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 …
Read More »BRACED Union Faults FG on VAT, Urges S’South Govs to Emulate Wike
A pro-South-South socio-economic group, dubbed BRACED Union (BU), has taken a swipe at the Federal Government for flouting a subsisting High Court order. A Port Harcourt High Court had directed that henceforth the Federal Government is to comply with extant tax laws of the federation that posit that the Value …
Read More »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,’ …
Read More »Nigeria Immigration, MEMPON Collaborate on ‘Service Delivery’
… As Oni Commends CGI Babandede on ICT Umbrella body of maritime and energy media practitioners in Nigeria, the Maritime Energy Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MEMPON), has offered to partner and collaborate with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), with a resolve to enhance efficient service delivery to citizens of the …
Read More »Sexual Harassment: Rivers College of Health Extends Lecturer’s Suspension
The management of the Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology has extended the suspension of head of department, Dental Surgery, Princewill Chicakpobi, by three months in a bid to ensure proper inquiry into allegations of rape made against him by the mother of a student. Provost of the …
Read More »IYD: Bayelsa Youths Advised to be Exemplary, Shun Acts ‘Inimical to Progress’
As Bayelsa State joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World International Day, August 12, youths in the state and Niger Delta in general have been advised not only to be exemplary in their conduct, but to uphold virtues that will bring glory and commendation to the state. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »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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