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The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee set up to look into the optimal utilization of the Eastern ports has called the Federal Government to pay urgent attention to the Itu-Odukpani-Calabar Road. Held up in a 3-hour traffic gridlock Friday, September 20, 2019 on their way to Calabar, the committee said …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Weights and Measures department, federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has commenced inspection of filling stations in Bayelsa State. The exercise, aimed at checking the exploitation of the public, is part of efforts to correct irregularities in quantity of products sold to customers. The …

By Joel Anekwe The Dockworkers branch of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) at the Rivers Port, Tuesday staged a peacefully protest in Port Harcourt calling on the Federal Government to wade into the crisis rocking the industrial relations between the Nigeria Ports Authority and one of the terminal …

One of Nigeria’s fast-growing energy companies, Aiteo, has received recognition for its contributions to the energy sector and the development of science and technology in the country. Alongside the company, its global group director, Procurement & Corporate Services, Mrs. SPB Jigo, was also honoured by the African Institute for Science …

By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State Police command Thursday made a breakthrough in the bid to contain the repeated killing of young women in the state capital, Port Harcourt, with the arrest of the person suspected to be behind the killings. Five young women were murdered in hotels in the …

The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr Mustapha Dandaura, has said that the serial killing of young women in parts of the state in recent times is cult related. Dandaura made the disclosure while briefing newsmen Tuesday in Port Harcourt. He explained that the victims had a piece of white cloth …

The constitution of the present board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has continued to attract condemnation from some concerned quarters within and outside the Niger Delta region. The latest one came from HM, King Leslie N. Eke, Nyesiri Eli Woji, Eze Oha Evo, Eze Gbagbakagbaka when he spoke …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A coalition of Niger Delta youth groups on Tuesday applauded the pedigree of cabinet members from the region and urged the Federal Government to leverage on their competence to develop the area. The groups under the auspices of Niger Delta Youth Coalition for Peace and Progress …

Government representatives, civil society groups and members of the media met in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday to deliberate on issues of participatory budgeting and fair taxation in the state. Executive Director of Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre, Ms. Emem J. Okon, whose organization provided the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Feeling robbed of victory at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Bayelsa State, Chief Ndutimi Alaibe, one of the top contestants in the race has taken a bold step in search of redress. Our correspondent gathered that on Friday September 13, 2019, Alaibe …