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Rivers Women Walk for Peace, Sim

By Mandy Tina A sociopolitical group in Rivers State, known as the Rivers Women Unite for SIM, have called for peace and tranquility in the state. The group of women took to the streets of Port Harcourt in a peace walk to speak against the current political situation in the …

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Amnesty: Call for Ndiomu’s Sack, Futile Mission ~ Ex-Agitators

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The national leadership of Phase 2 Ex-Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has countered the call by ex-militant leaders, Abraham Vwaghie and Israel Akpodoro, for the sack of the interim administrator, Major General Tariye Barry Ndiomu, describing it as “a futile mission by a few …

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BMNA Nominates Bishop Dotimi Egbegi for Prestigious Awards

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The general overseer, Distinguished Peoples Assembly, Bishop Dotimi Egbegi, has been nominated for the sixth edition of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards. A statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa by the project manager, Mr. Blessing Matthew Ozegbe, stated that “Bishop Dotimi Egbegi is a clergyman …

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Rotary Club of Evwreni Ends Peace Building Seminar

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Rotary Club of Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has organized a seminar on ‘Peace Building and Conflict Resolution,’ with a call on individuals and leaders in the community to prevent conflict instead of allowing it to occur. Delivering the …

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Niger Delta Youths Warn Against Sabotage of NDDC’s Project Hope

Niger Delta youths have threatened to shut down the region if some persons “within the circle of the Niger Delta Development commission (NDDC), continue to make things difficult for the contractor handling the Project Hope initiated by the commission to empower and develop the region.” The Niger Delta Development Commission recently …

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Court Acquits Emohua Youth Leader

By Mandy Tina A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and acquitted the deputy chairman of the Youth Movement in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Fubara Ohaka, of charges filed against him by Federal Government. Chief Ohaka, who is a chieftain of the All …

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Man Abducts, Defiles 11 Year-Old Girl in Obio/Akpor

By Mandy Tina A man, identified as Bro Joe, and two other young men, whose identities are yet to be known, at Ogbogoro in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, allegedly abducted an eleven year old girl, chained and defiled her inside an uncompleted building in an undisclosed location …

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