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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri This 2021/2022 academic session that just began in Delta State started with the distribution of educational materials to various primary schools across Ughelli North Local Government Area. As part of efforts at encouraging academic activities in the local government area, the Prince Oghenerukevwe Okifo Foundation …

By Joel Anekwe About 80 natives of the Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State are to benefit from the post-graduate scholarship programme planned by the new local government administration.  The scholarship, which cost would be determined by the tuition and other costs of the three participating universities in Rivers …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Bayelsa State, Dr. Iti Orugbani, has said that the importance of the media in the development of tourism cannot be overstated. The commissioner stated this on Thursday when members of the Bayelsa Independent Publishers Association (BIPA) paid him a …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Christians under the aegis of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), in Bayelsa State in particular and Nigeria in general, have started the process of sensitization and orientation of members to actively participate in politics and governance in the country. To this end, the PFN, Bayelsa State …

By Joel Anekwe Following the drowning of an undergraduate student of neighbouring Rivers State University (RSU), Emmanuel Odebunmi, in its Olympic-size swimming pool, the University of Port Harcourt, has announced the closing of the facility. The closure however, according to the institution, is on leisure swimming in the Olympic-sized facility, …

… As Jonathan Seeks End Health Workers’ Strike Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, says harmonization of the salary structure of all classes of medical personnel in the country is a panacea to check the unending wage-related industrial crises in the health sector. This was as former Nigerian President, Dr …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt The Student Christian Movement (SCM), a non-denominational Christian body in Nigeria on Monday appealed to federal and state governments to make good policies that will help youths to be gainfully employed. SCM’s national president, Mrs Ebere Ubesie, made the appeal during the 19th Biennial Conference held …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the late national president of the University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association, Chief Christopher Adokeme, as a man of many parts that impacted positively on various facets of life. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday evening at the …

By Joel Anekwe The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is making efforts to build fitness facilities in the nine states of the Niger Delta region to cater to the needs of its staff and other residents in the area. Interim Administrator of the commission, Mr. Efiong Akwa, announced the …

By Joel Anekwe In a bold move to end the adulteration and faking of bottle water, carbonated soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of shanties at  Nkpogu area of Port Harcourt metropolis. The demolition order is to clear the area of criminal elements who …