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At a stakeholders meeting held over the weekend a unanimous vote of confidence was passed on the Acting Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area, All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Samuel Evwighono. The party equally applauded him for holding unified meeting barely two weeks in office, describing him as a …

By Emma Sunday The 6 Division, Nigerian Army has arrested a 36-year-old gunrunner, Peter Onyeali Chibueze,  with 15 Italian-made sophisticated rifles in Rivers State. Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director of the 6 Division’s Public Relations, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to …

Emma Sunday Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn-in Hon Benibo Anabraba as the New Secretary to the State Government (SSG), with a charge to guard the office with honour and protect interest of the State. Governor Fubara gave the charge during a brief swearing in ceremony at the …

  … New Prize on Creative Arts introduced   The novel, ‘Sanya,’ written by Oyin Olugbile, has emerged winner of the 2025 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, clinching one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honour valued at $100,000. The announcement was made on Friday, October 10, 2025 at …

  A Port Harcourt socialite, Chief-Elect Tamunobelema Dandison George, has described Ambassador Joseph Cole, Deputy Director of Planning, Research and Management Information System (MIS) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a thorough-bred professional whose knack for the development of the Niger Delta is “unprecedented and unparalleled in the …

By: Mandy Willy Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called for renewed accountability, equity, and environmental justice in the Niger Delta, declaring that the people of the region “have no business with poverty.”   Falana made the call in Port Harcourt on Friday while …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, and other prominent personalities in the Niger Delta have said the life of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha symbolised the principles of federalism, resource control, justice and environmental rights.   They said Alamieyeseigha, who was …

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, brought together chief executives of indigenous oil and gas companies, host community contractors and vendors, alongside key personnel of three financial institutions, for appraisal of funding and regulatory mechanisms instituted by the Board.     Christened …

Across Africa, in the pantheon of Pan-African heroes, the story of liberation is never written in ink but in courage. Nelson Mandela’s steadfast walk, Kwame Nkrumah’s clarion call for independence, Patrice Lumumba’s fearless truth in the Congo, Aline Sitoé Diatta’s resistance in Senegal; there stand sons and daughters who shape …

By: Bethel Toby  ‎ ‎As Barrister the James A. James-led administration in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State clocks 100 days in office recently, one of his close political aide and Chief Protocol Officer of Council, Hon Ezekiel Wari Jaja, has passed a vote of confidence on his leadership …