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By Paul Williams As the 2023 general elections enters a new phase in its life next Saturday, how has the media fared in its coverage of the nationwide exercise? What are the dominant trends among media houses and journalists in the coverage of the elections? Have professional standards and ethics …

By Paul Williams As the country moves towards electing the next set of helmsmen at the state level in the March 18 governorship elections, the executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, Obonganwan Emem Okon, has made a call for more government attention to issues of gender, inclusiveness …

… As Court Grants Approval to Reconfigure BVAS By Emmanuel Sunday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state House of Assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. The decision was reached after …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, High Chief Michael Johnny has congratulated President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and vice president-elect, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, and Delta South senator-elect, Hon. Joel Onowakpo Thomas. In a statement by his media office on Sunday …

By Emmanuel Sunday The Ironye family and people of Aggah community in Egbema District in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State have raised alarm over the safety and whereabouts of their son, Mr. Johnny Ironye. Our correspondent gathered that Mr. Johnny Ironye, former chairman of a local vigilant …

By Emmanuel Sunday Ahead Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly elections, the Mene Bua Boue Kingdom, His Royal Highness, Dr. Taalor Nwidae Tornwe IV, has appealed to the people of Bua Boue and Babbe kingdoms, citizens of Khana Local Government Area and Rivers State, especially the youths to conduct themselves in …

By Paul Williams Days to the March 18 governorship polls, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Rivers State, Prince Fafaa Dan Princewill, has called for a violence-free polls, that would enthrone good governance and democratic values in the state. Dan Princewill, in a chat with newsmen in Port …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The promotion of any personnel in any sector, particularly in a security sector, such as the Nigerian Police, is a motivational factor for the person to do more in their area of responsibility. This much, the Assistant Inspector General  of AIG, in -charge of zone 16, Mr Friday …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri It was celebration galore in Evwreni Ward (08) in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the just concluded 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections in the ward. According to our correspondent, party faithful in the ward …

Former Israeli minister of Communication and Cyber, Ayoob Kara, has expressed solidarity with the people and government of Nigeria as takes “another step in advancing the cause of democracy on February 25, and March 11,2023.” In a statement made available to our correspondent, Kara, who is director of the Economic …