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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Motorists plying the ever busy East-West federal road, especially from the Ughelli to Port Harcourt axis, have called on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to periodically maintain the road median so as to avoid accidents, kidnappings, robberies and other forms of insecurity on the …

… Says Mandate is Policing for NNPC By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Chief Executive Officer of Wis-South Security Ltd, Chief Wisdom Joseph Owo, has urged the sole representative of the Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty Ogiame Atuwase lll, Prince Collins Oritsetimeyin Edema, to cross-check facts relating to the ongoing …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, on Wednesday inaugurated members of the Defence Joint Monitoring Team at the 6 Division, Nigerian Army Headquarters, with a charge on the Nigerian Military to ensure increase in crude oil production from the current 1.35 million …

By Ehichioya Ezomon The 1967 hit song, “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” written by British singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens, may not be related to the discourse hereunder, but it’s a strong advice to humans, to bridle their tongues – as the Apostles admonish in James 3:8-9 – against censoriousness, and …

By Amos Odhe Diversionary accusations against the Chief of Staff, Hon Kazeem Akinkeye will not stop the prosecution of many former top officials of the Oyetola administration over infractions in contract handling in the last government, according to spokesperson to the Osun State governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed. According to a …

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has commended “the significant Nigerian Content strides achieved in the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Train 7 Project.” Speaking on Friday during a visit to the NLNG six-train plant, Train 7 Project construction site, and …

By Kelechi Nwaucha In the wake of economic headwinds buffeting the country, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has urged Nigerians to take advantage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA), particularly Section 51, which empowers them to hold governments at the three tiers accountable. This was the message Executive Chairman of …

… Highlights Concerns over ‘Legislative Copy-Pasting, Merchandising of Bills’ The first year of the 10th National Assembly, led by Senator Godswill Akpabio and Hon Tajudeen Abbas, has witnessed a surge but slow pace of progression of sponsored bills, a significant number of which were proposals recycled from the preceding 9th …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The popular Ohworhu annual cultural festival, also known as ‘Ohworhu Edjukpe’ of the Unenurhie people in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been slated for September 19, 2024. A statement released by the Ohworhu chief priest, Olorogun Terry Jabin, aka ‘Dr. Alhaji,’ …

… Agwana, Isowo, Others Retain Seats in Bayelsa Exco By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said the crisis in the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon be resolved. Diri said the PDP remains the most virile opposition party in the …