By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State government says it has begun lobbying the Federal Government to grant licences to youths of the state to build and operate modular refineries. The state is one of those suffering from the activities of illegal refineries, operated by youths in many parts of the …
Read More »Ex-Niger Delta Militant Leader Canvasses Support for Milland Dikio
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Amidst mixed feelings expressed by some persons over the seeming silence of newly appointed coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd), a Niger Delta ex-militant leader, General Para Ekiye, has called on his colleagues in the Niger Delta struggle to be patient with the …
Read More »Bayelsa Youths ‘Shut Down SPDC’s Clough Creek Flow Station’
Members of Agbidiama Community’s Youth Council, host of Opukushi, Tunu and Clough Creek Flow-stations in Ekeremnewsmen Local Government Area in Bayelsa State have disrupted activities at the flow-station. Torke Ekpetun, Youth president of the aggrieved Ekeremor community youths, said shortly after the action on Thursday that the youths were yearning …
Read More »COVID-19 Vaccine: Indigenous Scientist Seeks Support to Validate Potential Cure
An indigenous scientist, Chief Apollos Keniyinbo, on Tuesday solicited the support of stakeholders to showcase his research findings, a potential vaccine and cure for the Coronavirus. Keniyinbo who spoke in Yenagoa said that there was need to look beyond the pharmaceutical and health sector in the developed countries for a …
Read More »New Minimum Wage: Bayelsa Deputy Gov, Ewhrudjakpo, Sues for Patience
The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has urged local government workers to be patient as government is taking practical steps to ensure they benefit from the 30,000 new minimum wage. Senator Ewhrudjakpo stated this at the weekend while addressing a delegation of the National Union of Local Government …
Read More »There’s No Better Site for Mukoro Mowoe University than Evwreni ~ Adjogbe
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The president general of Evwreni Clan Improvement Union, Mr. Bright Adjogbe, has reacted to insinuations by some Urhobo people on where to site the proposed Mukoro Mowoe University by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). In a swift reaction during a media chat with our correspondent, Mr. …
Read More »Niger Delta Leaders, ICPC Set for Showdown over NDDC Staff
The Niger Delta leaders and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) may be heading for showdown over the interrogation of senior management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Notable leaders in the region, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Leaders Forum (NDLF) penultimate …
Read More »There’s No Doubt Who Controls APC in Rivers ~ Obogbula
Interview with Isaac Obogbula, chairman of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee. Introduction: There is a raging controversy over the leadership of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) since 2018 with many members of the party in the state insisting there are factional …
Read More »Rivers Govt Set to Revive Health Facilities, Inaugurates 7-Man Committee
By Joel Anekwe With the inauguration of a 7-man committee to revitalise some dormant health institutions in the state, the Rivers State government on Wednesday demonstrated its commitment to match words with action as it announced plans to revive health facilities in the state. The Implementation committee, chaired by the …
Read More »NASS Committee Visits Ogoni Cleanup Sites, Urges Speedy, Transparent Process
… As ERA Recommends 20% of Remediation Funds for Community Devt By Joel Anekwe The joint National Assembly Committee on Ecology and Climate Change on Wednesday visited some of the oil polluted sites in Ogoniland where remediation work is ongoing, with a call on the Hydro Carbon Pollution Remediation Project …
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