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By Paul Williams As the world marked the International Women’s Day on March 8, women in the Niger Delta have joined the global activity with a call for issues of Inclusion and equality to be addressed in the region. Meeting in Port Harcourt, under the auspices of Kebetkache Women Development …

By Mandy Tina The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has demanded for an upward review of national minimum wage from thirty (N30,000.00) to four hundred and forty-seven thousand Naira per month. A statement signed by the union’s secretary general, Comrade Nuhu Toro, states that Nigerian workers can no longer …

By Mandy Tina A man, identified as Michael Chidozie, has been arrested and detained by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly beating his thirty-two year old wife, Mrs Ufuoma Chidozie, to death on Tuesday night, 5 March, 2024, at their residence at Agip axis of Mile 4, Port Harcourt. …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has indicated its readiness to partner the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) to build a residential estate for medical doctors at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the indication on Thursday …

By Amos Odhe The Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Wednesday uncovered two vast oil bunkering sites in Samkiri community, a small settlement located in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. A tour of the sites by the OPDS commander, Rear Admiral John Okeke, represented by the …

… Seeks to Encourage Reading, Writing Culture among Youths By Godwin Chukwumaechi Peace, social justice and good governance advocacy group, the Rivers Unity House Foundation, UHF has announced its readiness to start the Education Champions League in the state, to be know as the ECL Quiz and Debate Competitions for …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa Professional Forum (BPF) has called on the president of the Appeal Court to launch an investigation into “the processes that led to the appointment of Justice Adekunle Adeleye as the Election Petition Tribunal’s chairman in the case between the Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri …

By Mandy Tina A civil society organization known as Relief International Africa has opened a Human Rights Clinic, in order to promote and protect the rights of people across the country. Speaking during the human rights clinic launch, the executive director of Relief International Africa, Green Isaac, said the Nigerian …

Members of the Bomu Community, in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, have rained alarm over the “poor handling of the clean-up exercise in their community by the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP). Represented by a community leader, Chief Roland Oku who is a member of the royal …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) FORMOSO, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa has destroyed three illegal refinery sites and a large wooden boat laden with about 160,000 litres of products suspected to be stolen crude oil. The operation, our correspondent gathered, was in …