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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the new term opens for academic activities across the country, parents and guardians whose children or wards are students of secondary schools in Delta State, have complained over the high enrollment fees for both the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination …

Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt A new newspaper outfit, with focus on the Niger Delta, Niger Delta Reporter, is set to launch an electronic app, the Niger Delta Unity App, as well as unveil the Niger Delta Carnival. According to a release from the management of the media outfit, the Niger …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Ughelli town in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently in caught up in a birthday celebration as Prince Oghenerukevwe Okifo marked his day with nursing mothers at two hospitals in the town, the Central Hospital and Celian Clinic. Okifo, who was …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa West Patriotic Front (BWPF), a political body made up of politicians from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekeremor and Sagbama local government areas of Bayelsa West senatorial district, has urged Governor Douye Diri “not to be deceived by the accolades and encomiums showered …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the farming season sets in after the yuletide celebrations, herdsmen, alleged to be Fulani, have again invaded Uwheru communities of Ohoror, Agadama, Avwon and others with cows “numbering over ten thousand.” Reports from farmers in these communities indicate that, the Fulani herdsmen were heavily …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The director general/chief executive officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Olorogun Dr Rufus Ebegba, has led top management and staff of the agency on a working visit to the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Engr. Hassan Musa. The visit, which took place …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri What could be described as a ‘Black Monday’ occurred at Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State a few days ago as the family of Mr. and Mrs. Onome Morrison Edafe lost a seven-year old child, Master Richard Edafe Onome, to …

… Governors Must Work Together ~ Wike By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, and his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, have described as “bright” the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) producing the next Nigerian president in 2023. The two governors spoke on Monday …

By Ebube Egbufor The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Onne Seaport chapter, has debunked rumours making the rounds that they have been collecting Practitioner Operating Fees (POF) at the port, stressing that they only collect Association Welfare Dues (AWD) which is in line with the association’s constitution. ANLCA’s …

The leadership of the pan-Ijaw youth group, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has flayed the remarks credited to the governor Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, “against the Ijaw nation.” President of the IYC, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement, on Thursday in Port Harcourt, said it was sad that Wike, while …