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… As Delta Approves N15.7bn for Flood Control, N600m for SDGs The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, has said that the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori is committed to improving the lives of citizens, especially given the current harsh economic realty in the country. This was …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The immediate past spokesman of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade Ebilade Ekerefe has faulted claims of alleged financial wrongdoing levelled against the Presidential Amnesty Programme by an online tabloid over payment made to beneficiaries of the programme through their leaders in 2023. On Wednesday, an …

By Mandy Tina The operatives of the Anti-Vandal Unit, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Rivers State Command have arrested five suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal dealings in petroleum products. Briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, the state commandant, Basil Igwebueze, said that the …

By Mandy Tina Women residing in Diobu, Port Harcourt, have protested to the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) over the inability of their husbands to engage in conjugal relations as a result of the “incessant poor power supply in the area.” The women, who were carrying …

Region-based newspaper, Port Harcourt Mundial, has joined media practitioners and organizations across the state and Deltans in general, in commending the appointment of Dr. Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza as the new state commissioner for Information. Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori last week swore in Osuoza alongside other new commissioners. …

Delta State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, has extended “warm felicitations to the First Lady of the state, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori, on the occasion of her 54th birthday.” In a congratulatory message, made available to our correspondent, Dr. Osuoza eulogized Deaconess Oborevwori, describing her as “a humane and prayerful …

Non-governmental organization, Connected Development, CODE’s FOI Coalition Team on January 24, 2024 paid an advocacy visit to the Rivers State commissioner for Health, Mrs Adaeze Oreh, in a bid to “strengthen collaboration in order to drive the FOI legislation at the Rivers State House of Assembly.” According to the Coalition …

By Kelechi Nwaucha As Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other multinational oil companies begin to divest their onshore holdings in Nigeria, women in the Niger Delta have cried “No,” demanding that the oil giants “Restore our land before leaving.” Rising from a meeting held in Port Harcourt, under the …

Pastor Michael Zilly Aggrey, son of the general overseer of the Royal House of Grace Int’l, has marked his 40th birthday with a reach out to widows and prison inmates in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The 3-day event, which kicked off on January 26, 2024 with a prison …

By Mandy Tina Battle for territorial control and supremacy has erupted between some members of the Conquer Marine Iceland deck (branch) and Houses of Deygbam cult groups on Gambia street, Beribabo axis of Mile 2, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Our correspondent gathered that the Nkpolu Divisional Police …