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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Nigeria’s former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan recently in Asaba, the capital of Delta State lauded the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, for his credible performance in the state. The former president made the remark during the inauguration of the Delta State High Court Complex …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Has the political heat in Rivers State simmered in the past week to suggest perhaps – just perhaps – that conventional wisdom has taken hold of the dramatis personae in the crisis to pull back from the precipice they’ve pushed the state to in the last eight …

… Unify Ogonis, Address Oil Resumption, NYCOP Issues, OWA tells Wai-Ogosu By our Reporter The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has said that Ogonis have “sufficient capacity” to negotiate the resumption of oil production in their homeland with the Federal Government. Newly-elected MOSOP President, Engr. Olu Andah …

… Insists Nigeria’s 1914 Amalgamation relics are in Ikot Abasi not Zungeru  By Amos Odie As Akwa Ibom State Government gets set to re-write its own tourism narratives, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Sir Charles Udoh, has said the 1914 Amalgamation relics are in Ikot Abasi Local Government Ares …

By our Reporter The immediate past President of Kenya Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, former Liberian President George Weah, former Vice President of Zambia, Dr. Nevers Mumba, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III as well as the head of the UNDP Sub-Regional Hub for West and Central Africa, Njoya Tikum, …

… as Ex-Internationals Lead International Scouts to Yenagoa By our Reporter The highly anticipated scouting program of the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament will kick off on June 30, 2024, bringing together international scouts and coaches led by Mr. Peter Nieketien and coordinated by Kelvin Etemike. Mr. Nieketien is the Chief …

By Kelechi Nwaucha Women in the Niger Delta have commended the House of Representatives over its decision on the controversial divestment of onshore holdings by oil multinationals. The House of Representatives had passed a resolution against granting of consent, by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), to divesting International …

… Warns Shu’aib Oyedokun, APC against ‘Incendiary Comments’ By our Reporter The Osun State government has urged President Bola Tinubu and the Inspector General of Police to “urgently summon a former PDP stalwart in the state, Alhaji Shuaibu Oyedokun, for questioning over his recent incendiary comments on the person and …

The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has frowned at what it described as “another round of assault on the person of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, by the ever pugnacious and petulant, prehistoric Zik Gbemre.” In reaction to a release by Zik Gbemre, titled ‘Oborevwori: …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football tournament, the Bayelsa State Governor’s Football Tournament, tagged the ‘Prosperity Cup,’ kicked off Tuesday, May 21, in Brass Local Government Area. Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri represented by his deputy Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo last week took the symbolic kick-off of this …