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… As APC National Vice Chairman meets Stakeholders By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa National vice chairman (South-South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Victor Giadom, and other top national executives met with the leadership and stakeholders of the Bayelsa State chapter of the party in Yenagoa on Saturday. Welcoming the …

“Building the voices of rural women in climate action,” in the words of Côte d’Ivoire’s Josiane Boyo Yebi, “will make sure that there are real solutions to climate change.” She stressed that “with the climate crisis, rural women are doubly victimised. She suffers from the lack of land and from …

In a bid to make life easier for the less privileged around them, as well as “teach them to fish for themselves, the House on the Rock, Port Harcourt, last Saturday donated a mini-bus, over 30 grinding machines and other items to 200 widows from its surrounding communities. Also thrown …

Business and Maritime Writers’ Association of Nigeria (BUMWAN) has conferred a  BUMWAN Maritime Pillar Award on Mr. Christopher Isibor Ikekhuamen, director, Terminal Operations, Harritex Services Ltd. The occasion was a One Day Seminar/ Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum with the theme “Ports Operations and Terminal Operators: Issues of VIN Valuation, National Security …

The President of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association Worldwide (UIAA), Prof. Elsie Adewoye is due in Port Harcourt on Friday to meet with the Rivers State Chapter of the association. Rivers State protem chairman of the association, Amb Isaac George, said the President is on tour to revitalize the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined its candidates for National Assembly seats in the 2023 elections to reject Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam as presiding judge over a case instituted against the APC candidates by the state chapter of the Peoples …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The plans by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) to open it’s Smart City office in Bayelsa State has reached an advanced stage, and when operational Bayelsans stand to  gain tremendously from the huge latent benefits derivable from been engaged in the culture of non-oil export promotion …

… Demands Transparency in Defence Budgeting                              By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has demanded more transparency and accountability in defence budgeting in Nigeria, condemning the opaque and vague type of budgeting in the sector.  The centre last week, inaugurated the coordination meeting of the …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri It was celebration of longevity and old age as Olorogun Pa. Samson Ughojor Abrucha was recently installed and celebrated as the Okpako-Orere (oldest man) of Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.  The special traditional event which brought together …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Authorities of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Bayelsa State have met with leaders of migrant communities in the state over their roles ahead of the general elections in 2023. Comptroller Sunday James of the NIS, Bayelsa State command, during the meeting with leaders of the …