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UNIPORT Alumni President for Burial September 17 in Bayelsa

The late president of University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association, Chief Chris Adokeme, is to be buried on Friday, September 17, 2021 at his hometown Isampou, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.  This is according to the family of the late alumni president. Adokeme passed away in Yenagoa on Monday …

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No Bills for 5 Rivers Reps as Apiafi Leads Sekibo, Mpigi

Five of the 13 federal legislators representing Rivers constituencies at the lower chamber of the National Assembly did not sponsor any bill in two years. This is according to a midterm analysis of bill sponsorship in the 9th National Assembly by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper. According to OrderPaperToday’s ‘The Report Card,’ …

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Late Okujaku: We Shall Miss Him Greatly ~ Family

Guests from across the country turned out in their numbers to grace the burial ceremony of H.E. Radm. Denson Ere Okujaku (rtd), over the week at the State School, Azuabie, in the heart of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, and to pay their last respects as he …

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UN Affiliate Sites $3.5bn Projects in Bayelsa

… Inducts Gov Diri into Hall of Fame The United Nations Rescue Services, a non-governmental body affiliated to the United Nation Economic and Social Council, is to embark on different developmental projects worth $3.5 billion in Bayelsa State. The convener/global chairman of the UN Rescue Services, Ambassador Steve Midalah, disclosed this on …

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Akwa Ibom Endorses Dikio’s ‘Recovery Plan for Niger Delta’

… Urges Ex-agitators to Seek Opportunities ‘Beyond N65,000 Stipends’ Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, has thrown his weight behind the Niger Delta Recovery Plan (NDRP) prepared by the interim administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) for economic empowerment of ex-agitators and the Niger Delta region. …

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Rivers Monarch Takes Swipe at Oil Companies, Lauds Wike

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The paramount ruler of Ikodi community in Ahoada West local government area of Rivers State, HRH Jonathan Ayonoadu, has criticised oil companies operating in the Niger Delta for not doing enough to bear on the development of the region. Ayonoadu handed down the criticism Tuesday during …

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