By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Some Environmentalists in Niger Delta on Thursday expressed mixed reactions on the announcement by the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) that it would extend its regulatory mandate to the downstream sector. NOSDRA director-general, Mr Idris Musa, said on Wednesday that the agency is …
Read More »Pressure Dangote, Bua to Reduce Price of Baking Items, Mummy Elisabeth Begs Buhari
By John Aamowoh A woman of God, who is also a distributor of staple baking ingredients, Madam Elisabeth Onuoha, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to pressurize major dealers and producers of flour and sugar, such as Dangote group, Bua and Golden Penny, to reduce the prices of their products “for …
Read More »Former Governorship Aspirant Blasts Clerics
By John Amaowoh A governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Architect Deacon Parker, has claimed that the failure witnessed in the church, society and governance is solely attributable to the failure of clerics to teach the right message to their congregations. Speaking in Port Harcourt, the state capital, Deacon Parker explained …
Read More »Rivers APC: Court Rules in Favour of Abe’s Faction, Appoints Aguma Acting Chair
By Joel Anekwe A Port Harcourt High Court Tuesday ruled that all members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who purchased nomination form for 2018 congresses of the party should be allowed to participate in the forthcoming congresses without paying any fresh fee. This is as the court declared that …
Read More »Covid-19: Rivers Reviews Guidelines on Religious Worship
… Increases Number 0f Worshippers per Service By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has reviewed the restriction on the number of worshippers during church services from 50 to 70 persons in the state even as modalities are afoot to determine number of Moslems that will participate in …
Read More »World Ocean Day: CEHRD Calls for Strategies on Sustainable Ocean Resource Management
By Joel Anekwe The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has called on the federal and state governments to develop innovative technologies for addressing land-based waste that ends up in the Atlantic Ocean The strategies, the CEHRD stated, would focus on ocean resource management that would contribute to …
Read More »Bayelsa Rakes in N1.2bn IGR for March
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa In furtherance of its principle to promote transparency and accountability in governance, the Bayelsa State government said it received N1.2 billion as internally generated revenue for the month of March 2020. The figure is one of the highest raked in by the state in the last …
Read More »Maritime University Okerenkoko Refutes Etebu’s Alleged Sack, Diversion of Funds
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko Delta State, has refuted media reports that the immediate past vice chancellor, Professor Ongoebi Etebu, was sacked because of alleged diversion of funds and embezzlement, noting that her five-year tenure expired on May 25, 2020. The university also made clarification that …
Read More »Nigerian Navy @64: We Have Assisted in Fight against COVID 19 ~ FOC CNC
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Nigerian Navy has said that it has assisted civil authorities in fighting the corona virus pandemic at the maritime domain by ensuring that vessels that enter the country were properly checked and cleared before they berth following the necessary COVID 19 protocols. Speaking on Tuesday …
Read More »Court Sentence Ese Oruru’s Abductor To 26 Years
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has delivered the long-awaited judgement on Ese Oruru, a teenager reportedly abducted, taken to Kano State and forced into marriage by one Yinusa Dahiru. The court, presided over by Justice Jane Inyang, sentenced Dahiru to 26 years in prison. Jane acquitted …
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