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The governor of Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has been commended for paying the over 300 local government workers sacked by chairmen of Emohua and Ahoada West local government areas. In a release made available to our correspondent, chairman of the Rivers State Civil Society Organizations (RIVCSO), Comr. Enefaa …

By Kelechi Nwaucha Women in the Niger Delta have commended the House of Representatives over its decision on the controversial divestment of onshore holdings by oil multinationals. The House of Representatives had passed a resolution against granting of consent, by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), to divesting International …

By our Reporter Former member of the House of Representatives, Israel Sunny-Goli, has dismissed allegations of planning a protest to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking to compel it to commence probe into the multi-million naira investments made by the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB, under Engr …

By our Reporter The government of Bayelsa State has issued a warning to individuals and groups allegedly involved in illegal collection of levies and taxes, “under the guise of non-existent revenue contracts in the state to either desist from the criminal act forthwith or be sanctioned.” The government has similarly …

By Memoye Oghu Stakeholders for Democracy and Good Governance (SHDG), a Gov Siminalayi Fubara support group in Rivers State, has felicitated with the state governor on his “laudable achievements within one year in office.” The governor’s support group, which joined other “well-meaning individuals and groups within and outside the state …

By our Reporter About seven persons lost their lives after inhaling the fumes from generator inside a Recording studio along Transformer Road, in Amarata axis of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased persons were said to be to working in the recording studio, owned by one them, identified as Akpos Barakubo, …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  As the Rivers political crisis reaches – or being pushed by the feuding parties to – its crescendo, Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s adopted a strategy of one-day, one-taunt, one-threat, one-allegation to deal with his opponents, or enemies of Rivers State, as decreed by the governor.  Hence such headlines …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has indicted the Department of State Security, DSS, and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NOAC, over the illegal arrest and detention of a Youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie, for over two years. The presiding judge, Justice Ebiyon …

By our Reporter The Niger Delta Justice Forum (NDJF) says it has uncovered a plot to sponsor protest against a former executive secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Management Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, and a former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva. The group said the protest was …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Board of the Education Champions League (ECL) has set aside a total prize money of N17.5 million in the maiden edition of its quiz competition among secondary schools in Rivers State. The competition, christened the Education Champions League, ECL, which mainly targets encouraging reading …