Region-based newspaper, Port Harcourt Mundial, has joined media practitioners and organizations across the state and Deltans in general, in commending the appointment of Dr. Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza as the new state commissioner for Information. Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori last week swore in Osuoza alongside other new commissioners. …
Read More »Yenagoa Constituency 2: INEC Declares APGA Candidate, Amakoromo, Winner
. . Father Extols ‘Gov Diri’s Neutrality’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hon Warikumo Amakoromo winner of the Yenagoa constituency re -run election, having polled a total of 6959 votes to beat Hon Eboiwou Koku Obiyai of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, who …
Read More »Blessing Oborodudu Set for African Games, Olympic Qualifiers
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Japan 2020 Olympic silver medalist, Blessing Oborodudu, has secured a slot in next month’s African Games in Accra, Ghana. Our correspondent said Blessing wasted no time dispatching her 68kg opponent Tokere Appah of Bayelsa in a pinfall dominant fashion. Ebi Biogos of Bayelsa and Hannah Reuben …
Read More »Onshore Divestment: Restore Our Land before Leaving, N’Delta Women Tell Shell, Agip
By Kelechi Nwaucha As Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other multinational oil companies begin to divest their onshore holdings in Nigeria, women in the Niger Delta have cried “No,” demanding that the oil giants “Restore our land before leaving.” Rising from a meeting held in Port Harcourt, under the …
Read More »INEC Assures Adequate Preparation for Re-Run Election in Bayelsa
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Ahead of the February 3rd re-run election in Yenagoa Constituency 2, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurance that the election will be conducted under a free, fair and credible atmosphere, as all materials and security have been deployed to the seven polling units, …
Read More »PAP Coordinator: Don’t Mock Wike, Asari by Appointing ‘Anti-Tinubu Elements’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Loyalists of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and youths from the Niger Delta region have raised an alarm over “plans by some politicians and presidential aides to embarrass and mock the duo of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON, …
Read More »Rivers Funds: Relief International Commends EFCC for Revisiting ‘Odili’s’ Perpetual Injunction
By Mandy Tina A leading humanitarian and Human Rights organization in Nigeria, Relief International Africa, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the decision to revisit the perpetual injunction obtained by the former Governor Peter Odili-led administration in Rivers State. The humanitarian organisation described the decision as …
Read More »Keshi Optimistic on S’South Governors Rejuvenating BRACED Commission
By Amos Odhe The first meeting in 2024 of the governors of oil and gas rich South South region, under the auspices of the BRACED Commission, in this current dispensation held on Thursday January 18, 2023 under the leadership of the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, who double as chairman …
Read More »Onshore Divestments: Address Ecological, Health, Socio-Economic Impacts Before Exiting, CSOs tell Shell
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) focused on environmental rights advocacy have demanded that Shell UK addressed ecological impact of its operations before sale of its onshore business in Nigeria. Shell Plc UK, parent company to Shell companies in Nigeria on January 16 announced its decision to …
Read More »Niger Delta Stakeholders’ Fault Tantita’s Claims over Seizure of Oil Vessel in Bayelsa
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Elders and youths from the six states of the Niger Delta region have faulted the claims by the private oil pipelines security provider, Tantita Security Services Limited (TSSL) that it impounded an ocean-going vessel laden with stolen crude oil in Bayelsa State. According to the elders …
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