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By Young Erhiurhoro Without doubt, as I have observed and experienced in recent years as a community leader, community leadership is more tedious and cumbersome than leadership in government circles and other corporate organizations. This is because community leadership is directly administered to the community people and it’s typically grassroots …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Ex-militant leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have petitioned the National Security Adviser, Major General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (rtd.), over an alleged “attempt by the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu, to scuttle an ongoing …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has called on the Federal Government to work closely with flood prone states in the planning and implementation of feasible measures to check the menace of flooding in the country. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call while visiting flood …

By Paul Williams The week-long African Women’s Climate Assembly has ended in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with a call for an end to gas flare and other extractive industry activities that impact negatively on the climate. For four days, October 17 to 20, 2022, over 150 women activists from 14 countries …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Worried by the un-abating flood that has destroyed properties worth several millions of naira and rendered hundreds of people homeless, rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Engr. Agbabiaka L. Adegoke, in collaboration with the paramount ruler of …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri In a bid to “appreciate God’s goodness in his life,” Prince Oghenerukevwe Okifo, the founder of a non-governmental organization in Delta State, the Prince Oghenekevwe Okifo Foundation (POOF), has sponsored 15 youths to acquire entrepreneurial skills in various trades and businesses. The one-year skills acquisition …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called on stakeholders in the domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) value chain to invest in the supply of the product to ensure a reliable and steady supply stream to the market. Speaking at a conference in Lagos to mark 15 years …

By Ebube Egbufor Lead Pastor of Gateway International Church, Pastor George Izunwa says he would never support a Muslim/Muslim ticket as adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidential election. Pastor Izunwa who stated that he has no ill feelings against …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, and presided over by Justice E.A. Obile, Tuesday nullified all the primary elections conducted by the All Progressives Congress in the state over unlawful exclusion of some members of the party as delegates …

… Awards Scholarship to Late Footballer’s Children By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has donated the sum of N55 million to flood victims in Bayelsa State. Speaking at the Government House, Yenagoa, during a visit on Tuesday, Alhaji Abubakar said the …