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By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Navy yesterday says it has busted an illegal oil refining site in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, capital city of Rivers State. About Seven hundred and fifty thousand (750,000) litres of illegally refined Automated Gas Oil, AGO, popularly known as diesel was …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps, Mrs. Okpalifo Obiageli Charity, has said the benefits of keeping the NYSC scheme outweighs the calls for its scrapping by some groups due to security challenges being experienced today in Nigeria. Mrs. Okpalifo, who made this …

The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has stressed the need for collaboration with all stakeholders in driving the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Bola Tinubu for Nigeria. Ebie, who spoke at the inauguration of the NDDC Board at the Conference Room …

By Amos Odhe The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Rivers State Command, James Sunday, has been conferred with Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration. The investiture ceremony, which was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State saw Comptroller James Sunday conferred with the fellowship by the chairman of …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the 2024 Delta State Local Government Elections gather momentum across the state, the two youth chairmen of Unenurhie Youth Association, Mr. Abiola Pender and Mr. Anthony Onudo, have described Hon. Fidelis Adjogbe as the best choice for chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area.  …

By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba The governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Tuesday inaugurated the state’s Advisory and Peace Building Council, with a charge to support the government’s M.O.R.E Agenda with “regular expert advice to foster inclusive economic growth, environmental protection, religious harmony, and sustainable development of …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A civil society group, Coalition for Social Justice and Equity Initiative, has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd.) and the governorship flagbeater of APC, Timipre Sylva, “to insert the name of …

In a determined effort to ensure that the core mandates of revenue generation, national security and suppression of smuggling activities are not compromised, the Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has impounded four containers containing granite stones, ceramics and cable wire rolls used …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has expressed regret that the unmitigated theft of Nigeria’s crude oil is hampering its commitment to inject 100 percent of its gas into the domestic market. This is as the company said it remains committed to supply 100% of …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, office in Bayelsa State, has cried out over the lack of funding to enable it carry out its intervention projects and programmes towards achieving its objectives in the state. The senior special assistant, SSA, and state focal person on SDGs, Dr. …