By Godwin Chukwumaechi As part of the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Ugama Ekede, Ayama Ekede, Asukama, and Asukoyet Host Community Development Trust (UAAA HCDT) has presented bursaries and scholarships to 121 undergraduate and post graduate students, who are Indigenes of Asukama and Ayama Ekede communities in …
Read More »Diri Urges Striking NDU Lecturers to ‘Call off Action’
… Warns Herders against Open Grazing By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has made a conciliatory gesture to striking lecturers in the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), saying the government was wiling to make concessions to improve their welfare. Governor Diri appealed to the NDU …
Read More »Rivers Police Receives communication equipments donated by NDDC
By Emma Sunday As a way of supporting the fight against crime and criminality in Rivers State, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated communication gadgets and other security equipments to the State Police Command. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku while handing …
Read More »Environmental Justice: Niger Delta Women, CSOs Call for ‘Halt to IOCs’ Divestments’
By Kelechi Nwaucha Women in the Niger Delta, civil society organizations, community leaders and other groups on Tuesday embarked on a protest march in Port Harcourt, in a call for a halt to onshore divestments by oil companies operating in the region. This followed what the protesters described as IOCs’ …
Read More »611 Rivers Students Bag Scholarships, Bursary as 1000 Receive JV’s ‘Livelihood Packages’
By Godwin Chukwumaechi Not less than 611 primary and secondary schools students Tuesday received scholarships and bursary awards from Joint Venture partners, Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Nigeria. This is as 1000 members of the communities also received bags of rice as livelihood packages from JV operators. The students …
Read More »Gov Diri Returns to Work after 3-Week Leave
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has ended his annual leave and will resume his official duties immediately. A statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on Monday, said that the Bayelsa governor, who went on a three-week leave on November 25, will resume on …
Read More »Politicial Leaders, Others Laud Akpoti-Uduaghan on ‘Contributions to Society’
The Alema of Warri, High Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, on Monday applauded the Senator Representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Chief Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for her large contributions to humanity “The Ohi Ógu of Ebiraland, Chief Natasha Hadiza Akpoti-Uduaghan, is a pillar and special gift to the family …
Read More »Emeka Woke Condemns Fubara’s ‘Unfortunate Remarks against Benefactor’
By Williams Okoro The Director General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke, has condemned comments made by the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminilayi Fubara, during the launch of projects in Ahoada and Etche. Describing it as a display of political naivety, Engr …
Read More »Diri Approves CCT Cameras for Yenagoa as Security Watch Africa Honours Gov
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the installation of closed-circuit surveillance cameras to cover parts of Yenagoa in order to boost security and crime prevention in the state capital. The project, which entails the installation of 200 new cameras and the revamping of 50 …
Read More »IYC President, Theophilus, Calls for True Federalism
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Dr. Alaye Tari Theophilus has advocated for True Federalism. Dr. Alaye made the demand during the 26th anniversary of the Kaiama Declaration while addressing the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara at the Government House Port Harcourt. …
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