In a bid to further promote fair taxation practices and participatory budgeting, two leading civil society organisations, Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre and Oxfam Nigeria, have deepened their intervention in the country, through a strategic partnership on the Financing for Development (F4D) Project initiative. The F4D project, according to …
Read More »Monarch Pleads For Partnership with UNIPORT, UPTH on Security
The Nyenweali and paramount ruler of Alakahia community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Eze Daniel Ogbonna Dodo, has appealed to the managements of the University of Port Harcourt and the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) to partner with the community in the provision of adequate …
Read More »Wike Is Correct on N166bn for Federal Projects ~ ANDMON Scribe
… Says FG is Starving Rivers The general secretary of the Association of Niger Delta Monarchs of Nigeria (ANDMON), His Majesty, King Leslie Eke, has expressed support for the Rivers State governor’s observation on the distribution of the N166 billion earmarked for federal projects across the country. Governor Nyesom Wike …
Read More »Reps Committee Decry State Of Itu-Odukpani-Calabar Road, Seek Urgent Action
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee set up to look into the optimal utilization of the Eastern ports has called the Federal Government to pay urgent attention to the Itu-Odukpani-Calabar Road. Held up in a 3-hour traffic gridlock Friday, September 20, 2019 on their way to Calabar, the committee said …
Read More »I killed to Avenge Poisoned Mom ~ Rivers ‘Serial Killer’
By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State Police command Thursday made a breakthrough in the bid to contain the repeated killing of young women in the state capital, Port Harcourt, with the arrest of the person suspected to be behind the killings. Five young women were murdered in hotels in the …
Read More »Rivers Police Link ‘Serial Killing’ to Cultism
The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr Mustapha Dandaura, has said that the serial killing of young women in parts of the state in recent times is cult related. Dandaura made the disclosure while briefing newsmen Tuesday in Port Harcourt. He explained that the victims had a piece of white cloth …
Read More »Eze Gbakagbaka Faults Constitution of New NDDC Board
The constitution of the present board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has continued to attract condemnation from some concerned quarters within and outside the Niger Delta region. The latest one came from HM, King Leslie N. Eke, Nyesiri Eli Woji, Eze Oha Evo, Eze Gbagbakagbaka when he spoke …
Read More »N’Delta Youths Seek FG’s Support for Ministers to Drive Regional Development
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A coalition of Niger Delta youth groups on Tuesday applauded the pedigree of cabinet members from the region and urged the Federal Government to leverage on their competence to develop the area. The groups under the auspices of Niger Delta Youth Coalition for Peace and Progress …
Read More »Kebetkache, Oxfam Build Awareness on Participatory Budgeting, Fair Taxation
Government representatives, civil society groups and members of the media met in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday to deliberate on issues of participatory budgeting and fair taxation in the state. Executive Director of Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre, Ms. Emem J. Okon, whose organization provided the …
Read More »Court Denies NASS Power to Take Over Edo Assembly
By Joel Anekwe The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Thursday ruled that the National Assembly lacks the power to take over the functions of the Edo State House of Assembly or any other House of Assembly in the country. The court also ruled that the National Assembly lacks …
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