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By Godwin Chukwumaechi Eminent Itsekiri leaders have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to comply with court verdicts on the delimitation and review of Warri Federal Constituency, and dismantle illegal ward structure in the constituency. The leaders raised strong objections against the proposed execution of the delimitation and review …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi A former member of the House of Representatives (Degema/Bonny), Hon. Dagogo Farah, has described the outcome of the recent National Executive Committee (NEC), meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a win-win situation for the party. He said it was another demonstration of the resilience of …

By Kelechi Nwaucha Youth restiveness and agitations in the Niger Delta have refused to lay to rest despite Federal Government’s efforts and initiatives aimed at assuaging the feelings of youths in the region. The seeming inadequacy of these initiatives, according to publisher of the National Point Newspaper, Chief Constance Meju, …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  While most Nigerians still clink wine glasses in toast to Abia State Governor Alex Otti for belling the monstrous cat of life pensions for former governors and deputy governors, three Abia ex-governors have punctuated Dr Otti’s enviable limelight, by denying drawing pensions, and the accompanying perquisites of …

A Port Harcourt-based linguist and Indigenous Language advocate, Mr. Josiah Egbilika, has called on the United Nations (UN) and other world bodies to enact policies that will enforce the inclusion of African Language Study in the educational curriculum of Western countries. The linguist, who spoke in Port Harcourt, the Rivers …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has lamented the reality of having 75 percent of primary schools in the state without teachers and 90 percent of such schools in dilapidated condition, adding that the situation was troubling. The governor who disclosed this when he received members …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has offered a N200 million support to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Bayelsa State. Leader of the UNDP team, Joyce Oboro, who presented a cheque to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House in Yenagoa on Monday, said …

By Odie Ramon, Yenagoa The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) captured all the councils election in Saturday as it won all the eight seats declared by the Bayelsa State electoral commission (BYSIEC). The immediate past commissioner of Agriculture and Natural resources, Chief David Alagoa, emerged victorious for Nembe Local Government Area, …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged “subterranean moves” by the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara and some judges in the state to procure, on behalf of the governor, some interim orders against the State House of Assembly. Chairman of the Caretaker …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana has written to the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, asking to meet with HRM Clement Oghenerukevwe Ikolo, the traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Falana had earlier faulted …