By Kelechi Nwaucha The role of women in defending and furthering the rights of communities, especially in the light of onshore divestment by international oil companies and legacy pollution issues, last Friday formed the basis of an awareness creation program organized by Olegh Centre for Community Development for community women …
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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has clarified that its call for the redeployment of the Minister of Petroleum, Oil, Dr. Heineken Lokpobiri, was not “borne out of parochial sentiment, but out of genuine desire to address issues bedeviling the petroleum sector.” The IYC, in a …
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Following complaints and the call by aggrieved members of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, for the redeployment of the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Senator Heneiken Lokpobiri, a Niger Delta ex-agitator, Comrade Obubo Opukeme aka Galadima, has advised the minister not to take the issues raised by …
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The Bayelsa State Government says it is ready to collaborate with the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on the rehabilitation and maintenance of failing roads in the state. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made this known while speaking with a delegation from the Bayelsa Field Office of FERMA during …
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•Vow to Engage NWC to Revisit Party Congresses •Insist Gov Fubara Must Take Leadership Position in Rivers The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has restated its solid stance in support of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on the political crisis in the party in the State. The …
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Emma Ovundah A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an experte order restraining the National Leadership of the All Progressive Congress led by the chairman, Abdullahi Umar-Ganduje, the Secretary, Surajudeen Ajibola-Basiru from going ahead to conduct planned Ward, Local Government and State Congresses scheduled to hold …
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•As Journalists task politicians, stakeholders on development of Emohua LGA Emma Ovundah Former Minority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Prince Azubuike Odum has declared his interest to contest for the Chairmanship position in Emohua local government area in the forthcoming October 5th, 2024 LGA elections in the …
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•Say RSG pays N2bn monthly to clear pension, gratuity backlog Emma Ovundah Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has disclosed that the Rivers State Government is paying N2bn monthly to offset the backlog of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants. Governor Fubara stated this while addressing workers in the …
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Rivers State Government has signed a Public-Private-Partnership framework agreement for the establishment of a New Port City to be delivered on a 1,000 hectares of land that will serve as nucleus of network of urban centres designed to decongest Port Harcourt and break the one-city jinx of the State. The …
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… EMR Hails BusinessDay Manager, Chukwu, on Lifetime Award …. Awards Well Deserved, Honour to Chapel ~ Okonkwo Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State have felicitated with five of their colleagues who received various categories of awards from the Nigeria Union of …
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