By our Reporter The government of Bayelsa State has called for the support of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) in the fight against environmental terrorism and degradation impoverishing Bayelsa and other states in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Governor Douye Diri made the appeal at …
Read More »Oyibokure Bags Ph.D from Delta University ‘with Flying Colours’
By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A respected lecturer in the Department of Political Science of the University of Delta, Agbor, Dr. Irorohwo Goodluck Oyibokure, has bagged a Ph.D in Political Science from the popular and prestigious Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka with flying colours. Dr. Oyibokure who was among those …
Read More »Gov Fubara orders contractor who abandoned projects after 80% payment to return to sites
Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has frowned at the contractor handling the construction of Bori Internal Roads for abandoning the project after 80% payment. Governor Fubara in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi expressed his disappointment at the approach …
Read More »Dr Okagwa seeks govt’s intervention in agriculture over rising cost of raw materials
Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt A major investor in Nigerian Agriculture sector, Chief Dr. Promise Omuruka Okagwa is calling for urgent intervention by the federal government in the agricultural sector to address the rising cost of raw materials. Dr. Okagwa, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dandavide Fairway Agro Venture, …
Read More »Environmental Degradation: Group Explores Legal Options to Halting IOCs Divestments
By Godwin Chukwumaechi A human and ecological rights organization, We The People, is seeking legal options that would hold international oil companies IOCs responsible for the massive environmental degradation from their operations in the Niger Delta for the past seven decades. The move was made imperative by the rush of …
Read More »Ogoni Youths back Resumption of Oil Exploration in Ogoniland
By Godwin Chukwumaechi National Youth Council of the Ogoni People (NYCOP), an umbrella body for Ogoni youths, has lent it support for the resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland even as it urged the Federal Government to speed up the process The youths stressed that the oil wealth will be …
Read More »MAY DAY: GOV FUBARA ASSURES RIVERS WORKERS OF SALARY INCREASE
…Says days of delayed payments of retirement benefits over …As Labour tasks Rivers Govt on establishment of state owned refinery, railway Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt on Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has assured of implementing the salary increase recently approved by the Federal Government for workers in the State …
Read More »Group condemns call for sack of Amnesty Boss
Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Chapter of the Niger Delta Libration Force (NDLF), has condemned recent calls for the sack of the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP), Chief Dennis Otuaro. Leader of the Coalition of Civil Society group in Niger Delta, Mr Nakor Francis was said to …
Read More »FG flags of Port Harcourt -Aba rail operation
Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The Federal Government, has officially flagged off the commencement of commercial services on the 62.0 kilometers of the Port-Harcourt to Aba section of the 1443 km Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge rail project. The Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’id Alkali, performed the flag-off at the Railway Corporation …
Read More »Wike Calls for Prayers for Nigeria, Tinubu, as Okocha Celebrates Appointments
By Akpekwu Imbufe FCT Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, has called on Nigerians from all walks of life to join hands in prayers for the country and President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Wike made the call at a Thanksgiving Service held at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Rumuapara, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. …
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