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… Say NDDC’s Water Project to Tackle Waterborne Diseases By Amos Okioma Niger Delta ex-agitators and civil society groups have reeled out the benefits of the solar streetlights initiated by the Dr Samuel Ogbuku-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) saying they have reduced criminality in the nine states of the …

In line with it’s effort to ensuring the restoration of devastated Niger Delta environments caused by oil exploration activities, a women’s right advocacy group, Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, has planted over one hundred mangrove seedlings on Ogoni shorelines to restore the ecosystem at Bomu Community in Gokana Local Government Area, …

By Kelechi Nwaucha Against the backdrop of 16 Days of activism, Executive Director of OLEGH Centre for Community Development, Comrade Henry Eferegbo, has raised alarm over the rise and devastating impact of gender-based violence (GBV) on women and girls in the Niger Delta, particularly Rivers State. This was as the …

By Kelechi Nwaucha Community women from eight states of the Niger Delta have gathered in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, to discuss issues surrounding environmental justice for the region and women inclusion in Energy transition initiatives. The gathering, which began on December 4th, marks the 2024 edition of the Niger …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The University of Benin Alumni association, Warri Branch, at its lecture and award ceremony held recently at Osubi town, near Effurun, Delta State honoured her members, including Dr Akpo Mudiaga Odje, a Warri-based legal luminary. Dr Odje, who was also the guest speaker at the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Lagos branch of the Niger Delta youths has endorsed Seyi Tinubu, urging him to take over as governor of Lagos State in 2027 to “continue building on the Bola Tinubu structure and legacy.” The group anchored their endorsement on the detribalized nature of Seyi Tinubu …

Chairman of the BRACED Tourism Promotion & Development Initiative (BTPDI), Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo, has expressed deep concern over the recent killing of an endangered Atlantic humpback dolphin, an endemic species in the West African coast at Andoni beach in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State by a local fisherman. …

Ogoni people have reportedly adopted a new orientation towards achieving peace and development within the ethnic nation, this charting a path to a permanent resolution of over three decades of conflicts with the government and Shell over oil production and underdevelopment. This follows resolutions taken at an Ogoni congress held …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Angry Ex-militant leaders from different camps in Bayelsa State, on Monday morning shut down United Bank of Africa, UBA, Onopa branch in Yenagoa, the state capital, over alleged fraud and unauthorized freezing of a member’s bank account. The protesters who were armed with placards, of various …

By Emma Sunday  The Chief Emeka Beke led faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has said that it received the news of Thursday’s High Court decision nullifying the “appointment” of a seven member Caretaker Committee to run the party in Benue State. The Beke-led Rivers APC …