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By Joel Anekwe South South leaders, comprising top political leaders, traditional rulers, religious, women and youth leaders have demanded a public apology from the Federal Government over the failed meeting with stakeholders in the region scheduled for Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The leaders expressed anger and disappointment over the Federal Government …

By Ukandi Christopher Publishers and journalists in the Niger Delta region have been called upon to bring to the fore development issue confronting the region in their reportage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Dr. Monday Ashibogwu, speaking on ‘Media Intervention and Engagement and Strategies,’ during a parley held for …

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again extended a hand of fellowship  to those that filed petitions in court against his election. Governor Diri in his reaction to Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court, which dismissed the last batch of cases against him and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, …

Young Erhiurhoro, Warri       Aggrieved youths from oil producing communities hosting the OML 30 oil field in Delta State have asked the Federal Government to withdraw the Oil Mining Licence (OML) issued to Heritage Oil Services Ltd. The youths who spoke to our correspondent at different fora in their various communities …

The director general of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, says he has found a soul mate in Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on the strategic campaign to promote indigenous fabrics as national dress code, thus showcasing Nigeria’s iconic cultural heritage. Otunba Runsewe who is …

… Appoints Housemates as SSAs Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday, told second runner-up of the Big Brother Naija Lockdown, Miss Nengi Rebecca Hampson, that the state was proud of her performance and conduct in the recently concluded reality show.  Governor Diri spoke in Government House, Yenagoa, when …

By Joel Anekwe The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a fact-finding team to investigate the alleged killing of Oyigbo indigenes by the Nigerian military. The four-man team which headed by NBA’s 1st vice president, John Aikpokpo-Martins, also has two former NBA Port-Harcourt branch chairmen, Victor Frank-Briggs and Anthonia …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Parents and guardians whose children/wards are in public model and boarding schools in Delta State have called on the state governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to remove boarding fees for public schools across the state especially now that economic hardship is telling hard on many Nigerians …

By Tunde Uchegbuo   The alleged wanton destruction of lives and property by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in different parts of Rivers State, and the utterances and insults of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, are capable of instigating ethnic disaffection between Rivers indigenes and Igbo residents in …

… Says Ijaws ‘no Longer Comfortable with Current Sufferings’ The president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Comrade Peter Igbifa, has declared that they are no longer comfortable “with the current sufferings inflicted on the Ijaws by the lopsided constitution of Nigeria, a constitution which is set to heighten our marginalisation and …