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By Joel Anekwe Environmental Right Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria has advocated for energy democracy in Nigeria that is decentralised, people driven and socially controlled. The environmental campaign group in making the call warned that energy colonialism was killing the Nigeria economy calling for energy system where …
Read More »NDDC Presents Foreign Scholarship to 200 Graduates
By Joel Anekwe The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has presented award letters to 200 graduates from the Niger Delta region for its 2018 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme. Making the presentations, during a pre-departure briefing and orientation at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, the NDDC managing director, …
Read More »SDP Flags-Off Campaign In Rivers
… Elekima Promises Robust Transformation The Social Democratic Party’s governorship flag-bearer in Rivers State, Chief (Sir) Precious Elekima, has rolled out plans for the “total transformation of Rivers State if voted into power come 2019.” He made this known in his address during the party’s formal kick-off of …
Read More »Princewill Condemns Attempt on Tonye Cole’s Life, Tasks Security Agencies
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has condemned the alleged assassination attempt on the APC governorship candidate in the state, Arc Tonye Cole, by unknown gunmen. Princewill, who thanked God for delivering Cole from the hands of suspected assassins, noted that instead of …
Read More »OPM Overseer Charges Politicians on ‘Life of Sacrifice’
As Nigerians eagerly await a fresh set of general elections come 2019, politicians have been advised to see whatever positions they are voted into as offices of sacrifice for the people who voted them in. General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere who gave the advice while …
Read More »Youth Group Condemns Violence against ‘The Girl Child’
“Every 10 minutes, somewhere in the world, an adolescent girl dies because of violence, while up to one-third of adolescent girls report their first sexual experience as being forced and are thus victims of sexual violence.” So said the Rivers State director of the non-governmental organisation, Youth For Human Rights, …
Read More »Abonnema Youths Protest Against Sepribo’s Killing
By Des Ogini Bearing several placards with varied inscriptions such as ‘Military, Stop Killing Us,’ ‘Military is Here to Protect Us, Not Kill Us,’ and ‘Army, Kill Criminals Not Law-Abiding Youths,’ youths of Abonnema, headquarters of Akuku-Toru local government area (AKULGA) of Rivers State on Monday, November 12, …
Read More »Sekibo Hails Monarch Over Book on Ogu Kingdom
By Des Ogini Senator George Sekibo has commended the royal father of Ogu kingdom, His Majesty King Nicholas Dickson Ibiebele Nimenibo, Loko IX for his bold efforts at tracing and putting in book form the record of Ogu kingship over time. Speaking as chairman of the launching of …
Read More »More Confusion as INEC Lists Cole as APC’s Guber Candidate
By Joel Anekwe The confusion over the fate of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress’s participation in the 2019 elections continued at the weekend with the display of Tonye Cole’s name as the governorship flag-bearer of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). …
Read More »MOSOP Gives FG Ultimatum on Ogoni Cleanup
By Joel Anekwe The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has given the Federal Government and the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) up till November 30 to fully commence the cleanup of oil impacted sites in Ogoniland or risk civil unrest from the people of Ogoni. …
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