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By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The principal of Unenurhie Secondary School, Unenurhie in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr. T. A. Oremegue, has appealed to the state government to ensure the fencing of the school to prevent insecurity and encroachment into the school premises by invaders and some …

… Names SSG, Chief of Staff By Amos Okioma Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has appointed the executive editor/editor, TheNiche Newspaper, Oguwike Nwachuku, as his chief press secretary/media adviser. The governor also named Barrister Nnamdi Anyaehie, chief of staff; Cosmas Iwu, secretary to the state government (SSG) and C.O.C Akaolisa, attorney-general. …

By Joel Anekwe  Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on traditional rulers in the South-South region not to allow militants to dictate what happens in the leadership of their communities. Speaking during a courtesy visit by Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A PDP chieftain from Uwheru Ward in Ughelli North Local Government AREA of Delta state, Mr. Irorohwo Goodluck Oyibokure, has congratulated the state governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, and all Deltans over the Supreme Court judgement affirming the election of the governor in a unanimous …

By Our Correspondent For the first time, the people of Abua/Odual ethnic nationality in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State have marked the passage of their political hero, late Chief (Barr) Akeodi Sunday Oyaghiri, fourteen years after with a plea to the political leaders in the area to emulate …

By Ukandi Christopher An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State has dismissed a suit brought by Heineken Lokpobiri, a former minister of state for Agriculture, challenging the emergence of David Lyon as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Heineken Lokpobiri had approached a Federal High …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Following a tip off, operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command, in collaboration with the vigilante of Okutukutu community, Yenagoa, arrested four suspected cultists on January 10, 2020, at about 0530 hours, for allegedly initiating minors into cultism. The suspected cultists include; 29 year-old Godbless Jackson, …

… Appeals for State, Federal Presence  By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The UDU Primary School main-field, Uwheru venue of the grand reception in honour of five personalities was filled to rafter as sons and daughters of Uwheru Kingdom and their well-wishers converged to “give honour to who honour is due, as …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has challenged the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) to substantiate its claim that customers in Bayelsa owed N16.5 billion. The IYC had on December 23, besieged the offices of the PHEDC and forced the staff to ground operations and occupied …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Princess (Chief) Mrs Gladys Aghogho Puegeren (nee Egoh), who was appointed by Gov Ifeanyi Okowa as first female permanent secretary from Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area, was among personalities that were bestowed with honor at a reception organized by the Uwheru Development Union …