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By Godwin Chukwumaech, Port Harcourt The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has arrested one Anthony Chidi a 52-year-old man, who allegedly specialises in producing fake alcoholic beverages inside Mile 3 Market, Diobu, Port Harcourt. The suspect was arrested while washing used bottles of various brands of …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Tuesday began training of community leaders drawn from the 9 states of the Niger Delta on conflict management and dispute resolution. Participants at the training, which include traditional rulers, community development committee (CDC) chairmen, youth leaders and women …

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has launched a statewide briefing of statekholders on the recent controversies over local government leadership in the state. The governor is scheduled to visit and update key leaders of thought on the development in a special briefing session with the state Council of Traditional …

The Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the people of Yenagoa and Ovom communities currently locked in a dispute over ownership of the land, where the new 9-storey secretariat is sited, to sustain their age long unity and peaceful coexistence. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the appeal at …

The saying that a gold fish has no hiding place played out recently when Sani Ahmed, a brigadier general and commander of the 6 division Garrison of the Nigerian army in port Harcourt Rivers State was bestowed with an award as a distinguished security icon by the Niger Delta media …

…Vows to defend Rivers  The Ijaw National Congress (IYC) Eastern Zone has raised the alarm over potential insecurity in Rivers State following the fallout of last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling. The body said the ultimatum by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to present …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Following the Friday February 28 Supreme Court Judgment nullifying the local government election in Rivers State held on October 5, 2024, State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has ordered the 23 local government chairmen of the state to had over to the Head of LG Administration …

… Insist Nigeria is ‘Drifting into Government of Only Men’ Women in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria on Friday advised the leadership of the Senate and the Committee on Ethics not to plunge the country into pain and tragedy. This followed the face-off between the Senate President, Senator Godswill …

… As HoS Walson-Jack Hails Initiative By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dame Didi Walson-Jack, on Saturday, expressed delight over the construction of a new nine- storey civil servants secretariat by the Bayelsa State government. Mrs. Walson-Jack said when completed, the iconic structure would …

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has said that his reforms at the PAP are aimed at giving the programme a human face and to help develop the people of the Niger Delta for a better future. He explained that this formed part of his resolve …