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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri It was a blend of both Urhobo and Yoruba cultures recently as Mr. Daniel Godwin Ekpokpobe, a renowned All Progressives Congress, APC, member and key supporter of the Omo-Agege gubernatorial race from Oviore-Ovu community, Agbon kingdom in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Regions 11 and 12, District 404A1 of the Lions International Club, both based in Warri, Delta State, have presented relief materials worth millions of naira to Okwagbe and Emadadja communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area and Ozoro kingdom in Isoko North Local Government Area. …

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 …