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…As Police Kill notorious kingpin, Arrest 12 for various crimes By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka has received commendations from Governor Siminalayi Fubara for initiating the “Rivers Zero Crime” (ROC) Campaign to combat crime in the state. CP Emeka, as part of efforts …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Former member of the House of Representatives and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli, has slammed the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who is his party’s governorship candidate for the November 11 polls …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has approached the development agencies of France and Germany with discussions to propel job creation and boost farmers’ productivity in the Niger Delta region. Managing Director of the commission, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, led a delegation on a two-day exploratory visits to the French …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has given the new minister of Niger Delta, Abubakar Momoh, a single-point agenda of focusing on and completing the abandoned sections of the East-West Road. In a communique signed by Hon Bright Ngolo (chairman) and Irikefe R.O. (mobilization director), the group, which …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Five months after the 2023 General Election, politics and politicking has resumed in four states of Bayelsa, Edo, Kogi and Imo for off-seaon balloting in the states controlled, two apiece, by lead opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The two dominant …

… Advocates Participatory Media By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Vice Chancellor, Academic, of the University of Africa (UAT), Prof. Barclays Ayakoroma, says the media is crucial to credible the November 11 guber election in Bayelsa State, adding that the university will continue to expand and explore windows, especially from its digitization, to …

By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt President Bola Tinubu has renewed the tenure of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). President Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Tuesday …

By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command said that it had launched a manhunt for the killers of an Inspector in Port Harcourt yesterday. The PHMundial reports that some unidentified gunmen had on Friday opened fire on the police officer around Landmark Hotel at D-Line axis of …

Following the vote against oil extraction activities at Yasuni, non-governmental organization, Oilwatch International, has commended the people of Ecuador on the “historic victory,” while describing it as “restorative justice for the wounded Amazon and its people.” On August 20, 2023, 5.2 million citizens of Ecuador voted in a national referendum …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has restated commitment to the Global Memoranda of Understanding (GMoU) it signed with its host communities in 2021, to drive community-initiated sustainable development. The company stated this on Tuesday at the commissioning of projects by the Rumuji Community Cluster. The projects, which include …