A former vice chancellor of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUOE) Rumuolumeni, in Rivers State, Prof. Rosemund Dienye Green-Osahogulu, has said that sciencing can be used as a tool for attitudinal change, and that the decay in morals in the society can be corrected through the teaching of sciencing …
Read More »2015 LG Election: Rivers PDP, APC Take War To LGAs
… Community Leaders Seek CJN, NJC Intervention By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its rival All Progressives Congress (APC), both engaged on a struggle for the political soul of the state, have taken their war to the local government level. …
Read More »PANDEF To Meet On Niger Delta, Youth Devt
By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) says it would hold a conference in Port Harcourt on issues relating to the development of the Niger Delta region, its youths and maritime university, amongst others. A former Minister of Aviation and Labour, who is also one …
Read More »Monkey Pox Scare: Army, Govt Deny Forceful Inoculation of Rivers Children
Following the scare that broke out in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, as rumours of alleged army vaccination drive went round the capital, authorities of 6 Division Nigerian Army and the state government have denied sending soldiers into the streets to vaccinate children. Pandemonium broke loose in various parts of the …
Read More »Rivers Assembly Workers Issue 14-Day Ultimatum
The workers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), have issued a 14 -day ultimatum to the management of the Assembly to pay up their 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 outfit/ committee allowances and other outstanding welfare issues due them. Chapter …
Read More »Daewoo, N’ Delta Youths Agree On Workers’ Pay, Welfare
Following contentions over Daewoo workers’ pay-off, and a subsequent meeting on October 6, 2017 in Port Harcourt by representatives of Daewoo Nigeria Limited and Indorama, Daewoo workers’ chairman, Amadi Chu, and leadership of the Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM), Rivers chapter, have agreed that “the purported agreement to a pay-off, …
Read More »Constant Police Patrol, Checkmating Crime In Eleme ~ DPO
S.P Amos Taiwo, Divisional Police Officer, Eleme, Nchia Divisional command has debunked the allegation that residents are leaving Eleme Local Government Area, relocating to other places due to the spate of violence and criminality. The police officer said though people might have been relocating from the LG. to other areas …
Read More »Eleme Caretaker Chairman Inaugurates Committee On Street Naming
Following issues associated with inadequate naming of streets in Eleme, the caretaker committee chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Chief (Hon) Obarilomate Ollor, has set up a 16-man committee to tackle street naming and numbering in the area. Inaugurating the committee in his office at the council secretariat last Thursday, …
Read More »Only Abe Can Withstand Wike In 2019 ~ Rivers APC Faction
By Joel Anekwe Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have declared support for the possible gubernatorial aspiration of the senator representing Rivers South East, Sen. Magnus Abe, urging him to present himself for the 2019 governorship election, on the platform of the …
Read More »Rivers Committed To Revamping Syringe Factory ~ Health Commissioner
The new Rivers State commissioner for health, Prof. Princewill Chike, has restated the state’s commitment to revamping its syringe manufacturing plant at Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The commissioner, who was on a visit to ascertain the state of the factory, said the Chief Nyesom Wike-led administration is determined …
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