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Following the nonpayment of verified Presidential Amnesty Programme’s contractors from November 2019 to date, coupled with the rumoured plan by the present administration to scrap the Amnesty Programme, aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta region have indicated their interest to join the EndSARS protest platform to ask the National Security …

Association of Waterfront Coordinators has called on youths in Nigeria to tow the line of peace, following the ‘ENDSARS’ protest which turned violent over the past week. Addressing the press recently, president of the association, Comrade Sam Ateke, said that the protest which kicked off peacefully all over the country …

… Accuse NSA, NNPC of Plot to Under-develop Ijaw land, Niger Delta An Ijaw group, the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw ethnic nationality of the Niger Delta, MOSIEND, has called on the Federal Government to release the seized marginal oil field which gave the state the right of an …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State government, in line with the proscription order of the Federal Government, has reinforced a ban on activities of Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) in the state, adding that no form of procession or agitation by the group or any of its affiliates is allowed …

A passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bille in Rivers State was on Sunday, October25, 2020 attacked by sea pirates, leaving one person dead and several others missing. In a chat with our correspondent, former chairman of Bille Kingdom Community Development Committee, Asatubo Igbanibo Kemuel, said the activities of …

… Community Threatens to Shut Down Facilities The Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, in conjunction with the  Environmental Rights Action/Friend of the Earth, ERA/FoEN, has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to embark on thorough remediation, clean up of their environment that …

By Joel Anekwe As Nigerian youths sustain their peaceful protests against police brutality across the nation, the family of 20-year old Chibuike Daniel Dominic, aka Sleek, who was killed by officers of the Nigeria Police in Rivers State has dragged the Nigeria Police to court over the issue. According to …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state and some parts of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. In a state wide broadcast Wednesday evening, the governor also announced the other areas affected by the curfew as …

By Joel Anekwe The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), a non-governmental organisation, has warned Nigerians against the dangers of approvals and consumption of commodities and products that have been genetically modified, also known as GMOs. This is because of their negative health, economic, cultural and environmental implementations as there …

… As APC Faction Denies Allegation Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has accused the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi-led faction of the All Progressives (APC) of plans to capitalise on the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Rivers State to cause the destruction of lives and property in the state. In a …