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By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The Ibru village and the entire Agbarha-Otor kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently a beehive of academic activities as the Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU) launched the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre on September 6, 2020. This was as part …

… NLC, TUC Slates Sept 8 for ‘Peaceful Protest’  By Joel Anekwe Organised labour in Nigeria has given notice to the Rivers State government that it would no longer entertain industrial tyranny and state sponsored violence and terrorism against workers and citizens by the state government. To this end the …

By Joel Anekwe The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, says adequate welfare for judicial officers and requisite infrastructure are important for quick dispensation of justice. Justice Muhammad made the remark at the commissioning of 20 four bedroom duplexes built for judges of Rivers origin serving both in the state …

Aherhoke Okioma, Yenagoa The commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Bayelsa State, Dr. Iti Orugbani, has said that tourism can boost the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state as well as create job opportunities, and has the potential to be one of the key pillars on which the economic revival …

The Federal Medical Centres in Yenagoa and Yola have underwritten the cost of surgical procedure to separate a set of Siamese twins born to an indigent couple in Nembe, Bayelsa. Dr Dennis Alagoa, chief medical director of FMC Yenagoa said while receiving the babies on arrival at Bayelsa International Airport …

No fewer than twenty-six youths have recently benefited from a skill acquisition training/capacity building programme organized by the Heritage Oil Services Ltd, Warri, Delta State for Cluster 3 under OML 30. Cluster 3 comprises the three oil producing communities of Evwreni, Unenurhie and Uwheru under the Oil Mining License (OML) …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri President of Michael and Cecilia Ibru Foundation, Dr (Mrs.) Cecilia Ibru, has assured that the university will host the Urhobo Innovation Hub. According to her, “The Urhobo Innovation Hub is a welcome initiative and a vision that is birthed at the right time.” She spoke when …

The Scout Association of Nigeria, Rivers State Scout Council held its election on the 29th August, 2020 to elect a new State Scout Commissioner (SSC). The election considered free and fair by the delegates and observers had three contestants for the exalted position of the SSC. Isaac Isaiah, Godwin Boms …

The Bayelsa government on Thursday reiterated its commitment to a peaceful atmosphere for oil and gas exploration and urged community leaders to foster peace. Dr Ibere Jones, commissioner for Mineral Resources made the call at the inauguration of the 25 member Dodo River Community Rural Development Association in Yenagoa. The …

By John Amaowoh Front-line pressure groups, Patriotic Forum of Niger Delta (PAFOND) and the Niger Delta Indigenous People Network (NDIPN),  have called on members of the National Assembly “to stop being selective in their probe and allow a smooth running of the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission …