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Emma Ovundah The Nigerian military has sustained the onslaught against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region. This is just as troops of 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army in conjunction with other security agencies dismantled more illegal refining sites, located along the fringes of River Niger, bordering Ndokwa East and …

•As Beke hails High Court verdict  Emma Ovundah Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, said he and his team will be heading to Appeal Court to challenge a High Court judgment that restrained them from functioning in their positions as the …

Emma Sunday There was tears and anguish among residents of one of the yards in Lumumba/Okwelle Street in Mile 2 Diobu area of Port Harcourt City local government area of Rivers State when an early morning fire outbreak razed down the building destroying properties worth millions of naira. Our correspondent …

… as 80 Women test Positive to Benzene in Otuabagi Community By Kelechi Nwaucha Women from communities in the Niger Delta have dragged international oil companies, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total E&P and Agip Oil Company, before an Environmental Tribunal, sitting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku, has expressed belief that legal advocacy can play a significant role in highlighting the challenges that bedevil the Niger Delta region and proffering solutions to those challenges. He has thus urged young lawyers to …

…. Arrest Trucks Ladened with Stolen Crude in Delta By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Army, 6 Division, Port Harcourt has announced that its troops uncovered massive dumps, where illegally refined products, totaling over 200, 000 litres, were stored across various locations in Bayelsa and Rivers states. Acting Deputy …

Accusation is false, baseless – Commissioner Emma Sunday The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of allegedly sponsoring the attack on it’s party secretariat along Port Harcourt-Aba Road. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha made …

By Amos Odhe A social activist, Christopher Awhawha, says the call to disband Delta State-owned security outfit, ‘Operation Delta Hawk,’ was not in the best interest of the state. Awhawha in a statement on Monday in Warri, Delta State, said, “My attention was drawn to a publication by a certain …

… Urges Restraint on Use of Lethal Force by Police, Army Former deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has urged President Bola Tinubu to order the unconditional release of all hunger protesters detained by the police and other security forces. In a statement …

By Amos Odhe Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed happiness over the peaceful nature of the ongoing protests in Osun State as he assured the protesting groups of his commitment to continuous delivery of good governance. Expressing delight at the “incredible level of patriotism” exhibited by the arrangers, the state governor …