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By Paul Williams Students in Rivers State have staged a walk in the capital, Port Harcourt, to press home the demand for an end to the use of fossil fuel, and for climate justice. Defying an early morning downpour on Friday June 27, 2025, students of Community Secondary School (CSS) …

Leadership of the National Association of Seadogs Pyrates Confraternity (NAS PC), Oxbow Marino Deck recently held a meeting with the Controller of Corrections of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bayelsa State Command on the need for partnership to rehabilitate prison inmates and curbing crime in the state. The Controller of …

… As Gas Company Ignites Passion for Science By Paul Williams Community Secondary School, Igboh Etche, has emerged winner of the 2025 NLNG Science Quiz Competition. The school led seven others at the climax of the competition in Port Harcourt, on Saturday, in a contest showcasing brilliance, speed, and scientific …

By Emma Sunday No fewer than 3,700 women across Nigeria have benefited from the Federal Government’s credit-backed tricycles empowerment scheme. This was disclosed on Wednesday, as the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP), rolled out expansion of it’s Queen Rider Programme in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Capital. …

By Uwem Offon, Uyo   The Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Hon Udeme Otong, has announced that 24 out of the 26 lawmakers in the Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Making the announcement during plenary on Tuesday, Otong disclosed that he had …

The leadership and membership of the Wakirike National Students Union have been called upon to play a major role in re-orienting youth against involvement in drugs and other criminal activities. Sole Administrator of Okrika Local Government Area, Engr. Tamunobipiboye Thompson Isodiki, gave the charge when the Wakirike National Students Union …

  By Our Reporter   The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, says it has created over 7000 direct and indirect employments through it’s project sites in Ogoniland. Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey stated this during a midterm stakeholders scorecard held by the agency in Port Harcourt. This is …

  … Police Begins Investigation   Mr Hector Ekeakita, a prime suspect in the case of assault on Mr Goodluck Iheanachor, the Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Council in Rivers State, has denied involvement in the act. Mr Iheanachor was on 20th June, 2025, attacked by suspected hoodlums in the …

Fresh facts have emerged on how unidentified gunmen abducted a State High Court Judge, Justice E.G. Umokoro at Ekeki area of Yenagoa in the Bayelsa State capital. He was kidnapped in front of popular eatery known as Kilimanjaro at about 7pm after a struggle. The Judge, according to sources was …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa. Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has offered automatic employment to First Class degree graduates of the University of Africa, Toru-Orua (UAT), in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. Senator Diri, who announced this on at the maiden combined convocation ceremony of 2020/2021, 2021/2022, …