Sade Morgan, made this known at a …

  By Joel Anekwe   Stakeholders from Ogoniland have reacted differently to the announcement last week by the Federal Government that it has released another $177 million into the account of the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP) for the Ogoni cleanup exercise. While some think the release of the …

  By Joel Anekwe   A non-governmental organisation, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, (Centre LSD) has called for the autonomy of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), a federal agency set up to handle the cleanup of oil polluted areas in nine states of the Niger Delta. The group …

  By Joel Anekwe   The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) further deepened on Wednesday as a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt nullified the ward, local government and state congresses of the party conducted in August. The court, presided over by Justice …

  By Joel Anekwe   The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that Wednesday’s ruling by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu of the Port Harcourt High Court annulling the governorship primaries did not come to the party as a surprise. In a press conference reacting to the …

Firebrand Ijaw activist of Kalabari extraction, Rev. Dr Sokari Soberekon, has declared that the restructuring of Nigeria would end all agitations in the country and bring peace rather than war. Speaking during his 77th birthday celebration on Sunday in his church, Christ Jesus Link, Port Harcourt, Dr Soberekon said that …

  By Joel Anekwe   Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has unveiled the mascot and theme song for the 2018 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) holding in Port Harcourt. Describing the unveiling ceremony as the beginning of activities for NAFEST 2018, at the Government House Port …

The chairman of Elano Group of Companies, Chief Gomba Okanje was Tuesday inaugurated 4th President of Eleme Chambers of Commerce, Mines, Industry and Agriculture (ELCIMA). At a special ceremony in Port Harcourt where he and other new members of the executive committee of the chamber were inaugurated, Chief Okanje promised …

Men of the Nigerian Army, 6 Division, have uncovered an illegal oil depot in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Army also impounded 16 trucks, of about 40,000-litre capacity each, generating sets and different sizes of hose, as well as apprehended one of the suspected operators of the illegal …

  – – – As Councillors ‘Plan Defection To APC’   Chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Council in Rivers State, Chief Odieari Princewill has been accused of allegedly shortchanging councillors representing the wards in the LGA. A sociopolitical organization, Niger Delta Action Network (NDAN), made this known to this medium, …