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By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Parents and guardians whose children/wards are in public model and boarding schools in Delta State have called on the state governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to remove boarding fees for public schools across the state especially now that economic hardship is telling hard on many Nigerians …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Urhobowood Int’l, a popular film/movie organization based in Ughelli town, Delta State has ended her 2020 film festival and exhibition event with a call on both the federal and state governments to promote the local film industry in Nigeria. The yearly event, which took place in …

… Says Ijaws ‘no Longer Comfortable with Current Sufferings’ The president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Comrade Peter Igbifa, has declared that they are no longer comfortable “with the current sufferings inflicted on the Ijaws by the lopsided constitution of Nigeria, a constitution which is set to heighten our marginalisation and …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world has been described as a catalyst that necessitated novel innovations in court proceedings, which innovations further brought digital litigation and digital case management systems to the fore in the administration of justice in Nigeria. Professor Damfebo K. Derri of the …

By Joel Anekwe The Supreme Court has struck out a suit filed by the Bayelsa State government challenging the ownership of Soku oilfield which a Federal High had ruled belonged to Rivers State. The apex court said the Bayelsa State government by seeking the nullification of the judgment of the Federal High …

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 …