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By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A Yenagoa-based female lawyer, Edna Ndubuisi, has raised alarm over “persistent threats by armed men who claimed to be ex-militants.” The ex-militants, who are plaintiffs in a lawsuit on their stipends with commercial banks, reportedly on November 19, 2019, armed with pistols and other dangerous weapons, …

By Boma Susan Banjo(08032662889) “I met Mrs Christy Otu at the N.S.I.A LUTH Cancer Centre recently while we were both doing radiotherapy and we became a family. “She has triple positive breast cancer which means she needs an injection called Herceptin, which costs about N350, 000 each, every 3 weeks, and she needs …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Joint Task Force (JTF) protecting oil facilities in the Niger Delta has extended free medical services to its host community, Igbogene, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Flagging off the event, Rear Adm. Akinjide Akinrinade, commander of the joint military force, said the gesture …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   The Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme (BHIS) on Friday said it targets universal health coverage in the state by 2030 following the successes it recorded in the public sector in the past two years. Dr Zuoboemi Agadah, BHIS’ executive secretary, said the scheme covered more than …

The Rivers Ijaw Indigenous Forum (RIIF), a socio-cultural organization in the Niger Delta region, has lauded the “magnanimous policies of Belema Oil Company with regards to its employment and empowerment programmes in the region and beyond.” The group said it was satisfied with their implementation programmes, adding that the future …

By Joel Anekwe   The Soku Council of Chiefs, Elders and Leaders has commended the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, for “his dogged struggle that led to the Federal High Court judgment that returned the Soku oil wells/fields to the state.”  Addressing journalists on Tuesday, chairman of Soku Council of Chiefs, Chief Telema Imoh, …

… As Family Bicker over Late Philanthropist’s Estate By Joel Anekwe Rivers State Government has offered to bury the Late Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, popularly known as High Chief O. B Lulu Briggs, following the protracted family crisis that has delayed the burial of the prominent Kalabari son and philanthropist. …

By Joel Anekwe Environmentalists, under the umbrella of Environmental Rights Action (ERA) and Young Friends of the Earth Nigeria, say they are considering instituting a legal action against the Federal Government for its inaction on the incidence of soot in the Rivers environment.  They said the move was one of …

Oxfam and Kebetkache Women Development Resource Centre have organized a one day Exchange meeting on participatory Budgeting, Needs Assessment and Fair Taxation in Port Harcourt. The meeting had in attendance community-based organizations drawn from Enugu, Cross Rivers, Delta and Rivers states. Executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource, Emem …

WThe West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP Nigeria) has called for more women in governance. The group made the call during a one-day interactive round table meeting with critical stakeholders on women, peace and security in Rivers State. The WANEP Nigeria coordinator, Briget Osakwe, through head of program, WANEP-Nigeria, Patience …