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Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the United Nations to institutionalise the protection of the world’s deltas, including Nigeria’s Niger Delta, through a convention. ‎ ‎The Bayelsa governor stated this against the backdrop of increasing threats from erosion, pollution, flooding as well as shrinking salt marshes and …

  By Our Reporter    The Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA) has empowered 20 women with grants to support their businesses while impacting some secondary school students with innovative ideas, entrepreneurship trainings and skills, as part of its contribution towards the actualization of the global …

Bayelsa State recorded another milestone on Tuesday following the signing of a renewal energy agreement for solar panels manufacturing plant in the state. ‎ ‎The tripartite deal between the Federal Government’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the Bayelsa government and J Marine Logistics Limited, a subsidiary of the Dubai-based Jampur Group …

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and other federal agencies to recalibrate their recruitment policies to promote fairness, justice and equity in line with the principles of federalism.   Governor Diri stated this when the Assistant Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, …

By Emma Sunday The 6 Division, Nigerian Army has arrested a 36-year-old gunrunner, Peter Onyeali Chibueze,  with 15 Italian-made sophisticated rifles in Rivers State. Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director of the 6 Division’s Public Relations, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to …

Emma Sunday Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn-in Hon Benibo Anabraba as the New Secretary to the State Government (SSG), with a charge to guard the office with honour and protect interest of the State. Governor Fubara gave the charge during a brief swearing in ceremony at the …

  … New Prize on Creative Arts introduced   The novel, ‘Sanya,’ written by Oyin Olugbile, has emerged winner of the 2025 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, clinching one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honour valued at $100,000. The announcement was made on Friday, October 10, 2025 at …

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, brought together chief executives of indigenous oil and gas companies, host community contractors and vendors, alongside key personnel of three financial institutions, for appraisal of funding and regulatory mechanisms instituted by the Board.     Christened …

  By Jacinta Hycenth, Abuja    The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that it issued thirty-seven new orders to guide activities of licensees and twenty-nine licences, permits and certifications in the second quarter of 2025. According to NERC’s 2025 quarterly report, the Electricity Act (EA) 2023, section 34(2)(d), …

  By Jacinta Hycenth, Abuja    The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in collaboration with security operatives and community vigilantes, have successfully foiled an attempt by vandals to dismember towers T297, T298, and T299 along the Mando–Jos 330kV Double Circuit transmission line. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Ndidi …