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Fear of Liability, Behind ‘Divestment Rush’ by IOCs ~ Workshop

By Chukwumaechi Godwin, Port Harcourt  Participants at the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria ERA/FoEN have concluded that over and above claimed militancy, oil installation vandalism and sabotage, most of the international oil companies seeking divestment from Nigeria are doing so to run away from liabilities arising from the …

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Hacey Donates Food Items to Orphans, Widows at Rumuagholu Community

By Chukwumaechi Godwin, Port Harcourt  Hacey Health Initiative at the weekend donated about 300 cartons of assorted food items and seasonings to the Global Foundation for Orphan Children, an orphanage home, and about 150 widows at Rumuagholu community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.  The donation, which was …

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Gunmen Kill Bayelsa APC Chieftain, Sunday Frank Okputu

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the residence of a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Hon. Sunday Frank Oputu, and shot him dead. It was gathered that Frank-Oputu, who had also served as state chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), …

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CSOs, Rivers Politicians Condemn Cost of APC’s Nomination Forms

By Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt  Outrage has continued to trail All Progressives Congress’s pegging of its nomination forms for the presidential and governorship slots at N100 million and N50 million respectively, with politicians, journalists, civil society organisations and the general public describing the amounts as outrageous.  Most of the respondents …

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Abe Warns Rivers APC to Beware of 2018 Mistakes

By Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt  Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has warned members of the party to avoid the mistakes or 2018 that left the party unable to present a candidate in the 2019 general elections in the …

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IAUE Gets Full-fledged Faculty of Agriculture

By Tunde Uchegbuo A full-fledged Faculty of Agriculture has been established at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, and will commence the admission of pioneer students soon. Until now, Agriculture was a department in the faculty of Vocational and Technical Education at the institution. This was made known by the …

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Bayelsa Monarch Mentors Youths on ‘Purpose, Environmental Consciousness’

King Bubaraye Dakolo, of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Tuesday began a mentorship programme to encourage youths to hard work and embrace environmental consciousness. The mentorship programme is in collaboration with Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental-rights focused non-governmental organisation. The mentorship scheme involved …

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Adjogbe Dedicates Twin Babies with Thanksgiving

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri It was celebration galore for members of the Adjogbe family, friends, political and business associates as Hon. Fidelis Adjogbe and his wife, from Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, dedicated their newborn twin babies, Nelson Edafe and Nicholas Efe, with …

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