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By Tunde Uchegbuo Crude oil was discovered in Obelle in 1963. The community has three functional oil wells out of six and a flow station that contributes to the global visibility of Rivers State as an oil producing area. It is also a rich agrarian community. Obelle is plagued by …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has vehemently opposed the Executive Order 22 recently signed by the Rivers State governor, stating that it is ultra vires of the country’s 1999 constitution, as amended. In its reaction, Tuesday shortly after the announcement …

As activities towards the 2023 governorship election gather momentum in Rivers State, professionals in various fields in the state, on the aegis of Rivers Professionals (RivPro) have endorsed the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Siminialayi Fubara, to succeed Governor Nyesom Wike. Speaking at an event held recently in …

Not less than 30 officers of the Nigerian Air Force have graduated from a cyber security and digital skills acquisition programme, organised by a non-governmental organisation, Wealveth Hub for Administrative Advancement. The students, according to our correspondent, were trained on e-archiving, e-traveling and cyber security among others. Speaking at the …

Governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, in Rivers State, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, has identified with the people of the Ogoni ethnic nationality as they commemorate 27 years of the “unjust killing” of Environmental Rights activist and social crusader, Ken Saro Wiwa and eight other Ogoni compatriots. In …

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it will appeal the Federal High Court ruling disqualifying sixteen of its candidates from participating in the 2023 elections. Spokesman of the 2023 Rivers APC Elections Campaign Council, Sogbeye Eli, made this known in a statement while reacting to …

27 years after the death of the Ogoni 13, the executive director of the Network for the Defence of Democracy and Good Governance, Amb Sobomabo Jackrich, has paid tribute to leader of the Ogoni 9, Ken Saro Wiwa, and other “heroes of the struggle for the social, economic and environmental …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently agog as a new Otota’Rode (speaker) of the community, Engr. Frank Imudje, was presented and installed by the Odion’Rode-In-Council. Presenting Engr. Imudje to the community during the traditional installation ceremony, the Akpohor …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The president-general of Unenurhie community, Mr. Peter Maison, has dissociated himself and his community from the recent fracas that rocked Evwreni community. Our correspondent gathered that a young man was shot dead in the fracas, allegedly by one Mr. Festus Wilfred, while, his (Mr. Festus) …

By Ehichioya Ezomon It’s too early to assume that Peter Obi of the Labour Party has hashed out a “working agreement” with a “faction” of the Peoples Democratic Party, but things are looking up for the former Anambra State governor going into 2023. Were such an agreement to materialise, it’d …