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HYPREP: Bomu Community Decry ‘Poor Handling of Clean-Up’

Members of the Bomu Community, in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, have rained alarm over the “poor handling of the clean-up exercise in their community by the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP). Represented by a community leader, Chief Roland Oku who is a member of the royal …

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Diri, Ndiomu, Ogbuku, Boyloaf, Ateke Bag Niger Delta Peace Award

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri; the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP); Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (red); the managing director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, and King Ateke Tom have received the Niger Delta Peace Award. Others, who got the Peace Advocate …

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Unity House Proposes Economic Summit for Rivers

By Chukwumaechi Godwin The Rivers Unity House Foundation, a peace, social justice and good governance advocacy group has made a call for an economic summit in Rivers State to chart a development course for the state. Convener of the UHF, Kingsley Wali, who made the call at a press parley …

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Delta: PDP Caucus Passes Vote of Confidence on Gov Oborevwori

The Delta State Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, February 29, 2024, passed a vote of “implicit confidence” on the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and applauded him for the pace of work his administration has been doing since he assumed office. The motion for the …

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Stop Using Politicians, Employ Technocrats, Onyefuru tells FG

By Mandy Tina The chairman, Trade Union Congress (TUC) Rivers State, Comrade Ikechukwu Onyefuru, says the nation’s economy will only get better if the Federal Government employs the services of tested technocrats and economists to manage the economy. Onyefuru who made this known to our correspondent in Port Harcourt, said …

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Tai Council Boss, Mbakpone Okpe, Commissions Kira Ultramodern Townhall

… Chief Maol Describes Council Boss as Pacesetter The chairman of Tai Local Government Area, Hon. Mbakpone Okpe, on Friday 23, February 2024 commissioned an ultra-modern town hall for the Kira community. The project, our reporter gathered, was initiated and executed by the council chairman, Hon. Mbakpone Okpe. Special guest …

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