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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has warned that any attempt “by some selfish individuals or group of persons to scrap or merge the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with another agency of government will spell doom for the country.” The lYC in a statement by …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Ogoni stakeholders have unanimously agreed that the governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, should lead a multi-consultative forum to discuss with the Federal Government on the planned resumption of oil production in OML 11. The stakeholders said the choice of the governor was aimed at preventing saboteurs who may want to adopt divide …

… Gov’s Aide Justifies Cost Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the immediate past director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has challenged claims by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike that the state is spending N16 billion to build the Port Harcourt …

A former governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill, has said the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has the requisite qualities to become the President in 2023. Princewill said, given Amaechi’s achievements as a former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, and chairman, conference of Speakers in …

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condemned the raid by security operatives on the Abuja residence of Supreme Court jurist, Justice Mary Odili. Describing it as an ill-advised sting operation, Governor Diri said it was an attempt to intimidate the judiciary, which is an independent arm of government. He …

By Joel Anekwe The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt division, on Friday dismissed the suit filed by the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche  Secondus. While dismissing the application by Secondus to stop the scheduled national convention of the party, the appellate court granted PDP leave …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Chief Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, has charged the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA to transform to what he termed judicial activism to save the nation. Speaking as a guest at the 61st Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The pan-Ijaw group, the Ijaw National Congress, INC, has frowned at the existence of a bill “purportedly sponsored by 59 members of the House of Representatives, who are of Northern extraction, with an intent to delete section 162 sub-section 2 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Wife of the Ondo State governor, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has urged women to conduct regular checks on their breasts to prevent the mortality rate associated with breast cancer in the country. Mrs Akeredolu, who is founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN), stated this in …

By Joel Anekwe Against all expectations that the Senator Magnus Abe faction of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has given up on the protracted imbroglio bedeviling the party, the faction Tuesday morning unveiled what it call the party’s state Working Committee, SWC, led by Golden …