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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A legal practitioner and advocate against gender-based violence and acts against the girl-child, Dise Goddy Harry, has been conferred with a doctoral degree (PhD), Honoris Causa, in Gender and Social Development, by Benin Republic-based university, ESFAM Benin University, in Porto-Novo. Registrar of the university, Dr. Ogoina …

… Urges G-5 Governors to Support Tinubu  By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and member of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, PCC in Rivers State, Sir Tony Okocha, has condemned the party’s governorship and National Assembly candidates for leaving out the presidential candidate …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Evwreni-born philanthropist and former Executive Director of Projects (EDP) of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr. Dr. Samuel Adjogbe, has urged the Unenurhie people to vote the right candidates into the different political offices in the incoming general elections in Delta State and at …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  Food Sovereignty and Agro-ecology have been identified as viable solutions to the problems of hunger, food insecurity and climate change in Africa. This was as non-governmental organization, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), organized a media training in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Twenty-seven days to the February 25 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party hasn’t found a common ground with its five governors opposed to the National Chairman Iyiorcha Ayu. The PDP-G5 – chaired by Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, and headed by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike – …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly wrote a letter to the British government, urging it not to interfere in the February-March General Election in Nigeria. But Obasanjo – a renowned “letter writer” on mostly Nigerian politico-socio-economic affairs, and not one to retract his statements – has denied penning …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Politics is a game of intrigues in which politicians attempt to outwit each other by any means possible – including underhand tactics – to gain advantage. Like in war, all is fair in politics. Politicians can instigate crises in the opponent’s camp, especially during elections, such as …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Women lawyers in Bayelsa State have welcomed thirty new female wigs into the legal profession with a charge on decent dressing and call on the Federal Government to create a deliberate policy to absorb the rising numbers of lawyers graduating from the law schools. The women …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Maj Gen. Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd), Friday paid a visit to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as a follow-up on the “pending 2017 Presidential Directive to employ 350 exceptional graduates” of the programme into the Federal Civil …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As is his practice every year, a young political activist, Mr. Ejoke Okreghe, has celebrated his birthday in style and with a call on the Federal Government to provide job opportunities for young Nigerian graduates, as “the future of the country belongs to them whether …