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  By Mandy Willy   In a historic academic milestone, 22 year-old Dr. Reason Ebubechukwu Onya has become the first Nigerian of Rivers State origin to graduate with a Gold Diploma and Gold Medal from the prestigious I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russia’s oldest and most esteemed medical …

Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt   Following the recent reconciliation of the political quarrel between suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum has called for the lifting of State of Emergency imposed on the State. They also called for …

  By Uwem Offon, Uyo   Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has re-emphasized his commitment to rural development in the state, while flagging off the construction of the 12.5km Nung Ukim Ikono – Afaha Obio Enwang – Nung Udoe Itak Road in Uyo and Ikono local government …

    The Rivers State Response Team on Violence Against Women & Children has called on the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, to order the arrest and prosecution of one Pastor Ugochukwu Udechukwu Hede, general overseer of Divine Grace City of the Great King Deliverance Ministry. The group …

  By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Leading journalists and media executives have resolved to seize the initiative of setting agenda for the 2027 political dispensation, insisting that it was part of the innate responsibilities of the media to do so. They agreed that the role of setting political agenda should …

By Tina Amanda   As Nigeria confronts a growing wave of youth nicotine addiction, experts are raising alarm over the tobacco industry’s latest ploy: e-cigarettes and vaping products promoted as “safer alternatives” to smoking. Almost a century after tobacco companies misled the American public with false claims about the safety …

The joy of Chief Sir Jimmy Nath Coker knew no bound last Sunday June 29, 2025 as he led a long list of high profile personalities who were honoured with a special award, tagged ‘Father of Methodism in Rivers State,’ by the Methodist Church Nigeria. The award was presented under …

By: Bethel Toby A rare bright in spot in Nigeria’s energy crisis emerges as President Bola Tinubu commissioned Afam II Power Plant recently. In a country plagued by power outages and failing infrastructure, the commissioning of the Afam II Power Plant is being commended by a prominent scientist in Rivers …

By: Bethel Toby Lassa Fever, as the name connotes, is a viral hemorrhagic illness endemic to West Africa, especially Nigeria. It is transmitted primarily through contact with urines or feces of infected multi-mammal rats, or from human through body fluids Despite its annual out-breaks, especially in Nigeria’s dry season( November …

By Amos Odhe The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has applauded the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for proclaiming amnesty for former agitators of the Niger Delta region and for also establishing the progamme to cater for their rehabilitation. He spoke at the 2nd President Umaru …