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By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Senator Magnus Abe, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State has said his party would not fight with anybody over the N5 million non-refundable campaign fee imposed on all political parties in the state for use of public facilities for …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Undoubtedly, many Nigerians are angry and unhappy over the return – alive, and looking refreshed – of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Nigeria after a 12-day sojourn abroad. Some had prayed, fasted and gone to the mountain, and hired clerics of both Christian and Muslim faiths and …

By Ebube Egbufor A businessman and maritime expert, Mr. Chinedu Ikenga, has urged the Federal Government to improve on the road network in Nigeria especially roads in the south and eastern parts of the country. Ikenga, who is the general manager (Operations), Prestige Associates Limited, Eleme, Rivers State noted that …

… As Party Doubts ‘Genuineness’ of CP Eboka’s Security Meeting The Rivers State chapter of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) has described Governor Nyesom Wike’s directive, as contained in Executive Order 21, as an attempt to foist anarchy on the state. Governor Wike had through Order 21 prohibited the use …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has described the “boastful plot of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to takeover in the forthcoming election as sheer arrogance of a non-existing political party in the state.” The minister of State for Petroleum Resources and leader of …

… 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 …