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The Amanyanabo of Abonnema, His Gracious Majesty, King (Barr) Disrael Gbobo Bob-Manuel (ii), Owukori (ix), has described the re-election of Chief Nyesom Wike as governor of Rivers State for another four years as well deserved and ordained by God. He said the people of Nyemoni are happy that Wike emerged …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson, has charged Corp members serving in the state not to succumb to intimidation or inducement by any politician or political party during the gubernatorial election in the state scheduled for November 2, 2019. Governor Dickson stated this at the …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Niger Delta Youth Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDYCPP) has applauded the minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu for transforming the Nigerian oil sector.  The NDYCPP, a group of youth leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region noted that under …

By Joel Anekwe The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed worry over the absence of a baseline study of Ogoniland by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) ahead of the commencement of the cleanup of oil polluted sites in the area. CISLAC says the absence of such baseline …

By Joel Anekwe The acting managing director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, recently visited some universities in the United Kingdom with plans to consolidate existing partnerships with the universities to ensure that the commission gets more value for its human capital development programmes. Speaking after the five-day …

By Joel Anekwe The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday presented the certificate of return to the re-elected governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.  Wike emerged winner of the tortured governorship election of March 9, 2019 which was eventually concluded on April on April …

… PDP Urges APC to ‘Join Hands with Wike’ The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed appeals by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and its factional governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, seeking to allow them participate in the 2019 general election Cole and the APC in Rivers State had approached …

The governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has dedicated his victory in the March 9, 2019 governorship election to God and the people of the state, especially those who died “defending their votes.” Speaking on Wednesday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, after he was declared duly elected to …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A joint operation by troops of the joint military force deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta has led to the seizure of a thug boat, ‘Aya Oba Olori II,’ and a barge, christened ‘Rampage 13,’ which was laden with over 200,000 litres of …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Presidential Amnesty Programme says it has trained and empowered over 1,165 Niger Delta ex-militants who had enrolled in the programme from March 2018 till date, even as it has also enrolled 11,297 beneficiaries who were engaged in vocational training. Special Assistant on media to Prof …