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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 …

…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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

By Mandy Tina The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Rivers State chapter, has mourned the “tragic and preventable” inferno that occurred at the Aleto Bridge in Eleme Local Government Area, on Friday night 26, April, 2024. State chairperson of NAWOJ, Susan Serekana-Nwhikhana, said that “the devastating incident, resulting in …

By our Reporter The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Bayelsa Chapter, has congratulated the newly inaugurated Sports Commissioner, Dr. Daniel Igali, describing his re-appointment as well-deserved. A statement signed by Bayelsa SWAN’s Caretaker Committee chairman, Loveday Herbert and secretary, Promise Okotoko, noted that over the past few years, the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Caretaker Committee chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sir Tony Okocha, has expressed deep appreciation to President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, for his double appointments as APC Caretaker chairman and Rivers State representative in …

Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder Sunday night rescued over 250 passengers from drowning after a commercial (market) boat, ‘MV Precious Emmanuel’ conveying commodities worth millions of naira capsized along the Rivers’ waterways. The market boat, popularly known as ‘AKASA Boat’, which capsized around 10:00pm …

By our Reporter The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sent “its warmest wishes and congratulations to one of the party’s great ambassadors, Hon. Busayo Oluwole Oke (BOO).” The felicitation comes as the lawmaker celebrated his birthday. In a statement made available to our correspondent, the …