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… Bayelsa Sweeps Open, Intermediate Categories University of Lagos undergraduate, Enoch Nwali, has again won the Masters category of the Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Classic, which ended on Sunday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The three-day scrabble championship had in attendance 240 registered players from across Nigeria. Nwali, who was …

Nigerians who are apprehensive over the current hardship and hunger in the country, have been re-assured that the storm will dissipate and give way to a more prosperous future. The Cleric in-charge of the School of Universal Law (SOUL), Christ Light Chapel International, Rev. Samuel Ogbujie Ogwo, who gave this …

By Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt  Gunmen have kidnapped, Sir Aribibia John Fubara, a Director, working with the Board of Internal Revenue Service in Rivers State. Sir Fubara was abducted at Okirika Waterfront near Marine Base, area of Port Harcourt on Saturday by the unknown gunmen who stormed the area on a speedboat …

By Kelechi Nwaucha The role of women in defending and furthering the rights of communities, especially in the light of onshore divestment by international oil companies and legacy pollution issues, last Friday formed the basis of an awareness creation program organized by Olegh Centre for Community Development for community women …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has clarified that its call for the redeployment of the Minister of Petroleum, Oil, Dr. Heineken Lokpobiri, was not “borne out of parochial sentiment, but out of genuine desire to address issues bedeviling the petroleum sector.” The IYC, in a …

Following complaints and the call by aggrieved members of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, for the redeployment of the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Senator Heneiken Lokpobiri, a Niger Delta ex-agitator, Comrade Obubo Opukeme aka Galadima, has advised the minister not to take the issues raised by …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Nigerians from different walks of life gathered at Igoba community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State for the traditional marriage of Eze Enyinnaya Williams and Omowumi, his Queen from Ondo State, in a ceremony aptly described as a royal wedding of cultures. …

The Bayelsa State Government says it is ready to collaborate with the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on the rehabilitation and maintenance of failing roads in the state. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made this known while speaking with a delegation from the Bayelsa Field Office of FERMA during …

•Vow to Engage NWC to Revisit Party Congresses  •Insist Gov Fubara Must Take Leadership Position in Rivers  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has restated its solid stance in support of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on the political crisis in the party in the State. The …

By Hamzat Lawal The book, An Imperfect Storm: A pandemic and the coming of age of a Nigerian institution, written by the immediate past Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, with his wife Vivianne Ihekweazu, Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch, is a memoir …