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By Ehichioya Ezomon    Once again, communities in Benue State – the acclaimed “Food Basket of the Nation – are under attack, with death and destruction everywhere. Naturally, the survivors, from crying, moaning and wailing, will run to seek refuge and shelter in neighbouring and distant communities or internally-displaced persons’ …

  By Our Reporter   The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, says it has created over 7000 direct and indirect employments through it’s project sites in Ogoniland. Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey stated this during a midterm stakeholders scorecard held by the agency in Port Harcourt. This is …

•Vows to sustain war against oil theft economic sabotage Emma Sunday The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Pathfinder, Commodore Cajethan Nnabuchi Aniaku on Saturday, June 21, 2025 led Officers and Ratings of the base in the Nigerian Navy’s Second Quarter Route March around the Rumuolumeni area of Rivers State. The …

By Our Reporter A coalition of civil society groups in the Niger Delta have expressed “firm solidarity” with His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV of Ekpetiama Kingdom over his suit against Shell, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and Attorney General of the Federation. …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon   This is certainly not a good political season for Nigeria’s opposition parties, as they face an existential threat from continuing depletion of their major and minor platforms due to massive defections of members to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Coming at a time they’ve …

Emma Sunday The Nigerian Navy says it’s personnel from the NNS Pathfinder, have dismantled 5 illegal refining sites with 21 reservoirs in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State. The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), Pathfinder, Commodore Cajethan Nnabuchi Aniaku disclosed this in a statement he personally signed and …

… as FG Warns against Pipeline Vandalism   By Paul Williams    Pipeline Surveillance company, Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), has approved a total of 646 scholarships and other packages for the 215 communities along the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives for its …

  By Gloria Ngozi Udofia   Rivers State has long stood as a politically significant part of Nigeria. However, recent events have placed her in the spotlight for unsavoury reasons. A deepening internal crisis among top political figures has raised concerns not just within the state, but across the country. …

Reactions are now trailing the recently commissioned projects by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is as KAGOTE, the apex socio-cultural organisation of the Ogoni people in Rivers State, have lambasted the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi for misleading the president into commissioning an uncompleted project. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to …

As Nigeria prepares to mark Democracy Day on 12th June, 2025, some groups in the state are calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise the reinstatement of suspended governor Siminalayi Fubara and all elected officials of Rivers State. One of the groups, South South Youths Initiative, SSYI, in a …