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Social Action Lauds ICPC over ‘Arraignment of NDDC Director’

… Reiterates Call for Publication of Forensic Audit Report Non-governmental organization, Social Action, has lauded the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the arraignment of Dr. Solomon Okpa Ita, a director with the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Okpa Ita …

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Why Igbo Day was Cancelled in Bayelsa ~ Ohaneze Chairman

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The lingering crisis and fractionalization that has rocked the Bayelsa State chapter of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, and led to the cancellation of this year’s Igbo Day celebration, will not deter the unity and oneness among Igbos in the state. Acting chairman of the …

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Nigerian Senate Joins Demand to End Gas Flaring

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Senate has added its voice to those of other stakeholders calling for an end the menace of gas flaring in Nigeria. The continuing practice of gas flaring has been roundly condemned as a major contributor to environmental degradation prompting a wide range of …

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Foundation Donates Palliatives for 3,000 Households, Boreholes to Schools

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Covid-19 Taskforce/Victims Support Fund, VSF, on Tuesday performed the symbolic presentation of foodstuffs to 3,000 vulnerable households in Rivers State. The event which was performed at the headquarters of the Nigerian Red Cross had Mrs Toyosi Akereke Ogunsiji, chairperson, Victim Support Fund VSF hand …

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Kebetkache Tasks Niger Delta Journalists on Climate Change

The active engagement of the media in building awareness on climate change, and bridging knowledge gaps in the Niger Delta on global initiatives and activities, remains a veritable tool for achieving a cleaner and healthier earth So said the executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, Emem Okon, …

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Gas Export Dips by 5mmscf as Suspected Vandals Blow up Agip Pipeline

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Nigeria’s gas export feed to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has been cut by 5 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscm/d) following reported vandalism on the 24” Ogboinbiri/OB-OB pipeline at Azikoro community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Residents near the incident site …

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Gunmen Defy Security Beef-Up, Abduct Two on Rivers Notorious Route

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Gunmen along the Emohua/Kalabari road in Rivers State Tuesday night defied the security arrangement put in place by chairmen of the four local government areas affected by incessant kidnapping on the road, abducting two persons in the process.  The victims were said to be passengers traveling …

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