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By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri It is no longer news that ravaging floods have added to the economic woes and hardship of the people of the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. The recent tale is from the farmers of Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Narrating …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Calamity has again befallen the flood-ravaged Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area and Enhwe community in Isoko South Local Government Area, as the bridge linking both Delta State communities was recently cut off by the flood, throwing residents of the communities into agony and …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed optimism that the state’s $12 million cassava processing initiative will create jobs and enhance the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The governor urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support the initiative …

By Joel Anekwe The Supreme Court has struck out a suit filed by the Bayelsa State government challenging the ownership of Soku oilfield which a Federal High had ruled belonged to Rivers State. The apex court said the Bayelsa State government by seeking the nullification of the judgment of the Federal High …

Following the nonpayment of verified Presidential Amnesty Programme’s contractors from November 2019 to date, coupled with the rumoured plan by the present administration to scrap the Amnesty Programme, aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta region have indicated their interest to join the EndSARS protest platform to ask the National Security …

Association of Waterfront Coordinators has called on youths in Nigeria to tow the line of peace, following the ‘ENDSARS’ protest which turned violent over the past week. Addressing the press recently, president of the association, Comrade Sam Ateke, said that the protest which kicked off peacefully all over the country …

… Accuse NSA, NNPC of Plot to Under-develop Ijaw land, Niger Delta An Ijaw group, the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw ethnic nationality of the Niger Delta, MOSIEND, has called on the Federal Government to release the seized marginal oil field which gave the state the right of an …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State government, in line with the proscription order of the Federal Government, has reinforced a ban on activities of Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) in the state, adding that no form of procession or agitation by the group or any of its affiliates is allowed …

A passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bille in Rivers State was on Sunday, October25, 2020 attacked by sea pirates, leaving one person dead and several others missing. In a chat with our correspondent, former chairman of Bille Kingdom Community Development Committee, Asatubo Igbanibo Kemuel, said the activities of …

… Community Threatens to Shut Down Facilities The Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, in conjunction with the  Environmental Rights Action/Friend of the Earth, ERA/FoEN, has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to embark on thorough remediation, clean up of their environment that …