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Former governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia says the Supreme Court judgement that confirmed Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the interim national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is not just a victory for the party and Nigerians, but would bring about vibrant opposition in the Nigerian politics. Sir …
Read More »Past Administrations, Responsible For Agitations In Nigeria ~ Capt Briggs
A frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and one of the founding fathers of PDP in Rivers State, Engr. Captain Briggs Opunabo Dokubo, has attributed the series of agitations going on in the country, and calls for re-structuring, to accumulated frustrations Nigerians had been physiologically forced into, as a result …
Read More »New Army Division Set To Fight Insecurity In Niger Delta ~ Buratai
By Joel Anakwe (Port Harcourt) The Nigerian Army has assured that the newly established 6 Division stationed at Bori Camp Port Harcourt is specifically to fight insecurity in the Niger Delta region. The assurance was made last week during the operationalization of the division, including the 6 Division Anti-Kidnapping …
Read More »Ogoni Communities Express Worry Over ‘Survival During UNEP Clean Up Period’
Communities in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State have expressed concern over what would be their means of survival throughout the period of the cleanup exercise when it eventually kicks off. They noted that when the cleanup starts, they may no longer have access to their farms and rivers, …
Read More »Meat Processing: Butchers Discard Tyre, Device New Technology
In a deliberate effort to reduce the health hazard associated with the use of tyre and other plastic materials in the processing of meat, the National Butchers Union, Rivers State Chapter has devised a technological device that will be used to roast meat in all the slaughter houses in the …
Read More »Rivers East: PDP Senator, Sekibo, Loses At Tribunal
…set to appeal ruling The Rivers State National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of the senator representing Rivers East senatorial district, George Thompson Sekibo, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), while ruling in favour of his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Chief Andrew Uchendu. …
Read More »Ijaw Youths Take Swipe At MASSOB, Reject Inclusion In Biafra
The ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, the apex youth body of all youths has taken a swipe at one of the leaders of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) for claiming that the South South region is part of the Biafra territory. In a statement, …
Read More »Soot: Rivers Assembly Summons Environment Commissioner, Others
Against the backdrop of continuing presence of soot in the air, pollution and other environmental issues, the Rivers State House of Assembly has summoned the state’s commissioners for agriculture, health and environment. They would appear before the house to tell it why slaughter houses in the state still use scrap …
Read More »No Division In PFN ~ Apostle Ogu
The general overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission, Apostle Eugene Ogu has said that there was no division in the fold of the Pentecostal fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) contrary to insinuations in some quarters, stressing that the PFN was united and will continue to be one indivisible family. Apostle Ogu …
Read More »Why Rivers Amnesty Failed In Ogoni
By Godwin Chukwu Recently, the Rivers State government declared a suspected cult leader, Samuel Ogoso (aka Supreme) wanted for refusing to embrace the fresh amnesty window approved specifically for cultists and militants in Ogoniland by the Nyesom Wike administration. The suspected cult leader, some members of his cult group …
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