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By Kelechi Nwaucha 30 years after the Beijing Declaration, women in the South South of Nigeria have gathered in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to review the progress so far made in achieving “true gender equality and women inclusion” in the region. The meeting, which kicked off on Monday, …

… Says January Revenue Up, at N116bn By Bon Peters In his continuous effort and renewed vigor to bring stakeholders up to speed on some of the emerging policies of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Customs Area Controller Tincan Island Port Command Comptroller Frank Onyeka says he has successfully engaged …

Zonal Secetary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, Chief Felix Omemu has faulted the meeting of the South South Zonal Executive Committee of the party scheduled for this Saturday February 15, 2025 in Benin City, the Edo State capital, describing it as illegal and against the party’s constitution. According …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his main preoccupation is to bequeath the legacy of a better Bayelsa and society at large than he met it. Governor Diri spoke on Wednesday during a memorial service in honour of his father, Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, at the …

… Commissions Bayelsa’s Haemodialysis Centre Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, has expressed assurance that Nigeria will overcome US President Donald Trump’s new policy changes stopping funding of healthcare interventions in developing countries. Prof Pate made this known in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Tuesday …

By Amos Odhe Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has assured citizens of non-interference, by the state government, in the forthcoming local government election slated for February Saturday 22, 2025. The governor, who hailed the peaceful campaigns by various political parties ahead of the elections urged candidates across the parties …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Officers and men of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt have arrested 29 crude oil thieves and recovered over 60,000 litres of stolen products across the Niger Delta region. They also “deactivated 24 illegal refining sites and demobislised 11 boats in the latest crackdown against …

… Officers Involved Have Been Detained ~ Police PRO By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Hundreds of youths in Omagwa Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday February 9, 2025 blocked the Omagwa section of the Port Harcourt – Owerri Road in protest of the brutal killing …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Today, Monday, February 10, 2025, is first D-Day for Governor Monday Okpehbolo at the Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria. The ex-Senator (APC, Edo Central) is expected to begin defence of his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission …

•S’Court did not reinstate Amaehwule, 26 others as Assembly members – RSG  •Pro-Wike lawmakers hail Apex Court ruling  •No calls for Alarm – Amachree  Emma Sunday  Mixed reactions have continued to trail Monday’s Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal filed by the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara on the …