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Flood: Hope Beckons as Eruvwuoghene Foundation Supports IDP Camp in Uwheru

By Amos Okioma Following the intervention of Hon. Stella Eruvwuoghene Okotete, executive director, Business Development, Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank, victims of the flood disaster in Uwheru Kingdom have begun settling in the camp opened for internally displaced persons Monday at Uwheru Grammar School in Uwheru, Ughelli North Local Government Area …

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Flood Kills One, Destroy Houses, Farmlands at Unenurhie

… Residents Call for Support By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been thrown into mourning as the ravaging flood affecting most parts of the country claimed one life and destroyed residential houses, businesses and farmlands in the …

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African Women Unite on Climate Crisis

“Building the voices of rural women in climate action,” in the words of Côte d’Ivoire’s Josiane Boyo Yebi, “will make sure that there are real solutions to climate change.” She stressed that “with the climate crisis, rural women are doubly victimised. She suffers from the lack of land and from …

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UI Alumni President Visits Port Harcourt Chapter

The President of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association Worldwide (UIAA), Prof. Elsie Adewoye is due in Port Harcourt on Friday to meet with the Rivers State Chapter of the association. Rivers State protem chairman of the association, Amb Isaac George, said the President is on tour to revitalize the …

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CISLAC Inaugurates ‘Coordination Meeting of Steering Committee’ on Defence Budgeting

… Demands Transparency in Defence Budgeting                              By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has demanded more transparency and accountability in defence budgeting in Nigeria, condemning the opaque and vague type of budgeting in the sector.  The centre last week, inaugurated the coordination meeting of the …

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Social Action Lauds ICPC over ‘Arraignment of NDDC Director’

… Reiterates Call for Publication of Forensic Audit Report Non-governmental organization, Social Action, has lauded the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the arraignment of Dr. Solomon Okpa Ita, a director with the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Okpa Ita …

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Why Igbo Day was Cancelled in Bayelsa ~ Ohaneze Chairman

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The lingering crisis and fractionalization that has rocked the Bayelsa State chapter of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, and led to the cancellation of this year’s Igbo Day celebration, will not deter the unity and oneness among Igbos in the state. Acting chairman of the …

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