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By Ovundah Emmanuel No fewer than 26 passengers escaped death on Saturday after to two fiber boats collided and capsized in the Mgbudohia/Eagle Island/Agip River area of Rivers State. Sources told our correspondent that no life was lost in the accident, which occurred in the morning hours of the day. …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the 2022/2023 academic session gradually resumes at tertiary institutions across the country, parents of intending students seeking admission have cried out over the “exorbitant fees” being charged by various institutions in the country.  In a chat with our correspondent, one of such parents, who …

By Ehichioya Ezomon The October 21, 2022 judgment of the Supreme Court, affirming Sheriff Oborevwori as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, surely calls for celebration and thanksgiving by the party faithful. PDP’s vice presidential candidate and Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, backs Oborevweri – …

By Young Erhiurhoro Without doubt, as I have observed and experienced in recent years as a community leader, community leadership is more tedious and cumbersome than leadership in government circles and other corporate organizations. This is because community leadership is directly administered to the community people and it’s typically grassroots …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Ex-militant leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have petitioned the National Security Adviser, Major General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (rtd.), over an alleged “attempt by the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu, to scuttle an ongoing …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has called on the Federal Government to work closely with flood prone states in the planning and implementation of feasible measures to check the menace of flooding in the country. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call while visiting flood …

By Paul Williams The week-long African Women’s Climate Assembly has ended in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with a call for an end to gas flare and other extractive industry activities that impact negatively on the climate. For four days, October 17 to 20, 2022, over 150 women activists from 14 countries …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Worried by the un-abating flood that has destroyed properties worth several millions of naira and rendered hundreds of people homeless, rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Engr. Agbabiaka L. Adegoke, in collaboration with the paramount ruler of …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri In a bid to “appreciate God’s goodness in his life,” Prince Oghenerukevwe Okifo, the founder of a non-governmental organization in Delta State, the Prince Oghenekevwe Okifo Foundation (POOF), has sponsored 15 youths to acquire entrepreneurial skills in various trades and businesses. The one-year skills acquisition …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called on stakeholders in the domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) value chain to invest in the supply of the product to ensure a reliable and steady supply stream to the market. Speaking at a conference in Lagos to mark 15 years …