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By Joel Anekwe About 260 kilometers or 26% of the Niger Delta mangroves has been lost in the past 50 years to mining activities in the region, experts have said. The region, hitherto one of the world’s richest Deltas, boasts of extensive mangroves being home to rich aquatic …
Read More »JUSUN Commends Buhari On Financial Autonomy For Judiciary
By Joel Anekwe The leadership of Judiciary State Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his recent approval of four bills seeking for financial autonomy of the judiciary, state house of assemblies and others. This commendation was made over the weekend, during the 12th South-South …
Read More »2019: Amaechi Ditches Dakuku, Picks Cole For APC Guber
…Peterside accepts decision, pledges loyalty By Joel Anekwe True to speculations making the rounds for some time now, leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi has finally picked businessman and Kalabari son, Tonye Dele Cole as his preferred …
Read More »Activists Urge Return To Agriculture, To Cut ‘Extractive Industry Losses’
By Joel Anekwe Environmental and human rights activists have called on African nations to return to agriculture so as to avoid the huge losses to livelihood resulting from the heavy dependence upon the extractive sector. The activists were of the opinion that despite the huge financial benefits accruing from …
Read More »Wike Plotting To Levy Students For Campaign Funds ~ Rivers APC
……No New Levies On State-Owned Institutions ~ Govt By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged plans by Governor Chief Nyesom Wike to levy students of all tertiary institutions in the state various sums of money through the heads of …
Read More »HYPREP, Best Option For Ogoni Cleanup ~ Environmentalist
By Joel Anekwe An environmental activist and director, Mother of the Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey has said that the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) is the best option to carry out the cleanup of Ogoniland as recommended by the United Nation’s Environmental Programme (UNEP). He made the clarification …
Read More »ERA Advocates Removal Of VAT On Imported Renewable Energy Products
By Joel Anekwe The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has advocated for the removal by the Federal Government of import tariffs and Value Added Tax (VAT), charged by the country on renewable energy products and components. Making the call in Port Harcourt on yesterday, ERA …
Read More »2019 Imo Guber: Nobody Can Stop Me ~ Madumere
Embattled deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has declared that apart from God, no man, no matter how highly placed, would be able to stop his gubernatorial ambition in the state come 2019. Prince Madumere who made this known while speaking to news men at the Port Harcourt …
Read More »2019: It’s Our Turn To Produce Rivers Gov ~ Riverine
By Joel Anekwe The riverine population of Rivers State has intensified mobilisation towards producing the next governor of the state in the 2019 elections. A coalition of over fifty non-governmental organisations, coastal ethnic groups, women and youth groups under a coalition, Rivers Conscience Monday in Port Harcourt declared …
Read More »Rivers Bye-Election: Police Deny Involvement In Violence
… Rivers Govt, APC Trade Accusations By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State Police Command has denied any involvement in disruption of the Saturday Bye-election into Port Harcourt Constituency III, which was reportedly marred by violence, snatching and destruction of electoral materials. Zaki Ahmed, the state Commissioner for …
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