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The governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson, is committed to the completion of the state’s cargo airport. This is according to the state commissioner of Information, Iworiso Markson. Iworiso Markson, who spoke with our correspondent in Port Harcourt recently, said the Bayelsa Airport will have one of the best …

The director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Dakuku Peterside has underscored the importance of human factor to successful shipping, pointing out that it is one of the most important elements in achieving competitive edge and safety in the maritime industry. Peterside, made this known while …

  By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi   The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Port Harcourt office, has joined other agencies around the world to mark this year’s World Environment Day with the theme: Beat Plastic Pollution Through Reuse. The event was held at the Port Harcourt office of the …

A faith-based organization, the MD-Info-Change Development Initiative (MD-IDI), has donated free school uniforms numbering over 60 to indigent street children in Rivers State for the 2018/2019 academic session. About 11 free uniforms were presented to indigent students of State School Elekahia and Iche Akarolo Model Primary School Elekahia with an …

  By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi   There was traffic gridlock in parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Wednesday, as a crowd of Ijaw youths marched through the major roads in the city to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of their hero, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro. Major …

The lawmaker representing Ahoada East constituency 1 in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Martins Mannah, has called for the resignation of the speaker of the assembly, Rt Hon Ikuinyi Uwaji Ibani, for allegedly mismanaging the affairs of the House and failing to cater for the welfare of staff …

Ijaw, Kalabari-born activist, Rev. Dr Sokari Soberekon, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should not be impeached, but should be allowed to stay and restructure Nigeria before next year, advising that the 2019 general elections should be suspended. Reacting to insinuations in some quarters that the President has failed, Dr …

The senator representing Rivers South East and governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, says his disagreement with the minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is political. In a statement in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Abe said …

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says some fraudulent persons, posing as members of the party, have contrived a plot to obtain a court injunction restraining the conduct of its local government congresses. State Publicity Secretary of the party, Senibo Chris Finebone, in a statement on …

Civil society groups in Rivers State, under the banner of the Rivers Civil Society Organisations (RIVCSO), on Thursday led a march through the streets of the state capital, Port Harcourt in protest over the continuing emission of soot in the city and its environs. The emission of soot has for …